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The Aquaman title was also full of out-of-character portrayals:

Yeah, Lois has swollen calves. I mean what's with that?

Hey! I learned everything I needed to know about women as a kid from reading "Superman" family comics!

I much prefer the above cover to the X-Men cover.

Regardless of the skill of the artist, I hate that style of cover. No situational peril portrayed, just a bunch of heroes grimacing and trying to look tough.

Here's why they call it Action Comics!

Who is that? And is that John Byrne artwork?

Well there certainly is a noticeable correlation between Silver Age Superman and Batman fans/collectors and those who are opposed to anyone but DC publishing those characters.

I'm in full agreement with you when it comes to Beppo the Super-Monkey. But you're wrong, very wrong, regarding Comet the Super-Horse. Comet was born a handsome centaur named Biron who saved the goddess Circe from the evil machinations of the wizard Maldor. Circe rewarded him by granting his wish to become fully human. But Maldor switched potions turning Biron into a horse to whom Circe then gave super powers to compensate for the disaster. But Circe still eventually found a way to turn Biron fully human in which guise he romanced Supergirl. But being human caused some very serious problems so Circe turned him back into Comet the Super-Horse who would then dream of his romantic dalliances with Supergirl. But Comet would periodically revert to human form under the influence of a comet. So Supergirl had a boyfriend who was actually a horse. Yes, most women do like horses but Supergirl's stallion delivered more than the usual. That storyline was as daring as comics got back in the early 1960's.

Let's not forget Streaky:

But back in 1963-65 in London, Ontario I had no idea of how/where I could get back issues of the titles I liked the most, e.g. Justice League, Flash, Green Lantern, Aquaman, Wonder Woman, Mystery in Space, Atom, Showcase, Brave and the Bold, Adventures of the Fly, Adventures of the Jaguar, etc. Somehow Julius Schwartz's occasional mentions of comic fanzines such as Rocket's Blast Comicollector in the "Flash-Grams" letter column failed to register with me. Seeing the house ads in the few back issues I had was therefore somewhat disheartening. I thought those comics were basically lost in time forever and I had negligible chance of ever acquiring them. I probably would have continued actively buying and collecting comics as a kid much longer had I stumbled upon a semi-good back issue source. Even a good fanzine would have done the job!

I was thinking of only hot redheads when I started this thread but it's swiftly evolved in a more all-encompassing direction. Here therefore is another redhead who deserves prominent mention: 13 20 31 But then again if Howdy Doody wasn't hot, how did he accumulate such a huge and ardent fan base of both sexes?

What's an APA? What's wrong with nostalgia? It's a perfectly natural phenomenon and is what prompted the explosion in comic, bubble gum card, Barbie doll, Hot Wheels, My Little Pony, etc, etc. collecting in the last fifty years.

But are they Gold and Silver Age collectors? I'm guessing that the 35-40 year olds who post strictly on Facebook are not because the bulk of comic book "discussion" on Facebook is not dedicated to Gold and Silver comics.

To an Atlas cowboy I like by my favourite Atlas artist:

The Lois Lane title was the best for those! Here are some more excellent examples:

I saw this ad from 1961 in one of the back issues (a Justice League of America perhaps) I acquired through trade in 1963-64: While I'd gained an inkling of the origins of Flash, Green Lantern and Wonder Woman from reading their comics, I had no idea whatsoever of the origins of the heroic Green Arrow, J'onn J'onzz and Adam Strange. The ad therefore filled me with a longing for the issue that wasn't requited until the mid-1990's. here's a scan of my present day copy:

That would mean that there are likely many more comic collections/hoards in private hands unknown to the broader collecting community. That would be very good news indeed to the present day collector since it's probable that these comics will surface at some point in time. But!!! Are you sure this wasn't overwhelmingly a west coast phenomenon back then? Where or what were the equivalents of Willits & Brown's Collectors' Bookstore in the major eastern population centers such as New York, Chicago, Boston, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Cleveland, St. Louis, New Orléans and Montréal back in 1964?

^ Not many comic artists drew women better than Jack Kamen.

Notice that the sinister Cat Girl who made her debut appearance in Adventures of the Fly 9: After one further appearance in Adventures of the Fly 10 x-over to bedevil the Jaguar in issue #4: Like Queen Mera over in Aquaman, Cat-Girl would become a regular guest starlet in Adventures of the Jaguar with further appearances in issues #5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 11, 13 & 14. She gave herself a makeover donning the sexier new duds with a view to luring the dashing Jaguar into her boudoir in issue #6:

Lori goes from just a cover blurb to being the cover feature in the next issue:

Hmmmm. That may actually be Black Cat's shade of red and since Black Cat was one of the redheads I offered up for consideration in my opening post, I see no grounds whatsoever for the rejection of your nominee.

When it comes to collecting back issues from the Golden Age to 1985 or so, I think it is.

Fred and Mike the cooler slightly older kids down the block had a good gig at a shoe shine joint in downtown London. But that's another money making gig that's disappeared for kids.

The heroic Jaguar! 1 2 3 4 Yes, the same nefarious scheming Cat-Girl from the Fly's title now targetting the dauntless Jaguar! 5