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Great stuff as always. I was eyeing a Pep Comics #17(1st Hangman) on eBay, cgc 3.0. The restoration was limited to amateur 'cover gloss ', so I decided not to pull the trigger(not knowing what cover glossing is, is it a substance that will harm the book over time, etc). I would LOVE to post more books here, but I wish CGC would have had the picture posting process simple as just going into your own pic files on your computer, so I just stick to 'my slabbed comics'. Keep em' coming!

A favorite photo cover crime book of mine. Now i know why some people are afraid of clowns

Really nice! Do you feel 1st issue MLJ's (Zip 1, Special Comics1, Blue Ribbon 1, etc)are more 'plentiful' than mid and later issues in runs(which seem near impossible to find?)

Yeah, I kinda thought the same thing. Shield is great, but the Wizard is dorky... and he is too powerful. If I had been alive back then I would advise MLJ to dump the Wizard, and make a title focused on Black Hood, Hangman and Shield. yeah, I guess you can say that, and there are some standout covers in the run. But I'd say the Mr. Justice 'Blue Ribbon Comics' covers get even less fanfare. And I feel Cooper gave MLJ's spirit of vengeance captivating covers that can go toe to toe with DC's Spectre 'More Fun' run(nos. 11, 13, and 14) come to mind. Two of which I own and posted on my slabbed comics.

Sweet!!! I'm going to go out on a ledge and say 6.0 from what I can see. Really nice book!

Nice!! Comiclink has a high grade copy coming up in their next major auction I believe.

IMHO the Zip Comics covers can give the Timelys a run for their money any day, for sheer schlock value, bondage, torture, propaganda, patriotism, and suggested violence. Ditto and the stories are 1000x better... Nice pick up Gino!!! any other treasures you need to tell us about?? Yeah yeah, I owe this thread a post myself. Thanks Foxtrot, and glad you knew I meant 'shock' value, not 'schlock'. I owe a post too, but anyone who follows my posts know how hard I find it to post scans to this board. I will give it a try again.

IMHO the Zip Comics covers can give the Timelys a run for their money any day, for sheer schlock value, bondage, torture, propaganda, patriotism, and suggested violence.

Dangnabit! Now I want one too!!

Awesome cover!

Just dawned on me, the arguably second most popular female super hero after WW, Mary Marvel, had her three big keys spread over three issues too: Captain Marvel Adventures #18(first appearance), Wow Comics #9(takes over as cover star and lead feature for his anthology title), and Mary Marvel #1(stars in own title). For arguments sake, I guess you could say Captain Marvel Jr. also has a multiple firsts situation too, but was just comparing the ladies here.

I love these Marvel Boy books… Nice cover! Need to take another look at this title. I've been overlooking something!

Just WONDERful!

NICE!!!!

Nice pick ups! I got two of Dino's books so far from HA(one from the signature auction, and one from this past Sunday's 'Sunday auction'). He had a good eye. Glad grade was not his chief motivation(he just wanted the 'covers to have' in decent shape at least. What an undertaking! Congrats ti you.

These are pretty hard to find, from Fawcett Publications 1950. This was only a two issue run. http://s161.photobucket.com/user/sagii68/media/photo_zpsf382389b.jpg.html

Nice book. Yes one of the ones that rarely comes to market for sure! But try looking for Hangman Comics # 8!!!