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8.5 Church horror book from 1952 with a creep carrying a woman to 8.5 Church horror book from 1952 with a creep carrying a woman.

Harvey horror to Harvey horror.

Street and Smith must have been from the same distributor as the Fiction House books because my only "C" book is a Street and Smith. Do you happen to know the names of those distributors?

This has probably been discussed, but does anyone know why some of them start with a C instead of a D or what either letter stands for? I'd also be curious to see pictures of the Hawkeyes with fake Mile High coding if any exist.

Anthropomorphic android rescuing a blonde to anthropomorphic android in need of rescue by a blonde.

Dog to anthropomorphic dog.

Black tie to black fur.

Vancouver is one of my favorite pedigrees in term of the fresh appearance of the books, but most of the books I've seen offered for sale would be a poor fit my collection. The original buyer had tastes that differed from mine quite a bit, apparently.

I like certain pedigrees because of the freshness and page quality, but I've never targeted a book just because it was a pedigree. Offer me a ped and a non-ped in the same grade, and I'll take the book with nicer pages every time unless there's something glaring that has a negative impact on the eye appeal.

I made an offer on a book a while back, and it was rejected. The same book showed up at auction a few months later and sold for substantially less that what I had offered. I think that the sellers are just playing games. (To be honest, I'm struggling to understand WHY you would offer $7K for that book, let alone $17K . . . is it just because it's the Allentown copy?)

Woman in peril to men in peril

Woman in yellow at the mercy of a mostly-humanoid creep to woman in yellow at the mercy of a somewhat-less-humanoid creep.

Subterranean horror to subterranean horror.

Schomburg is one of my favorite artists as well based mainly on his work for Timely. Some of his later MM covers look a little too much like each other, but each one is very good taken individually. In general, I tend to prefer his earlier Timely covers, but there are some later ones that I like quite a bit, like MM46. (I can forgive him for the Young Allies run.) When it comes to his work on Wonder and his work on the various Standard/Better/Nedor titles, though, I'm not as impressed. With the post WWII covers in particular, it seems like he was "mailing it in" for whatever reason (maybe those commissions paid less or maybe the editors weren't as demanding . . . who knows). His airbrush covers are starting to grow on me, but the characters look a bit stiff at times.

Some large, unread collections that would be considered pedigree collections today were broken up and sold before the concept of a "pedigree" existed. (I've always thought it looked like The Green Lantern was wearing lipstick on that cover.)

What happened with the trial?

A faint water stain could affect the gloss/sizing without affecting the colors. You would not be able to see it through a slab or even through a Mylar.

Ghost Gallery to Gallery of the Dead.

Sheena to Sheena.

Dangerous FH bad girl to dangerous FH good girl.

Caged reptile to caged primates.

I doubt it, but I have no idea who did the PL cover.

Back to baked goods.

Baker to baked goods.

On a different day with different bidders it might have netted a little more or a little less on any venue, but I don't think it would have cracked $2 million anywhere. I wonder where the third highest bidder was in the auction where it hit $2.6 million. My guess is, way below $2 million. A bidding war between two guys with big egos is the only explanation for the $2.6 million sale. (In my opinion, only the original edition with the "On Sale June 2" house ad should be a million dollar book in any grade, and it's impossible to know whether this one is that original edition or a reprint.)