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I don't know whether the timeline might make a difference to your opinion but Two-Gun Kid was floundering in 1960. There was a large time gap between the publication of issue #59 and issue #60. Two-Gun Kid #58 was published on October 27, 1960. Two-Gun #59 was not published until January 31, 1961. It was cancelled that month to allow Amazing Adventures to go monthly with issue #2. Two-Gun Kid #60 was published August 2, 1962 after a eighteen month hiatus. It replaced Amazing Fantasy. In other words it was sacrificed for the entire run of Amazing Adventures/Amazing Adult Fantasy/Amazing Fantasy. An an aside, Rawhide Kid was an earlier, somewhat similar, retcon. It was cancelled in the Atlas Implosion of April 1957. The title reappeared with issue #17 (April 1960) and a reinvented Rawhide Kid. The blond "Rawhide" or the "Kid", who was never named in the earlier issues, became Johnny Bart, avenger of his Uncle Ben's death and misunderstood outlaw.

I think that one would be able to separate the run into pre-hero and hero and appreciate #29 as the pre-hero #1.

#44 would have my vote as the best -- theme, composition, colour -- TTA cover. (thumbs u

I think it's not a key because the character is not a key.

I bought this one off of the newsstand back in early December 1971. I can imagine that whole moment of buying it again when I look at the quality of this book.

That's a co-incidence, so did I. (thumbs u Though mine is a far more modest example of this issue. Tales to Astonish #67 • May 1965 • February 1965 newsstand This is a CGC 8.5 freed from its tomb. The scan doesn't do the colours justice. Courtesy of nochips. (thumbs u I love this issue. The Giant Man story is another version of the "renegade" alien. The deus ex machina ending has High Pockets rescued at the very last minute by alien law enforcement. Giant Man's costume is my favourite version from his rather large wardrobe of costumes (and names changes). I can almost forgive the introduction of a trained bee for the Wasp to ride on those long aerial trips. And, if memory serves me correctly, the "Hulk" half of the cover was used for the front of the Lancer paperback black and white reprints of 1966. I had this paperback many moons ago as a child and devoured the book from cover to cover. Good times. The tale inside is a great example of Steve Ditko visual storytelling. The characters in the panels get smaller and smaller as their fate is overtaken by external events.

Tales to Astonish #67 • May 1965 • February 1965 newsstand This is a CGC 8.5 freed from its tomb. The scan doesn't do the colours justice. My thanks go out to nochips. (thumbs u

A great book and a great story. Congrats.

First Marvel I ever bought, along with ASM #53 in the summer of 1967. (thumbs u Wonderful copy.

Just arrived from eBay. A CGC 9.2, it's now been returned to full "comic book" status. Patsy and Hedy #96 • October 1964 • July 1964 newsstand

An addition to the collection courtesy of chunkybutt. Strange Tales #139 • December 1965 • September 1965 newsstand A CGC 8.5 OWW freed from the tomb. These early Doctor Strange tales are worth the price of admission any day. Poor Doctor Strange is struggling to defeat Baron Mordo who is all juiced up by the dread Dormammu. Just when it seems that Strange's psych games might goad Mordo into a rash and indefensible move, Dormammu gets impatient and decides he's going to go one on one with the good doctor, himself.

An addition to the collection courtesy of chunkybutt. Strange Tales #139 • December 1965 • September 1965 newsstand A CGC 8.5 OWW freed from the tomb.

It's been some time since I bought a comic but I did recently pick this one off of eBay. FF #46 January 1966 • October 1965 newsstand CGC 8.0 White -- free from its tomb. An iconic Kirby/Sinnott cover. I never owned this one when I was a kid but saw the cover many times in the House Ads -- it's taken quite a while to find its way into my collection.

It's been some time since I bought a comic but I did recently pick this one off of eBay. FF #46 January 1966 • October 1965 newsstand CGC 8.0 White -- free from its tomb. An iconic Kirby/Sinnott cover. I never owned this one when I was a kid but saw the cover many times in the House Ads -- it's taken quite a while to find its way into my collection.

It has a newsstand date stamp. How did it possibly survive the newsstand?

I can't document the source but I do remember reading that Heck was quite ill in the 1970s but still needed to work.

Millie is everyone's hero.

Book looks beautiful. The whites look great even through the slab -- slabs do tend to visually grey books.

2. is Barbara Stanwyk 3. looks like Donovan. I'm sure Ted's kidding about 7.

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According to Men of Tomorrow, the covers tended to reveal more and more skin on paintings of women that started to look more and more like girls, as time went on.

Always liked this one as a kid. The sky sorta reminded me of Doc Savage #39, and vice versa.

Nice books, Brian. Jack Davis covers are always a treat.