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I've never been anywhere close to those thresholds; I guess that's why I didn't know about it.

Super Magician to same.

For the RA&A, the sunlight reflecting off of the forest floor has a similar effect. In the WoE, the light source isn't shown, but the figures are illuminated as if by a lantern in the foregroforeground.

I would be willing to bet that none of the high-school students whom I teach have ever hear of Fu Manchu, Tarzan, Charlie Chaplin, Zorro, Laurel & Hardy, Buck Rogers, or Popeye. Most of the characters from the 1930s would be unknown to them, too. They wouldn't know The Shadow, The Three Stooges, *spoon* Tracy, John Wayne, Doc Savage, The Lone Ranger, Flash Gordon, Li'l Abner, The Phantom, Bob Hope, or Ellery Queen. The only reason they would know the name Joe Louis is that our local Detroit Redwings played in Joe Louis Arena until a few years ago. A while back when I asked around, none of them had ever heard of Bugs Bunny, but I'm guessing that a few of them would know the Warner Bros. characters now because of the recent Space Jam movie.

Unless things have changed recently, 28% is the maximum tax rate for collectibles. Anyone in a lower bracket would pay the lower rate. Granted, selling too much in a given year could kick someone into the higher bracket. I'm not sure where the "3.8% surcharge" is coming from.

I think we'll see quite a bit of "cashing out" over the next few years, but not just because of where prices are. The biggest factor is the age of GA collectors. From what I've seen, most collectors cash out in their 60s. Sure, there are guys like Marty Mann who stay in the hobby much longer, but they're the exception. It makes sense if you think of it in terms of Daniel Levinson's theory on the stages of life. According to Levinson's theory, as people enter their sixties, they begin to reflect on their lives—their accomplishments, the decisions they've made, and so on and so forth. (Men are living about seven years longer now than they were in 1978 when Levinson published that theory, so maybe that stage of life has been pushed back to the late 60s/early 70s.) Collecting comics became massively popular in the 60s and 70s, and many of the best second-owner collections belong to guys who are 60 or over already. Those guys will not be in the hobby forever.

Right uppercut to left hook.

Normal-sized green dudes to one giant green dude.

She may have drawn the Circus & Sue story that's in that issue. It could be her copy—or somebody else might have saved it as a reference of her work. I thought @Ameri might know for certain.

Why does it have "Claire Moe" written on the cover? Was it Claire Moe's personal copy?

6 pence to 6 pence.

Pine trees by a lake to pine trees by a lake.

No. 4 backwards to no. 3.

The price would be OK on the Startling 27 if the pages were nicer, but it looks like it says "Light Tan to Off-White Pages." I'd hold out for a copy with nicer pages. The price on the CMA is OK considering the high prices that everything has been fetching this year; it would have been a $200 book tops before the pandemic. It's a very common book. I'd go for the All-New #4 because it's a tougher book than the other two and the price isn't crazy.

Jade necklace to pearl necklace.

Speed to the fastest man alive.

African natives with a captive white man + elephant to white men with captive African natives + elephant.

Parked 🚀 to parked 🚀.

Bear chained to the wall to bear sitting on a tree stump; Summer 1946 to July 1947.

Loving couple to sociopathic couple laughing at the third vertex of a love triangle

Dude in a loin cloth hurtling through the air to dude in a lounge suit hurtling through the air.

I am trying to learn Telugu (a Dravidian language), and I'm wondering whether there are any comic books printed in Telugu. The language is spoken in the states of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh over in India. Has anyone ever seen a comic book printed in Telugu -script? I know that there must be some board members here who have been over to Hyderabad on business at one time or another . . .

Front cover lasso to back cover lasso.

I'm not saying that you're incorrect, but could you provide some more info? I knew that a lot of people didn't care for his personality, but I had never heard about the accusations of dishonesty. (I am just now hearing about his death; if it was covered in a previous thread, I must have missed it.)

Front cover store stamp to back cover store stamp.