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Hopalong Cassidy, Grape-Nuts premium. What a damn shame that the premium sticker stuck to the front (newsprint) cover and it ended up with a big tear -- otherwise a nice-looking copy. I know they're not high-grade pre-Robin Detectives, but I love 'em anyway! Stop over in Silver to see a few more, generally in better condition. Jack

Justice Traps the Guilty 90, almost the end of the run. Jack

T-Man 38, last issue, with a nice Cuidera cover. Jack

I just got a box of *CHOKE* almost 90 comics -- all ages, but including lots of modern tra... uh, treasures, highly collectible treasures and a HEAVY stack of books, mostly hardbound Marvels, for reading. (Prices that put Mile High Chuck's 10% off convention special to shame, believe me.) If anyone here is into HOT HOT recent variant covers in high grade, drop me a message and we might make a deal. Here are some of my favorites from the stack. New Heroic Comics 65 includes a two-page story signed by Williamson - the cover story in fact -- but GCD credits it to Frazetta. Maybe he inked it. I don't think either of them had anything to do with the creepy cover, which reminds me of Robert Crumb's stories about him and his brother Charles. With the expressions on their faces, I'm not positive whether the Cap'n is rescuing his brother or pushing him under. Jack

Holy Fudd. How'd you get a photo of me after I won two BZ quizzes in a row? Jack

I enjoy the historical context of the Atlas books. Goodman and his boy Stan were always ready to grab onto whatever was currently popular. Wikipedia: "[The King and I] opened on Broadway in 1951 and was the fourth hit out of five collaborations for the team of Rogers and Hammerstein." Jack

HAW! You beat me to it while I was typing. Jack

Thanks! Interesting list. My history is weak enough that I had to look a couple up. How do you suppose James Cash Penney got the honor? Jack

Who's the guy with the white head at middle right? Thomas Edison, I think. Good guess. Jack

Nice catch. Who are the 48? I wouldn't want to ask you to type them all. Maybe there's a list you can scan when the book is in hand. Jack

Congratulations, Jack. That's two wins in a row. A feat never before accomplished by any competitor. We toast your vast knowledge of all things four color. Your two victory cups await you. (We misplaced Jack's trophy last night.) I feel like I should thump my chest and let out a "AUU auuu AUUGGHH" Tarzan holler. Thanks, Jack

Prof. Supermind and Son share the cover with Smilin' Jack. How could I miss it? Familiar headgear on Marvel Man? Jack, still smilin' from two trophies

Dan Warren, son of Supermind (Prof. Warren), from Popular Comics. Gotta admire those heroes that wear jodhpurs. Looking forward to the cover parade! Jack

Great group shot! It's fun to watch the book drift from Nazi-bashing to adventure to pseudo-Western. Jack

That's a really neat book! Thanks! Jack

This'll liven the joint up. (Yeah, right.) Airboy Vol 6 # 7 from August 1949 featuring "The Chemical Giant", a typical mad scientist story with elements of King Kong and "The Amazing Colossal Man/ Attack of the Fifty-Foot Woman" -- pretty remarkable since those movies were almost a decade later! Was there something else in popular entertainment in 1949 about people grown to giant size? Still, with two crazy chemists (check out the classic panel), a red-headed damsel in distress and Airboy's mouse sidekick named Cheesie (What th...? I never knew about him), the story has redeeming features. Plus the book includes a Heap story, a tale of the Catiline Revolt, and much more! The color bleed-through looks worse in the cover scan than in real life. A nice low- to mid-grade copy, beat enough to throw on the scanner but solid enough to stay in one piece. Jack

That's got to be one of the most cockamamie, Rube Goldberg menacing devices ever to appear on a comic book cover. It's up there with the ones on Schomburg's wartime Axis covers. Why not just pour the blamed acid into the water from the bucket? And why dilute it with water? Jack (At least he's observing the "add acid to water, not water to acid" rule)

Jack, here's an update on your berries. I was reading my Buzz Sawyer collection by Roy Crane this evening and came across more berries which I'll share with every one - .... Here's a much anticipated "berries" update! This time it's in E.C. Segar Thimble Theater from November 15, 1928. Here's what Castor Oyl (accompanied by the whiffle hen) has to say - "When all you have is shortcake and whipped cream, everything looks like the berries." Jack I think we're all jake on this bus.

I could say much the same to you... Yeah, Dopey would been better off not hat-shopping on the Extra-Large rack. Looks to me like Mr. Concord blew all his cash on the helmet and ran out before he got the the shirt department. Jack

Hey, I was thinking the same thing! Great minds in the same rut. Your avatar tells me that you're an aficionado of phallic Golden Age headgear! Jack

Sky reminds me a bit of Electro/Dynamo from early Science Comics, published about the same time. Must be the red suit and fancy headgear. Jack

I'd love to have a Pogo original, especially one as cool at that one! (Not to rub it in.) A friend bought a proof sheet (I think that's what it was called -- sent to newspapers) that included a lovely Christmas strip a few years ago. It framed up nicely. Do you have any Kelly originals, BZ? I don't think we've seen them yet. Jack

Not too often I see references to Porky Pine. He was always so wise. "There’s only two possibilities: There is life out there in the universe which is smarter than we are, or we’re the most intelligent life in the universe. Either way, it’s a mighty sobering thought." One of my favorite annual traditions from my favorite comic strip of all time -- always misted me up a bit. Here's a sample from 1956 or so.

Good catch, Jack! I'm on your tail, Scrooge. Jack

Did I say, "this might be the toughest quiz yet?" I meant to say, this would be a walk in the park for one of you comic genuises. Congratulations, Jack!! :applause: Your answer was the quickest correct response to any of the Pop Quizes, thus far. You left his initials showing! You say that like it's a bad thing! (Note to self: smacking hard drive with pipe wrench works) Snif! I feel like Porky Pine just knocked on my door on Christmas morning. Thanks, Jack