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Wow. Very cool, Robot Man. I've never seen the Phantom pin, and that Pete Rice badge must be dang scarce as well. It appears I've been chasing after those EMPTY antique cigar boxes all these years when I should've been buying them full, considering that's where stuff like this likely resided for a half century.

I think the above comment sums it up nicely. And I agree about the "thrill of the hunt" sentiments, especially in the pre-internet days - before databases and even the Photo-Journals. As a kid, I'd find some random copy of True Sport Stories and be like "Wow, I knew about the Street and Smith pulps, but they made comics, too??" Same fondness for titles like Sparkler where I discovered Fritzi Ritz and the old guard from the funny pages. Great times.

Your cup runneth over, sir.

If the choices keep changing, what book(s) fall out of this insanely iconic group? The Arrow would seem to me to ebb and flo, but it may be your fave...

Simply put - wow. I'm really going to have to go look at your top five now! p.s. It seems you like red covers.

I would hate to be one of the poor comic-book high-priests that has the onerous burden of deciding what covers are classic. At times, it seems pretty darn arbitrary. I mean, does it get MORE classic than Action 1??? I suppose a distinction could be made between iconic and classic, but at some point it's splitting hairs. Two of the great classic covers from decades ago that have dropped off the radar a bit are Target no. 1 and 7 - Everett and Wolverton masterpieces. Schomburg deservedly gets a lot of love now, and Baker is HOT while Raboy seems to have cooled slightly. And which Planets to designate? Where do you stop. And I feel it would be easier to say which books were NOT classics for a title like Marvel Mystery. So too for a lot of the Avon one-shots and PCH and so on! All worthy grist for the mill.

Not even in the neighborhood of your amazing RoboFinds, but this was on my radar for a long time when I recently picked it up for a five-spot. It's missing the spine, but it pops all the same next to my Buck pop-up books.

One of the best Patsy covers by Louise Alston, and that Lovers' Lane is uber-compelling. It's so mid-century, like a paperback cover or an interior spread from a 1954 Woman's Home Companion.

Wow, that's a great group, Walclark, and terrific reasons all.

Still the best golden age cover, imho. A true keeper for sure!

I agree with Mmehdy's top 4 - and the arguments for the five spot could go on and on. However you allocate the founding of eBay, to one or more individuals, a case could there be made for number 5.

Here's a noteworthy Sunday page:

Here is a trio of Wild Western's:

Sweet pick-up, Robot Man. It never ceases to amaze me how under-utilized Supe's powers were on so many of these early covers. There was so much light-hearted fare, when comics were still fun, lllooonnngggg before comics got all dark and serious.

I'll bite (no pun intended). Is this real? Or a photoshopped faux response? It would've taken a very prescient rodent saboteur - and heartless at that - to craft such a legacy...

Hey, I know the feeling, believe me. Once I discovered the ten-centers though, I was hooked. One of my first buys was a True Comics no. 72 for the princely sum of a buck or two in the mid-70's.

I know this trio of number 2's are a little early for this thread, but they don't look so hot compared to MMC 29 in that "other" thread:

I totally agree. Sometimes, understandably, one's eyes may be drawn to the defects, but in this case the bright red and green "blue"print draw you in. A great small-logo Detective.

Stunning books, Mr. Lady Luck. One better than the next. Congrats!