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Oh boy, "what time did the Golden Age end" reprise. Tiny Tessie is October 1949. The Marvel circle on the cover was very short-lived. If it's on a borderline, it's probably Timely/Atlas rather than Timely/Marvel. Some people think that Timely ended with Captain America Comics #75 (Feb. 1950) or else Marvel Mystery Comics #92 and Sub-Mariner Comics #32 (June 1949). The Atlas globe (really more of a distributor's logo) started Nov. 1951. What do you think? (both you and Bob B) Jack

Good catch. Apparently Tom Lammers has a copy, since he's credited for the index at GCD. He (and probably the collective wisdom of the Timely-Atlas yahoo group) didn't guess a cover artist. Interior art is credited to Morris Weiss, Bill Williams and David Gantz. Do you think it's one of them? If I were forced to give an opinion (not likely), I'd say Weiss. Jack

Where's my kudos? In your eyes, officer! I don't know nuthin' 'bout the others, but this one is such a stone-classic Oksner (Infantino layout?) crotch-centric cover that's it a bit hard to get. Good catch. This part of the Lois Lane run cracks me up. Jack

Lordie, what a bizarre cover! Must be Harvey's buddy hanging around. Jack

My worst comics look more like MrBedrock's piece than Bangzoom's piece. Maybe a bit more ragged. Jack

One of the best superhero Christmas covers. Santa Claus could actually exist in Capt Marvel's universe, alongside talking tigers and villainous worms. Not too bad a fit in Superman's 1942 universe (binarysunrise's delightful daily strip posting), but from Bronze Age on there's not much room for him at DC. Jack

It doesn't. It keeps going and going. I can hardly wait 'til we get to the pre-national TV Guide section! Jack

Wow, that Mylar is so-o-o transparent. Yeah, right. He touched it. He TOUCHED the comic book with his HANDS! And we have photographic evidence. For shame, MrBedrock. Jack Couldn't have been Bedrock, see the wedding ring...he wasn't married(at the time). I believe it was Col. Gator with the dry hands in Bedrock's booth, with a wedgy! You'll soon be able to check for fingerprints and NAB that rampaging comic-book toucher! Jack

Wow, that Mylar is so-o-o transparent. Yeah, right. He touched it. He TOUCHED the comic book with his HANDS! And we have photographic evidence. For shame, MrBedrock. Jack

Also, great photography for this pic! Luv the way this book seems to hover above the rest. Hypnotic. It took a lot of work to get that background just right... And amazingly, szelim doesn't notice the hands. Place your bet, szelim. All you have to do is guess which cup the ball is under. Easy money! Jack showcase4 probably wonders why no gloves

"Might as well face it, you're addicted to pulp," as Robert Palmer would sing. Jack

x18 You had told me about the TN's but you didn't mention those Jumbos Well done Sharon! Thanks, Ronaldo...I was kind of in the middle of a WHOLE bunch of books...Wonder Woman, these...and I might be giving up shoes for a while.. It seems to work out fine for Sheena. Jack

YOW! Fantastic haul! Should I try to wheedle all 38 of them away from you for $10 each? Jack (How can you make money selling like that? Quantity, my boy. Quantity!)

The expressions of the women on Witches Tales covers always puzzle me. This one's getting buried alive with a bunch of skeletons by a masked maniac, and she's got a little half-smile. On the last one (#5?) she has a quizzical look, like "I wonder if that gruel has enough cinnamon in it?" They should be freakin'! Jack

what do they say? well, you know what they say if you have to ask! I asking, you know what I'm sayin'? (thumbs u I'm pretty sure they say, "Ack!" and "Thbbbt!" Jack

I'm also considering: Dream of the Rarebit Fiend A friend went WILD over this book. (I hope it's the same edition.) I had read that the publisher may be running out of copies. I read it from the libary and really enjoyed it. My first look at Fletcher Hanks, so I'll always be grateful for that. If I remember right, I had to keep a magnifying glass nearby. The reproduction is good but sometimes too small. The price is dropping fast at Amazon. Headed for the remainders table? I haven't read it. I'm reading Cartoon America: Comic Art in the Library of Congress now (library copy). Spotty, but the historical overview and inclusion of many editorial/political cartoons in contest is worthwhile. Again, the price is dropping fast and it might get remaindered. Jack

Tough quiz! Gerber and Overstreet do list the book, even though it's only a remaindered comics cover. Interesting that they both list it as Elliot Publications, but GCD has it under Gilberton, with the note "Published by Elliot Publishing (Imprint of Gilberton)". Is this how Gilberton got its start? Published a year before the first Classic Comics. Jack

That was fun! Were all Movie Comics done in that film-strip style? (Sort of annoying, isn't it?) What year was this story published? Obviously a Katherine Hepburn parody (Realhhy...), who was a leading choice to play "Scarlett O'Hara" in Gone with the Wind (1939). Is the director George Cukor (closely associated with Hepburn, original (?) director of GWTW? Could the collie be Gary Cooper? Thanks, Jack

It wasn't the Janet Van Dyne piñata? Don't get your hopes up for that much Europium! I think I posted one page from SC 34, the other from Atom 2. Jack

I glanced at his listings but resisted. Ya done good! For a long time, that was the second most expensive book I owned. It features the return of Europium! (first featured in Showcase 34): HAW! An anteater! I think that I have a copy of that one (somewhere) but haven't read it. #43 is on my want list too. Resistance is futile. Great stuff! Jack

I agree. Especially since they had such an all-star lineup. Don't forget Buster Bruin, Simply Spooks, and Sniffy. I am sure this has been discussed before, but why did funny animal creators come the conclusion the alliteration was the best way to name their characters? Obviously that statement could apply to comic characters as a whole (Clark Kent, Peter Parker). But it seemed especially prevalent in when naming animals (Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck, Peter 'Potamus). Whose idea was it? And why did so many decide to copy it? It goes all the way back to nursery rhymes, fairy tales and classic children's literature, right? Peter Piper Peter Pan Rose Red Beatrix Potter: The Tale of Benjamin Bunny (1904) The Tale of Timmy Tiptoes (1911) Then once the custom was carried over into cartoons (Mickey Mouse, Bugs Bunny, etc.) and comic books (Clark Kent, Lois Lane), most everyone (especially Stan Lee) followed suit. Jack

Wonderful cover! In fact, Kane's Atom series is one of the best short runs of the Silver Age. Maybe it's worth posting this scan over on the Silver Age Survivor thread to support Kane's cause. (Anderson's already gone!!!) I'll post it if you don't mind. Oh, and "That's the nicest 5.5 I've ever seen." That's the proper response to a CGC graded book, right? I have two Atom #1s, but I'm afraid that added together they wouldn't crack 5.5. Jack

YOW! The boards are poppin' with strange images today. Great chemistry nonsense here, and I love the Squoil and Fritz funny animals. Thanks, Jack

Not enough anthropomorphic oysters. Jack still quivering from the Short Bus

MEIN GOTT! It's not hard to see why there haven't been many funny-animal oyster stories. Bordering on the obscene, and I'd rather not say whether it's north or south of the border. Let's just say that it's a good thing all the oysters were clean-shaven! (Did the oysters remind anyone else of the "old man in the boat" narrated an old underground comics story? I wish I could remember what book it's in, not that I could post it here.) [PS: Thanks to another boardie whom I don't want to embarrass by connection to my bizarre free-association, but the story is probably Robert Williams's "The Supreme Constellation of Dormasintoria" in Zap Comix 4. As Scrooge would say, "Call me weird, but..." the resemblance jumped out at me!] Whoever worked on this story obviously did. Thanks for posting! Wow! Jack Spo-De-O-De