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Nice! Never seen this before, what date is it from? My guess would be the 80's since it has a bar code on the cover, and they not so cleverly reused the Creepy #1 cover..... What, you don't think "FUN BOOK" is clever?

Easily one of the Top 5 Mad covers of all time (maybe even #1).

Thanks for the link to that video! Love seeing Davis drawing in fast motion. He's so great!

Rest in Peace, Jack Davis From the Mad page on Facebook: "MAD Remembers Jack Davis, Artist It is with great sadness that we note the passing this morning of long-time legendary MAD artist Jack Davis. Jack was one of the founding members of MAD Magazine’s “Usual Gang of insufficiently_thoughtful_persons.” An enormously gifted and versatile artist, Davis’ work appeared in the very first issue of MAD and virtually every issue over the next four decades. “There wasn’t anything Jack couldn’t do,” said MAD editor John Ficarra. “Front covers, caricatures, sports scenes, monsters — his comedic range was just incredible. His ability to put energy and motion into his drawings, his use of cross-hatching and brush work, and his bold use of color made him truly one of the greats.” “More than any one piece, it was Jack’s immediately recognizable style that revolutionized comic illustration,” said MAD art director, Sam Viviano. “There is not a humorous illustrator in the past 50 years who hasn’t been influenced by him.” A list of Jack’s most legendary pieces would run several pages in length. Among his most iconic parodies from MAD’s comic book days are of The Lone Ranger and High Noon. From the magazine, his notable parodies include spoofs of Raiders of the Lost Ark, Gone with the Wind, and M*A*S*H. Jack’s final cover for MAD, depicting Howard Stern being plunged into a toilet bowl by Alfred E. Neuman, is beloved by Stern and remains a MAD classic. “Jack will always be remembered for his charming modesty and southern gentleman manner — which completely belied his rascally sense of humor and wry wit,” said Ficarra. Everyone at MAD and DC Entertainment send their heartfelt condolences to Jack’s wife, Dena, and the entire Davis family."

Dang that's a nice-looking copy!

Jungle.

I've always thought that's a bit of an artist's error. He just seems to have neglected to draw the her bra straps on her back. I suspect it wasn't an error. It was done for Fox who was pushing the limits and it was done for a cover where both the artist and editor/publisher were going to be more careful that it met their intentions. If it was just an interior panel, then I would think it likely it was an error. I think it's more that the woman has already removed her bra and the reflection in the mirror simply hasn't caught up to her actions yet. She's fully topless, but has a bra-shaped tattoo on her front torso. When she saves enough money she'll finish it on her back.

The Ballyhoo magazine in the upper right area is from December 1935. Unless they were selling back issues, it's hard to imagine they'd have a 1935 magazine on the same stand that had a 1938/39 Action Comics #1.

That is disgusting. "My son has a rare illness and is on life support, and he is barely conscious, but every so often he whispers and asks me to lean in so he can tell me that his biggest dream during what little life he has left is to own a nicely presenting copy of New Mutants #89. I tell him 'Son, we just can't afford it, even though it's your greatest dream,' and a single tear runs down his pallid cheek just before he leans back and drifts to a fitful, despairing sleep. But now I see that you have a copy of New Mutants #98 that looks like it might be the bright light that puts a little joy into my son's heart during these dark days, and if only you'd drop the price a little, say 30 or 45 percent, I could afford to make my son's remaining moments of his spirit-crushing existence a tiny bit less tragic. What say you?"

Hello, Buzzetta! I have notified the mods about your message... Nothing wrong with it, I just don't like it. Ha ha.

Can you provide a full account of the dialogue exchanged between you and Coasttocoastcomics so that others can see exactly what was said?

Some new friends...

Did the conversation go something like this: "How can I tell you why I blocked you if you won't tell me who you are?" "Well, ah, um, er...."

You may want to tweak that link; it is omitting non-superhero GA books.

I love this cover and think it's great stuff, etc., but I have to say that the "sex appeal" factor is diminished significantly by that yellow hand!

I could believe it is not Baker. Even just the hand is way off of Baker's style and abilities.

I appreciate your input. I actually only bumped it once although there were some questions asked (and some discussion) here so I felt obligated to answer them. You're right, and sorry about the inaccuracy. My mind-dump had lumped the Q&A in with the bump.

The image size needs to be under 200 kb if you're going to upload it onto the CGC message board server. The default image viewer of your operating system might offer a method to do that, or you could use any other image management software. Failing that, you can host your images for free on numerous sites (I'm not up on what the best current ones are) and then link them in your message.

need That's real? hahahahaha I must have that....

Reading this initial post from 2006 sure makes me long for the good old days. The "marketplace" being referred to here is the Forum Only Selling Area -- not ebay, ComicConnect, ComicLink, Heritage, or any other non-Board commercial venue. If you're protesting to me, I always thought the purpose of this thread was to notify people of sales going on outside the GA forum, mainly because many GA collector's don't venture outside the GA forum. While yes, it was originally meant for the Forum Only selling area, I see no reason why someone can't notify people about other venues. My two cents: I vote to allow this one thread to cover both forum-only and outside-venue sales and auctions. As long as people don't spam this thread with every sale, but rather use it occasionally to link to more detailed posts in the other areas, then I don't see a problem. VintageComics's multi-bump use of the thread is maybe a little close to the edge, rules-wise, but it was a very interesting set of auctions and the GA marketplace thread doesn't get much action lately anyway.

Zero-feedback seller in the Russian Federation, offering a high-value item for under $200. No red flags there! (Just messin' with you; sorry for the sucky situation and I hope you get your money back.)

So cool.

That cover just looks....naughty. What are those metal cuff things on her ankles? They're like Wonder Woman's bullet-stopping wrist cuffs.

I saw these earlier; thought they might be consignments. Placed many bids. Got outbid many times.