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The price for both was approx. $11,500 Which one would you choose, and why? ......or I think the Nickel being a Church, NM, and Bulletman 1st appearance ( although no movie is likely ) would win me over compared to the moderate restored mid-grade-ish All American 16....I'd have quite a few chances of getting a restored All American 16 at some point in the near future......

I can assure all of you as an active player in this market, there is nothing rare than this or any issue of The Funnies by Dell, which were printed in 1929-1930. This is the only one I have ever seen in person or in a venue like this..... Jon ------

I would choose the Tec set in 1/2 of 1 second, and I applaud your creativity with this new and interesting twist to this thread

OK Adamstrange, today is your lucky day! Your persistence and interest in this book has motivated me to climb Mount Everest where this book is stored ( cool, dry, thin atmosphere....perfect for paper preservation ), I then unlocked the vault it was stored in past the 5 gaurds with MP5's, and I have taken some additional pics that you probably won't find anywhere on the internet or in any reference guide due to the scarcity of this issue, and the lack of scans provided to the collecting community as a whole. The book has 36 pages including it's cover. There are 5 - 7 different stories about 5 pages long each...all featuring Detective Dan in a different adventure/story. Norman Marsh signed a panel on every page...he obviously wanted everyone to know this was his baby. These 1st 2 pics include interiors, and the last pic is of the inside of the back cover. This issue has fantastic original art throughout..some of the best! Enjoy

Thanks! Looks like multiple stories with different detectives. this link had misleading wording.....the "all about detectives" reference was pointing out that the 3 Humor books were all detective based characters- Dan Dunn, Ace king and Bob Scully ( all 3 were detectives) Each of the 3 Humor books though only featured the detective the book was named after...so Detective Dan only featured Detective Dan. Here is an interior page, showing the art/text that is typical of all pages within the book. Even Gifflefunk would be pleased due to the use of word balloons ( a little Obadiah Oldbuck vs. Superman humor )

http://www.toonopedia.com/dandunn.htm

This is the tightest race since this thread began I think...need some more of you to chime in. At this point the score is: All Star - 9 votes WDC&S - 8 votes

allright.....we now have our tightest race yet. With 9 peoples input so far, we have: 5 votes for WDC&S 4 votes for All Star

OK...looks like I have may have FINALLY come up with a real competition between books here....at this moment, we have 3 votes for WDC&S and 2 votes for the All Star Church. Will be interesting to see how this pans out

let's mix and match genre's -- Superheros VS. Duck ! Both of these books sold within the past year for around $13,000. Which one would you choose? ...........or for me, this is an easy one, although I don't think too many will agree....I am going with the "D" copy WDC&S

Well, it is also the first appearance of Dan Dunn (more important than Wu Fang IMO), who went on to have a long running newspaper strip and even a short lived radio show. The reprints of the strip were a back up feature in Crackajack Funnies. I suppose what fascinates me the most about the Humor books is that are incredibly inportant and yet we know so little about them and their publisher. We don't even know for sure exactly when they were published or in what order, though it does seem pretty clear that DD was first. As far as datable information goes these are things we have as far aas I know (Steve, I'm doing this memory so please correct me if I'm wrong): 1) Detective Dan is copyrighted 1933 and has an ad for kids to enter contest, the entries for which have to be postmarked by April of that year (Is that correct, Steve?). That gives us a solid terminus ante quem of April 1933 for DD, probably several months earlier so the kids would have time to get their entries in. 2) Interviews with Siegel (NEMO #2?) suggest they were looking at DD in spring of 1933. The similarities with the two looped "O's" in the word "Cartoons" on both the early Superman cover which Schuster tried to burn and cover of Ace King suggest that S&S had also seen the latter. The burning of the Superman cover took place in the Fall of 1933, giving a terminus ante quem of Sept./Oct. 1933 for Ace King. 3) Bob Scully has an ad for Happy Mulligan which doesn't seem to have been published. DD has ad for DD #2 and Ace King has an ad for Ace King #2, neither of which seem to have been published. Steve, maybe you can confirm this but I seem to remember reading in the Platinum List archives that Ace King has an ad for Bob Scully. Is that correct or is my memory faulty? 4) Ace King and Bob Scully are the same size, but DD is slightly larger, suggesting that DD was first. This suggests to me the order of publication was DD, AK, BS, (?). Jon Berk pointed out in the old "Before New Fun" thread that the second Joe Palooka strip in Funnies on Parade appeared in papers on June 4, 1933, meaning that FoP had to have come after that. So one thing that can be said for certain is that Detective Dan predates Funnies on Parade by at least a couple of months and probably longer than that. this summary looks pretty solid to me (only thing to point out, although trivial, is that Bob Scullly is 1/4" wider than Ace King, so actually all 3 books are a different size. This seems a little odd to me, as I would think that if you were a small publisher, and printing 3 books, that it would be more cost effective to have a unfiorm size for all 3, especially if they were being sold for 10 cents each.....but I'm not in the printing business, so perhaps I know not of what I speak ). As for Ace King containing an ad for Bob Scully...I'll check it out this weekend, and if it so, I can post a pic of the ad if you would like. since you share a love of the history of these 3 books, you may want to get a copy of CBM #36 from 1996 (if you don't already). Here a few images to wet your apetite:

1939 NYWF is a non-grail? I disagree. First published Sandman. That's at least worth "minor key" status. I'll take it over the Fox book. OK minor key--agreed...but no way "grail". this book (NYWF) just seems to get no love...especially with the dominance of Adventure 40 (grail - no question)

these 2 high grade unrestored non-grails sold for $25,000 in 2002. Which one would you choose...and why? .............or for me...I think I'd have to go with the Wonderworld due it's striking cover, NM grade, highest graded copy status, and 1st appearance of The Flame

Compelling arguments to be sure. And you know it is now on my want list, in a big way! The only thing keeping it from being a major key in my opinion is that the series didn't continue like Detective did, or New/More Fun, New Comics/New Adventure/Adventure. Those cousins of DD had an impact from their outset and then continued to influence the industry for decades to come. agreed....the fact that it is a one-shot has definately kept Detective Dan's wide spread appeal somewhat limited compared to the 1st issue of a long lived, popular title...like your Detective #1

Compelling arguments to be sure. And you know it is now on my want list, in a big way! The only thing keeping it from being a major key in my opinion is that the series didn't continue like Detective did, or New/More Fun, New Comics/New Adventure/Adventure. Those cousins of DD had an impact from their outset and then continued to influence the industry for decades to come. agreed....the fact that it is a one-shot has definatley kept Detective Dan's wide spread appeal somewhat limited compared to the 1st issue of a long, popular run...like your Detective #1

Of monumental historical importance and key in modern comic book developement is this book...IMO THE single most important comic book of this entire 5 year time period (pre Action #1). This claim is not because I have a copy....I have a copy because of the claim. These images are from the "The Superman" thread from a few months back, and are worthy of posting again in this thread. Detective Dan Secret Operative No.48 holds the following distinctions: 1. 1st comic with original art 1. 1st comic of a single theme 1. 1st appearance of Wu Fang 1. 1st newsstand comic book ( arguably - this is not universally agreed upon ) 1. 1st comic book to influence Siegel and Shuster for the conversion of Superman into a comic book good character from his evil Fanzine character debut.

A real show down here.......very low grade Mega-key VS. very high grade and gorgeous semi-key both sold for the mid $30k's around 3 years ago. Beauty and the Beast ! Which one would you choose? ....or as a lover of beautiful comics book, I would have no choice here but to choose Clayface over Superman....I think...I don't know....I want my Mommy

my fault..I am slipping apparently...the whole point is for tough choices worthy of debate...not "no brainers" How about these 2 high $40k's, high grade unrestored keys? Which one would you choose? ....or MPFW for me!

Tec VS. Tec ! both sold in the high $40k's about 3 years ago. Which one would you choose? ........or for me, I wouldn't care if the Tec 38 was a 9.8.....I'm takin' the 27 !

This image I previously posted in the "1st panels" thread, and seems it would be appropriate for this new thread as well. Humor Publishing Corp. 1933

I am no longer "on the fence" Action #1

I completely understand your position CentaurMan, but the Action 1 in this contest has issues that far exceed 2 binder ring holes which are most likely thru the entire book. The other issue is the IMO false grading by CGC of Unrestored vs. Restored. This book has glue AND color touch ( should be purple label...I don't care what anyone says on this issue...to the day I die, this will be a restored book) So you really have the comparison of a low grade restored improperly labeled Action 1 to a high grade Unrestored Cap 1

Both of these books sold about 3 years ago for $40k. The Action 1 has graders notes : small amount of glue and very minor color touch, and has holes from what apparently was a 2 ring binder. Which one would you choose? .....or this is a coin toss for me....I can not choose. My own thread has beat me on this one

Both of these extremely high demand books sold in the high $50k's Which one would you choose? .....or I would have to BARELY go with Batman #1...because it is #1...but the Supes is breathtaking !!!!

the reason I like this thread is because it's mindless ....and no one ever fights! Both of these books sold for exactly $5,750.... which one would you choose? .............or I'd have to go with the killer NM More Fun on this one......I don't remember seeing Leading Comics #1 on too many want lists