Cool Book of the Day!!!!

[s-man]

Overstreet indicates its a Kirby Cover...

[Red Hook]

It's Kirby pencils with the great Ayers doing the inks....one of my all time favorite combos. Here's another TTA that I love...

 

[s-man]

ok...remember that load in the pants I was talking about earlier...

[blowout]

It's Kirby pencils with the great Ayers doing the inks....one of my all time favorite combos.

 

Fair enough. Its just that some of the postures/facial expressions in the crowd look very Ditkoesque.

[Red Hook]

Ditko did ink some of Kirby's covers around this time. I have a Tales of Suspense #23 that I was sure was a Ditko cover until I confirmed it was just his inks. Let me go look.....here it is.

 

[sfilosa]

Great looking book.

 

I have tried to get a nice CGC copy of that issue, but always seem to come up short.

 

I love the reds on that book.

 

The two colors I don't particularly like on Pre-Hero Marvels are Browns (except the TTA #29) and Greys.

 

Keep showing these books, I love them.

[Red Hook]

I actually sent this in and got it slabbed....it got an 8.0.......thought it might do better, it has razor sharp edges, and gorgeous gloss.

[sfilosa]

Looks better than an 8.0 to me. My guess would have been at least a 9.0 (but of course I can't see the back cover or any surface wear). There is a weird white mark about a third up from the bottom, right below the grey things tentacle. If it's a "scratch" maybe that's what pulled it down?

 

What's the page quality?

[Red Hook]

I'm looking at the slab right now....I believe the white patch you are referring to is a printing defect, not a scratch. In person, the spine has a bit more wear than the scan would show..but still, the book has excellent eye-appeal. Notes were only cream to off-white pages. It was one of the three books I used my free coupon for. I was afraid it might come back "trimmed" cause the top, bottom, and right side edges are sharp. Glad I got it slabbed. I've owned it for over 20 years.

Serial number is 0084945002. And it has not been pressed!

[sfilosa]

I've owned it for over 20 years. Serial number is 0084945002. And it has not been pressed!

 

Beautiful book. But if you press it, it might get a 9.0 or higher.

 

Come on, go with the flow.

[Red Hook]

NoooooooooooooOO!