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A couple more from yesterday's box. Captain Midnight, Fawcett 44, September 1946. Tracy-like cover -- is it by someone imitating his minimalist style? The purple picture frame looks unusual too. "The kid who wanted a crack at the Japs!" is an interesting "Thrill-studded yarn about the last days of the Jap war!" -- i.e, an inventory WWII story that didn't get used before the war ended. Jack

"And To Think That I Saw It On Ditko Street!" Another interesting one from yesterday's box. Two attractive, early Ditko stories in this June 1957 Charlton book. Jack

Fox mid-40s science fiction seems a little too desirable for true SB status. I can't ID the artist either, but a very stylish rocket. Not that the art looks anything like Harry Peter, but those or the sorts of fins he's put on a rocket in Wonder Woman. This splash is a hoot. Are the intrepid explorers high enough that upside-down doesn't make any difference? (Hard to tell.) Jack

Scrooge slipped a couple of books on the Bus while I wasn't looking! I think we're all bozos on the Short Bus. *Squeaka squeaka* Probably Nyoka photo covers get almost the same reaction. I've got the same Young Eagle, and it's my one and only. Is #2 especially common? Does anyone know who's the actor? Do you suppose that he has a drop of American Indian blood in him? Jack

Me too! The mouse and bunny, in particular, showed up pretty often in Pogo. What a great Kelly cover. Jack

Based on the overwhelming response to the Golden Age books I posted in the cigar thread last night, everybody sing along: "Oh Short Bus sounding louder Glide on the Short Bus Come on now Short Bus Yes, Short Bus, holy roller Everyone jump upon the Short Bus Come on now Short Bus" Jackie Gleason 2 from St. John, October 1955. Nobody loves low-grade celebrity humor. This series precedes the longer-running DC run. Brocho Bill, 1939. Early Golden Age compilation of a defunct Western comic strip by Harry O'Neill. The bottom of each page is "Bumps" (also by O'Neill), a circus strip that I've never seen before. It reminds me a bit of The Barker. I think the book is saddle-stitched. Real Life Comics 21, January 1945, got some feedback, but if any Schomburg cover has a seat reserved on the Short Bus, this is it. Jack

Posted in Golden Age earlier this evening, but it's borderline Silver Age. I posted some DC Jackie Gleason books here a while back, and this might be interesting for comparison. Jackie Gleason 2 from St. John, October 1955, in glorious BTH condition. Some but not all of the artwork appears to be by the same hand as the DC books. I really like the caricatures of Gleason's characters. Jack

They just might. I know I need the 8-12 and I don't recall if I've ever bought a 7-11. I like the elephant cover better, btw. (thumbs u What else you got? I prefer the elephant cover too. Vol 5 #3 Vol 5 #6 Vol 5 #8 Vol 6 #7 (And some Eclipse comics.) None at hand, and it'll be a while before I can go digging for them. I can tell you about condition etc. off-list. Jack

It actually looks more like preventative stitching (with bailing twine), not a repair. Does that make it restoration? Do I have to disclose it? I NOD to the collective wisdom of the group. And finally, in response to overwhelming popular demand (Who's Scrooge popular with?), the books that are going to make me a Wealthy Man! Airboy Comics Vol 7 #11. Airboy Comics Vol 8 # 12. Great colors on this cover! Both feature fun stories (on first glance) and Heap backups. Jack

Finally, a fair-to-middlin' World's Finest Comics 7 from 1942. Classic "sometimes a cannon between Robin's legs is just a cannon" cover. Do you suppose there's any restoration done on it? OK, you know me too well -- it's Flashback 28. I've never had one of these before -- I also got WF 8. Nice quality reprint (esp for the price), even though the interior is black and white. Lots more to come if I find time to scan! Jack

Brocho Bill, 1939, from the Floyd Paul Bradbury pedigree. What's with that name, anyway? Did he have a bad cough? I realize that there's a teensy bit of spine damage, but I'm just grateful to Floyd for taking good enough care of it to last for 68 years. Jack

Wings Comics 123, 1954 Fiction House. I'm not a huge fan of war comics, but it's an attractive copy with interesting cover coloring. Jack

Real Life Comics 21, January 1945. Why post this one? A rarely seen Schomburg cover, and an freebie from one of my favorite ebay sellers! There's even a Hitler-Stalin story. Jack

Jackie Gleason 2 from St. John, October 1955. Yes, I know it's a beater, but not a book you see every day! I really like the caricatures. Jack

Today's big box included some genuine Golden (and Atomic) Age comics! Here are some highlights. Cowgirl Romance 1 -- mixed genre from Fiction House! Nice colors on the cover. Ol' Tex is ready to draw and shoot. Jack

I can't understand why you didn't put these nice big pictures up with your ebay auctions? I thought I had, but thank's for pointing it out. I may end the higher grade auctions and redo them with bigger scans tomorrow. I'm amazed how much Fagaly's faces look like Wolverton's. These are fun books! Jack

That's almost certainly a paste-up cover, isn't it? It looks like a kid playing with Colorforms to me. Can anyone ID where the two characters are swiped from? Jack

I don't think I have pictures of the run. If I remember correctly it was 86 Thanks for looking. 86 is missing at GCD and I haven't found one on-line. Jack

No I didn't know that!!! What was the other issue #?. Do you have a scan???. Did Bill ever answer with an issue number or scan? Looking foward to the info. I'm going to add one or the other to a talk I'm giving this week! Jack

Y'know, that cover is postively obscene. Fagaly must have gotten a laugh out of doing it. Was the story called, "Mr. McFoof, the perfect boyfriend?" Jack McFoof

These kinds of creases are really common on the DC war books between 1970 and 1975... especially early issues of Weird War. Also on some of the horror titles. I've heard it said that the non-hero DC titles got thinner cover stock than the hero books. Nice copies! That is one of my very favorite issues. Nothing but goodness in that one to be sure! Shep This copy of GI Combat 66 (1st pseudo-Sgt Rock) that I just won for 99¢ seems to have some of those creases too. I love reader copies. Jack

Much better heheh. Sorry -- I know it was rude, but I couldn't resist. ... More Canonical works Jack

Very nice -- is your ebay ID the same as your ID here? I don't browse for Four Colors very often, but I'm looking for a bunch.Paratrooper might be interested in No Time For Sergeants if he doesn't have it already (parachute cover).Jack

Thanks! Nice, bright cover art. (Just what I need. Attracting Scrooge's attention to FC issues that I don't have!) I do like Uncle Wiggily comics, including the great Kelly issues, notably the cover of FC 179. (Odd that he's not listed on the feature at Jerry B's Who's Who.) I like all the action on that scanned page. The chickens look like Warner Bros and the fawn looks like Disney! Who's Who suggests Lynn Karp, Bill Weaver or Bill Wright artwork. I have a gut feeling that Karp might be right, based on some help with previously attempted IDs at GCD. Sort of macabre, the chickens happily boiling and coloring their eggs. Sorta like steers having a burger barbecue. Jack

Dotty and the Jelly Beans? And Pig Latin in ONLY ONE LESSON!?!? Wow, that's fast. These look like tons of fun. Have any of them been reprinted anywhere? Jack