Frisco Larson

The Human Torch sure does show up on a LOT of earlier Spider-Man covers!

Another book I'd like to get a nicer copy of!

Still need a nicer certified copy of this book.

One of my favorite crossover covers of all time!

A favorite!

I love guest appearances and first meetings, on covers and inside the books! I searched but came up empty on a crossover thread, so here's one that should be fun!

Perhaps Billy will allow special dispensation for this last book, as it IS a unique cover to the run, but alas it's ALSO beyond the Silver Age cut-off.

It's cool that they did some new covers for this series

Since Spider-Man is my favorite character, Marvel Tales has always held a special meaning to me. It was there that I had my first Spidey comic!

This is a favorite of mine! I just LOVE the colors!

Millie had the most annuals of the romance/teen humor titles.

Patsy had a few annuals, one of her own and one with Hedy.

An early issue with its Mexican publication counterpart.

Awesome copy Billy Boy!!! I KNEW you'd find one quickly!!!

GREAT grab and yeah, a steal at $20!!!

Thank you so much! I really do appreciate that! It's nice to know some other collectors dig these too!

I actually have quite a few books with that same arrival date stamps and got most of them from the same source. I would guess that there was a fairly decent sized find oof 1958/1959 stamped La Prensa comics of several genres. I'm pretty sure I've posted most of mine earlier in this thread if you want to reference them for similarities. I don't have any specific concrete details about how and where these were found. I may be able to obtain some in the near future though, I'll keep you posted.

Just got this in last night! Cool back cover house ad!!!

Agreed! There are some out there, but they get grabbed up pretty quickly.

That's be great! I'm curious and looking forward to seeing it!

Yes, this is my copy. I still own it. It's cool that you have one as well. It's not an easy book to find.

Thanks pal 😊 I really dig the back up stories in those early hero books!

Thanks! I've really been digging the westerns lately!

Thanks Lou! That's probably spread out over the last 6 months or so. I've actually been focusing on original art this year but still buy a lot of books. Running out of money ...

60 years, WOW .... that's crazy!!! I SO love that period in comics!!! I've always enjoyed the time when we got superhero lead stories and a fun mix of usually sci-fi type back up stories to fill up the issue! A great blending of both worlds! The Strange Tales and Tales to Astonish runs seem particularly inexpensive in that time period. Here's something you might enjoy, I picked up this page of original art to Strange Tales #102 recently! It's a Gene Colan page, page #2 to the story "The Secret of the Hidden Planet" and I was THRILLED to be able to add it to my growing art collection!