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Great book, Ben! When I grow up, I hope to be a true Timely collector.

Wow...shocking, yet awesome, realization!

White pages! Congratulations!

Ditto here, Marty! Thanks for your efforts to share. Its not as much fun as going through them in person but its still a lot of fun to live vicariously through your OO collection.

Wow!

Don't blame you! That book is

Jeff is a fantastic buyer! Well worth the slight extra effort it takes to ship international! Thanks again!

Fantastic transaction! Could not have gone smoother! Enjoy the books! Jeff

OMG! I wants! Take a ticket and get in line.

OMG! I wants!

Great books! That number #20 is one of my favorite Timelys. Giant screen television! 70 years ahead of it's time.

That is a beautiful 7.0! Congratulations!

Nice books! Feel free to keep posting!

Seamless transaction and great guy to deal with! Thanks! Jeff

+2 Its been a while since a TV show was able to yank an emotional reaction out of my wife and I but, man, the season finale left us almost breathless. Amazing performances by almost all the cast, even Iris, who I've never really liked for some reason.

Always tough to tell through mylar but that looks like a really sweet copy.. Very nice!

The rest are great, of course, but this is my favorite of the early Darings.

I have never seen this cover before and it is AWESOME! Television propaganda in the 1940s? Not bad for a country that did not use radar until relatively late in the war.

Noticed something interesting when they announced the "Superman Lives" documentary last year... If you go back and look at the timeline, his collecting entry/exit actually corresponds pretty closely with him being cast as Superman and some years later the announcement that the movie had fallen through. Though little doubt the theft was the most significant factor. Stephen's account of that situation from about a decade ago here on the boards is still one of my all-time favorite posts here. The IRS stuff came much later. I believe these are the posts? http://boards.collectors-society.com/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=1510074&fpart=1 Thanks for the link. I assume his Action 1 and Detective 27 haven't turned up. The Action #1 turned up a few years ago as the first 9.0 (COW pages) and CC/Metro auctioned it off. There were several discussions about the discovery, who owned the book (insurance or Cage) etc I think the consensus was that Cage owned the book after discovery. Don't think the #27 or the missing MMC book ever turned up again. I have the frame he built for the Action 1 I have the same frame. How do you know yours was for the Action #1? Mine came with a fortress BTW. The fortress went with the book when it sprouted legs Frame was damaged as well during the heist Not sure if they are UV safe glass or not. I'd love to display a book in it, but I'm worried about fading. I do have an old fortress though that I could use Take it to a framing shop; they could tell you if its museum glass. It looks like it is from the pictures because there is almost no light reflection.

+1 Really cool info!

I guess the big question is if you have the key for it that was famously kept out in the open where everybody knew where it was, (and if there wasn't a spare...) or did the thief take that with him. If the key was left behind, perhaps a crime of opportunity during the recently-held party. If the thief kept the key, might imply it was passed off to him by an insider. Here is the frame. I don't have the key, but it is easily opened or locked with an allen wrench. The alarm wires and mechanism seem to still be intact. It was designed for books in a fortress, but you can put a slab in it or a raw book, but they look best and most centered in a fortress Interesting. Do they prevent color fading if they were displayed on a place that got a lot of sunlight? Looks like its museum quality glass so...probably safe in sunlight? Thanks for posting the pictures!

Noticed something interesting when they announced the "Superman Lives" documentary last year... If you go back and look at the timeline, his collecting entry/exit actually corresponds pretty closely with him being cast as Superman and some years later the announcement that the movie had fallen through. Though little doubt the theft was the most significant factor. Stephen's account of that situation from about a decade ago here on the boards is still one of my all-time favorite posts here. The IRS stuff came much later. I believe these are the posts? http://boards.collectors-society.com/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=1510074&fpart=1 Thanks for the link. I assume his Action 1 and Detective 27 haven't turned up. The Action #1 turned up a few years ago as the first 9.0 (COW pages) and CC/Metro auctioned it off. There were several discussions about the discovery, who owned the book (insurance or Cage) etc I think the consensus was that Cage owned the book after discovery. Don't think the #27 or the missing MMC book ever turned up again. I have the frame he built for the Action 1 Do you have a picture you could post? I've wondered what the frames looked like.

Noticed something interesting when they announced the "Superman Lives" documentary last year... If you go back and look at the timeline, his collecting entry/exit actually corresponds pretty closely with him being cast as Superman and some years later the announcement that the movie had fallen through. Though little doubt the theft was the most significant factor. Stephen's account of that situation from about a decade ago here on the boards is still one of my all-time favorite posts here. The IRS stuff came much later. I believe these are the posts? http://boards.collectors-society.com/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=1510074&fpart=1

Fantastic run!

Yes, and then he got disillusioned when he started slabbing and getting back some PLODS. Of course, his divorce really disillusioned him. That and Scientology and the I.R.S. And the reviews for his movies. No wonder his head burst into flames!