Hepcat

And let's not forget that other fiery haired member of the Riverdale gang:

My vote might go for Atlas' Battle. Its cover dates were from 1951 to 1960 and included two of my very favourite war covers both by Jack Kirby: (Not mine sadly.)

The Overstreet Price Guide lists this as the first Silver Age Plastic Man: I disagree though since that was just Robby Reed assuming a Plastic Man ID on a one time basis. I'd argue that Plastic Man 1 where the son of the original Quality Comics Plastic Man, "Eel" O'Brian, assumes the Plastic Man mantle is the proper first appearance of the character:

Okay, I give up. First who or what?

There's also some variance in the grades of my Northland Justice League of America comics: NM- NM- NM VF/NM

So CGC's grading is just about as good as Vinny's I guess. How do CGC's rates for grading compare to Vinny's then?

Do we have any previous Golden Age War comic thread?

How about some flying reptiles then?

This house ad introducing DC's new mascot Johnny DC ran in most DC comics cover dated December 1962: I have the promotional glass released at the time:

Gil Kane's artwork, particularly his drawing of human figures, evolved dramatically between the years 1963-64 and 1969-70. Here are some of his Green Lantern covers from 1963-64: Northland copy And here are some of his Green Lantern covers from 1969-70: In my opinion his representation of both human faces and figures declined dramatically over those five or six years. Granted the earlier covers were all inked by the old master Murphy Anderson while the latter ones were inked by Kane himself, but I believe that Kane's style had evolved in a more surrealistic direction over those years. And I much prefer his earlier artwork.

Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen ranks way down low in my pecking order of DC titles. Nonetheless the title featured some really good cover concepts including this one:

For diversity's sake let me present this one as well:

It seems I spoke too soon. Here are three other early Northland Green Lanterns I have and they're all graded VF/NM by Motor City Comics:

My Elongated Man covers from the Flash title: Sorry no #112. I'd be willing to entertain offerings of that issue if it's really nice (similar to the ones above).

Were I banned my strategy would be to take my talents elsewhere. That though I understand isn't an option for you.

None of my Northlands are Marvels and I'd really need to search to find any that aren't graded NM-.

More Lone Rangers: 103 105 107 109

Why do you need so many aliases, Stu? I mean why bother?

The back cover is nicer than the front. Motor City Comics graded all the Northland comics almost without exception as NM-. That being said I don't think my Showcase 24 is as nice as my other Northland comics and I have many.

First Spectre appearance since the January-February 1945 issue of More Fun Comics:

What are the CGC census numbers for that issue?

How did you manage to buy them for 25 cents each? Was that a free promotional comic? Hmmmmm. So a few buyers paid $50-$250 for a $0.25 comic that was as common as spit just because it was encased in plastic and had a number on it? Well like they say "You can never go broke underestimating the intelligence of (at least) some buyers.

While I resisted actually buying any more comics late in 1963 and early in 1964, I continued to peruse them on newsstands. These in particular left a lasting impression on my young psyche when I spotted them on the newsstand at the News Depot on Dundas Street in downtown London: Wow and double wow! Aquaman, the king of the seas who can command fish, and the mysterious Hawkman, monarch of the skies who can converse with birds. What a perfect pairing! Incredibly exciting! Ullllpppp! Shrunk and stripped of his superpowers? However will old Supes get out of this desperate predicament? Oh man, what fantastic covers! Carmine Infantino was at his creative peak in 1963-64 on both Mystery in Space and The Flash covers. The comics more so than any others that drew me back into actually buying again though were those of my favourite hero, Green Lantern. The first of these I may have discovered at the News Depot as well: Eeeeek!!! Talk about being in dire straits! I was compelled to attend supplementary Lithuanian language classes throughout my grade school years on Saturday afternoons at St. Peter's School on Richmond Street in downtown London. Across Richmond St. from St. Peter's was the Davis Variety which also boasted an old-fashioned honest-to-goodness lunch counter. It was the magazine stand at the back that interested me though and it was there that I first saw Green Lantern #28 & 29. Wow! The return of the Shark whom Green Lantern had somehow barely managed to overcome in issue #24. Gil Kane was at his creative peak in 1963-64 on both The Atom and Green Lantern covers. I couldn't resist buying Green Lantern 28. When I discovered the stack of comics my mother and sister had concealed from me inside the couch a few weeks later, I was back to collecting DC superhero comics big time!

All from the Bethlehem collection: 5 6 7 8 12 14 16

Was it the first bear cub appearance as well?