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I did not know he actually worked in film, but Ronin reads and looks like a film fanboy making a comic book in a movie's image, not a like the work of a comic creator working lovingly in his medium.

Oh, Miller put a dog in the -script alright...but not the kind that helps!

Thx Kav! I figure we're in the minority on this one, but I stuck it out, read it all, couldn't connect to the characters. The surprise twist ending confirmed it for me when I couldn't care. The characters never became real to me so it left me flat.

I'm underwhelmed ... Found it trite, with murky artwork and underdeveloped characters. By the "surprise" end I didn't care because none of them had been made complete enough for me to care. Lack of thought balloons hurts; it does not make comics more "adult" and "film-like." It abandons a part of the medium in a pale effort to imitate moving pictures. So much for this "classic of the genre."

After all these years, finally, Ronin. I wasn't missing much. Trite, convoluted, abrupt cuts from scene to scene .... Archie Goodwin praised Miller for aping a movie, but had this been made into a film it would be another early 70's style sci fi also-ran. Almost every character was underdeveloped. So many comics writers don't seem to get that by losing the thought balloons you diminish a unique aspect of the form. You can't effectively imitate film just because comics are in some way like film storyboards, especially if you drop thought balloons. Storyboards are not a final product; comics are. Movies rely on actors in action to bring aspects of a character to life. Movie-like comics are part of what hot us into the mess we have today, not some advancement of the medium. This goes up for sale and out of my collection.

Yes, just did that...so three according to the count...thx Ed!

Ok, cool...fill us in as to how u found, plz...

Yes, very. if any of these are slabbed, they are counted in the wrong bucket, but it appears not to be there.

That's what I see. No winter 1942 on the census. It's the only one of the bunch not in Gerber.

Did I search wrong? I looked at all Picture Stories from the Bible and found no #2 winter 1942 issue.

Awesome show, Ed! These Internationals are cool! You reminded me; only EC I think I can contribute is beat, but it's not on the census at all, nor is it in Gerber.

And a late Zip for the MLJ crowd...only four of these on there currently.

For the Harvey guys....only eight of these

Love this cover!

Thx Gino for reminding me! 5 of these on there.

Tube double to Betty and Ronnie's doubles

My T-Man 6 is also on the sidelines, Tony

I agree,but OP somewhere in the thread said he was thinking up to about '48 since so many 50's books could fill a thread like this. Sorry I rushed, but I guess my real point was that in checking some books for this thread (Planet 10) I noticed their count has gone up since I last checked, some to over 10 copies.

I know....and Chamber of Chills 6 just hit 10, which it wasn't at before, so I did not pop it here....Wait, it's also '52....nevermind....

Ronnie wins this round.

Ok, you all asked for it....I warned you!!!

I think it's fairly tough, with interest outstripping availability. I swear I remember an early guide where Babe #5 was listed with a parenthetical (exist?), a la Blue Beetle #43. Of course, that one we're still looking for.

Headlights and space octo-dinosaur by George to headlights, lantern light, street light and subway monster by Lee

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