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[damonwad]

 

Must not look at this thread

 

 

I know what you mean.

 

By the way, the scene from the cover of Death Valley #2 is part of one of the stories.

[damonwad]

Here are a couple I got a while ago.

Thanks to the boardies that recommended Valor earlier in this thread. A very enjoyable series and too bad it only ran 5 issues.

 

 

 

 

[Pat Calhoun]

maybe this is post-atomic, but...

 

 

One of the first comics I bought off the stands was Forbidden Worlds #87 May-June 1960 (cover thanks to GCD). The cover story was based on a yarn from Dec 1950 Astounding, ‘A Subway Named Möbius', by A. J. Duetsch (an astronomer), and involved a train that takes an interdimensional turn.

The story (is online here http://pappysgoldenage.blogspot.com/2010/08/number-783-science-fiction-week-train.html thanks Pappy) contains a description of the mobius strip (nicely drawn by John Buscema), and eight-year-old Pat was fascinated.

So when I saw a picture of this mobius netsuke by Michael Birch today I was impressed.

 

Edited November 1, 2013 by pcalhoun

[porcupine48]

Here are a couple I got a while ago.

Thanks to the boardies that recommended Valor earlier in this thread. A very enjoyable series and too bad it only ran 5 issues.

 

 

 

 

sexy books!

[damonwad]

sexy books!

 

Thanks. It's hard to go wrong with EC's (though I haven't read MD or Psychoanalysis yet).

[AJD]

This could go in the EC thread, but it seemed to fit here better:

 

[AJD]

sexy books!

 

Thanks. It's hard to go wrong with EC's (though I haven't read MD or Psychoanalysis yet).

 

The only one I didn't like was Extra. But I haven't read Psychoanalysis either. M.D. is kind of interesting, because it shows how rudimentary medicine was sixty years ago.

[Scrooge]

I've had these for a while but one of my biggest regrets this year in collecting is not bidding more aggressively (within my miserly scale) when this collection of T&Js hit eBay. I only won a few but missed out on a great many that looked good. Oh well, I am satisfied with those few I fished. I scanned a couple -

 

 

[Scrooge]

Here's something else fun that turned up in the pile of books in the office I am putting away -

 

[damonwad]

I've had these for a while but one of my biggest regrets this year in collecting is not bidding more aggressively (within my miserly scale) when this collection of T&Js hit eBay. I only won a few but missed out on a great many that looked good. Oh well, I am satisfied with those few I fished. I scanned a couple -

 

 

Nice books. Was Kelly still doing the Our Gang stories at this point?

I haven't read any of the issues before but the Kelly covers seem to call my name every once in a while. Was tempted to bid on the bound copies Heritage just auctioned.

 

[rjpb]

Don't know if this has been posted here, but this is an interesting giveaway from 1949 I just picked up. Crudely drawn and 16 pages long, it's not really that informational, with not much more than some basic advice about seeing a "real" doctor if you suspect you may have contracted syphilis, and what to look for. The plot, as it is, has Doc Carter arriving in Carbiville and busting up a graft and prostitution "ring".

 

I'd wanted a copy since seeing it in Scott Shaw's old Oddball Comics column years ago.

 

[adamstrange]

I've had a burning sensation for that issue for a while.

[Kevin.J]

I've had a burning sensation for that issue for a while.

 

[BEAUMONTS]

Here's something else fun that turned up in the pile of books in the office I am putting away -

 

Cool cover

[cheetah]

I think this is probably the best thread for this one.

 

[tb]

I've had these for a while but one of my biggest regrets this year in collecting is not bidding more aggressively (within my miserly scale) when this collection of T&Js hit eBay. I only won a few but missed out on a great many that looked good. Oh well, I am satisfied with those few I fished. I scanned a couple -

 

 

 

Beautiful books!

[Scrooge]

 

Yikes, nothing since December

 

Anyway, I took a break from scanning Westerns to scan this Wanted # 24.

 

There was a Paul Dean Barker criminal in the late '40's but by the time this ran in Wanted (January 1950 as per cover), he was already behind bar, having been condemned to 6 consecutive 5-year sentence in 1948. He appealed in 1958 contending that the sentencing wasn't clear about the "consecutiveness" of the sentences. The appeal got dismissed really quickly.

 

[rjpb]

I only have the drug issues and the surrealistic Buscema cover, and the material is uneven, but overall I found Wanted above average for a crime title. Mort Leav did some nice splashes . Ever since you posted the cover to #49 ( I think it was you), I've been looking out for it, but it seems to come up rarely. I should also grab the Mr. Crime ( or whatever his name is) covers before they start getting expensive.

 

I once bought a copy of #22 because Overstreet listed it as having extreme violence, but it seemed pretty run of the mill to me so I sold it when I was thinning out my crime collection of "lesser" books. Kind of regret doing that now, as I've had a renewed affection for the genre and have been buying stuff lately. Thankfully I held onto the high demand books, I'd have a hard time pulling the trigger on some of the classic covers if I had to buy them now.

 

 

[Scrooge]

I only have the drug issues and the surrealistic Buscema cover, and the material is uneven, but overall I found Wanted above average for a crime title. Mort Leav did some nice splashes . Ever since you posted the cover to #49 ( I think it was you), I've been looking out for it, but it seems to come up rarely. I should also grab the Mr. Crime ( or whatever his name is) covers before they start getting expensive.

 

It was me Wanted is such a better title when 1) "Mr. Crime" (isn't that the name of the guy on Crime Does Not Pay though?) is on the cover and 2) mainly one should look for the issues with Anderson's art inside. That's my current goal with Wanted as a title anyway, "Mr. Crime" covers and any issues with Anderson or Buscema. Syd Shores does a lot of work in Wanted but it's for some reason not as good as his Atlas work. Also, Mort Leav and Mort Lawrence work in the title but, again, Mort Lawrence's work seems inferior here to his work for Hillman. Go figure!

[rjpb]

Yeah, Anderson is always worth a look. I've got the Cult of Killers issue but should probably check GCD for other issues with his work.