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What he said! WOW. That Superman 74 a.k.a 75 is one book I've always wondered if I should buy. It's a well known variant and my March 1952 doesn't feel complete without a copy. My current copy has the correct 75 on the cover. Here's a comparison side-by-side, left mine, right MultiCynic killer variant copy - I didn't know about the cover variant, but I really like the covers where Lois Lane is almost Katherine Hepburn instead of the shallow dimwit she became later in the 50s and 60s. Jack

WOW, even better than I hoped. It stays on my want list, preferably a copy I can smash flat on the scanner. But "phosphorous". AARRGGHH! Sorry, pet peeve. They made the same mistake on the first appearance of Dr. Phosphorus. Thanks, Jack

Mmmmmboy, green pie! and anthropomorphic flowers. Weird cover! Any idea who drew it? Jack

I'm pretty sure it's "As I Opened Fire" Here Jack

Very nice. This one is a Roy Lichtenstein source, if you care about that sort of thing. (This others may be too -- #90 is one I happen to have too.) Jack

Nice copy. Unusual to see Mera on a JLA cover. Is this the first? Is this the only? Jack

Grandenetti on the cover art, if I'm not mistaken. I can't remember Infantino drawing any greytones. Grandenetti seems feasible, but I didn't know that he worked on this series. Kane did a lot of the covers, but not enough nostril showing. *GCD* Carmine Infantino (Pencils) Jack Adler (Inks) ? (Colors) ? (Letters) Infantino did the Trigger Twins story, so the cover isn't unlikely. Maybe his pencils are so covered up by Adler's wash work that they're hard to spot. The hand placement isn't unlike his work, is it? Jack The underlying art is done by the artist in b&w&gray. Adler has to try and match that which is why there is real artistry in his work in coloring the comic. Grandenetti did do any interior work for ASW so far as I know. It's possible that it's Infantino and that I did not recognize it because I have no washtone covers by him to compare it to. But after looking at some of my Grandenetti's (and he drew/painted as many graytone covers for DC as anyone else) I still think it looks his work and that it's plausible that he moonlighted for Julie Schwartz. Even Kubert and Heath moonlighted a couple times for Julie so this is plausible. The example below has a similar composition . Thanks for the info. I (aka World's Worst Artist Spotter) am not about to challenge your Grandenetti ID. [You meant, "Grandenetti did NOT do any interior work..., right?] I can try to find out where the Infantino ID at GCD came from. In many cases, it's from pay records -- those tell who got paid, not who drew the work, of course. Jack

You got all these Atlas books in one fell swoop? Great catch! AWP! That's a disturbing cover. Are the victim's eyes wide open? It's hard to tell from the scan. This one's been on my want list for years: Man Comics 25 (Apr 1953) Supposedly there's a story in there that features something about phosphorus and iodine. Any chance that you got that issue and can take a look for it? Thanks, Jack

YYYAAAYYY!!! WOW, great stuff, with a pair of evil chemists (isn't that redundant?) to boot! But they're working with germs, not chemicals -- aren't they microbiologists? Thanks, BZ. Jack

Kirby? Wow. The dancing dog in a tutu really is out there! Fanny Y. Cory? Always interesting to read about an illustrator/cartoonist that I've never heard of. Since nice art samples at the link (above). "When Fanny Young Cory illustrated L. Frank Baum's The Master Key in 1901, she was beginning a successful career as a book, magazine, and newspaper illustrator. Miss Cory said that she "got such a good start in the field of children's illustration . . . because I was the first woman to try it. I wasn't as good an artist as some others, but I had more sense of humor." She was much too modest, for she was one of the finest illustrators of the early twentieth century." "By the middle 1920's, her children were old enough for college, but because of a depression in the ranching business the Cooneys could not afford the cost of education. She therefore decided to begin a second career as a newspaper cartoonist. She contracted with the Philadelphia Ledger syndicate in 1926 to draw the daily Sonnysayings cartoons. This series concerned the misadventures of a little boy and his comments--or excuses. Her drawings are much like her. earlier St. Nicholas pictures, but with a tendency toward sketchier shading. Sonny was very popular, and in 1929 Fanny Cory wrote a book about him. On June 22, 1935, King Features began distributing the series. Later that year, the syndicate hired her to draw illustrations for Little Miss Muffet, a strip which successfully capitalized on the popularity of Harold Gray's Little Orphan Annie. Miss Cory was a much better artist than Gray, but she never enjoyed the Muffet series. Except during its last few months, she did not write the stories, and three years after she began the strip she complained to an interviewer, "there are no gangsters, or divorces or anything like that in her adventures, so she must be a relief to mothers. But sometimes I think she's too pure." Despite Miss Cory's feelings, Little Miss Muffet was popular enough to have a book of her own. .... In 1956, when she was nearing the age of 80 and afflicted with arthritis and failing eyesight, she decided to retire. On June 30, the final episodes of Little Miss Muffet and Sonnysayings appeared." Thanks for posting the cover. Jack

He was right about being wrong -- and he's happy about it. Obviously the trick in never losing lies in how you formulate the answer. Jack right?

Here's a dime book that really is kinda sick. All-Star Western 96, early Silver Age Infantino (?) ink-wash cover. Nice beater for $2.50 -- not such an easy issue to find. Jack Grandenetti on the cover art, if I'm not mistaken. I can't remember Infantino drawing any greytones. Grandenetti seems feasible, but I didn't know that he worked on this series. Kane did a lot of the covers, but not enough nostril showing. *GCD* Carmine Infantino (Pencils) Jack Adler (Inks) ? (Colors) ? (Letters) Infantino did the Trigger Twins story, so the cover isn't unlikely. Maybe his pencils are so covered up by Adler's wash work that they're hard to spot. The hand placement isn't unlike his work, is it? Jack

This cover is KING! I love the cookie jar! Thanks for finding another "Kids Food" cover for me!!! Wa-hoo! And its that late 50's DC obnoxious pink too! Glad you like it. Looking at the cover again, did they really have to label the bubble pipe? Was the editor really afraid that the kiddies would think Fatsy was tokin' up? Jack (maybe the cover could be interpreted more than one way -- i.e., Patsy's eyelids and the major munchies)

They never bother me. Jack

Wow! Another chemistry cover I've never seen. Thanks! #$%^&* Smorgasbord covers. It would have been so much more attractive (to me) with just the Sammy image full-sized. Jack

A few late ones! Old-school Bugs -- YEAH! Gorgeous copy. According to Overstreet, this book has the last "Pat, Patsy and Pete" by Kelly. Have you looked inside? Jack

"You cruller head!" HAW! Jack

Cool! You know I was flipping through I Shall Destroy All Civilized Planets! the other day in Borders - I really need to pick that up. Jeff In Borders? I've checked in a few different Borders (gift cards to use up) and it's always been either out of stock (first print sold out), back-ordered or a special order item. I'll catch up with a copy eventually. Jack

WOO-HOO!! You da man. Thanks, Jack

Here's a dime book that really is kinda sick. All-Star Western 96, early Silver Age Infantino (?) ink-wash cover. Nice beater for $2.50 -- not such an easy issue to find. Jack

HAW! Exactly my comment in the Silver Age post. Jack

Yeah, I know it's not Golden Age, but the Short Bus seems to accomodate all Ages. Adventures into the Unknown 153 with a goofy Schaffenberger cover, already posted in the Silver 12¢ thread. ACG don't get no respect, so I brought it here too. Jack

Let's keep the short bus chugging along! The Three Mouseketeers 14, Feb 1958. I wish my scanner (and meager Photoshop Elements) could convey the astonishing PINKNESS of this cover better -- the more I try to enhance, the worse the water stain at the bottom looks. It's a well executed funny animal book, all Rube Grossman I think. The mice are Fatsy with the sailor suit, Patsy with the cookie, and Minus on the bubble. Minus reminds me of the first TV version of Alvin and the Chipmunks. Jack

I've bought way too many comic books this week. Here's an interesting one that barely squeaks into the end of the Golden/Atomic Age. Legends of Daniel Boone 7. I've been wanting to see one of these for years -- 100% Nick Cardy. And don't gimme no flak about the grade. A $1 ebay purchase -- OS has it marked "scarce" at about $40 in good. If you really like it, let me know and I'll send you a few chips. Jack

Nice looking books. Seriously, does anyone know how often DC war books used this plot (one soldier can see but not use his hands, and vice versa)? It seems like about once every 3 months. Was it Kanigher's default plot if a -script didn't show up? Jack