GreatCaesarsGhost

Well done, Sqeggs! (And btw, shouldn’t there be a “u” in your name someplace?)

You make good points. I never considered plausible any collaboration between a funny book artist and the military, but must allow for its possibility, especially given the public furor caused when Cap first punched Hitler in the nose (Simon & Kirby were on the right side of history for that one)

In addition to the above comments, I always appreciated the style in which he left the hobby. Instead of spacing his books out in multiple auctions, and thereby maximizing his profits, he chose to let them all go at once. In doing so, he passed his books to us at a more affordable cost. His exit strategy was the polar opposite of, say, the Promise Collection. jon had style

What book(s)?

Ok, Schomburg hive-mind. I only recently obtained and read Chroma, and it contains information that I question. The book was authored by Jon Gustafson, someone I never had the fortune to know. And now that he’s passed away, I can’t ask him. his book contains a claim that relates to Schomburg’s depictions of real life battle locations(I.e. think Brenner Pass in Cap 33, etc). Gustafson says that the release of Schomburg’s cover to MMC 47 had to delayed because it unwittingly let the cat out of the bag in advance of a planned US attack. This is what I find hard to believe, and am seeking knowledge here. it’s true that MMC 47 does depict a US attack on a real life German target, and it’s also true the US military did attack this dam. But how on earth would an as-yet-unpublished cover from a comic artist ever have come to the attention of the US military? Conversely, how on earth would a comic artist stumble upon the knowledge - in advance of publication- that his fictional attack was “not so fictional” and could actually jeopardize a planned mission? I would ordinarily dismiss this as bull carp, and yet I doubt Gustafson just pulled this claim out of thin air. I find it more likely that Schomburg drew his cover after the US attack was made public what think you?

I agree with you and @MrBedrock, but based on the level of fervor over in some other threads, I’m just surprised they haven’t turned out the vote here. I love Mask 1 and a few others, but some of his covers are so amped up they exhaust me.

I’m a Schomburg guy, but I’m shocked lb Cole has only gotten one vote so far.

The girl, more than anything else to me, looks Schomburg. The action and style reminds of Schomburg’s early work in the Daring books. So my vote is Schomburg once this conundrum gets run to ground, I have another which I will be pitching to the thread readers here, which I regard as the greater Schomburg knowledge hive-mind . . .

ok that’s funny

In my scrutiny of this new collection, I started looking up grader notes and it appears unbeknownst to me that CGC is now posting the book image along with the grader notes. I admit I’ve not paid attention lately, so I’m probably the only one who didn’t know oh, and btw, Bobby had a Mask 1. You know he had a good mom. She had to have seen the cover when she wrote his name on it. But instead of throwing it in the trash, she actually gave it to him

My thoughts exactly. A once warm relationship has now been reduced to this, even if it was the CSR’s first day hey @Ricksneatstuff wha hoppened?

@MusterMark@pmpknface well I got my answer back from Heritage, and no joy there. I wonder if there was tiff between these guys. I guess let me ask OPG themselves if they offer a downloadable format

Interesting. Not a single Timely listed so far

Now that you mention it, I can no longer find sources for downloadable copies anywhere(I stopped downloading them 2 years ago with the 51st Edition). Accordingly, I have just now sent an inquiry to Heritage

Here’s another idea. Buy the online version. The text is expandable with just a pinch of your fingers, and an iPad is easier to handle than the Big Big Overstreet and much easier to read than the print in the normal sized guide

The answer should be no, but I think the true answer is “sometimes”. There are sellers that seem to have assigned a guide multiplier number for their books, and when the guide value goes up, so does their price. If a book regularly goes for triple guide, and the guide base value goes up, so does the sellers price until it’s triple the new guide value.

I didn’t notice any outlandish value changes, but I haven’t had time to completely analyze. Anyone notice anything unusual in any particular area or book?

I share your enthusiasm for this issue! And I love your earlier Sky Devils pulp too. I think someone earlier opined that the Torch illustration was done by Burgos, but I don’t know

Gotta love this

This advertises MMC, I’m guessing around issue 11 since the characters are wondering if Subby will start to play nicer with the other kids

I never really thought about it, but you are absolutely right. I, too, prefer the larger format Caps 1-33. My 36 is so skinny and inconsequential, by comparison. And they remain (to me) skinny and puny sized all the way to the end

Disturbed and disturbing. Where can I get a copy?

I love single pages

No soup for you