Bo Derek

[Lee K]

Or, my 10.

 

As I compare the pile/list of books that are my updated purge survivor list a couple of truths become evident:

 

I can't count.

I'm no good at giving away my toys.

I'm glad I don't have my SS shipment back from CGC.

And I'm glad Tnerb hasn't sent me my new SS books either.

 

(More on the eight books I don't have in hand in another journal)

 

Number ten is a book that I owned, but that didn't make my top ten list thirty months ago.

 

For your consideration I give you: G.I.Combat issue 112.

An old-label, CGC 8.5 with off-white pages, a Joe Kubert cover, and an issue date of June/July 1965.

 

It is possible that my primary focus on go-go check books doesn't allude to my other two serious loves: war books & sci-fi books. I have to admit, on the average I love them more than the superheroes. Of course, individual issues will prove the exception.

 

But why this war book, or more specifically this issue?

 

1. It is my birthday book. Although I have a handful of books with a release date of July 1965, this was the first one I purchased because it was my birth month.

2. The cover. Ok, so you have to scroll down to see the cover, but look at those colors! That composition!

 

So, this is the book, number ten on my list of ten books I would try to retain even if I had to sell everything else.

 

Soon, number nine.

 

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[Tnerb]

I like the title reference.

[Brandon Shepherd]

Those colors, the plane firing at you, the tank about to run out of track! What a cover! I have thought about collecting my birth comics also. I look forward to seeing the rest of your list.