Frisco Larson

Thanks! Yeah, I was VERY pleased when it arrived, since it wasn't me who slabbed it!!!

Yeah, that's always be a bit of a mystery to me too. The Atlas Era Masterwork credits Carl Burgos as cover artist with an asterisk next to his name, meaning that they aren't positive but that's their best guess. Odds are that he wasn't COMPLETELY up to speed on Namora's particular skill set or specific features. It IS her, based on some costume changes visible during the Atlas era, but she appears to not have her ankle wings and has lost her belt with the big "N" buckle that we find on the interior pages. No panel depicted on the cover appears in this or any surrounding Sub-Mariner issue. If I had to guess why the ropes are holding her, I'd guess that maybe she's been out of the water for too long and has been substantially weakened by that. Just a guess.

I feel that. This one has been stuck in mine so long that people have been voicing their concern by asking, "U K?"

Unmasked hero to no costume heroes.

Well yeah, it'd be considered a printing error as they DID price the rest of the comics. Yup, ya can't have a variation in font if there's no price at all.

The last issue (#42) was cover dated Oct 1955 as I recall, so technically still Golden Age by society's standards. However, personally I think they look and feel much more like Silver Age than Golden Age. They're the same size as Silver books, page counts are the same too. You'd never mistake a mid 50s Atlas book for an early Timely. So I say there's enough there to be debatable. More Silver than Gold in my eyes.

Saucers to saucers. More Silver than Gold, but still cool.

Crud, it posted twice. Ok, Silver Age MLJ to Silver Age MLJ.

Sarge Steel to Steel Sterling.

Some of my favorite Subby art is from the 50's where his daddy did some of his very best, most beloved art on his creation. This is pre Silver Age and only posted as an example. Subby splash page from Sub-Mariner #39.

Man, these are some GREAT copies that you're posting!!!! THIS one in particular has become VERY expensive and I still need a copy in this grade ….. Well done on your set!!!!

Nuclear fueled hero to Neutron?

Ok cool, so my memory still works! For giggles I checked eBay earlier this morning and around 10 copies of this issues were listed, split roughly in half by font variant. No priceless copies up or in completed auctions, so it IS tougher to find. Is this the only issue you can remember to not have a price?

My least favorite cover in the run! I owned a copy, but only a mid grade one …. I refused to spend REAL money on it! No disrespect to the owner of this fine comic.

I'll tell ya gang, this thread is ROCKIN' 5 pages deep now!!!!

SPECTACULAR copy!!!!!

ALL of them you've posted are great Billy Boy, but I remember THIS one raw!!!! Some might tip completely over to think that we actually handled this comic book with bare hands (clean of course)!!! To say that this book has that "bouncy" feel …. well that's an understatement!!!

I "liked" the book, not the anxiety that you felt. Hey, at least you made a great choice in your purchase and not a lifetime supply of toilet paper!!!!!

Stare to stare.

Winged helmet to winged mask

Love the trio!!!! Thanks for sharing them!!!!

WoW!!!!! I can't begin to tell you how happy this makes me!!!!! Just seeing this many copies in one place is extraordinary!!!! I even see a pair of pence copies in there!!!! Very, VERY cool indeed!!!

That's AWESOME that you were amazed by it and looked back to the Golden Age!!! I'd like to believe I'd have been the exact same way. I mean, something like that eventually DID happen for me, but I bought Bronze age off the spinner rack, so I had no knowledge of the Golden Age at all, barely any of the Silver Age even.

Steve, I seem to recall discussing with you that in addition to the font variants on TTA #16, that there also exist copies that have no price at all. I have one that I'll attach. I HAVE seen others but this version seems to be the most rare of the three, by my experience. If you've stated this already and I just didn't see it, my apologies for that. Btw, thanks for all you do in your research!!! I'm intrigued by all of this!!!