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Spectacular copy!!!

Does THIS one count Billy?

Gorilla-Man 2nd appearance.

Gorilla-Man 1st appearance.

Grogg 2nd appearance.

Grogg 1st appearance.

Gargantus 2nd appearance.

LOTS of holes in my PHM collection, so I don't have ALL of the appearances, but I'm really digging when the monsters making more than one appearance!!! Gargantus 1st appearance.

That is so cool!!! I LOVE Godzilla!!! I'm SURE that's why RRO is my favorite PHM monster!!!

THAT is awesome!!!

Deadly sea creature to deadly sea creatures.

Bully attacking defenseless sea creatures with a closed fist to hero having his hands full with a deadly sea creature.

I know this isn't a popular opinion at all, but I think restoration and conservation on comic books is just fine, especially if they REALLY need it. Example: I had a Daring Mystery #2 a long time ago (mid 90s) that was complete, but the covers and pages were all completely split ... no two pages were connected anymore. I left it with Matt as a "long term project" to see if he could save its life. Chippity at the edges and difficult (but not impossible) to thumb thru, it was clearly circling the drain, on its last legs and needing extensive resuscitation. One must remember, at that time, Daring Mystery #2 was nearly IMPOSSIBLE to find and was once thought to be the rarest Timely. Now he only worked on it when he had some down time, so it took 2 years, but by gosh he hung that thing back together (HOW still remains a mystery unrevealed) and turned it back into a handleable, readable, ENJOYABLE comic book! Sure, it was EXTENSIVELY restored ... it had the FULL MONTY ... pages treated (I don't know the process), the entire spine of the comic was completely rebuilt, and it had a chemical smell to it, BUT he saved its life, which allowed me to enjoy it for quite a while until a life situation forced the sale of most of my prized Timely collection. I'm almost completely CERTAIN that had nothing been done with the comic, it'd be a pile of dust by now (some 25 + years later)!!! They don't make Golden Age anymore, so saving that Daring Mystery kept a copy in the hobby. I have NO idea where it is now, but I'd know it if I saw it again. I hope whoever has it is enjoying it!

Probably accurate. And in this case, "Promise" refers to, "I promise you won't find a more beat, yet still complete copy!"

DC inaugural issue to Marvel inaugural issue.

Famous Funnies to Famous Funnies

Yup, that's what clinched the sale for me!

I sold this copy about 2 and a half years ago. I had strongly considered having it conserved to have it made into a handleable copy, as it had exceptional paper quality and I REALLY wanted to thumb thru it!!! It went to a good home.

One of my favorite O' Mealia covers!