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That wasn't hard to find. Nothing specific about foxing, but good for both deacidification/buffering and strengthening. Jack

Maybe I'm quoting stuff you already know Jack but here's one of many summaries FFB posted before: Thanks! No, I didn't already know all this -- you provided the information I was looking for. It looks like the aqueous wash is a lot more about deacidification than "disinfection" for foxing. With these key words I should be able to find more in the forum or even googling. The technical paper is especially appreciated. I wonder whether anyone has gone beyond a summer undergraduate (REU) study of the problem. I find it almost impossible to believe that the surface oxidation of the iron content of the paper has anything to do with the foxing color. Odd that foxing has been treated by either reduction OR oxidation! I'll dig around in the literature for info about using supercritical CO2 for paper treatment/preservation. It seems to me like an ideal solvent for this application. Jack

I'm very interested in your comment. Is there a thread about "cleaning a cover properly"? If there is, can someone post a link? There are both water-based and organic solvent-based cleaning methods, right? Do both methods kill off the foxing (mold)? Are the foxing "stains" fully removed? Part of my interest is that I think this could be an ideal application of supercritical carbon dioxide (modern dry cleaning of clothing and many other uses) and I don't know whether it's been used to clean comic books. Thanks! Jack

Nope. That one is documented as Gill Fox. THANKS! Do you think that Fox drew C-M-O Comics and this bewildering Witty Comics cover? (I have posted it before.) Chicago Mail Order and Chicago Nite Life News are somehow related to Centaur, right? Jack

Who is this very "stiff" cover artist? I think that I've seen his work elsewhere but don't know his name. Uncredited early Burgos??? Jack

Is it my turn to get excited? This is a great series! Lots of Severin and Severin/Elder artwork, right? I have only a couple issues and would like to have more. Jack

Replying to an old write-up. I just got a copy of Mutt & Jeff # 56 and realized that it fit your date set. On checking to see whether you already had it, I found this page. Thanks for pointing it out! now I have my very own copy. Jack

I'll take on that challenge. Superboy 59 (1957) $1.04. OK, it's good-, but the seller's good- books are usually quite presentable. Jack

Fabulous! I'd like to have a nice copy of that book. Someone ate lunch on mine. Cool Dr. Alchemy cover too. Who was looking for purple big-head covers lately? Jack

Masters of the Universe ruled back in the day... I think I have that issue in my collection. but not a 9.8 of course. Collectors in the next wave of nostalgia are entering the high-end market! No criticism intended at all -- that's just how the system works. Will high-end copies of 90s drek -- constipated grimaces on every face, over-muscled heroes, wasp-waisted, melon-breasted heroines, scritchy-scratchy artwork -- ever be highly sought, or are there just too many copies saved? Jack

That's because there isn't any. Stallman did the Big Boy, not Nodel D'OH! I skimmed your article way too fast. Stallman makes more sense as a Big Boy artist. Over on timely-atlas, there was a stirring defense of Stallman a few years ago. Doc V assembled a "package" of his best Atlas work and circulated it, and honestly it was distinctive and pretty good. The yahoo group for spillover scans was even named mastall in his honor. The other artist that people love to hate is Matt Fox. I like his woodcut-like work on the right story, but I can imagine the stiffness and quirkiness driving people away. I whined until I got a copy of Doc's Fox "package" and was glad I did! Jack

Duly noted. Some nut indexed them for GCD. I didn't realize the Big Boy connection though. Story of Money Story of Banks More comments about your article later, I hope. Jack

How extensive is your Platinum Age collection? Some months ago, everyone would have asked whether you had showcase4's current (at the time) grail of grails, Obadiah Oldbuck! (Do you?) Thanks, Jack Excluding the Platinum Age stuff, I think the earliest is probably the Century of Comics (1933). I also have Famous Comics (mid 30's); Detective Picture Stories #1 (1936); Wow #'s 1 & 4 (1936); Western Picture Stories (1937); and some other stuff I can't think of without going downstairs to take a look.

Thanks for the estimate. Make that "Probably for only 0.5% of my holdings..." Jack (if I buy in bulk)

Of course the value of the books you're protecting makes it worth the investment, but about how much does that cost per book? Probably for only 3% of my holdings would the contents be worth more than the packaging! Jack With the exception of the microchamber paper at the centerfold, that is the EXACT same method I used with Centaurman's books (he asked me to help him organize his collection), even down to the sizes used. The books end up well protected, in a fairly inert environment, and looking great. I liked the way the looked so much that I switched some of my own golden age stuff into the same package.

A quick scan of my list says that I can't help out with any of your missing Standard romance issues. Sorry! Jack

Great to see the return of Month in the Life! Be careful so that everyone doesn't insist that the moderators banish you regularly so that you work on this feature more! Just a few quick comments -- Real Life beckons. Any reason to think that it wasn't Sagendorf? From the Who's Who: SAGENDORF, BUD DELL PUBLICATIONS POPEYE (wr/pen/ink/) 1945-62 > 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 ... I really like these three pages. I think that they show off the similarity to Basil Wolverton's drawing, as well as the influence of the various Popeye artists on R. Crumb. Jack

"I sure wish I could read Japanese!" Jack

Another VCC batch -- Archives, digests, even the notorious Skateman from MikeS. Great packing. Thanks! Jack

....more like tip toeing over...bought my 1st Timely this week ... high grade unrestored Young Allies #10, and negotiating on a Human Torch #1 never too late to acquire good taste. Is that comics with good taste, or comics that taste good? Jack Sorry

Does he know? I will first shrink myself to the size of Dollman. He might never notice. Hopefully I won't step in any mouse traps. Jack

Does he know? Ordinarily he could hide in a slab -- but since this is BZ's au naturel collection, he'd stand out like a plastic petunia in a rose garden. Jack

HAW! Great job -- your own work? But the original is so funny that a parody can hardly top it! Here's Scott Shaw!'s take on it. (He picks up the "neuter" straight line too.) This goes on for page after page. "He, NEUTRO, could bore his way through the center of the earth…He could bend steel like paper…He could make mighty rivers flow backwards…He could overtake the fastest missiles…He could destroy entire flotillas…He could destroy and bring to ground squadrons of huge bombers…He could rip tanks in half…and rip up battalions of armed soldiers…He could swallow bullets like a baby swallows candy…He could crush entire cities…or stop speeding trains like a child stops a toy…He could catch whales with a single hand…and if there were dinosaurs on Earth he could reduce twenty of them to ashes…Such were his powers that he could outrace leopards as if they were standing still…If a mountain caved in on him it would have no more effect than a pile of feathers…if an atomic bomb exploded in NEUTRO’s presence it would be as if a mere balloon burst…A herd of elephants couldn’t crush him…A thousand lions couldn’t maul him…A thousand pythons couldn’t crush him…: It really reads like some kind of mantra. Jack

Maybe a Funnies #64 - very tough book, or you can settle for a FC#169 Center of top row, right? How about Crackajack Funnies 39? 1st comic book Andy Panda, but he's not mentioned on the cover. Great stuff! Jack

It may not be Gold, but it sure is oddball. Doctor Octopus gets berated by a dentist (who apparently doesn't take note of the extra arms as long as Ock pays in cash) -- "Not only have you neglected your teeth for years, but you obviously eat lots of sugary snacks!" I suspect it's mostly Hostess Twinkies. That golden cake.... Peter Parker, on the other hand, tells the dentist that he thanks Aunt May because "she always had me brush regularly with a FLUORIDE TOOTHPASTE accepted by the American Dental Association!" (Sounds like a Commie plot to me.) As a reward, he gets to see Ock's X-rays. Can anyone ID the artist? 1982, signed R/S on the front cover. Jack