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I'm just here to say that I love funny animal comics. Basically all of them. And I adore the Terrytoons characters in comics and any other media from cartoons to kids' toys. That will be all. Have a very good weekend.

Evidently Captain Carrot never made it to cartoons. A missed opportunity to be sure.

So was there a better comic than Captain Carrot and His Amazing Zoo Crew published in the Copper Age? Examples, nominees? Was the Captain Carrot and His Amazing Zoo Crew title also made into a TV cartoon feature?

Agreed! Or Terrytoons' Silly Sidney! (thumbs u

No, I know nothing about Scott Pilgrim.

Who then gets the distant second and third place slots?

Good price! Buy a few for your best American friends on his board and mail them out to these fellows as a Xmas present.

Oh Ennis has been fine! But he's lost a lot of his wanderlust and doesn't come around to our street as often anymore. Tabitha, the new addition to the family a couple of doors down from Ennis, is a different story entirely though. She and Marty from down the same street are frequent visitors. The WOMAN tells me that the two are sitting waiting for kitty treats on our front porch by 6:20 AM! Here's a few pictures of Tabitha that The WOMAN took a few weeks ago:

Hak, hak, hak, hak, horrrrrrkkkkkk!!!! Sorry, hairball. Now what were you saying?

That's not an easy question to answer. So I looked through a couple of the Atlas Western runs on Comic Vine myself yesterday and that indeed is not an easy question to answer. Noting the covers that grabbed me the most, they turned out to be a mixture of Maneely, Severin and even Carl Burgos covers.

Well here's another toughie for you since you're reluctant to handle the first one. Where's the dividing line between Timely and Atlas? I wouldn't want to commit a faux pas and post any Timely comics in an Atlas thread you see....

So here's a toughie for you - Joe Maneely or John Severin? Which fellow's covers do you prefer?

It's not the most extensive collection, but the ones I do have are nice. I've posted them earlier in this thread but, since even I know not where anymore, here again are scans of the other Atlas Western comics in my collection: And here are scans of my entire collection of Atlas Jungle comics: And here's a scan of my collection of Atlas War comics: God willing I'll add to my small accumulation of Atlas titles in these and other genres over the next two or three decades....

Here are scans of five later Showcase issues I've not yet posted:

Comicjack: You have some really nice Doctor Solar and Phantom comics. They all have such fabulous painted covers. The bad part though is that my own run of Phantoms is far from complete.

Here then are scans of five more of my Lone Ranger comics: 52 58 61 72 76

Doug Wildey Yes, and I was surprised to learn that the cover to Outlaw Kid 14 wasn't by either of Atlas' usual Western cover artists, Joe Maneely or John Severin. It was done by Carl Burgos, the creator of the original Human Torch.

Wow! What a cover! It's astonishing what present day desktop technology makes possible. (thumbs u

Oh man! Green Lantern, Johnny Thunder and Alex Toth all together in one place! And thank you for those interior shots! That's something we rarely see. (thumbs u Here now are scans of my earliest Lone Ranger comics: 41 42 43 44 48

Good stuff! That magic from our initial encounter(s) with those certain characters is what we all try to recapture. (thumbs u

Here's my latest Atlas Western acquisition which I just bought from Superworld Comics:

Here's my latest Atlas Western acquisition which I just bought from Superworld Comics:

Well then you should appreciate this guide I've compiled on Ottawa area snack treats. My subjective numerical Yummy rating is out of ten: Rating 10 Nothing like Vachon Passion Flakies are sold in the United States and they are simply the best! They can be bought individually wrapped at most variety stores but buy a whole box of six. You won't regret it. They'll make you want to move to Canada. Rating 9.5 My very favourite chocolate bar! Originally Willard's Extra Big, Neilson's retitled the brand after acquiring Willard's in the seventies. Since 1996 Neilson's has been part of the Cadbury conglomerate, but the Mr. Big chocolate bar remains the single best in North America. Even a multi-national hasn't been able to screw it up. Rating 9 Previously a Lowney's brand but since the nineties Lowney's has been part of the Hershey conglomerate. Cherry Blossom is tough to find these days but is worth it! Talk about a mega dose of sweet flavour! Rating 8.5 A touch tastier than Oh Henry and that's saying a lot! Sweet Marie is also just a few grams smaller. It was another of the Willard's brands. I haven't seen it in recent months though which leaves me wondering whether the bastiches at Cadbury Schweppes have discontinued it. If so I'll riot I swear! Rating 8.0 Get an Oh Henry too. It may very well be better than the Oh Henry bars sold in the States. And of course you can compare it to the Sweet Marie bar. Rating 7 For peppermint lovers! Not as smooth as the York Peppermint Patties, but the Pep has it all over whatever else when it comes to appearance. Another one time Neilson's brand now made by Cadbury. Once again though, I can't recall seeing Pep for more than a year o it may have ben discontinued by Cadbury Schweppes. Rating 7 Popeye's Candy Sticks are coagulated icing sugar or something and have an addictive chalky flavour. They.ve been sold in Canada for as long as I can remember. Up until twenty years ago or so they were called Candy Cigarettes but the Women's Christian Decency League and Anti-Smoking Brigade forced their relabeling. And for those with a craving for a salty savoury snack when in Canada, here are my ratings for several widely sold uniquely Canadian products: Rating 9 Hostess was the dominant brand of chips in Canada for decades. Not surprising since General Foods had acquired the company in 1959 and used its distribution muscle to dominate the chip market until the early nineties when kettle cooked chips hit the marketplace. In an attempt to gain the economies of scale to compete against the kettle cooked chip onslaught, General Foods entered into a business combination with Lay's in 1996. The Hostess brand of chips virtually disappeared and surfaces only occasionally as a discount brand now in supermarkets. The Hickory Sticks though are unique and continue to proudly carry the Hostess name brand. Rating 8 While Humpty Dumpty was swallowed up by Old Dutch Chips of Calgary in 2006, the Humpty Dumpty name brand is still used on certain products. I like the Barbecue Corn Chips. They're at least as good as Frito's. Rating 7 Slightly different than Cheetos but just as good! Rating 7 Uniquely Canadian Quebec based chips! Unfortunately the Indian boy logo is no longer featured on the bags. Very tough to find in Ontario though. Rating 5 Maybe I'm just prejudiced against Old Dutch for replacing the Humpty Dumpty brand name that I so loved, but I don't think their chips are even as good as Lay's. They're worth a try I guess but they're not nearly as widely sold as Lay's so you might have to look around for them. Rating 4 This is the brand of kettle cooked chips that took the Canadian market by storm in the early nineties. If you like kettle cooked chips, you'll like them fine. Personally though I've never been a fan of the kettle cooked variety.

Speaking of Halloween treats, here are the uniquely Canadian sweet treats I strongly recommend complete with my subjective numerical Yummy rating out of ten: Rating 10 Nothing like Vachon Passion Flakies are sold in the United States and they are simply the best! They can be bought individually wrapped at most variety stores but buy a whole box of six. You won't regret it. They'll make you want to move to Canada. Rating 9.5 My very favourite chocolate bar! Originally Willard's Extra Big, Neilson's retitled the brand after acquiring Willard's in the seventies. Since 1996 Neilson's has been part of the Cadbury conglomerate, but the Mr. Big chocolate bar remains the single best in North America. Even a multi-national hasn't been able to screw it up. Rating 9 Previously a Lowney's brand but since the nineties Lowney's has been part of the Hershey conglomerate. Cherry Blossom is tough to find these days but is worth it! Talk about a mega dose of sweet flavour! Rating 8.5 A touch tastier than Oh Henry and that's saying a lot! Sweet Marie is also just a few grams smaller. It was another of the Willard's brands. I haven't seen it in recent months though which leaves me wondering whether the bastiches at Cadbury Schweppes have discontinued it. If so I'll riot I swear! Rating 8.0 Get an Oh Henry too. It may very well be better than the Oh Henry bars sold in the States. And of course you can compare it to the Sweet Marie bar. Rating 7 For peppermint lovers! Not as smooth as the York Peppermint Patties, but the Pep has it all over whatever else when it comes to appearance. Another one time Neilson's brand now made by Cadbury. Once again though, I can't recall seeing Pep for more than a year so it may have been discontinued by Cadbury Schweppes. Rating 7 Popeye's Candy Sticks are coagulated icing sugar or something and have an addictive chalky flavour. They.ve been sold in Canada for as long as I can remember. Up until twenty years ago or so they were called Candy Cigarettes but the Women's Christian Decency League and Anti-Smoking Brigade forced their relabeling. And for those with a craving for a salty savoury snack when in Canada, here are my ratings for several widely sold uniquely Canadian products: Rating 9 Hostess was the dominant brand of chips in Canada for decades. Not surprising since General Foods had acquired the company in 1959 and used its distribution muscle to dominate the chip market until the early nineties when kettle cooked chips hit the marketplace. In an attempt to gain the economies of scale to compete against the kettle cooked chip onslaught, General Foods entered into a business combination with Lay's in 1996. The Hostess brand of chips virtually disappeared and surfaces only occasionally as a discount brand now in supermarkets. The Hickory Sticks though are unique and continue to proudly carry the Hostess name brand. Rating 8 While Humpty Dumpty was swallowed up by Old Dutch Chips of Calgary in 2006, the Humpty Dumpty name brand is still used on certain products. I like the Barbecue Corn Chips. They're at least as good as Frito's. Rating 7 Slightly different than Cheetos but just as good! Rating 7 Uniquely Canadian Quebec based chips! Unfortunately the Indian boy logo is no longer featured on the bags. Very tough to find in Ontario though. Rating 5 Maybe I'm just prejudiced against Old Dutch for replacing the Humpty Dumpty brand name that I so loved, but I don't think their chips are even as good as Lay's. They're worth a try I guess but they're not nearly as widely sold as Lay's so you might have to look around for them. Rating 4 This is the brand of kettle cooked chips that took the Canadian market by storm in the early nineties. If you like kettle cooked chips, you'll like them fine. Personally though I've never been a fan of the kettle cooked variety.

We got 33. We were ready for as many as sixty but a light drizzle kept the count down which was a bit disappointing.