Hepcat

I'll give you a monster:

First Zatanna!

Gary Carter was a legendary DC collector and key player in early comic fandom. Whatever happened to his collection anyway when he stepped away from comics circa 2000?

That's why it's done by only the few, the proud!

Hawkman as well has had some trouble with bad kitties over the years:

I wish I had a few Scamp or Pluto comics in my collection. I recall that Harley Yee(?) had a few NM Scamps in his catalogue around the turn of the century but they were rather dear.

Mmmmm, love those Mystery in Space mags! That #62 is much nicer than my own.

Yes, it's stunning. Yet the man on the street would probably not be able to "see" the difference between that 9.6 and the 9.2 that Silver posted until it was pointed out to him. And then the proverbial prudent man would gasp and shake his head when it was pointed out to him that the 9.6 fetched $thousands and thus 5x to 10x the price of the 9.2. "Sure it's a nice comic" he'd say "I might even pay $10 for it." I'm somewhere between a rabid comic collector and the proverbial prudent man.

I see though that White Mountain has a pronounced lack of key DC comics. Bethlehem, Mohawk Valley, Savannah and Western Pennsylvania are all much better for those.

Me I'll go for the Vulture rather than the Falcon every time! But from a Super-Spectacular to Unearthly Spectaculars:

Comic magazine intro of Ed "Big Daddy" Roth: 12

Now this house ad for the mysterious Metal Men I certainly admired as a kid: I mean how could I not? That cover is absolutely wild! Fortunately I've now had a copy for over 25 years:

The one and only Krypto!

Maniaks!

The Flash covers from my Green Lantern run:

From an Old World pyramid to a New World pyramid:

The Pied Piper is another redhead who needs to be celebrated:

Check out the "Green Lantern" thread in the Silver Age forum. I posted my favourite Green Lantern covers on this page:

Were I rich beyond the dreams of avarice I might have done such a thing. I'm value conscious (particularly these days) and I'm more than reluctant to shell out for "highest graded CGC copy" or the like. Copies that might grade 8.5 - 9.2 but don't display the kind of defects I really hate, e.g. spine and staple wear. bad miscuts/miswraps, etc. are fine with me. I'm all about a nice spine, whiteness, brightness and overall eye appeal. The nicks and colour breaking stress lines that CGC heavily penalizes don't bother me as much.

Wonder Woman has had serious problems with out-of-control kitties throughout her many decades of super-heroing: The wild and cunning Cheetah has been a particularly troublesome foe for the Amazon:

For those of you tired of seeing nothing but page after page of Marvels and DCs, here are my two NM- Northland copies of Adventures of the Jaguar: 1 11

Speaking of Pacific Coast copies, here are a couple: And best of all, they're neither Marvels or DCs! Incidentally, does anyone else have any pedigreed Archies, ACGs, Charltons or Silver Age funny animal comics? I have several Bethlehem Adventures of the Fly and a couple Northland Adventures of the Jaguar, but I can't remember seeing any others. I'd be particularly intrigued by pedigreed copies of the Space Adventures with Captain Atom, Gorgo, Konga and Reptilicus/Reptisaurus titles.

Which collection would you say has the nicest comics from the 1958-64 period including non-Marvel titles?

Interesting! I bought quite a few Silver Age DC comics from Showcase New England around the turn of the century but I absolutely don't remember which ones.

A Paste-Pot Pete comic bought at Sid's Luncheonette is a very tough combination to beat!