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Exactly, Dave! I suppose it’s the kind of title that non-comic people might chase various issues of, but for some reason that Iowa story in #5 has outsized, broad appeal.

SOLD via PM! Sports Action #4 in FVF. Compare to 7.0 on eBay listed at $161. $125

SOLD via PM! Sports Action #3 in FVF. Compares favorably to the 6.5 on eBay currently for $262 and change. $150

Sports Action #2 solid FN- exterior presentation but calling it VGFN on moderate interior cover tanning. (Covers still fully supple). This one, the Gipper issue, is the biggest book in the run per the guide, but I think #5 is actually the most sought-after, commanding the highest prices generally. Compare to what’s available and what has sold on eBay. SOLD via PM! (WAS $100) NOW $75

If you look these up on Heritage, they refer to them as Atlas books, as does Overstreet. But to find them in the cgc census, issues #1-9 are listed as Timelys. The indicia liats small shell companies (eg - Animirth Comics Inc. in #2) as publishers, so I lean with cgc on this one. Definitely books from the Timely/Atlas transition era. Seven of the nine will be listed here (not holding back; I simply don’t have #’s 1 and 5)

5 Simple Rules (Please, please read) 1st wins; tie/indeterminate goes to the thread. Payment is Check or Money Order (yeah, yeah I know I'm a dinosaur, troglodyte, luddite, mennonite, hermaphrodite etc. - I just don't have or want e-payments.) Shipping: Via USPS Priority; $10 for a Legal Flat Rate with a flip n ship mailer inside (approx. 8-12 books); Medium Priority Box at $17 for larger stacks. Don't be listy including the little one in my head. Returns: Sure, just notify me within three days of receipt and get it back to me in the same shape on your dime, except no returns on graded books. (Kudos thread linked under my avatar.)

Very cool! Who’s the artist? Sorry if I’m just missing the sig on there somewhere.

For posterity, while I’ve still got them together

Commission?

I lean toward coincidence myself. You’d think a forger would be more consistent with placement, and the book is not high grade like most SF books; not a candidate of choice for some forger. The only way I could see legitimate connection is if someone else connected to him bought it out of nostalgia after his death. But I think it is more likely a coincidence. I have a half dozen Larsons — Beverly Larsons. There are collections out there that got dispersed without hoopla, such as Beverly’s, that have distinct markings. I’m thinking it’s more likely this Jungle is another such book from an unheralded original owner named Reilly.

Thank you; it does match that stamp nicely. It’s too late for the established range of the pedigree, but the writing in the L is also similar to what we see on known SF’s, the P/G looking script letter. No stamp on the back of this. But the sig matches that stamp so well; thank you. I have to reread the backstory on the ped. ADD — Ok, just reread. If he passed away in the war and his parents were the wartime buyers, what are the odds one of them bought an occasional book a few years later, as a nostalgic thing? Could it be a later purchase by the same person? The guy I got it from has certainly been collecting long enough to have gotten it back when they were dispersed. I guess it’s possible but impossible to prove unless someone else has similar and better knows the provenance on theirs. I mean, maybe they wrote on it because they misplaced the stamper? Plausible but not provable. Cool as all get-out though, the way they are similar signatures.

Anyone got any markings like these? (And insights on them?)

Let’s do $525 shipped within U.S. (Canada slight adjustment based on actual)

Ok, here’s a softball for you parts guys…can someone help me out with a centerfold for Wow Comics #21? (Portion of Mr. scarlet story)

I have no idea. I bought them here.

Australian Jungle Comics; Irish Down With Crime (1st Irish book I’ve seen - 1951)

The Jungle is Australian, the Down with Crime is Irish.

Thx Ron. I could remember the numbers but not the covers.

ASM #194 cgc 9.4 white. Just graded; book was pressed at cgc. 1st Black Cat. (WAS $550) NOW $525 shipped within U.S. (shipping adjustment for Canada)

5 Simple Rules (Please, please read) 1st wins; tie/indeterminate goes to the thread. Payment is Check or Money Order (yeah, yeah I know I'm a dinosaur, troglodyte, luddite, mennonite, hermaphrodite etc. - I just don't have or want e-payments.) Shipping: Via USPS Priority is included. Don't be listy including the little one in my head. Returns: Sure, just notify me within three days of receipt and get it back to me in the same shape on your dime, except no returns on graded books. (Kudos thread linked under my avatar.)

Does cgc attend any Cons that are in driving distance of your part of NM? San Diego?

I believe the Matt Baker issues are 20-22

It's like gettin' thrown outta yer favorite bar...

thank you! I’ll PM you later.

SOLD! Books look pretty sharp near as I can tell through the bag. Can’t see any spine tics. $125 shipped within U.S. (adjustment for Canada actual)