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"She's Out In Front"

"The Joke's On Her"

"It Happened In Paris"

"High Voltage or...I Get A Charge Out Of You" (sans boobahge!)

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Looks to me like a parody of Vampirella and her interesting costume. I have many of the early Draculina issues but I don't think I have that one.

Thank you for that. An unexpected amusement, to be sure!

I can't say one way or another about the record, but I'm pretty sure Clowes had a bunch printed up as I used to buy Chick tracts and all the parodies I could lay my hands on from a dealer at APE every year, and I think I even got one from Clowes at one of his appearances i attended. The record connection is new to me. It originally appeared in the first issue of Eightball.

Isn't that the Dan Clowes Chick parody from Eightball?

The binders were produced by National Lampoon back in the 70's. Those shown hold all the issues from 4/70 to 12/74 and since I had extra space in the 1970 binder I included one of my extra copies of this issue of Comic Book Artist

I have a few of those.......here are my dupes/reading copies!

I'm not sure I follow. You think they might have little or no value? You think I have a stash of them because they might be worth money? Don't you think they look pretty enough all in a row like that? Got any you want to get rid of?

So...did everybody get a chance to jump on this before it sold out? https://www.bdangouleme.shop/les-catalogues-d-exposition/17-coffret-corben-donner-corps-a-limaginaire.html

I know the feeling ....... (It does have a Frazetta page inside!)

Comedy PLATINUM!

Quite pleased to find this on the shelf at Amoeba Records for a paltry sum. Somehow missed this one when it came out in 2012!

I found 6 of these nifty Heavy Metal Slipcase/boxes while cleaning out a closet. They are a little dusty but will shine once a damp cloth has given them the once over. Since I no longer have any HM's, I have little use for these cases, except as storage boxes for other mags, I suppose. If anybody who collects HM is interested in these and wants to make me an offer, I'm happy to entertain one or all. Looks like they hold about a year's worth.

A Mad Scene We'd Like To See! Berlin Station s03e01

You mean there could be fake stuff being sold on Ebay? Oh the humanity!!!!! (I really need to work on my Ditko sigs......)

Anywhere in that issue of Heeb do they credit the creator of the poster, made in 1967 that I actually still have my copy of in some rolled tube somewhere, who was borrowed from, for the cover image?

Where do you suppose that seller got Steve Ditko to sign a Spider-Man reprint with Stan Lee? https://www.ebay.com/itm/Stan-Lee-amp-Steve-Ditko-hand-signed-autographed-Spider-Man-1-collectors-reprint-/173638514769?hash=item286da97851%3Ag%3AxMcAAOSwt0db6tDV&nma=true&si=BC3RA2UEmGkaOIeNG3Or7PzYvWk%3D&orig_cvip=true&nordt=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557

Maybe they had a batch of stuff signed themselves, and haven't really mentioned it anywhere. CGC sort of has a monopoly on the whole endeavor and why should they be trusted not to have their own interests in keeping totals a secret? Just playing devil's advocate here as I have no proof one way or the other, but why trust any company that exists to foment collectibility of a certain kind and assume they won't take advantage of their position? It's happened before!

I read that as, "we're not telling"....

I believe Bob Sidebottom had the first comics store in San Jose. Gary always said his store was the first ever, but I think it was never proven, somehow, that he opened his store before Sidebottom.

He used to occasionally come into Gary Arlington's store so Gary could restock his inventory of UG, which until sometime in the 90's, with few exceptions, he sold at cover price. Meeting Don was pretty entertaining as the banter between he and Gary was enlightening and educating. Before the internet took off like it exists today, very few people were interested in UG and very much of it could be scored for very little money thanks to those two guys. I'm happy to have known them....I even have Gary's association copy of Bill Blackbeard's pseudonymous work, "Kiss, Screw, Pleasure And Sex", that may be the only inscribed copy in existence. Few people seemed to know, for a long time, that William Teach was a play on the original name of Blackbeard The Pirate. Not really much to do with Don, but those 3 gentlemen were legends in my mind, and associates of mine at one point or another....and authorities on the history of UG and UG papers and tabloids....and all are now a memory...alas....