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OK, first suffice to say that I'm in total awe of the books that have been posted thus far. You's folks are b@d@$$es of the first order for prioritizing B&Bs. Those early issues are some of my fav runs in my collection. Still working on completing the different components that I care most about. . .namely ANYTHING with art by Joe Kubert (extra gravy and Tabasco if it had a Heath Golden Gladiator or Silent Knight story). Kubert was the DC guy who could just crush it with facial angularity that so enduringly expressed emotions, ultra-dark inks that conjured a deep sense of mood and downright dread, and gritty figural abstraction that skirted the boundaries of what bodies can actually do under moments of extreme duress. . . well that was the kind of thing that made Kubert abso****in-lutely perfect for the grit of a Kanigher Sgt. Rock story. Kubert was synonymous with Rock and visa versa, but most people don't realize that Kubert's second most consistent Silver-Age INTERIOR gig was NOT in any of the pages of alternative Big-5 titles. I know what you're thinking. . .you'd be right in pointing to the fact that Kubert contributed to dozens of [a hundred or more?] interior stories in DC war titles leading up to Rock and extending far beyond it. But they were sporadic and peppered throughout the different titles so that you'd get a couple issues of GIC with Kubert stories and then a few issues without because Kanigher would kick those stories over to OFF, AAMOW, SSWS, and back to OAAW & GIC to spread the love. Nope, his second most consistent jam in any of the titles next to OAAW/Rock was Brave and the Bold which carried Kubert stories for the following characters during the SA: Viking Prince 23 issues--B&B 1-5, 7-24 Hawkman 6 issues--B&B 34-36, and 42-44 Robin Hood 1 issue--B&B 6 Cave Carson 1 issue--B&B 40 Sgt. Rock/Haunted Tank/Johnny Cloud/Mlle Marie 1 issue--B&B 52 A total of 35 issues out of the first 52. . .until that point, roughly 2/3 of the issues had Kubert interior stories. It's a veritable goldmine of Kubert! I've often daydreamed about an alternative reality where Julie Schwartz had made an editorial mandate along the lines of "Let's make EVERY issue of B&B contain a Joe Kubert story even if it's just a 4-page back up story. . .so we'll save a few of those stories from Frontier Fighters, those Rip Hunter stories (from Showcase 25 and 26), Sgt. Rock origin story (Showcase 45), and the Enemy Ace stories (Showcase 57 & 58) for B&B. Those extra 5 issues + the "GI Joe" Showcases in 53 and 54 (reprints from the war titles), even the odd sci-fi story from HOM 105, 109 or HOS 29, 30, 39, MGA 39 and Sea Devils 13 and we'll be able to fit them all into those B&B #25-33 and the other non-Kubert issues up to and including #51!" That Julie Schwartz had some serious leverage. I think he coulda done it. Yes, I know there will be purists who would be horrified by the first app of the JLA appearing in another title. . .but wouldn't it have fit better in the Showcase run anyway? Or maybe this alternative Kubert-in-every-issue B&B reality would have those JLA issues in B&B 28-30 penciled and inked by Kubert! Or, for the Sekowsky devotees, maybe we'd have a Kubert 4-pager that displaced some of the 2-pager text articles and public service announcement filler that we all skip over. In order to even come up with those Kubert contributions above, I had to do a Grand Comics Database search of Kubert between 1955-1965 and I can tell you that other than that stuff I just mentioned, 99.9% of Kubert's stuff would have been found filtered throughout the Big-5 war titles. So I digressed a bit. . .back to my original idea. B&B 1-52 was THE second most consistent place where a reader could expect to see Joe Kubert art When I went into the run of those early first 52 issues, I realized immediately that the through-line was and always will be Kubert for me in the B&B run (I never bothered with the Cave Carson, Suicide Squads, Strange Sports Stories, or expensive JLAs). So when I post stuff from here on, this'll be a chance to ogle a bit of Kubert art from an interior page just as much as it is a chance to look at a cover. . .cuz you can see the covers ANYWHERE in a few words typed into your fav. search engine. Not so with the interior story pages. So here goes. . .

Hiya Limer, Yes, I've just found them thanks to you and another poster from another thread. I may have been conflating them with Bill Cole whose site was no longer functioning (although I could swear that Gerber was down as well when I checked about 2 months ago. . .). I'm on it. Thanks so much for the referral!

I tried a couple months ago and it wasn't functioning. Or maybe I'm conflating that with Bill Cole?? I don't know. . . Was E Gerber up and running this whole time? Hey, regardless, problem solved! I really appreciate your referral. Thanks so much, Cbalroman!

I posted this elsewhere, but am hoping that a post here may get a bit more traction so apologies for redundancy. I am noting that there are no venders/dealers who carry 4 mil mylar sleeves in silver or gold or super-gold size any longer. I've scoured ebay and Amazon as well as internet websites of typical dealers. And when I go into my LCSs, they say that 4 mil isn't being carried by distributors anymore. Like maybe the companies that typically sell these have decided that 4 mil archives/mylar sleeves are no longer of interest to anybody?? Are we witnessing the extinction of 4 mil mylar? I've been double bagging my comics for 35 years upside down in a mylite (originally only in 1 mil, but later in 2 mil) and then right side up in a 4 mil mylar archival/sleeve at the next largest width from the interior mylite. Anybody have any recommendations for me regarding where to find 4 mil mylar sleeves in silver, gold, or super-gold size?

I am noting that there are no venders/dealers who carry 4 mil mylar sleeves in silver or gold or super-gold size any longer. I've scoured ebay and Amazon as well as internet websites of typical dealers. And when I go into my LCSs, they say that 4 mil isn't being carried by distributors anymore. I've been double bagging my comics for 35 years upside down in a mylite (originally only in 1 mil, but later in 2 mil) and then right side up in a 4 mil mylar sleeve at the next largest width from the interior mylite. Anybody have any recommendations for me regarding where to find 4 mil mylar sleeves in silver, gold, or super-gold size?

Ditto that!

Atsa good.

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Army War Heroes #22 8.0 VF$12 Army War Heroes #29 8.5 VF+$15 Army War Heroes #31 8.0 VF$12

For all intents and purposes, ALL of those Rexs are defacto DC war comics! Noice copies, by the way. Completely impossible in those grades!

Green headgear to Green (Brady Bunch: especially Alice there in the center) headgear:

Nice haul, Frisco!

Shout out to my buddy Rick for keeping an eye out and spotting it.

Scored this out in the wild at SD Comic-Con this last weekend. Dennis Giant from 1958. Loving me the vignette/panel cover! Bonus that Dennis is juggling in one panel (with limited success). I like any covers with juggling and/or unicycles.

Scored these at SD Comic-Con this past weekend. Been searching for a nice copy of OAAW 93 for 33 years. The Kubert inside is just staggering. So so so good. The cover of the AAMOW with the distinguished service awards is one of my fav Grandenetti covers. At least one person said that they thought the cover was ugly, but I think it's swell. My favorite period for Grandenetti. He went super heavy on the inks. The Grandenetti stories from that same time period laced across the Big-5 were more abstract and he truly leaned into deep black and thick lines. He was given even greater latitude with Warren but most stories are not to my liking. This later 10¢ period for his DC war stuff is the Goldilocks zone.

Beautiful book, my friend!

Just now posted these San Diego purchases in "What's New. . ." so this is redundant. I had more to say about them in the other post:

San Diego Comic-Con haul. Couple nice war books, a Dennis the Menace Giant Xmas Issue from 1958, and a Gunsmoke Western with a killer Kirby cover. I read them all. The Dennis with the Toole and Wiseman stories is predictably hilarious. I laugh more at them now as an adult than I did as a kid. The GW has some nice stories by Heck, Maneely, Crandall, and Severin. That AAMOW with the cool medals (worth the Wikipedia rabbit hole and the extraordinary acts of valor that lead to these honors being bestowed on American service people) is one of my favorite Grandenetti covers. And the OAAW has peak-period Kanigher and Kubert that is cinematic and loaded with artistic flairs that few comics from that time period can touch. 1st appearance of Zack in Easy Company.

Noice one, Mike!!!!!

Killer run of dinosaur war, Jayhawker!

Stunning copies of those, Jayhawker! Kirby kewlness!

THOSE ARE BAD@$$ books of the first order!!!!!!!! Thanks for posting those, Mike!

That SHOULD be a key. NO disagreement there. But "best portrayal" of a the 1000 yard stare? I've always felt that that honor belongs to OAAW #100. Kubert Rock at its most evocative. Don't get me wrong, that Heath sure is an incredible cover and no I don't own one yet. . . But yeah, Kubert 1000 yard stare (sorry for cråppy pic):