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Great catch. I'm really impressed at how innovative these covers were. Was this one of Infantino's first "divided between two worlds" covers? His artwork sure was clean in the early 1950s. Is this one of the earliest cover examples of an image inked in a color besides black? Can someone clue me in on technically what was done here? Was the witch (?) inked in black as usual then passed off to the colorist, who included it on the red plate -- or something like that? I'm not used to seeing this technique used (and abused) frequently until the 70s. Great eyes on the woman! What's this? Was the hooded figure spotted in black, crosshatched with white ink, printed in black and finally overprinted with yellow? Very unusual for 50s, isn't it? I wonder whether Adler was involved in all these experiments. Looking forward to it! Jack

Something mysteriously crashed my browser and cleared my cache, so when I opened this thread I went back to post #1. I got a big laugh out of, "Being a latecomer to these boards I realize that almost anything I choose to post has probably already been uploaded. So, I'm going to pick things from my collection rather randomly and hope there's some interest." I was just about to complain about all your repetitive posting of the same old stuff, BZ. Argosy (January 8, 1938) AGAIN!? Sheesh. It's like yet another Heroes, Inc. Presents Cannon, y'know? By the way, did you ever notice any interest in your random choices? Jack

Yowsah! Bangzoom, do you have a "Post of the Year" award in that pile of emoticons that you keep handy? We have a contender. Thanks for inquiring and for posting the answers. It must have been fun to meet David. I enjoyed his input to the list earlier this year (or was it late 2007?). Jack

about the same response my precodes got... Ya gotta suck up to the crowd by saying things like, "Hey, this one is for Doc, 9.8 Moderns" or "Yo, check it out greggy, 9.8 100 pagers!" I usually use, "crossposted on the Short Bus thread." Jack

I thought long and hard about that one. If you see any slobber marks on it, they're mine. Sparky Watts by Boody Rogers is a great strip, well worth breaking into the Mylar for. Nice pick-ups! Jack

Well, they'll stone ya when you're trying to be so good, They'll stone ya just a-like they said they would. I suppose there's no unanimity on what the two besides Medusa looked like. Jack

Great catch, 'bones! Lordy, that cover is disturbing. Is she transformed into a harpy, or some beastie original to the story? Jack

Good old Harold strikes again! Are his books actually considered a pedigree or collection? Great stuff! Jack

HOLY FUDD! What a haul! Would Richard be my friend too? Bangzoom was amusing the troops with several of those stories a few weeks ago. Dr H is in Popular Comics numbered in the 50s or so. Jack

Kudos (possibly overdue, possibly repeated) for some great multiple-item board purchases from: the shadow knows -- mostly Jimmy Olsen and Lois Lane. Looking forward to another round. skypinkblu -- too much stuff from Gold to Silver to Crazy! Good deals abound. ciorac -- mostly Golden Age goodness. Heroic, True Comics, Lars of Mars, much more misc! JohnT -- Silver Age, mostly DC. Received Monday and bragged about most of the books on the SA forum. Brave and the Bold, Mystery in Space, and a very nice X-Men. I know that last one's not DC. Thanks to all. Jack

Some nice-looking Gold Keys that rounded out my board buy. Amazing how inexpensive these books are compared to Marvel or DC books with the same date and condition. Attractive covers too! Magnus, Robot Fighter 15, Aug-66. Russ Manning artwork. Korak, Son of Tarzan 21, Feb-68. More Russ Manning. Doesn't everybody love giant ants? Korak, Son of Tarzan 24, Aug-68. Does any race really have skin the color of those "natives"? Jack

Very happy to get this dime book. The Brave and the Bold 33 Jan-61 3rd Cave Carson! Just ignore the scribbling in the logo, OK? Only 10 issues away from a run from #29 to the end, although #31 is coverless. Too much competition for #1-28. It'll take some real luck for me to own any of those. Jack

Here's a nice dime book from my board buy -- Mystery in Space 54 Sep-59 2nd Adam Strange in MiS. The chipping doesn't bother me much for the price. Jack

Thanks! The rest of the books in the batch were nice too. I'll "sort" them into the right threads -- all Silver. Strictly speaking, the Fight from 1953 is pre-Silver (late Gold, Atomic, whatever). Jack Fabulous colors on that fight!! Thanks again! It looks better than its grade because of water damage. Jack

I don't think I've ever posted in this thread before. Just in, a very presentable copy of The X-Men 16 from Jan-66 bought off a board thread. Getting closer! A solid run from 12 to 63 except for a damaged copy of #22, with only 31 total missing below #315, and many of them are the reprint issues that I'm not willing to spend big money for. Jack

Thanks! The rest of the books in the batch were nice too. I'll "sort" them into the right threads -- all Silver. Strictly speaking, the Fight from 1953 is pre-Silver (late Gold, Atomic, whatever). Jack

Total for all three under $20 including a share of shipping from a board sales thread. Defects, sure, but nice bright covers and light pages. Jack

Adventures of Bob Hope 90 http://www.comics.org/details.lasso?id=71328 The story credit says: Mort Drucker (signed) and I just checked my copy. The signature is right there on page 1. The cover art (especially the robot) is consistent with the story art. Based on the comparision, I think that the cover credit as Drucker is probably right. Thanks, Jack

Are "we" sure? I'm not. Drucker credit is from GCD, which probably means Steven Rowe, Jerry Bails' Who's Who and other experts. It could be an error. Do you think it's Oksner? I'll send a question to GCD if you do. Jack Don't know "who" just ,"who not" -- or who it probably isn't. OK, thanks. Too late for Fitzgerald, too early for Adams, leaving Oksner almost the only possibility. Jack PS Jerry's Who's Who lists Drucker on the book until 1965 -- #90 is Jan 1965. DRUCKER, MORT DC COMICS ADVENTURES OF BOB HOPE (pen/ink/) 1950s/61-65 > 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 61 62 63 64 65 But Oksner overlaps: OKSNER, BOB DC COMICS ADVENTURES OF BOB HOPE (wr/pen/ink/) 1960-67 > 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 JPS

Are "we" sure? I'm not. Drucker credit is from GCD, which probably means Steven Rowe, Jerry Bails' Who's Who and other experts. It could be an error. Do you think it's Oksner? I'll send a question to GCD if you do. Jack

Yes! I got a stack of nice vg to fn range Bobs, Deans and Jerrys from rcsage on ebay. Unfortunately fell short on Bilkos and Uncle Milty. Thanks, Jack

Hey, Short Bus fans! New DC celebrity books on the Golden Age cigar, DC 10¢ and 12¢ Silver threads! Here's one of the better covers of the bunch, Adventures of Bob Hope 90 Jan-65. I like the lookalike robot and the robot dog. Mort Drucker pencils and inks. Jack

One 10¢ Silver Age Jerry. Take a look at the Golden Age forum for a couple of earlier Dean & Jerrys. Adventures of Jerry Lewis 61 Dec-60 I'm pretty sure this is a Bob Oksner cover, but this is around the time Owen Fitzgerald left and Oksner took over. Not a bad cover gag. Editor was asleep at the wheel -- what's that #$%^& apostrophe doing in "her's"? Jack

A couple of nice-looking Bob Hope 10¢ books. Adventures of Bob Hope 46 Sep-57 Probably Owen Fitzgerald pencils and inks. Adventures of Bob Hope 64 Sep-60 Probably Bob Oksner pencils and inks. Looks like an Oksner girl. More Bob and Jerry ahead! Jack

So, wrong again! Scrooge will be inconsolable. Jack