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Kakapo

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    I like the occasional comic...wait, there are other things to do with my money?
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  1. Dear G.A.tor, I was looking at date stamps and realised that books would have taken time to distribute across the US, and therefore there would be several possible dates stamped on a given issue. How big do you think the range of dates would be? A week? Two weeks? How long would it have taken to get a batch of comics to a gas station in the middle of Wyoming? Inevitable follow-up question: since newspapers are printed in several cities precisely because they need to be on newsstands quickly, were comics ever printed in multiple places? Thanks in advance for your insight into these questions that clearly do not merit a separate thread, Andy
  2. "Unbelievable!" "I can't believe it, Cotton!" Now where did I leave that adoption paperwork?
  3. For post #400, I'd like to share two of the new keepers in my small but adequately formed Archie collection: The scratches on the case are a bit distracting, I know, but hey, the book within is delightful, and compares very favourably with the 8.0 Crippen copy on comiclink. My third Crippen book, but the first in high grade! Note that Archie and Jughead are being taught the Pythagorean Theorem again at the age of 17...They'd be in pre-calc if only they'd stop thinking about girls and food and just do some work...
  4. Among the four of us, he is, yes. :thumbsup: Nice books!
  5. I don't know, the Fantastic 9 is pretty bad, but there are just so many things wrong with the Funny Pages 41...the more I look at it, the more appalling it becomes! Thanks for all the contributions thus far!
  6. Long before the birth of Rob Liefeld (b. 1967), panels such as the one below appeared in print (Pep 40): Sorry for the blur, but I'm probably doing the artist a favour. My legs certainly can't do that, but read the dialogue - he's running really fast. Let's see some more contenders! Covers are the obvious place to start, but the moral of the post is that greater horrors can lurk within...
  7. Fixed that for you! (thumbs u Beaten to the "nice pair" gag! Great books! :thumbsup:
  8. Thanks for the kind words, gentlemen. I only get to post a couple of group shots a year due to my laughably narrow collecting focus, but when I'm finished with Archies I'll diversify into GGA, promise...Phantom Lady, Blonde Phantom...I'll probably not bother with The Phantom, though. As for the Archie 6, it's even cooler than you think, the cover is actually attached!
  9. After that little snack, here's the main course: Most of those were acquired this past year, but if I'd kept it to 2008, the first 3 and 36 wouldn't have been pictured, and then I would have been sad. If anyone has any issues that I don't have, and you're just going to throw them out, I'll buy 'em...
  10. The 2008 acquisitions thread finally motivated me to do a little reorganising (yes, that's how I spell it). So, presented for your consideration, some Golden Age Archies: And more! Issue 52 is not pictured, due to human error (some would say "incompetence", you could spin it either way) on my part. This group shot was made possible by 143ksk, Inaflash, The Black Hand, GA Collectibles, a few sellers at Wizard World Chicago, and of course, some guys selling comics found in their mom's attic on ebay.
  11. Thanks! Speaking of tough books, thanks for not pointing out the mysterious gap between 40 and 50...I wonder why those are so scarce. Paper recycling drives during WWII? Anyway, this was my one chance to make a substantial post in this thread (don't have that many Archies from 1-100), so thanks for your attention! Great Startling Comics run, too! When I'm done with Archie, I think I'll move onto GGA - as if Betty and Veronica aren't that already... Andy
  12. Here are 2007's additions to my Pep run - though to be fair, I didn't have many before this year: Methinks I have overspent of late...I really thought #22 would be the last one I'd have on my want list, but there we go. If we kakapo were clever, we wouldn't be so endangered. Ah well. Pictured are 22, 23, 24, 36, 39, 53, 58, 60, 63, 67, 70, 71, 80, 81 and 82. The eagle-eyed among you will see 2 #60s, the one on top is the Ohio copy. There are two Crippens there as well: 63 and 70, although on the mysteriously lower-grade side.
  13. BH; Love this cover, It's a classic. Saw it for the first time only about a month ago!!! Great stuff!!! The Suzie image is great, but what really makes this cover for me is Mr. McFoof's tongue and the look on Mrs. McFoof's face... Mr. McFoof is clearly no fool - he's lived a long time and has learned a few tricks along the way. Imagine Mrs. McFoof's fury if her husband had been foolish enough to stick his tongue out on the other side of his face...doesn't bear thinking about. And thanks for all the great covers in this thread - some of these are rarely seen, at least by me. :thumbsup:
  14. That Little Lulu is great! I really should get into those, but I keep throwing my money at books like this one. I scanned the back first, which destroyed the scanner. As if I didn't hate HP enough already...So here it is, in digital Flash-Off-O-Vision: But look! An acid vat! A villainous 1941 Japanese soldier! A flying, patriotic superhero saving his relaxed sidekick! A man being cast to his death in the conflagration below! And another about to join him! Crikey, these books were violent. Archie was still getting no respect whatsoever. But the ginger buffoon would have the last laugh... This book also doubles my personal best in that great national pastime "Most Expensive Ebay Purchase Shipped Without Cardboard In A Paper Envelope". Honestly, some people. Anyway, it will come in handy should I decide to decorate my nesting burrow. Squawk!