Moondog Posted November 22, 2019 Share Posted November 22, 2019 On 11/19/2019 at 2:41 PM, MasterChief said: Thank you, Gary. I'm delighted by the fact that your legacy will forever be linked to this extraordinary copy. Also, appreciate you mentioning the name of the newsstand owner's son. Don't recall it being revealed before. Good to know another nugget of information to help document and improve provenance. I'll update the timeline accordingly. Meanwhile, I took the liberty to enhance one of the original images of the book you posted. Basically, I enlarged the image and tried to remove the orange tint while improving clarity and restoring color values. Not sure I achieved the best possible result but the image looks somewhat better. Hope it represents the book's appearance of 40+ years ago. That said, I must say that the spine looks quite round or "plump" in the old imagery. Quite the difference from how it appears now in the slabbed copy scans where it seems uncharacteristically flat. Ben Stothart was very reluctant to have his name mentioned in the past. I tried to explain to him that he was a part of history but I believe he was more concerned about tax evasion since I paid him cash for the books back in the day. He passed away in 2014 so I have no problem giving him his due today. Badger and comicdonna 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
comicdonna Posted November 22, 2019 Share Posted November 22, 2019 On 11/19/2019 at 3:41 PM, MasterChief said: That said, I must say that the spine looks quite round or "plump" in the old imagery. Quite the difference from how it appears now in the slabbed copy scans where it seems uncharacteristically flat. It doesn't have that long crease at the bottom of the top staple, either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
