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CLAIMED! Lastly, we have approximately 20 color Sunday funnies from a Providence, RI newspaper from 1977. These, along with the two older Overstreets above, came from the large Classics Illustrated collection I recently bought. I cannot figure out why the guy compiled these sections. They do contain Amazing Spider-Man strips from its first year of publication, 1977, but NOT the very first one from Jan 3, 1977; so I don't think he was compiling for that reason. Go figure.

CLAIMED! Reaching back now ... Overstreet #15, with a Marvel Family cover

CLAIMED! Next is a hardcover from two years ago -- Harley Quinn and the DC ladies.

CLAIMED! First up, Overstreet #39 softcover, with an All-Star #3 cover.

This one's simple-- first in the thread wins, then just PM me your ship-to-to address. I will ship anywhere in the U.S. Via media mail. Apologies if you're not in the U.S. If you really want a particular one and you're not in the U.S., pm me if you're willing to pick up shipping, but I do not have Paypal, so we will need an instrument that pays in USD (usually some type of bank check). You listy? No freebie Return policy - Nah, it's free after all! I did this once before and they went to four separate Boardies in short order, but let's say one per boardie for at least the first 24 hours in case anything lingers. So....watch for four postings then make your choice!

Underwater to face first into the water

The night I ran for my life to a midsummer's eve

Suicide Smith to suicide

Thx JF! Me too; I've been on the watch for it, but they don't come up all that often. (Though Rick has a 7.0 in his current thread) When this one popped as a new listing BIN on eBay I grabbed it fast.

Hmmm... Appropriately, a rabbit hole.... This guy's #11 was, marginally, the weakest of the four, with some shadowing along the left edge. Kind of jumps off that powder blue cover, unfortunately. However, the 15 was comparable to the #9 pictured for being flat and clean. I just couldn't leave the 7 behind despite the one prominent spine tweak.

Thank you! None of them is terribly common, correct? Up to about what number do they continue to be uncommon? 20? Higher? Or just those first 10?

Actually, if the Coen Brothers would take it on, Herbie would turn out awesome. I wouldn't be surprised if they read the comic growing up.

These just in; Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies #'s 7 & 9, in fairly sharp shape. The dealer/collector I traded with also has 11&15 in similar grade; I will be going back with more of his wants. #9 seems particularly tough, with only four in the census despite a Schlesinger painted cover, but you guys would know best which of the early issues are toughest. I just know all the early ones are tough to come by, so I wanted to make sure I landed these copies.

Thx Sagii! I just didn't want to get blasted for plastering them everywhere, but since I'm invited....

Second interior? That's the lousy photographer's shadow -- sorry! Yes, she did enjoy her puzzles -- neatly though, at least!

Just posted -- see "The Other Larson Collection" -- curious if others have her books, as they have her obvious initialing and signing and addressing in the same spots.

I traded for these two early Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies recently and the original owner's initialing of the upper right fc and signing, with address, of the inside front cover, struck me. The dealer had two other early Looney Tunes from her -- same thing. All were/are very well-preserved books. Anyone else got any books from the collection of Beverly Larson? I'm curious what else is out there, given the shape of the four I have seen.

The Shooter/Perez Avengers run was killer; someone who has not read them should grab everything from the low 150's up!

Thank you; they really don't! I traded some original edition, early number classics for them. The dealer/collector I traded with also has an 11 and 15, though the 11 is not quite as nice as the other three, but very close. I will be heading back with more firepower for the others. These copies have some interesting notation inside from the original owner; I will create a separate thread with the insides to see whether anyone else has books from this person. My photos may not do them justice; they are remarkably well-preserved for a little girl's books from 1942.

Stars and Stripes to various flags

Catching up here; finally freed some device storage. The scrawl on the Man #1 is Alan Bellman's sig. I'm not usually an autograph guy but I made an exception for a tough book and a Timely bullpen original.

I had some storage issues but now that I have freed some device space, I'm taking pix and catching up, from modern to Golden. I'm not usually a sig guy, but Man Comics #1 doesn't come up too much, and it's Alan Bellman (one of the early Timely artists), so what the heck.

You see this cover a lot on eBay, with various mid-50's books as interiors, as the leftover covers were used up at some point in that timeframe. But this is the actual issue from 1945 with Green Turtle, Black Buccaneer, Jun-Gal and co. -- a Gerber 8 and probably the toughest component of this little run.

Happy to land this! Not the remaindered cover edition with an unrelated mid-50's book inside that you see all over eBay, but the actual correct contents for Blazing #5 from 1945, a Gerber 8.

Japanese war cover above the Empire State Building to Japanese war cover atop the Statue of Liberty