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Great books everyone! Thanks B.A.F. for the extensive display of goodness! Only have group shots, sorry for the non-56'ers. -bc

Two beauties there Rick! Gratz on the new additions! -bc

Great pickups "a***k" !!! Beat me on the ST85 - glad it found a good home! Love the cover as well! -bc

Back story on this copy. This is the Gerber Photo Journal Copy! I bought it from John Verzyl in 1990, he told me it as the Slobodian copy. Congrats! Great story! Thank you for sharing +1 Thanks for the backstory & Beautiful copy! -bc

Gratz! Really nice book for the first venture! -bc

too late now. Welcome to the addiction In the "rooms", they say "Nothing changes if nothing changes...." ...... however, when that nice new Timely shows up on the porch, rehabilitation can be most difficult. GOD BLESS... -jimbo(a friend of jesus) I truly understand...I told myself I had it under control....then the MMC19 showed up today....must have more..... -bc

Welcome to the addiction! Great looking books! Timely's are so much fun! Your doctor would say a Schomburg Torch cover problem isn't as bad as a case of the Schomburg Cap covers. I think my financial advisor would agree ! The Salvage for Victory WWII recycling programs that started in Jan '42 and the comic book burnings of the late 40's & early 50's gave me a much greater appreciation for the books that survived both those events. Got to thank the various threads on these boards that enlightened me to the rich history that envelopes the early GA of comic books! -bc

Thanks Ameri ! The books in this thread are stupifyingly amazing. Gonna take a few nights to traverse this whole thread.... -bc

After 3 years, I've given in to the inevitable Timely addiction. What started as a one time experiment is now consuming a greater share of my annual comic spend. One time turned into 2 times, 2 turned into 4, then 4 turned into 8. Now I'm looking for my next fix on a daily basis. They say step#1 is to admit you have a problem. Well my name is Brian and I have a Timely Schomburg Human Torch cover problem. -bc

That one is on my want list too. Great cover, and first Marvel horror book. Here's a Canadian version with a cover number of 35. Has the 32 cover but the interior of 34. -bc

I'm wondering why there are no pics? Here you go, Doc... That JIM45 is gorgeous. Usually, I stay in the post-Atlas implosion era, but that book with the Everett cover had me thinking about expanding my collecting interests.....very glad to see a boardie won it! -bc

Barely stayed up late enough to win this TTA 23 Kirby monster pants!!! Seemed to be "dark blue cover night" for me. Lost out on a couple others - bidding seemed solid on the PHM books in general. Hope to see others posted! -bc

Snagged a couple from the c4less auction Sunday night. Seemed to be competing with a user "a*******a" on a regular basis - (e*******r here) First is the JIM 63: -bc

That's interesting because MMC #20 has the ad for Cap #3 With the small add for HT #3 on the front: Anyone have a scan of HT #3 to see if it refers back to MMC #20? Awesome thread idea! The back cover of HT3 is an ad for an American Flag. I haven't cracked it out to see what's inside yet. Quick two-fer - back covers of MMC13 & HT4(3): -bc

+1 I second that emotion ! Gorgeous book! -bc

I try to have my keepers be 6.0 or better, and I really like 7.5s when I can find them (all the beauty of a VF book and cheaper than the aforementioned price spike at 8.0). Anywhere in that range is high grade enough for me. 7.5 to 8.5 is my high grade for many early (59-61) PHM issues. PQ is important as well. Rather have a nicely centered, White page 7.5 than a Cream 8.5 that only shows it as an "ANGE TALES" issue. Later PHM issues (62-63) are sporadically available at 8.5 and higher. But there is a big price curve for anything labeled in the top few price grades as was mentioned earlier. Seeing a great deal of alternative company high grade PHM books in the last few months as well, so keeping track of the data has been more challenging. Either way, patience is a virtue with these critters -bc

Very Nice copy! -bc

Groot should have wrapped his root.... -bc His root? I'd tap that. I'm not gonna touch that with a ten foot pole... -bc

Groot should have wrapped his root.... -bc

It is a great cover. One of my faves from JIM. I didn't even notice the boat until I counted the people on the water tower in response to that other post (though I have always wondered what they were doing there). It's a cover that would definitely make me pay my dime for the comic. I'd bet that most of these covers take some artistic license for the sake of creating drama, perspective being the most often bruised. But I'd rather look at pre-hero Marvel covers than any other SA books I can think of. Yeah - more smashing of buildings and vehicles ! This one is missing the Kirby monster pants and the obligatory pointing person, but it does have the man-in-a-hat covered. Wonder what the guy at the left foot of the monster is trying to do...is it an old man yelling "get off my lawn"? -bc

Go ahead and post that beauty everywhere! Congratz on fulfilling a grail! -bc

Gorgeous book ! And the truck driver in me also appreciated the "10-4" cover date. Transmission truly received! -bc

Traded a couple of Avengers books for a 3 issue JIM run: -bc

Very cool copy! Always wondered what the lady (?) on Mummex's back was trying to do. -bc

Gratz on the pickups! Both great covers! -bc