Hepcat

Never in the last forty years have I come across a really nice copy of that issue in the wild.

Here's a scan of my earliest New Funnies comic:

Here are three scans from my collection of Western Printing/Publishing titles based on Hanna-Barbera cartoon shows: 2 3

Editor Julius Schwartz had no qualms against employing a newer artist to re-image old covers from titles that had once been under his stewardship. Here from 1963 by Murphy Anderson: And then again from 1970 by Neal Adams: The covers are so similar that I've had both these comics in my collection for over fifteen years and only today did I realize that what I was looking at periodically were two entirely different comics!

Sabrina is another who makes any thread better:

Here are scans of my four earliest Tom and Jerry comics: 87 96 100 103 The #96 above is actually just as bright and vivid as the others. I'd changed scanners though and the settings for resolution and such weren't the same.

Mary Jane and Sniffles make any thread better!

Here are scans from my collection of a few infrequently discussed Gold Key comics :1 21

She probably already has a better collection of sweat mags than you do anyway.

Huh?! Why are you holding out on us then? We all want to see your really good stuff too!

I have both and I can highly recommend either!

Yes, but they're Warrens, not often seen and there are only six of them so going after them wouldn't be a herculean task. You'll find me making similar posts in this thread over in Comics General:

I keep any "File Copy" or "Pedigree" notations within the Mylites in which I store my comics but none of these issues have such a notation. That being said they may still be file copies. I know I bought some Black Cat Comics out of the Harvey Comics catalogue that Diamond Galleries distributed to potential buyers in the early 1990's and I understand that the comics listed were all Harvey warehouse stock.

I think Taylor G is implying that Warren's "mini-revival of EC" took place in the issues below and then stalled for ten or eleven issues: Creepy 1-17 Eerie 2-12

Why are no issues of Wildest Westerns on your list? Do you have them all? http://monstermagazinegalleries.blogspot.com/2010/03/wilest-westerns.html They're not widely seen yet they contain a lot of fabulous artwork.

Here are front and back cover scans of a few more of my Black Cat Comics: 5 7 8 9

Given that pulp magazines have at least a small following among collectors, what really bewilders me is that there's still almost no interest in the sweat magazines. They have great artwork by fellows such as Norm Saunders, James Bama, Charles Fracé, Mort Kunstler, Basil Gogos and Norm Eastman. Here are a couple from my small collection:

Here's a Green Hornet satire by Pete Millar from Big Daddy Roth 1:

Typically I don't bother to even show my collections to house guests unless I'm aware that they have the collecting gene. Otherwise the conversations tend to go something like this: GUEST - So how much is all of this stuff worth? HEPCAT - What does it matter? It's not about the money to me. GUEST - But what are you going to do with this stuff when you die? HEPCAT - Nothing. I'll be dead. I won't be doing much of anything then. GUEST - I mean have you ever thought of selling your collections now to buy something you can enjoy? HEPCAT - That's actually why I have these items. I enjoy having them! They bring me satisfaction and delight. Oh, and by the way, what would you propose that I do with the money I get for my collectibles? Spend it on beer, wine, vodka and pot like you do leaving nothing other than a few more dead brain cells? What it comes down to is the old truism "If I have to explain it, you wouldn't understand anyway."

It's simple really. Nostalgia has been the primary impetus behind the price increases we've seen for most such collectibles in the last sixty years and nostalgia is strongest for the items of our formative years. Paperbacks and pulps were never targeted at kids; comics were. Therefore since nostalgia rules, it's comics that have appreciated most in price in the last sixty years.

Or these:

Yes! It's her face that I like the most on the #102 cover. But as far as Bronze Age Wonder Woman comics go such as the #229, they're all fabulous! Here's another I have scanned:

Hmmmm. How about Wonder Woman 102 then which I think has among the very best renderings of Wonder Woman up until the 1970's:

The Sea Devils covers though are indeed fabulous! Here are a few of mine:

Best thread on the board right here!