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Here then are scans of a few more of my Star Spangled War Stories comics: Northland copy Curator copy

It's memories of that kind that give toys real meaning.

No, I'm not even familiar with the Shaker Maker line. I see that they first came out in the early seventies.

Not actively. I have a Roalex Popeye one and these two though:

Here are some closeup pictures of my Universal Monsters lunch box: And here's the thermos:

Wow! Those are old ones.

Hmmmmm. Kenner introduced its Give-A-Show Projectors in 1959. Are you sure you're not thinking of a View-Master? These were introduced some years earlier in the fifties.

Parents are like that. They're always deciding their kids are "too old" for something. My father gave my prize Mad, Mad, Mad Scientist Laboratory set away to the snot-nosed kid down the street after I was packed away to a boarding school in Kennebunkport, Maine for ninth grade. I'm still trying to replace it. It's actually my #1 toy priority.

Was Mr. Magoo the box top feature as Popeye is on mine?

Wonder Woman #143 may well work with this pair also. Well maybe, maybe:

My Kenner Give-A-Show Projector:lives on the right-hand side of the second shelf of my overflow cool stuff cabinet: I have only the one though. I'd like to add several more versions/variants to my collection over the next ten years.

It was just over fifty years ago on 10 November 1963 that Gordie Howe notched his 545th goal to surpass the lifetime mark that Maurice Richard had set. Here are scans of the oldest Gordie Howe cards in my collection:

Here's a pretty one I picked earlier this month from Harley Yee Rare Comics:

This My Greatest Adventure cover may possibly have inspired the following Batman cover that I've scanned:

I never encountered that cover as a kid, but I don't think the cover would have compelled me to buy it. While it portrays a situation, it has neither action nor colour. So do I! It was the period that drew me into comic books and Green Lantern was my single favourite hero. When it came to the covers specifically though, I'd argue that Gil Kane really didn't hit his stride until about issue #16 or so and his best cover art was in the issue #16-40 period.

Here are some pictures of me and the crew from this past Halloween. First, Deuce and I admiring the treats on the dining room table: And here I've discovered that the lady across the street will no longer have to endure her husband's many annoying quirks:

That cover is right up there among Atlas/Marvel's best western covers of all time! (thumbs u

Here's an interesting question. Would that cover have drawn you to buy the comic in 1962?

Harley may be the hardest working dealer in comics measured by the amount of time he spends doing shows. He even flies to Australia once a year.

Oh Harley comes to Toronto all the time. He never misses a show here and even when he's just coming back from a show in Montreal, he stops off in a hotel room in Toronto and invites long time customers to com up and look over his comics.

Here are scans of a few more of my Star Spangled War Sories featuring Enemy Ace: Curator copy

Here's a pretty one I just picked up from Harley Yee Rare Comics:

Let's make it a threesome then, shall we?

That's way too obtrusive a date stamp for my liking, although the little ones that are just a line, e.g. 21 MAY 60, bother me not at all.

It's one of the laws of economics.