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Small little run....

Here is one shorty..... Tough books all with the earliest Eisner, Bailey, Kane etc.

......and here is my low grade #20......with "pencil marks" on the cover......

Tough books to collect ,you amaze me when you pull them out! early Chesler with wonderful Ryan art and a Church copy to boot.....the oversized high grades are always neat....

All of these books are cool. But for me, this one in particular has a certain... je ne sais quoi. What he said......

Nice pick ups, Ivan! I've always loved that weird All New cover. then you should like the cover which I have shown before

Some stuff.....

Super jealous of that score i know you can "smell" them steve....

I have about 160 Larsons....

Love those Jon. The very early issues of Prize comics also have awesome covers showcasing obscure heros. Do you have any of those? I have a bunch of them......here are some early examples....jb

Yes it is. But it is more than that. It is what I dubbed the "Lost Larson"- this is one of six Larsons that were sold to me AFTER my article came out and was re-printed in the local Wasau Gazzette.. I thought I share an interesting postscript about the Larson article I did for the Overstreet Quarterly. After the article came out, Larson’s hometown newspaper in Nebraska asked if they could reprint the Larson article. I naturally gave my permission. In early January I received my copies (they actually “serialized” it into two parts) of the Wausa Gazette. One actually had a cover of Capt. Marvel prominently displayed. About two weeks later I received a letter from an boyhood friend of Larson’s (Larson had even been his best man.). They had read with much interest my articles. It prompted an old memory. Recently, he had cleaned out his mother’s house and discovered a box of his old comics. He remembered as a boy that Larson had given him comics after he was done with them. Sure enough they found six books with “Lamont” or “Larson” on them. He wondered if I “might” be interested in them. MIGHT BE! As described none of the books sounded like they were in particulary good condition. However, driven by curiosity and this incredible quirk of luck that these books even existed I dickered over a price. For the record they are Smash Comics 8, Feature Comics 34, Victory Comics 3, Star Spangled Comics 2, Minute Man Comics 2 and Super Mystery 2/4. None of these books has the classic white pages of the original collection reflecting the unique storage conditions of the originals. No book grades better than a VG+. However, for me and my Larson mania, these lost Larsons will always be special. JSB 2/1/95 c 2015 neat little piece of esoterial..........

(PAC #145) mm Some this and that.......

boy will that be a test.....Pat C? Michael N.? part of a CBM article on "B Titles" by me, way back when.......Great stuff BLAZING COMICS Blazing Comics, as published by REWL/ Enwil/Rural Home Publications, featured the first Chinese super-hero- “The Green Turtle”. Drawn by Chu Hing, a Chinese-American, this title has links to the ubiquitous comic shop of Funnies, Inc. (See indicia of issue 3). Although the Green Turtle fought Japanese soldiers in China, he obviously owes a great debt to Batman. His most used mode of transportation was the “Turtle plane”. When not combating the Japanese, the Turtle would “withdraw” to his secret lair, the “Turtle Shell”. Although tantalizingly promised in each issue of this short-lived title, neither the name nor the origin of the Green Turtle is ever revealed. The first issue (June 1944) has the Turtle rescuing a village of Chinese from Japanese soldiers who have attacked them. During this rescue he meets and takes with him a female companion and a young boy, who he dubs “Burma Boy” (move over Robin!). The most notable thing of the Green Turtle series is the remarkable covers that often have the Turtle casting his Turtle shadow. These covers (and contents) truly deserve a second look by those interested in hardcore esoteric golden age books. The stories which always reflected conflicts with the Japanese, often have the main characters trading aphorisms with each other. (“Danger is nothing without fear”, “One man must never plan his course from the actions of another”, and “Believe only half of what one sees and none of what one hears”.) The Turtle only appeared in the first four issues (June 1944 to September 1944, February 1945). Actually, although there are six issues, only the first four have original material. The fifth and sixth issues (with covers dated March and April 1945) contain “remainders” with original covers. The remainders are from the early 1950s. Issue 5 has the contents of Action 181 (September 1953) while the sixth issue appears to have material from Colossal Features Magazine 3 (1950). The rest of the contents of the 1940s material are rounded out by the obligatory jungle feature featuring a white woman named “Jun Gal”. She is the lone survivor (with her mammy) of a jungle expedition. Raised by the local natives, she eventually ascends to lead the tribe and to protect the tribe’s “Pit of Death” (containing radium) from bad guys, such as Nazis. The only other “notable” features are the “Black Buccaneer” (featured on the cover to issue 5), who is a privateer working as a spy for Queen Elizabeth, and “Red Hawk” (featured on the cover to issue 6), a full blooded native American Indian who is a free lance fighter pilot of the skyways against the Japanese. c jon berk Jon, which CBM was that article in?

Alot of good stuff and covers.....original cover by Rica......Chesler took over the title which became very sporadic........ jb

part of a CBM article on "B Titles" by me, way back when.......Great stuff BLAZING COMICS Blazing Comics, as published by REWL/ Enwil/Rural Home Publications, featured the first Chinese super-hero- “The Green Turtle”. Drawn by Chu Hing, a Chinese-American, this title has links to the ubiquitous comic shop of Funnies, Inc. (See indicia of issue 3). Although the Green Turtle fought Japanese soldiers in China, he obviously owes a great debt to Batman. His most used mode of transportation was the “Turtle plane”. When not combating the Japanese, the Turtle would “withdraw” to his secret lair, the “Turtle Shell”. Although tantalizingly promised in each issue of this short-lived title, neither the name nor the origin of the Green Turtle is ever revealed. The first issue (June 1944) has the Turtle rescuing a village of Chinese from Japanese soldiers who have attacked them. During this rescue he meets and takes with him a female companion and a young boy, who he dubs “Burma Boy” (move over Robin!). The most notable thing of the Green Turtle series is the remarkable covers that often have the Turtle casting his Turtle shadow. These covers (and contents) truly deserve a second look by those interested in hardcore esoteric golden age books. The stories which always reflected conflicts with the Japanese, often have the main characters trading aphorisms with each other. (“Danger is nothing without fear”, “One man must never plan his course from the actions of another”, and “Believe only half of what one sees and none of what one hears”.) The Turtle only appeared in the first four issues (June 1944 to September 1944, February 1945). Actually, although there are six issues, only the first four have original material. The fifth and sixth issues (with covers dated March and April 1945) contain “remainders” with original covers. The remainders are from the early 1950s. Issue 5 has the contents of Action 181 (September 1953) while the sixth issue appears to have material from Colossal Features Magazine 3 (1950). The rest of the contents of the 1940s material are rounded out by the obligatory jungle feature featuring a white woman named “Jun Gal”. She is the lone survivor (with her mammy) of a jungle expedition. Raised by the local natives, she eventually ascends to lead the tribe and to protect the tribe’s “Pit of Death” (containing radium) from bad guys, such as Nazis. The only other “notable” features are the “Black Buccaneer” (featured on the cover to issue 5), who is a privateer working as a spy for Queen Elizabeth, and “Red Hawk” (featured on the cover to issue 6), a full blooded native American Indian who is a free lance fighter pilot of the skyways against the Japanese. c jon berk

the US Jones 1 and 2 have different contents..... okay let me throw out as rare is Flame 8......(church copy)

Yup, he did his fair share of covers. My fave cover artist @ Fiction House. Though not complete surely, here's what I could pull up quickly from the GCD. Zolne did covers for the following titles within this issue range Fight # 3 - 27 (1940 - 1943) Jumbo # 9 - 51 (1939 - 1943) Jungle # 10 - 42 (1940 - 1943) Planet # 10 - 25 (1941 - 1943) Rangers # 1 - 11 (1941 - 1943) Sheena # 1 - 3 (1942 - 1943) Wings # 10 - 23 (1941 - 1942) so probably over 100 early '40's FH covers. I love his Planet Comics stuff. 10-25 is my favorite part of the run. Here is one recreation he did. He did "two" of each. Sold one, saved one I believe. Great GA artist.

Church (first Catman cover) , Larson , Palais

This is kind of a mix of bits and pieces. Hit 5 is just a copy. Hit 15 is actually 12 covering a copy of Hit 15. I think that the original art is owned by Jon Berk. Unfortunately not.....but I do have the Planet 1 cover......

It looks like an amazing copy! Here's mine: Thank you, ...thank you! I I can cancel my appointment with the ophthalmologist! enjoy this cover......jb

do not see that cover often.......please enjoy this cover I obtain years ago . jb

does this story art look familiar? jb

Love these books,dawn of the comicbook as we know it, Me too Jack (thumbs u I've got a little pile of them & they're fun. not too expensive & show a cool snapshot of the time period. I agree they are a great backbone series of the dawn of comicbooks.... He is a smattering of early numbers.......many had different cover for back cover.....neat and inexpensive books.......jb

Never seen or heard of OA for this company......gotta be somewhere...jb