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Finally, an actual image of Anthro #6 .... sorry it took me a bit to do!

Charles Nicholas to Charles Biro

From Boy Comics to Boy Commandos

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Thanks! I hadn't noticed, then I looked up at the previous one in the thread, one of the two 9.4's, and thought huh? But after scrolling through a few fellow mortal copies I see what you mean with both the browns and greens. You see this variation with the green monster on FF#1 too. Reminds me of the range of variance on my favorite mid-60's Marvel cover color, that deep purplish hue on DD7, IM1, ST135, Shield 1, etc. Dark, glossy copies look like they are still wet off the press

Mystery to Verity

A short-lived imitator

Thank you!

Always loved this cover

I'm in

Well, I THOUGHT I rotated them!

I owe this club my membership dues for that Cap 46 advice (still in pursuit)

+1

I've heard crazier things....I also think a high-grade Hulk 180 is not a bad hedge, given the history of other cameo/full first scenarios (ooaw 81 and 83 comes to mind).

Sorry; don't know why image didn't paste....at any rate, Anthro #6.

http://vignette1.wikia.nocookie.net/marvel_dc/images/c/c8/Anthro_Vol_1_6.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20100216184128

Just remembered -- Stalker! This D.C. Explosion series laste four issues; Wally Wood over Steve Ditko, a really original tale. If I recall correctly, it's set in medieval times, or some mystic otherworld, but the young protagonist sells his soul for powers and skills, then spends his life trying to get it back. The series ended just hanging; while sword and sorcery may be dead in comics' current marketplace, the character and his unique circumstances are ripe for bringing forward into current "continuity," if there really can be said to be such a thing....but that's a different matter... Four issues, great art, different story, only cosmetically sword and sorcery (I'm not a fan of the genre but still loved the series as a read) and cheap!

God's Smuggler rocks! Way underrated! Second only to Hansi, the Girl Who Loved the Swastika, among Spire books, imo.

While I absolutely agree with the previous three posts, in the spirit of the arbitrary, academic and fun structure of the scenario presented by the OP, I'm going to throw out some (relative) long shots for consideration in this scenario: A low 9's X-Men 94 A really nice Green Lantern 87 (just a gut that John Stewart is the eventual Hollywood GL for the JL franchise) The nicest House of Secrets 92 you could grab (I think of this book as the TTA27 of the Bronze Age) Just some different thoughts, none of which admittedly looks as bulletproof as a 181, but it's a different take on a way to play it.

I may well call cgc first and ask about this because I currently have an Avengers #1 cgc 1.5 blue label that features, among its many flaws, an additional set of unnecessary staples. They're called out on the label, but it is blue. (I acquired the book in a trade; I don't know full details of the genesis of the submission.) If removing the extra staples is universally viewed as a lesser flaw than leaving them there, Cap may get a silver age traveling companion on the trip to Sarasota!

Thank you, Sqeggs! While I don't want to get ahead of myself in case I cannot land it, the question of to remove or not to remove and the impacts either way were certainly on my mind. The range you cite is where I'm hoping to come in, but AndyFish's recent sale suggests I might have to go higher. Let the liquidations begin!

In addition to... still attached by original single staple.

Thx DavidMerryweather! Will keep you guys posted, though I expect it to take a while if it's like the few other times I've found key books in the wild in the hands of non-collectors who know what they have. I spent six months or so to get a TTA #27 in similar circumstances, so I am ready for this to be an even longer-term project.

Thanks guys! As a result of this thread, I grabbed the biggest cheap batch of mid-grade Chick Crusaders I could off of eBay two days ago, a dozen books from the run. I gotta be nuts....