Professor K

You know I don't think that matters much. It is and always will be the original and early versions of things that embed things into popular culture. I guess reminders here and there could help keep them fresh in the minds of younger generations, even if those reminders are terrible Hollywood money grabs. I believe those Dell and Gold Key comics will become more desired "as time goes by". Even the unpopular and/or mostly forgotten characters. Pieces of western culture history.....especially in high grade.

Wow Creig Flessel original art from 1937. Don't see that every day.

Yeah like you said it's probably just to save space on the label. You're right though about honoring them. These are pieces of history and especially with the early books I say yes give them all credit on the label even if it takes up lots of space. Or on the back. As to why they didn't use Leo for more covers I think it was because he had other stuff going on during those years, newspaper work, other books and publications. He was older and more established in New York. Whereas their go to guy Creig was more available, younger and more eager, and 5.00 a cover cheaper. Plus he bought a drawing table for the office. I think from what I've read and heard in interviews that The Major, Sullivan, and Ellsworth like Flessel a lot. He seemed like a really fun guy. I'm sure most of you know this as it's no secret but they only turned down one Flessel cover he presented. Not bad considering he did I believe nearly 70 covers in less than 4 years for DC. I wonder where this book is now.

As soon as I read your post I thought of that 99 signature book someone posted somewhere on the board a few months back. So I was joking, I'm sure you know. Not sure if you're asking my take on making room for Leo E. O'Mealia on labels. From what I've seen of his interior work the amount of detail he put into his art was quite impressive. If he did the art for Fu Manchu in 27 heck yeah he should be on the label. It would be nice if every writer and artist could be credited on the label but doing that would really crowd it up.

Where there's a will there's a way

That really is a great cover. Like Cat said very 3-D . Anyone who says Shomburg is over-rated is a darn fool.

This just in. Thanks blissard.

Just to be clear , I did revise that to "a little" over-rated.

Yeah I know. Without getting too deep into it, to me his very first covers in Daring and Marvel Mystery are some of the absolute best covers ever created. Then he got a little too cartooney for my taste (even though his Marvel Mystery's are still awesome). I think I understand why......to sell magazines. Most the publishers shifted to that style come 1941, every artist with their own style. Maybe Simon and Kirby might had influenced that to an extant. It was right after Cap 1 when that started happening a lot. The guy was a great artist it's just most of the Timely stuff he did I kind of think he was selling himself short. Mostly the Cap titles. His Better/Nedor work was better, again for my taste. And Suspense 3. You know what. I'll ease it back to "a little over-rated". Well who wouldn't like that page? Bat Page. It's a beauty. Yeah Hangman 3, 4, 5 and 6 are totally awesome. I prefer 6 because he looks like a complete psychopath choking that skeleton dude. I don't know how effective choking a guy with no circulatory system is but it looks really cool. I guess it's more of a choke slam.

Alex Shomburg is over-rated. This doesn't mean we can't still be friends I hope.

I'm glad I asked. Now I'm really glad I asked.

Hey everyone, why does Taffy 2 sell for so much more than Taffy 1?

Yeah they all went for a nice chunk, except the 9.2 #12 for 14,400. Not once did I hear the auctioneer say the words Jack or Kirby during bidding. Those two words combined early in the bidding probably would have created a few more bids. It is a Kirby cover possibly inked by Joe or possibly Jack himself. Pretty early Kirby and I think his 1st really great cover. I thought it would go a little higher. 8.0 Larson went for 16,500 last September. The 8.0 #12 sold for 10,200 today.

Also the 1.8 Bat 1 really had a difficult time topping 100k. New owner should be happy. Not all books went low. I was eyeing the AC 19 6.0 A-3 thinking it could be had for around 3k. Went for over 5k. Kinda steep.

I think of beautiful masterpieces by incredibly talented artists over the centuries, then I see this guys junk and I want to puke.

I don't know. It would probably be the Frazetta painting Egyption Queen for 5.4. This not just original art but a one of a kind painting. Up there with the likes of Van Eyck, Van Dyck, Van Gogh. Pretty neat that a guy who drew comics is right up there with the top dogs like Raphael, Michelangelo, and Leonardo da Vinci.

That's it. I think most of the time the current owner doesn't even know there have been offers/bids. And many of the ones that do just ignore it. Also, it can be used by the owner as a way to see how much people are willing to offer for their book.

All that feed probably sucked up the humidity . Thanks I'll check that out.

I see what you mean about the rabbit and wolf. I was thinking the same, or that they don't look like his animals from Frisky Animals. The shape of the eyes on the little guy dwarf or whatever he is does have the same ovular shape as many of the creatures on Taffy and Frisky but that was common in cartoons back then. There are no brightly colored plaid or stripes on Krazy like Cole often used. I'd like to think the L.B. Cole Black Light authors did their research properly but they could be wrong. Two things that have me leaning toward Cole is that the castle towers in Krazy are drawn the same as in Frisky 2. The knots on the trees in Krazy and Taffy 1 are very similar. Also possible that Victor Fox didn't want signatures on his covers. I don't think many or any Fox books had signatures. Or maybe Fox was paying Cole peanuts so he just turned in a quick cover. Even GCD isn't sure. But they do include it in their L.B. Cole cover checklist.

When I see non pedigrees like that I wonder where the heck it was all those years that it survived like that, and did it have company. Were there others like it. A book like that you would think was stored not only in consistent temperature and humidity conditions but probably in a folder or larger book or some sort of item that covered and protected it and maybe kept it flat. Even stored in a box for 80 years probably wouldn't keep it that pristine in most climates.

Yeah. The book I mentioned above say's, "An early, unsigned Cole cover done for Victor Fox's notoriously low paying comic book line". Even the current cgc holders don't credit anyone.

I just grabbed this little book tonight. Heritage describes it as such: KrazyLife #1 (Fox, 1945) CGC VF- 7.5 Cream to off-white pages. Funny animal stories. L. B. Cole-esque cover. Only issue of the title. Overstreet 2022 VF 8.0 value = $170. CGC census 5/23: 1 in 7.5, 4 higher. Black Light the World of L.B. Cole says it's his cover. I think it is. What do yo all think (or know)?

Recent acquisitions I haven't scanned yet. Major Victory and Cadet Blakely. Technically Cadet isn't a rank but he'll get there one day.

Awesome book and so hard to find.

Another Blue Beetle!