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Interesting! From Frontier Western 5: (thumbs u

I'm having trouble finding examples. They seem to have disappeared from the market. They didn't actually catch on very well.

Here's a scan of one of my favourite war covers:

Unfortunately I still don't.

Yes.

Do you use backing boards? If so, clear or cardboard?

Very nice! Thank you. (thumbs u

Not very which is a real pity.

Here are scans of two of mine with the Li'l Bad Wolf being a File copy:

That's me! I can't understand the fellows who say they're "collectors" but behave differently.

Here are scans of a couple of really tough ones from my collection:

In reality I'm thankful for that situation. It enables me to pick up Silver Age DCs more cheaply even though overall they're much less plentiful than Marvels.

Here are scans of a couple of Brave & the Bolds from my collection:

You say you want to see Timelys? Well get an eyeful of the scans of these gems from my collection. And best of all they're not of the same old boring titles that keep getting posted again and again in this thread:

I think most semi-knowledgeable collectors have always had it as a SA DC Top 5 book. But that didn`t translate into a high value, since being top 5 SA DC in comic collecting circles is kind of like being in the top 5 at Cal Tech... in football. But weren't you just chastising somebody else about things not always being about the money? If the philistines don't appreciate Green Lantern, well screw them. And their mothers probably throw rocks at airplanes too.

We need a thread for collectors of Silver Age Action, Superman, Lois Lane and Jimmy Olsen comics. I'll start by posting scans from my collection of three gems from early 1961:

I just wish I had copies of all of them with sufficient eye appeal to fit into the rest of my collection regardless of the "technical grade", whether that be 8.5, 9.4 or somewhere in between. It may be just an impossible dream though. And it's not as if I passed up on pristine copies thirty years ago. I never did see any of these Showcases in that type of condition at shows or anywhere. I should have collected enough pop bottles and hunted these Showcases down on the newstand in 1959 and then covered them in Saran wrap and put them up in the rafters of the basement where it was cooler but safe from storm sewer backups and such. As if....

I've also suspected for some years that Showcase 24 is even more difficult to find in high grade than either Showcase 22 or Showcase 23. It wasn't as commonly hoarded as 22 with Green Lantern's first appearance or 23 with the atomic bomb cover.

DC had agreed to distribute no more than eight Atlas titles per month (which amounted to sixteen bi-monthly titles at the time) in 1957 when Atlas could find no other distributor which was probably a fallout from the Kefauver Senate hearings on the threat to the nation's youth poised by comics. I doubt, however, that the Incredible Hulk's cancellation was linked precisely to the desire to launch the Amazing Spider-Man. The title that gave way to the Amazing Spider-Man was none other than Amazing Fantasy. The timeline fits since with the cancellation of Amazing Fantasy Marvel had room for one more title. Moreover the last issue of the Incredible Hulk ran in March 1963 which was the same month that saw the launch of Amazing Spider-Man which would have amounted to a doubling up in that month.

I love the pre-hero Marvels you fellows have been posting in this thread. It's a pity Marvel had to drop the publication of these stories in order to concentrate on superheroes because of the restrictive distribution deal Marvel had with DC at the time.

I'd say it's because any Adventure comic from early in 1960 would be extremely tough to find in high enough grade to take the trouble to slab. Nor is Adventure 269 a really high dollar book.

That is a very clean and bright copy. Do you think you would get a 9.2 or better if slabbed? No, I don't honestly think it's a 9.4. I'd be a bit disappointed if it came in as an 8.5 and very satisfied if it came in as a 9.2. So perhaps it may be a 9.0.

I bought it from Motor City Comics about twelve years ago. Motor City graded it as NM- on the certificate. While it has some weaknesses, overall the copy is really tough to beat.

Here are front and back scans of my Northland pedigree Showcase 24:

Were it but sharper and whiter I'd ante up the $300. (thumbs u