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That looks ridiculous slabbed. How unnecessarily bulky and unwieldy. Boy, what a pleasure it’ll be to go through our books in X number of years…

I scanned these many years ago for my Flickr site, and my intent was to share cool covers rather than my particular copy - ergo, the close cropping and likely some touch-ups. I know you’re targeting the Avon MMM, which is a tall order. I acquired a fair portion over the years, but never enough to be emboldened to complete the run. So many of them have a wonderful early, primitive feel to them. My mystery digest stash got a great boost about fifteen years ago when I found a large stack of them at a postcard show (of all places) for a couple dollars each. What I collect at any moment has always been determined by what I run into. I know it sounds axiomatic, but if I run into a bunch of newspaper comics, I’ll key in on those for a while. Find another handful of soda bottles at a flea market? I’ll be targeting them until some other shiny object this way comes….

Ann Margret photo reference anyone??

Production.

Or just offer those services in-house.

I think you're spot-on. Take for instance these two posters: it wouldn't take much to rework them into paperback covers. The structural elements are already there.

This cover almost has a movie poster vibe to it.

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This feels like an upgrade -

Thanks! I believe I have that one but I'll slide out that box later and see if it's an upgrade (or how far the cover has receded since last I looked at it ).

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Yeah, I want back cover scans, and photos of the spine, title page, indicia, and close-ups of each of the corners!

OtherEric had a private show for the first hour! It looks like he did well with, especially with a few nice Avon's!

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Does he have the legal authority to do so? Or is it just a gesture of defiance? I'm sure it's for the grimy wheels of justice to be determined...

Except that character was fading away before DKR breathed new life into the Batman franchise. And the greatest hero of all time will forever be the Son of Krypton. Batman has an undeniably rich history, but is way too derivative. Supes is the discontinuity by which all comic heroes will forever be measured.

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And for the last of the bunch, a big shoot-out between Bill Everett and Matt Baker!!

Let's see if this yellow cover fares better...