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Simply gorgeous!!

Well, it’s nice to know that I was locking horns with such an esteemed boardie! Maybe with this copy, a couple more will soon surface from the Jungle depths...

It would be great to see a photo of your #15!

I love Jungle 7! A great Bob Powell cover. As per comics.org: First “Ann-in-Bikini” cover. Clearly an epic moment in the history of Jungle Comics!

+1

Not sure, but I just include all those hashtags and related variations, which seem to reel in the boardies and other sympathetic collectors.

Also: #igcomicfamily, #igcomics, #igcomicbooks, and other instantiations of same.

Great observations, my friend! Very true about the long running Threads. Of course, the sales threads here still drum up a lot of interest, though perhaps the pendulum has shifted too far away from good ol' fashioned comments about how cool, rare, common, classic, etc., as you point out.

Here's one that comes around once in a blue moon in a green jungle. All of seven copies total on the census. I've been hankering for this issue for lo the past 4 years.

I think the reason is clear: Instagram. Many of the "newer" generation of comic book collectors are on IG, and as far as I can tell, very few of them ever post on the boards, let alone know about the boards, as far as I can tell. At Terry's show last January 2020 (how very long ago), I met a bunch of younger collectors, dealers, and "investment-focused" folks with a passion for GA comics, and they convinced me to join IG. Now as a user, I can see how a lot of the appeal of IG is simply that it is SO EASY to access and use. With one tap on your iPhone, you have direct access to all of the latest posts, without the nuisance involved with the CGC boards site of logging in, combing through the threads, scrolling through the threads. The simplicity of use, and the quick consumption of content on IG, holds a lot of appeal. Waiting for the microwave to finish warming up your food? Just click IG! Finding your Zoom meeting has gotten really monotonous, just click IG! A gratifying 20 seconds of distraction. Paradoxically, any given post on IG tends to elicit at least a couple interesting response comments, whereas on these boards, as soon as the "LIKE" button appeared following the CGC Boards upgrade, it seems most people are now just content to respond with a "LIKE" rather than engage in any discussion. It's nice to collect a lot of "LIKES" on the boards, but I think it has created a culture that's a bit less engaged. The good news is there really does seem to be a large community of newer (younger) collectors who will help keep the hobby afloat into our retirement years. The bad news is that IG and other online one-tap sites have diverted more and more of the comic book community away from the boards. There are a relatively small number of stalwart boardies who post here and on IG, and I tend to gravitate towards their posts on IG. Maybe other boardies here can pipe in on their experiences with IG.

Thanks Steve!

Generally overshadowed by Science #2, but I do so love this book. There's a bizarre pulp weirdness that's hard to look away from. Your copy presents super sweet!!

Well, if your weekend dreams are fulfilled, and I hope they are, I call shotgun on your 7 and 8 undercopies!

That one’s kinda okay, I guess.

Thanks a lot, Gino!!!!!

Thanks PodBoy! Super awesome avatar btw!!

at 20% off!

Thank you kind Sir! A long and winding road it's been.

Well, if you insist, I'll throw in something less modest, like, this here banana -->

Thanks Richard! It's very satisfying to have finally crossed this finish line. Not that an upgrade or two wouldn't be in order...one of these years...

Thanks so much!

at 20% off

And that'll do it for the Lou Fine/Joe Simon run on Fantastic Comics!