cheetah and His Everything Journal

[cheetah]

Is it worth $4000 to buy the Mile High Copy from Metro?

 

It has sat on their website for a very long time. It used to be half the price but they raised it when Nedors got to be very hot. For a price like that, it is only worth it if it means something special to you. I doubt it will ever go up very much in value from where it is.

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Exciting 31 - two copies of this. It is a good example of where the lower grade copy is superior to the higher one. While the edges are rougher, the 8.0 is very white.

 

 

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[Mr.Illmannered]

Such an awesome thread! You are definitely my Black Cat Mystery doppleganger

[adamstrange]

That's a killer Black Terror image.

 

Do you have a preference for one part of the exciting run over the others?

 

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That's a killer Black Terror image.

 

Do you have a preference for one part of the exciting run over the others?

 

You know, that's a tough question. When I first started on GA books, it was the airbrush covers that attracted me and they still do. They are some of the true iconic images I think of when I think of the golden age. But right now, I think I like the early sci-fi covers the most. I like their primitive nature. They aren't reflections of established memes for aliens, weapons or futuristic settings. These weren't the elaborate painted covers of the pulps. They reflect a time when science fiction comics were in their infancy and there was nothing reflected but the artist's imagination.

[adamstrange]

That's a killer Black Terror image.

 

Do you have a preference for one part of the exciting run over the others?

 

You know, that's a tough question. When I first started on GA books, it was the airbrush covers that attracted me and they still do. They are some of the true iconic images I think of when I think of the golden age. But right now, I think I like the early sci-fi covers the most. I like their primitive nature. They aren't reflections of established memes for aliens, weapons or futuristic settings. These weren't the elaborate painted covers of the pulps. They reflect a time when science fiction comics were in their infancy and there was nothing reflected but the artist's imagination.

 

I think you and CentaurMan have similar tastes as I believe he's posted a couple of the Church copies of the early sci-fis.

 

There's not a dud in the run, which twists and turns through genres and history. It starts with sci-fi, then early more-simplified Schomburg jungle covers, Wexler Black Terror covers, then Scomburg BT WWII covers, Schomburg BT post-WWII covers, Schomburg airbrush covers and finally Schomburg Western covers.

 

I find something to like in each of these eras, including the Wexler BTs, which I found to be surprisingly powerful covers, especially the #9. The Church copy of that issue is astounding.

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