Boba

True! (thumbs u The Atom Showcases also is a great series of covers, by Gil Kane and they continued into the series. These were some groundbreaking covers IMHO.

Nice books all! I need me a #28 & 29. The #28 seems to come up for sale less frequently than the 27 & 29, just my observation not a fact. All 3 have fabulous covers. The Heath covers in the title are also pretty spectacular. I wonder why Marvel never attempted grey-tone covers - or didn't they?

Fortunately there are probably more good guys and gals then bad

Conversely, Mike Kaluta, another of the Studio artists, is one of the nicest guys to deal with. He was photographed here delivering a commission to a friend. He signed a bunch of books for a few of the comic geeks while he was up here at the agency. Yes, I do still have that book (and all the others he signed ) .

Got this splash-page from Savage Tales #1 signed by Barry and Roy (I don't remember if they charged me for it) at the legendary Comic Artists convention in White Plains way back when things were friendlier between him an his fans.

I didn't realize it was from the very first thread forward - so I guess I was spot-on

Are you serious? Go out and buy The Studio. Go out and buy the Weapon X trade. Go out and buy Rune or Archer and Armstrong or his black-and-white Conan comics. Ugh-I prefer his work on Conan Rune the faces were stretched out about 10 feet and he lost that energy he had.... It's like he was trying for the Image style-not good. So you haven't seen ANY of his fine art work done in the last 25 years then? No that stuff is ok though I prefer his BA comic work It's just his post BA comic work that makes me puke-Rune Weapon X et al Doesn't he make you sign a contract saying that when he sells you art, that if you sell it you have to give him 15% of what you make, including people that own it down the line? I don't have the time to read through all 25 pages so far, but I knew it wouldn't be long until I found something on Barry Smith. I've been a fan since day-one, and I have to say he sure has an attitude. It started to worsen after a few years of fans cloying him at cons and also selling convention sketches and autographed books (some of which he signed for free) and he decided that he should be entitled to a portion of the proceeds of any sale of an item he drew or signed. To be honest, the guy comes off like a tool - but he's a very talented tool I'll give him that.

Very cool (thumbs u

That's a beaut you got there! Looks better than assigned grade from here.

- doubt it! Picture?

Holy smokes Sam, I just glanced at the registry and you have made made some major gains sir. You're right behind roulette! And looking at the grades on many of your books, you're well on your way to building a truly superior set. Congrats to you. (thumbs u

I'm sure landing a good copy of the #37 will help you reach that goal quicker.

And 30! And 60...btw just as surprising as GOTG success is..just as thought provoking is the going out of favor of the Spectre. ..Once one of the top characters in the hobby. Could he get a revival? God, I hope so

- doubt it!

I didn't I have this thread on "watch" too, so I'm mystified as to why I didn't see it.

Is it me, or does it look like Ben look has gained a bit of chin-fat there?

I'm really starting to like this director a lot. He seems to know and love the material.

I wonder if Pewee will sell my 4.0 back to me for what I sold it

Stay budget conscious boba ! Collecting must bring fun and happiness And I am sure you have a wonderful collection. You already have wonderful sc 4 and 37. A lot of people would dream to have these ! You're too kind

Totally forgot to bid - remembered at 11:15 Oh well . . . Too bad ! I was sure it was you ! Well, I am sure a better one is waiting for you If by saying better you mean cheaper - right on I'm a cheap sonavagun who'd be happy with a 7+/- copy. I don't have the budgets to buy nosebleed grades all the time, But I do appreciate you rooting for me to win it. I guess I must've known it'd go high. Prolly why I "forgot" to bid. Subconsciously being budget conscious. All those Thompsons seemed to. I actually snagged the #52 - no one bid on it. My copy is a 6.0 I believe - its an upgrade even with the staple pop. So I will soon have at least 1 Thompson ped in my set. That's an important lesson : being budget conscious ! I should be more and I'd better stop wasting my money buying comics to offer my wife better holidays ! I hope my wife will not read this post ! Best advice anyone's given here yet (thumbs u

Game over. I don't think we need any more nominations. (thumbs u

Yeah, I'm kind of over worrying too much about it. Too many books to chase, I can't be concerned that every book isn't a nose-bleed grade (or not even close )

Another raw book I may have posted previously, this was bought as a VF+ I believe from a board member who's a dealer. I was shocked at the grade CGC gave it and tempted to order the notes - but I decided I like it fine and I'm not giving CGC any more money to find out what they saw.

I think I posted this when I got it raw from Metro - but here it is in the slab after it was graded. I thought it was a sure-bet to grade 6.0 + but CGC thought otherwise. Whatever, I'm happy with it

Solomon Grundy... +1