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Lightning Lad!

Yeah, well I'm on the side of the buyer/collector upon whom incidentally the whole comic market depends. If investors/speculators/flippers who bought in at nosebleed prices in 2019-23 are now taking a haircut, so what? Who's forcing them to sell the comic they valued so much as to pay those prices? And if they don't really cherish that comic, why did they buy it?

A phantom kitty!

Explain to me how lower prices (meaning more affordable product) is sad. Would you say the same about gasoline, sugar, butter, potatoes, shoes, refrigerators?

And the main reason that a select few are "worth" astronomical prices relative to all the rest is because of insane demand. That though should make comic "investors" nervous, very nervous. You see unlike supply, demand is fickle and subject to the vagaries of fashion. Now I know why I love my comics and other collectibles. It's a combination of nostalgia and my own personal aesthetics which are to a certain extent a product of my life experiences. Since these two factors are largely a function of my age, they're shared to a large degree by whoever else was born in the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom at roughly the same time. But I won't last forever. And when I'm gone the nostalgia aspect of my demand will disappear and there's no guaranty many other people will continue to share my aesthetic preferences. So what will happen to the demand for the comics and other collectibles that I love so much? A sobering thought indeed for those younger than me.

This one's a fabulous ad to be sure: Fortunately I've had a copy of Brave and the Bold 30 for some 25 years: I've been longing for a copy of Showcase 26 with the fabulous Joe Kubert cover art for nearly as long however.

Not that the proverbial man-on-the-street could see a significant difference between the two other than the number on the label, which in actual fact isn't much different either.

Spike and Tyke as well as Droopy were regulars in Tom and Jerry Giants:

A big winner from Milton Caniff! 5

Near identical composition on these two covers:

A Four Color with a horse to another Four Color with a horse:

I have quite a few Bethlehem copies of Adventures of the Fly and Tales of the Unexpected (which I posted earlier), but only these two Mystery in Space comics from the Bethlehem collection:

Speedy being very heroic: And being substantially less heroic:

Were any of the men's sweat magazines in evidence at the show?

Many kitties here!

Oh wow! Old magazines and BBQ. I would have been so there!

Three more of my Spooky comics:

Pecking out this post prompted me to break into my leftover Halloween stock of Dubble Bubble!

Alright then. Here are four more of my Daffy Duck comics: 18 19 20 21

And back down to a single Marvel Giant:

Not surprisingly Krypto also made frequent appearances on Adventure Comics covers:

Here are four more of my Northland Herbie comics: NM- NM+ NM NM

As of a few years ago this rad Dubble Bubble Fun Book circa 1958 was not included in the Promotional Comics section of the Overstreet Comic Book Price Guide: (Copy not mine.) It's chock full of activity pages as well as comic stories. The back cover suggests that it may have been intended for Canadian distribution only. Does anyone have one of these?

Indeed. Many of us have learned that turnaround times at CGC can be a tad longer than advertised.

Why the Ebay links? Hopefully neither listing is your own.