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Straw-Man

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  1. Ah, the Timely thread...still the best on the boards. Beautiful book Brian, but it sure looks better in person. Jon, quit/keep showing off. Would love to see more Schomburg recreations posted here. Not many around though. And Gator, I hope to see all the Marvels in three weeks. Otherwise I will have my SEC referee friends pull some strings. A lot of calls could go LSU's way, know what I mean?

    since I am flying on real "small" planes, unlikely I will be able to bring anything other than my toothbrush, and my Gator Karma...but, ponscon is not too, too far away, hopefully I can unviel a complete set of some timely run!

    gator

     

    a toothbrush? so glad to see you're open to new ideas.

  2. Very cool. Can't get enough pics of your runs ... Wait a minute, that didn't sound right. Let's say I love it when you share those beauties with us. :cool:

     

    Btw, I notice that your want list is increasing by leaps and bounds. How does it feel to be freed from the Timely shackles? It's nice to see Captain Battle # 2 in that list, you'll love the book once you get it.

     

    having a ball scrooge; cap't battle 2 and 5 are HARD. i have the 1, and 3 is common, but, man, those other two.

  3. I was going to post this in the "Confessions of a Crack Addict" thread, but figured Timely geeks would get more utils out of this than just a good ol' fashioned crackhead. :baiting:

     

    It was an absolute joy going through this book the other night after I freed it from its synthetic coffin to breathe a little. (Sorry Alan, I just couldn't wait.) It was like sipping a nice glass of scotch. Enjoy!:

     

     

     

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    If you've never seen it, this is what the Olshevsky/Chicago code looks like. It is usually about a third of the way in, on the inside margin:

     

     

     

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    I thought this was a really cool visual when I was flipping through this book:

     

     

     

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    Stunning copy. I love the way the light blue sky makes the rest of the colors pop off the book. Great pick up!!

     

    Ken

     

    me too ken, but what a waste to use that sky technique on this book when the contrast could have been employed on a world's finest rickshaw, tug-of-war or unicycle cover.

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    one of the best 5 issue mini runs there is (in my opinion)

    gator

     

    (worship)

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    figured I would add the rest of them....

    great books...as sacentaur and ryanh pointed out, the #10 and #11 are as great as the first 5 Everett books!

    rick

     

    way to go buddy, beautiful books!!! being able to fondle those will help you get your mojo back after that first saturday in october.

  5. This thread is dangerous, I HAD to have a Miss America Story...

     

    I know she was only in a few issues, not sure which ones, but I know she's in here...I might even have to do priority mail, lol...

    Miss America from Ebay

     

    Sharon, she's in the first 4 of the magazines--the first one of course with the girl in costume, the one you just bought and the next two. check out this link for the ones you need.

    http://www.comics.org/covers.lasso?SeriesID=366

  6. Torchy and Namora are great!

     

    yes they are, but this is probably my favorite timely girl cover, and as a bonus check the wonderful centerfold.

     

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    That's a great book and very hard to find in any condition, that one is beautiful!

     

    I'll look forward to the Purple covers:) (worship):cloud9:

     

    sharon, a few years ago heritage had both the crowley and the church m.a. 1 in the same auction--9.0 and 9.2 i think. but when you looked at both books back to back, it was unbelieveable how much brighter and more colorful the mile high was. you probably could track them down on the archives--something to see.

     

    and thanks.

  7. What a nice idea:) I'm sure I have a bunch cause that's what I usually focus on, so I'll look tomorrow, but for now...one of my favorite purple covers...

     

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    sharon, i also have a real weakness for purple covers. pretty book.

     

    :foryou:Billy, another Purple cover, starring Gale Allen...

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    wonderful! i'll try to see if i can scan some purple covers tomorrow. know i have some atlas books, and a jungle too that is pp [primarily purple!]. alot of my d.c.'s are pp too, just different.