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I haven't followed the DD market for a while and am wondering why the #54 in CGC 9.4 sold for $375 in the CLink auction. Is there some movie connection that has driven the price up recently? Mike

I'd be interested to know how people classify the Strange Tales run by age and when they see the transition from Atomic Age to Silver Age. In my mind I've divided it as follows: Atomic Age 1-34 = Pre-Code Horror (this is obvious) 35-66 = Post-Code Suspense (I find that the tone of the covers and stories switch from horror to suspense after the code was introduced) Silver Age Transition 67 = First Kirby and Ditko interior art 68-69 = First Kirby covers Early Silver Age 70-99 = Monster issues Super Hero Silver Age 101-168 = Super hero (this is also obvious) I don't feel that issue 51 from October 1956 (same month as Showcase 4) can be considered the first silver age issue. I feel like either #67 (due to the first Kirby/Ditko interior art) or #70 (first monster cover) is the start of the SA for Strange Tales. Mike

Very nice comic and we were able to meet in person for delivery. Looking forward to doing business again. Mike

I'm not sure if this has been mentioned (couldn't find it in the last few pages), but there's a nice copy of The All-Story, Volume XXIV, Number 2, October 1912 in the current Heritage Rare Books auction. http://historical.ha.com/itm/books/edgar-rice-burroughs-tarzan-of-the-apes-in-the-all-story-volume-xxiv-number-2-october-1912-new-york-an/a/6112-45310.s Mike

Game over. I don't think we need any more nominations. (thumbs u

This site will provide you with the On Sale date for comics. http://www.dcindexes.com/features/timemachine.php?site= The last On Sale month for Atlas comics without the CCA stamp was November 1954 and the comics were all cover dated February 1955. DC didn't start until the next month - first CCA stamp On Sale month January 1955 for comics with cover date March 1955. Mike

I'd love to own a piece of Maneely art at some point, but they don't come around that often. Mike

I just picked up this Yakima for my Allen St John collection in the recent ComicLink auction. I searched this site, visited the Fantasy Illustrated site, and googled Yakima, but didn't find any info. If anyone has a link please post it for me. Thanks, Mike

Interesting conversation, but I'm not sure I understand what it has to do with the auction on Heritage that I won. Are you saying that the Franks bought these pulps from thebigloo on eBay and then they were sold to me via Heritage when the collection was liquidated? Mike

Just that they're from the Frank Collection.

I picked this up because it would have been on the shelves when I was born - 50 years ago! I found this inside the comic: It was purchased at H.C. Chapwell on Broadway in Oakland, CA on Feb 21, 1964. OK, so that's a month after I was born, but it could have been sitting on the shelves for a while. Mike

Here is the description of the lot from Heritage: "Weird Tales Group (Popular Fiction, 1933) Condition: Average FN-. Includes the February, April, May, August, and November 1933 issues. Includes "Shambleau" by C. L. Moore, "Revelations in Black" by Carl Jacobi, and "Golden Blood" by Jack Williamson. Covers by J. Allen St. John and Margaret Brundage. Complete covers and spines, supple cream to off-white pages. Spines faded to orange. Approximate Bookery's Guide to Pulps value for group = $875. From the Frank Collection." As an unsophisticated pulp collector, I have a couple of questions about these books which I hope the boards can answer for me. - The front and back covers of these pulps don't have any overhangs so I'm assuming they are trimmed and, more specifically, you can see the particularly poor job of trimming at the bottom of a few of them. Is this something Heritage should have noted or is showing big scans enough? - The Table of Contents of each pulp is annotated as in the scan below. Should this have been mentioned in Heritage's description? Is this something specific to the Frank Collection? Thanks, Mike

I purchased a nice lot of pulps from Heritage in November.

Great work Jeff! (thumbs u

Golden Age - Detective 27 - Peanuts 1 - Spirit 22 - Superman 1 - Young Men 24 Honorable mention to Strange Tales 1 Silver Age - Avengers 1 - Daredevil 1 - Doctor Strange 169 - Fantastic Four 1 - Stranges Tales 110 Bronze Age - Amazing Spider-Man 121 - Daredevil 158 - Doctor Strange 1 - Giant-Size X-Men 1 - Marvel Feature 1 Copper Age - Albedo 2 - Dark Horse Presents 5th Anniversary Special - Hellblazer 1 - Maus I - Sandman 1 Honorable mention to Bone 1 Modern Age - Liberty Meadows 1 - Mouse Guard 1 - Strangers in Paradise 1 - 3 Geeks 1 - Witchblade 1 Honorable mention to 100 Bullets 1

It's possible that we've just become used to these big pieces showing up and don't get excited about some stuff anymore that used to be an OMG moment. Mike

Way to go!!! The OA to this cover is in the next Heritage illustration art auction. Mike

The 25 cent WMD #12 was a nice one to get as the 52 page square bonds are often miswrapped.

Here are the others in a couple more group shots. A properly wrapped Conan 16 had eluded me for a while, but I finally found one. The Cap 155 (second from left, top row) is one of the 1972 comics I don't consider to be true PFs.

I'll scan that one and get it up later.