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Show me your Timely's and I'll show you mine. Have a Cigar...
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Cat-Man_America

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On 11/30/2018 at 4:31 PM, batman_fan said:

Couldn’t find a high grade copy :baiting:

It does occasionally happen, but it's usually a temporary issue with an all-too-obvious solution...  :gossip:

  Exhibit A: (an old favorite)

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Exhibit B: (new pick-up) :whee:

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Sorry 'bout the Barex inner sleeve glare (it doesn't scan easily, but in hand it's gorgeous).  :sorry:

Here's a lower-rez iPad shot for comparison... :x

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PS: BIG thank you to my friend & fellow boardie Timely for this magnificent upgrade opportunity.  :headbang:

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badback83

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2 hours ago, Cat-Man_America said:

It does occasionally happen, but it's usually a temporary issue with an all-to-obvious solution...  :gossip:

  Exhibit A: (an old favorite)

  Hide contents

05d686a8-7e34-4a85-ad36-2b86c5c913b4_zps

Exhibit B: (new pick-up) :whee:

  Hide contents

2609e9c5-8d21-42e2-8d44-885e82a6d4f9_zps

Sorry 'bout the Barex inner sleeve glare (it doesn't scan easily, but in hand it's gorgeous).  :sorry:

Here's a lower-rez iPad shot for comparison... :x

  Hide contents

302cf366-ecaf-4916-9324-f30bc82d12ab_zps

PS: BIG thank you to my friend & fellow boardie Timely for this magnificent upgrade opportunity.  :headbang:

Both are stunning!  Congrats!

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GreatCaesarsGhost

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3 hours ago, Cat-Man_America said:

It does occasionally happen, but it's usually a temporary issue with an all-to-obvious solution...  :gossip:

  Exhibit A: (an old favorite)

  Reveal hidden contents

05d686a8-7e34-4a85-ad36-2b86c5c913b4_zps

Exhibit B: (new pick-up) :whee:

  Reveal hidden contents

2609e9c5-8d21-42e2-8d44-885e82a6d4f9_zps

Sorry 'bout the Barex inner sleeve glare (it doesn't scan easily, but in hand it's gorgeous).  :sorry:

Here's a lower-rez iPad shot for comparison... :x

  Reveal hidden contents

302cf366-ecaf-4916-9324-f30bc82d12ab_zps

PS: BIG thank you to my friend & fellow boardie Timely for this magnificent upgrade opportunity.  :headbang:

Cat, between the 33 and the 66, you are cornering the market on the New York City covers

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Cat-Man_America

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6 hours ago, GreatCaesarsGhost said:

Cat, between the 33 and the 66, you are cornering the market on the New York City covers

I'm so glad you picked up on that.  There's an interesting aspect of these two great Schomburg covers that ...to my knowledge... hasn't been explored.  

Issue #33 (dated July '42) is Schomburg's first war cover for Marvel Mystery Comics after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor drew the U.S. directly into World War II (Alex's prior cover for MM #29, the March buzzsaw bondage cover hit the newsstands on Jan. 16, 1942).  This was Alex's last pre-war cover, the next three covers for Marvel Mystery, done by Al Gabriele, focused on Remembering Pearl Harbor.  

Issue #66 (dated Sept. '45, newsstand arrival date of July 17), Schomburg's last actual war cover for Marvel Mystery, focused on the constant fear of Japan deploying some kind of super weapon, this prior to the U.S. dropping atomic bombs ...another WMD... on Japan in early August, effectively prompting Japan to seek terms for surrender, ending the war.

So, we have two awesome Schomburg covers touching on the greatest fears of American civilians from more sneak attacks by Japan during the war, in each case unleashed on NYC.  The first, an invasion cover following on the heels of Pearl Harbor, and finally, the ironic use of some super-secret weapon (an Empirial Japanese Death Ray) to force America into submission.

In honor of Stan Lee (and the survival of NYC): Excelsior! (thumbsu

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