JJBEE2001

Another great book I've never seen before!

But it's not in a yellow-labeled slab. Great book - I'd like to pick up a high grade copy one of these days.

It's on now! I guess I should be satisfied with owning 4 copies of a Gerber 9 book.

Like you driving me bonkers with that Jumbo 31?? btw - What's the condition of your KO?

Those jungle-themed comics like Kaanga, Jungle, Jumbo, etc. are awesome!

It will arrive in a couple days. I've seen someone post the interior before & it was pretty cool if I remember correctly. Yeah, I've seen someone here that has a ton of them. I was surprised to find any copy, let alone a really nice one.

I've always wanted a copy of this hard to find one-shot. So, after negotiating with the seller, I finally got this little gem. It was represented as VF/NM. I think if I get it slabbed, it would come back at 8.5, maybe 9.0. Regardless of condition, I'm happy to pick up a copy.

That one is called Cancelled Comics Calavcade. There's a good paragraph in the Guide that tells about it. I think it's in the Promotional comics section. If I remember correctly, it's a collection of unused titles/stories that were gathered when DC slimmed down their operations. Moondog has been quite lately, but I'm sure he knows more about it & could explain it better. It's kind of an oddity, even among ashcans.

I only own 12 of the 50 titles, so the rest of the scans came from a few different places: Esquire's website, Moondog's ashcan article in CBM #71, Hake's & many from Heritage (past auctions). I believe Superwoman came from CBM 71. I'm glad you guys seem to be enjoying them!

Most slabbed ashcans say that on the label.

Brother, I think that describes a lot of us.

Thanks. Gerber only has photos of 6 or 7 & I think he calls them "b&w versions". Of course he correctly gives them a scarcity rating of 10. Almost all of the missing scans are books with only 1 known copy, which hasn't been sold in many years, so I'd pretty much have to get it from the current owner. ( If you're reading this, please contact me).

I posted this over in Esquire's ashcan thread, but I thought it might fit in here as well. Here's every known GA ashcan title that I could get a scan of. There's about 10 more that I'm working on. Since all of these books will never be together for a group pic, this is the next best thing.

I've also come up with what I believe is an accurate ashcan census. After all, that was the original topic of this thread. Individual books have been discussed, but I haven't seen an all-inclusive list posted before. As with the scans above, if you have any corrections or better info, please let me know. Ashcan Title and number of known copies ACTION COMICS 3 ACTION FUNNIES 3 ALL-AMERICAN COMICS 1 ALL-AMERICAN MEN OF WAR 1 ALL STAR COMICS 1 ANIMAL ANTICS 1 complete book + 10 loose covers BOY COMMANDOS 6 (two versions exist: with & without "#1" on the cover) CHAMPION COMICS 2 COMMANDOS 2 CRACK COMICS 1 CYCLONE COMICS 1 FEDERAL MEN COMICS 1 5 CENT COMICS 2 FLASH COMICS (DC) 2 FLASH COMICS (FAWCETT) 3 (two versions exist: with & without cover art) FUNNY FOLKS 1 GIRL'S LOVE STORIES 1 HEADLINE COMICS 2 HERE'S HOWIE 2 HOUSE OF MYSTERY 2 INTIMATE CONFESSIONS 3 LEADING COMICS 1 MOVIE CARTOONS 10 loose covers MOVIE FABLES 10 loose covers MOVIE GEMS 10 loose covers MYSTERIOUS STRANGER 1 MYSTERY TRAIL 1 NICKEL COMICS 2 O.K. COMICS 1 OLD GLORY COMICS 1 ONCE UPON A TIME 1 OUR MEN AT WAR 2 PHANTOM STRANGER 1 RADIO FUNNIES 1 REAL FACT COMICS 10 loose covers REAL SCREEN FUNNIES 3 RED, WHITE & BLUE COMICS 1 ROCK 'N' ROLL COMICS 1 SCREEN CARTOONS 10 loose covers SCREEN COMICS 10 loose covers SCREEN FABLES 10 loose covers SCREEN FUNNIES 10 loose covers SCREEN GEMS 10 loose covers SLAM-BANG COMICS 1 SPOTLIGHT 1 STAR-SPANGLED WAR STORIES 1 STRANGE ADVENTURES 3 SUPERBOY 1 SUPERGIRL 1 SUPERMAN 2 SUPERMAN....SUPERHOMBRE 1 SUPERWOMAN 2 THRILL COMICS 3 WESTERN SERENADE 1 WONDERFUL WORLD FOR BOYS & GIRLS 1 WONDER WOMAN 1 WORLD'S BEST COMICS 2

If I had to pick just one, I'd pick the Action Comics with the knife-wielding ghoul! I've always loved that cover.

I've been wanting to put together an ashcan gallery for a while, so here goes. I have scans of 50 Golden Age ashcans so far, but I know of about 10 more that I can't locate a scan of. Notice that DC used the published artwork for Boy Commandos #1 on no less than 11 ashcans! I guess they really, really liked that cover. If anyone knows of any titles that aren't represented (or especially if you have scans of any more), please let me know. Enjoy!

I can't afford a TEC 31, but I'd love to get my hands on the top graded copy of Adventure 37 (8.5 Restored).

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Thanks for the info. That's a nice copy & I might just grab it. Although there are a whopping 51 9.8s out there, but only 2 graded at 9.9. Now if I could get my hands on one of those.....

I sure don't have one

I'd take Sensation 1. There's fewer copies graded higher compared with the TEC & from what I've seen, it's not offered as often as the TEC. Both are sweet though!

Don't let Moondog hear you say that - I think he's the Grand Poobah.

... and it got better page quality ... That's just wrong

We'll compromise - you won't bid on any ashcans & I'll stay away from the X-Men. Seriously though, I wasn't trying to put down any specific person's collection. I actually have a few X-Men books (I think the highest I have is a lowly 9.2). I love the Dr. Doom cover on #145 & if someone had a 9.8 for sale, I'd probably bid on it!