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The comment made me think of these covers -- GCD but possibly scans of my own copies. Very funny series. Jack

Maybe? Jack

Sure, Jack. I have one. Unfortunately the reed is missing so we've been using it as a straw. Yeah, I figured. Looks like you got the special Time Machine version made out of Teflon. I hope the Pons Con Jam Band had a gahoon player. Ozone Park, NY! Jack, probably the 1 in 10 that takes more than 10 minutes

Ad for gahoon. Please tell us that you have one, BangZoom. While you're at it, you might as well mention that you played it in the Miles Davis Quintet. Has anyone ever seen one? Jack P. D. Q. Bach to Stokely Carmichael?

the colors on that 13 are INTENSE! Those are beautiful, Richard....but why on earth won't Metropolis sell to YOU? I've never bought from them, but now I refuse to;) I'd join that boycott, but I'm afraid the US economy would crumble. Jack too late

"Gavin" not "Gavis" .....and who says Bush isn't Christmas music Bush? That'd be for Hanukkah, right? Jack

Yeah, when the needles from the tree are clogging the vacuum cleaner, it's about time to put away the Christmas decorations. Jack (I like it too)

I wondered when it would show up here. Looks great even w/ the light stain. Jack

you sir, are a nutsy squirrel I like it! Not a short busser. There can't be many DC funny animal books w/ black background -- looks like a very clean copy. And I'm nuts for Nutsy. Jack

WOO HOO! Sounds like there was some dealin' going on at your show. Great pick-ups for the price. Jack

Neat comic. I have a few early issues of that title but I can't find them. However, in my search I did find #8 which is the last number of the series. It's a 25¢ 100 page issue. I actually have #5, although that fuzzy scan is from GCD. Yours looks great! Jack

This is the first one I thought of. I doubt it's the only one. ... 'nother Better one. I can't remember where's the LB Cole. Maybe a falsely implanted memory. Jack

This is the first one I thought of. I doubt it's the only one. ... 'nother Jack

This is the first one I thought of. I doubt it's the only one. Is there an LB Cole war cover w/ a blimp? Jack

OK, I give up. Is the monkey riding on the tiger's back off-stage? Nice jungle books! Jack

Hydrogen-filled -- WOO HOO! Which issue is it from? Historical or fiction story? (Looks fictional to me.) Jack

cool book! Is that real Boody art, or a fill in while he was in the military? I'm almost positive that he did the cover, but now that you ask I'll take another look at the interiors. My first impression was that it's Boody himself. I didn't realize that Sparky was ghosted. Jack

THANKS! I really like that one -- Kelly (right?), unusual (but not unprecedented) combination of characters, rich brown background. Dopey got used more as a solo character than the other 6 dwarves, didn't he? I wonder why. Most appeal to kids? Very Harpo Marx-like on this cover. Jack

Wow!! Despite the weird anatomy, I am plenty jealous of this book. Well done :applause: Thanks! One of several Golden Age books from the skypinkblu pedigree that I'm showing off. Jack

Another fantastic reader from skypinkblu! Sparky Watts 1, Jul-42 (from the date stamp on the cover) featuring a fantastic 38-page Sparky Watts vs the Nazis story by Boody Rogers that begs to be reprinted! Hitler & Mussolini cover, plus Skyman and The Face. Wow! Jack

Omigosh! I own a Centaur! Liberty Scouts 2 (1st issue) from Jun-41. Nice reader copy of a Gerber 7 book from skypinkblu (thanks). Gustavson cover and Man of War story. (Hard to capture the colors) Liberty Scouts features an appearance by FD Roosevelt. Origin of the Fire-Man by Maurice Filchock has a Fletcher Hanks look to it. Tanks of chemicals all over the place. Origin of Vapo-Man by Steve Gilman is utterly wild! Here's a page. (Yes, the white is enhanced) Amazons running around in Lucky Lee. Quite a funnybook! Jack

I hope BangZoom doesn't mind me using this thread to tell a funny -- OK, mildly amusing -- tale about my Hit Comics 8, February 1941, just received yesterday from skypinkblu (thanks). Neon the Unknown cover attributed to Lou Fine (?) at GCD. Looks like his work to me. Ever since I've learned about Neon the Unknown, I've been hoping to find an affordable Hit Comics featuring him on the cover (element connection). Obvious problems like tape on the spine and edge chips, but this is not a bad-looking reader copy. (Let's say that it's a good thing that Neon only appeared on the FRONT cover.) I wanted to show a few pages and decided to check the Golden Age UK site rather than abusing my copy on the scanner. I downloaded the microfiche images that just appeared there and found the pages that I wanted. Apologies that they're so fuzzy. Here's two pages from Betty Bates, Lady-at-Law. Not a feature that's screaming for a revival, I don't think. Signed by "Stanley Charlot" -- GCD says that Nick Cardy drew it! Very odd, stylized style. Look at the figures here, like the bizarre faces in panel 6 of page 9 (carbon monoxide in the last panel!) and panel 7 of page 13, plus the stretched-out legs and high waists in panels 3 and 8 of page 13. Weird! Here's a fun gag page, Tommy Tinkle (ahem) by "Sandy Klauz" (Arthur Beeman). Sam Snipe in his odd ghost costume in panel 1 totally cracks me up. He wouldn't be out of place in a Robert Crumb strip. I really like the almost "clear line" style on Lion Boy by "Merton Holmes", apparently by George Tuska! Isn't that an attractive page? Great ape profile in panel 5. One of the best pages in the book is the Neon the Unknown splash page. Signed "Tagor Maroy", GCD says Alex Blum (?) -- seems right to me. Unusual page layout. Neon's powers are so ill-defined, with "neonic screens", "neonic rays" and neonics socks to the jaw. And here's where I was surprised. Red Bee splash page for a wild marijuana story by "B. H. Apiary" (HAW!) -- GCD says Saul Rosen(?). He almost a Raboy style in his pencils and inks, maybe because of photo swipes. That miscut page folded up at the bottom looks suspiciously familiar -- because it's got to be my copy that was microfiched! No way that exact defect, the marks on the front cover, and the lack of a back cover could be coincidence! Golden Age comics really are addictive, aren't they? Jack

Hit Comics 8, just received yesterday from skypinkblue. Neon the Unknown cover. There's a tale to tell about this issue but I don't want to clutter this thread with it. Check over at BangZoom's Golden Age Collection thread for more. Jack

Betty Ball seems like a shoo-in to me. What a strange ad. I wonder how they got the lipstick to glow. Jack

This one just arrived -- Crack Comics 6, October 1940. Who needs a torso when you have legs? Apparently Gill Fox is responsible. Jack