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If you have some spare time, I'm sure we'd all love another ashcan thread!

Take plz

My money's on Grogg. He should by rights clean house. Unless the fix is in of course.

I'm a great fan of the house ads comic publishers once ran to promote other issues from their own comic line. In particular the ones that letterer and logo designer Ira Schnapp did for DC between 1940 and 1967 were works of art and very often left me with a palpable desire to acquire and read that particular comic. So show off your favourite house ads by any publisher here with your present day copy of that same comic if possible! I'll start. I still remember the day in 1964 that I first saw this ad in an old Blackhawk comic in the waiting room of the Ontario Conservatory of Music on Dundas Street in London prior to my weekly accordion lesson: It left me longing for a copy of Justice League 3 but at the time I thought that particular issue was gone forever in the mists of time. I've had that issue now since 1980-81 but I'd still like a better copy!

Knock the horns off, wipe it's arse, and throw it on the platter. GOD BLESS ... -jimbo(a friend of jesus)

It's different now. I have to be careful walking as I'm no longer sturdy. I walk like Frankenstein, not a lot of feeling on my left side, and lots of fatigue. I am now able to stand up, do limited cooking and cleaning, and dress myself, so I'm not dead weight on my family, which is a real blessing. I call it the new normal. Slow and awkward. The Church has been helpful as have friends and family, but I'm basically self sufficient now. I do miss going to work and getting that check each week. GOD BLESS... -jimbo(a friend of jesus)

4,3,2,1 Finally got it. It came all the way from Belgium.

So, the April Prime Auction at MCS had about 150 pulps up. Not too many super prestige items but all sort of scarcer titles you don't see every day (some neat romance books for sure - why everyone ignores the books but the ones I'm after, I do not know ). Surprisingly subdued action, but maybe that's the nature of the MCS Auctions, I admit I don't watch them often. I was busy so only kept an eye on some tracked items. Looking at the sales afterwards, I thought a lot of books went for very fair prices (likely far less than they'd fetch in a larger HA auction from what I've been seeing) and there's plenty of books I'd be more than happy to pay the hammer price for if I were after these titles. Lessee if I can pick out some A 6.0 Amazing from 1932 with great color $72 A weird but sharp Argosy with a dagger through a little dude o.O $31 This 1940 has a sealed tear but is pretty, err striking, $50 Exploding box to the face Dime Mystery 5.0 from 1948 $56 Staple rust to this one and dingy but solid, but not quite what the Saunders FFM have been fetching elsewhere lately $66 The Marvel name didn't bump this up 4.0 up too much, does have a tear toward the spine tho $115 This 6.0 Planet looks pretty good, $81 A 1940 VG Shadow with hooded dudes on the cover, $54 A $26 Thrilling Adventures, I know there's a lowly cowboy on the cover but still A 1931 VG Weird Tales for $69 Not the greatest Brundage, I know, but a solid copy and a nice issue, $53 Hell, I even managed to win a book or two

Milk bottle to milk bottle

I don't have recent experience with Unlimited or Walk-Through tiers, and their pricing practices. Maybe someone could give you some examples of what to expect if you have valuable books. Me, not so much. I'm mainly in the shallow end of the pool. I ship every day as a course of business, so I use my own supplies. I bag and board 25 comics to submit. I put groups of 12-13 into padded envelopes, and then those packed envelopes each into 2nd padded envelopes. Each 12-13 group goes into #1097 boxes from USPS (free to order) with lots of peanuts around the borders, more bubble wrap around the sides, and sealed up. Then I put both of those into a box I can get on ebay that is 16x12x8, fit comfortably with more peanuts all around. I put the packing slip in, seal it up, send it via FedEx. Costs about $24 to ship. The method may change depending on quantity and value. Sometimes I will use the large CGC boxes that they come in when you get an order of 25 or so. We call those battleships. I have insurance through CIS https://collectinsure.com/, so I don't buy separate insurance, which can be as much as the freight cost, or possibly even more. CGC is not covering you on the way to them. There's a lot to consider when submitting comics, and it sounds like you are on the right track.

Flame face to flame face.

Yes, my mistake. Pat Abbruzzi was a running back. I see though that he scored a whopping 19 TDs in 1955 when the Alouettes played only 12 games and then 20 in 1956 when they played 14 games. I don't have any Pat Abbruzzi cards but I do have his 1958 Weekend Magazine photo page

ACG's formula seemed to be one actual horror story ending and three lame ones. It apparently kept them afloat however, after the CCA restrictions took effect, with Adventures Into The Unknown, and Forbidden Worlds. Gone were Skeleton Hand, Out Of The Night, and the one issue of The Clutching Hand.

Thread has been updated. Thanks for the takes! Lots of familiar faces, love it! Scanning books tonight and Tuesday. More books coming Wednesday night.

Then why is it still raw? I accuse you of taking it out of the packaging and just cutting it up and throwing some grass cuttings on it, SIR.

How could you possibly devote more than a minute's research and come to that conclusion? There's nothing special about Aquaman's appearance in Adventure Comics 229. Because it's not. Adventure Comics 260 is the best candidate for Aquaman's first Silver Age appearance because it contains a new and slightly different origin story for Aquaman.

A belated thank you, Hepcat, for posting these tributes to Blue Bomber legends, Gerry James and Kenny Ploen. One correction; Pat Abbruzzi did catch a fair number of passes from Sam Etcheverry but he was definitely a running back.

That's a very lazy definition on Overstreet's part though and should not be used.

Take at 50% pls

Hey, that's a nice one!

Today's book. This one is a reprint, but it's the only reprint within the Ace D-series I'm aware of where they changed the cover art. I'm assuming its somehow connected to the fact that this is Ace D-339, and Ace D-340 (Solar Lottery), another reprint, has the other half of the D-103 double the image was taken from. I've got a copy of the D-340 on the way as well, so I'll post that when it shows up. I'm including the original cover of the book and the original use of the cover art for comparison:

I disagree. My vote for the lamest goes to Captain America. I'm not a fan of that jingoistic all-American shtick of his.

I didn't realize the Cleavers had that many kids

I wouldn't press a book this old. 5.0 seems a fair grade. Could go a grade higher nowadays and I doubt it'd be downgraded.

Recent pickup. A train wreck for sure but with a lovely word balloon