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Great GGA! You have to wonder though why the housebreaker is wearing a gas mask? Ya think there's an intentional resemblance to The Sandman going on there for whatever reason? Anyway, great book; congrats!

Werewolf to werewolf

Babies to Doiby (aka infants to infantry, if you insist)

The OP forgot a 10-cent Marvel hero book

Love it! Gold Key's answer to Tales of Asgard 1! It compiles the back-up feature from Magnus.

I think they hold up pretty well. They were reprinted in a TPB a few years ago. Thx Sqeggs!

Intelligent post, and I agree with you about Invaders Annual. It's a beautiful Schommie cover. Thanks Grantley Goddard. I've been musing a LOT about the flight to keys talk that you hear in all circles these days, and I'm not sure any of the speculations commonly heard are fully explaining it. That's a different thread for sure, but not so wholly unrelated that I feel off-topic mentioning it here.

Head on lap to head on platter

Captain Future to the universe of the future

Hepcat/lou_fine: are these Mars patrols a good read as well? The covers are certainly beautiful.

Registering without wings to clipping Nazi wings

You did fine i covered you! I did that twice lately, too, frozentundraguy. I say it gives us do-overs down the road on our covers that didn't connect properly. (Actually, I like do-overs on everybody's stuff whenever it fits; I just the stuff we get to see due to this thread!)

In the same vein, I'm surprised that Invaders annual (his last comic) isn't a $50 bronze book all day in the common F/VF mid-highish grades, let alone better. But I think patience and box rummaging can still yield NM at $10 or maybe even less. It's far from his best, but it's his last, it's GA heroes in a war scene, and it's clearly signed. There's a thread in General about the need or lack thereof for LCS's these days, and I think this belies the real point: the Internet lets you search for most anything, but a good, old school store owner is a comics history teacher. I learned so much over the years talking to shop owners, especially Bruce Conklin (retired, Octobercountry, New Paltz, NY) and the late Vic Bertini (Iron Vic's, Poughkeepsie, NY; no longer there). OP, I think this gets at your original point. If newer collectors don't appreciate the genre's history, one's collecting passion often takes one back just as far as their personal nostalgia.

Thanks!

And this

My 2 latest Gold Key additions (yes, poster intact)

Ok, it isn't a book, but it's clearly a cover tribute and I'm excited to find it today in the wild!

Strangulation to consternation at attempted decapitation

Beautiful book! And beautiful assist too!

Jungle to jungle

Sorry; Pat and I were posting at the same time, I guess!

Ta-ta Tales to ta-ta tales

Giant in the city to giant-headed Blue Beetle

Oh, I realize...it's all good...and appreciated! Thank you all for welcoming me.

Guys, it just got here! Let it enjoy this good home for a while before it moves to another....but I promise to remember....