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I don't suppose it's the San Francisco copy.... Jack left my heart AND sense of humor there?

I remember lusting after that All-Star #51 (diamond men!) and #26 when Bob B posted them. At least I got a #26 eventually but still not #51. Great cover. The attached advice from Marvel Bullpen Bulletins (Sept 1967) might explain the tape. Jack

All beauties but if I were shopping I would most likely have ended up with the Heroic. Great stuff -- I hope you take a look inside. Jack

it looks to me like his origin involves Billy Mumy sending him to the cornfield, but that didn't happen for at least another decade. Anthony Fremont prototype! Jack

Probably only the Phantom/Bandit issues match it for Porky Pig covers in the Four Color series. Unfortunately I couldn't find any of mine to scan -- probably tucked away. GCD scans attached of a couple of them Jack

For that I have to break out the smileyfaces :o That looks like one of mine! When you upgrade, I'll be waiting outside your window with a net. Classic cover! Jack

Lordy mama! What a beauty! Just look at the personalities pouring out of those Dwarfs! Have you looked inside? All Buettner, right? Congrats! Jack

Happy 74th Bibbida-ibbida-ibbida uh Bibbida-ibbida-ir ah shucks Happy 74th Natal Anniversary to Porky Pig! Jack

Is the other one Jo-Joy Meets Christopher the Collapsible Horse? I wonder if that's supposed to be the 1946 issue and someone in production goofed. I noticed that the issues on GCD are dated 1945, 1945, 1947-53. Do you have the full set? Wonderfully obscure stuff! Jack

Oh, man. That's the last time I let a reporter in my lab. Now the neon brassiere patent might be invalidated because of public disclosure. Jack good stuff!

And one more already posted in General. From an ebay seller that I hadn't tried before, Riot 1 Apr-54, Atlas. A bit rough but under a Burgos cover are Mad-style stories by Heath, Post, Hartley, Maneely and Colan! I have a Riot #3 coming soon! Jack

These probably belong here, not General where they'll most likely be overlooked. Overabundance of riches this week! Four from ciorac for the "element collection" -- thanks for a nice deal on these "Pat K collection" books. Space Action 2 Aug-52 Ace, Silicon Monsters from Galaxy X. Classic cover and a very odd space travel story that seems to mix up silicon and silica in the big resolution. Space Adventures 7 Jul-53 Giordano cover. Sort of an accident but a terrific gold story and a strange sex-change story. Strange Adventures 17 Feb-52. I've wanted this one for a long time -- a Captain Comet story about "Synthetic Men" with calcium nitrate, calcium carbonate, oxygen and nitrogen in the resolution! Then a backup story that I didn't even know about with a guy wandering around someone's (well-lighted) brain looking for chunks of radium and quenching them with lead sulfate. Strange Worlds 8 Aug-52, Avon. I got it for The Metal Murderer cover that turns out to only have a "platinum dollar" reference in it, but that's the weakest story in the book! Artwork by Lazarus, Kinstler, Kubert and Hollingsworth! Jack

From an ebay seller that I hadn't tried before, Riot 1 Apr-54, Atlas. A bit rough but under a Burgos cover are Mad-style stories by Heath, Post, Hartley, Maneely and Colan! I have a Riot #3 coming soon! Jack

Overabundance of riches this week! Four from ciorac for the "element collection" -- thanks for a nice deal on these "Pat K collection" books. Space Action 2 Aug-52 Ace, Silicon Monsters from Galaxy X. Classic cover and a very odd space travel story that seems to mix up silicon and silica in the big resolution. Space Adventures 7 Jul-53 Giordano cover. Sort of an accident but a terrific gold story and a strange sex-change story. Strange Adventures 17 Feb-52. I've wanted this one for a long time -- a Captain Comet story about "Synthetic Men" with calcium nitrate, calcium carbonate, oxygen and nitrogen in the resolution! Then a backup story that I didn't even know about with a guy wandering around someone's (well-lighted) brain looking for chunks of radium and quenching them with lead sulfate. Strange Worlds 8 Aug-52, Avon. I got it for The Metal Murderer cover that turns out to only have a "platinum dollar" reference in it, but that's the weakest story in the book! Artwork by Lazarus, Kinstler, Kubert and Hollingsworth! Jack

For a duck, is a wet beak actually abuse? (Come to think of it, why would a duck care about getting wet?) Jack

No musings on the colors of comic-book ghosts, eh? The weirdest details catch my eye. Jack

Head first. Lingerie cover! Jack

Not just an artist, but a mathematician too! This is the cover that many people sneer at -- it's not that bad! Interesting to see the choice of a white, transparent ghost at DC. It seems like pale green ghosts were all over the covers with the occasional pale blue. ACG may have started the pale green ghosts, then DC adopted them. Was it Schaffenberger's influence? He used pale green ghosts a lot on e. g. Lois Lane covers. Is that a detail you've ever tracked? Nice-looking book despite the missing chunk. Jack

Ooooh -- terrific chemical heat from thermiton. Nice looking page! Jack

Thanks. With my scanner and primitive software, yellows are hell to match. Any tiny nick or stain tends to show up as a reddish blob, any foxing looks like the book belongs in the dumpster. Usually I can lower the saturation and twiddle the green channel a little, but that wasn't quite doing the job tonight. Solid reds often get a mottled appearance -- I keep meaning to ask Scrooge why his reds look so solid. Blues and greens are relatively easy! Jack

Billy, you're going to have to raise them sights a lot higher when the bottom-feeders are nipping at your heels. Almost as nice as yours, huh? Jack

Bear with me -- last covers of the day. Four Color 39 1944 Oswald the Rabbit A beater with a great cover, almost as good as #21! Are those dancing candies and cookies proto-shiverbones or what? Four Color 67 1945 Oswald the Rabbit I think Paratrooper posted this one as one of the weirdest parachute covers out there. I like it, and it's a respectable copy. Four Color 72 1945 Raggedy Ann and Andy 4th Raggedy Ann issue. Who drew it? Aren't those great bugs? A lot of Kelly in them. Could it be his pencils or split duties? The back cover is fun too. Four Color 87 Jan-45 Fairy Tale Parade Right, no actual funny animals on the cover. They're inside. Cover is credited to Dan Noonan (?) -- seems right to me. The Walt Kelly story 'Tiny Folk and the Dragon' is a knockout! Sensitive viewers may wish to avert their eyes for the last one. Four Color 103 Apr-46 Easter with Mother Goose Utterly classic Kelly bunny cover! Too bad it's such a beater, but you get what you pay for. Jack

More Oswalds, already posted on the Four Color thread, but I think they deserve a showing here too. Four Color 507 Oct-53 Oswald the Rabbit Four Color 593 Oct-54 Oswald the Rabbit Clean character design and layout, but nothing to knock Barks or Kelly off the pedestal. I had a heck of a time trying to get the yellows on the scans to look like the books themselves. Jack

Five more that have already been posted long ago, but I'm just happy to have copies in any condition. Four Color 39 1944 Oswald the Rabbit A beater with a great cover! Are those dancing candies and cookies proto-shiverbones or what? Four Color 67 1945 Oswald the Rabbit I think Paratrooper posted this one as one of the weirdest parachute covers out there. I like it, and it's a respectable copy. Four Color 72 1945 Raggedy Ann and Andy 4th Raggedy Ann issue. Who drew it? Aren't those great bugs? A lot of Kelly in them. Could it be his pencils or split duties? The back cover is fun too. Four Color 87 Jan-45 Fairy Tale Parade Cover is credited to Dan Noonan (?) -- seems right to me. The Walt Kelly story 'Tiny Folk and the Dragon' is a knockout! Sensitive viewers may wish to avert their eyes for the last one. Four Color 103 Apr-46 Easter with Mother Goose Utterly classic Kelly bunny cover! Too bad it's such a beater, but you get what you pay for. Jack

Three more not on the list Four Color 361 Nov-51 Santa Claus Funnies GCD credits Irving Tripp (?) for the cover. I'd say little doubt about it -- certainly one of the Little Lulu artists. Four Color 507 Oct-53 Oswald the Rabbit Four Color 593 Oct-54 Oswald the Rabbit I had a heck of a time trying to get the yellows on the Oswald scans to look like the books themselves. Jack