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On 2/19/2023 at 8:23 PM, Sweet Lou 14 said:

Another weird thing about this book is that "Three Who Vanished" was used again in Strange Tales #5, just a few months later:

Does anyone know if they just recycled the title, or if they reprinted an entire story?

Sounds like one could be about them vanishing, the other from the perspective of said vanishers. Either way someone was maybe a bit lazy that month, at least when it came to coming up with a title. 

A few pics of last year’s show that I still had on my phone. 

On 2/19/2023 at 6:22 AM, Sweet Lou 14 said:

This cover really sticks out as an oddball in the JIM run.  Nothing exactly like it in tone either before or after.

Agreed, it’s an odd one. I always blamed that on the alien in the foreground. If you ignore them it’s less odd but still out of place for JIM. May be a pre-implosion issue that they were using up, but this would still be odd for JIM and would have had to come from another title’s back log. That, or they got a head start on the sorts of stories we’d see shortly in very early TOS and TTA. 

On 2/18/2023 at 10:42 AM, bc said:

Great timing

-bc

 I thought the same thing when I saw yours pop up a split second ahead of mine! For whatever reason this daily number festival has gotten me back into logging in more regularly. Hope it lasts! I do miss the boards, just difficult to take the time some days... 

One of my favorite shows of the year, already looking forward to it!

September 16-17, 2023, staying at the Embassy Suites at least one more year!

Well, if we are on #48 then...

On 2/15/2023 at 9:48 AM, Frisco Larson said:

Killer books as usual Rick and VERY cool that you remember the particulars from when you bought them!  

So much to agree with here.

On 2/15/2023 at 9:20 AM, Sweet Lou 14 said:

 

I covet this #46 if you ever decide to rehome it.

On 1/24/2023 at 9:28 AM, frozentundraguy said:

Congrats on the scanner upgrade! Those are great books. I’ve been spending a growing chunk of my budget on these Atlas books that vanished in the implosion. Not sure what to call them, I often go with some variation of “secondary titles” in comparison with the survivors JIM and ST from the era. This sort of in between late Atom age/early Silver Age Atlas is fantastic stuff. 

for 2023 dates soon, this has been my favorite show of the year lately. 

On 1/22/2023 at 2:44 PM, bc said:

Nice well-loved copy!

Tough to find a copy with the blue tint - seen many that appear faded or grayish.

-bc

TTA #22 is one of the least common in the run, in my experience. Finding a nice one is even tougher. 

On 12/17/2022 at 5:48 PM, buttock said:

I was happy you bid as you did.  

On 11/17/2022 at 2:38 PM, bc said:

Was watching the Heritage auction today. Battle of the #1's - an 8.0 TOS1 vs an 8.0 TTA 1

 

TOS 1 CGC 8.0 (CR/OW) went for $6,600

https://comics.ha.com/itm/silver-age-1956-1969-/science-fiction/tales-of-suspense-1-marvel-1959-cgc-vf-80-cream-to-off-white-pages/a/7283-92046.s

TTA 1 CGC 8.0 (White) went for $14,400

https://comics.ha.com/itm/silver-age-1956-1969-/horror/tales-to-astonish-1-marvel-1959-cgc-vf-80-white-pages/a/7283-92048.s

Also a nice AA 1 CGC 9.0 (OW/W) White Mountain copy went for $6,300 (think this one has been sold before, thought I put bids on it in a past auction)

https://comics.ha.com/itm/silver-age-1956-1969-/horror/amazing-adventures-1-white-mountain-pedigree-marvel-1961-cgc-vf-nm-90-off-white-to-white-pages/a/7283-92001.s

-bc

Thanks for posting those. That AA #1 would be a grail for me, love that title and to have the #1 from that pedigree would be a centerpiece of any PHM collection. 

On 11/16/2022 at 7:48 AM, Mucheee1 said:

Yeah, I was uncertain about buying it, because I wanted a higher grade, but my wife said just get it and then upgrade later. She is smarter than me …

I would tend to agree with her for these less common books. If only I had bought one of the TTA #13s I saw at Chicago shows in the late 80s and early 90s. But I was holding out for a higher grade… 

On 11/16/2022 at 8:15 AM, GreatCaesarsGhost said:

That’s good. Tepid dealer interest killed the dallas cons back in the 80’s.

that, and the event organizer took off with everyone’s money 

 

We’ve had some fantastic shows in Dallas, particularly Fan Expo but even some of the smaller shows. There are definitely buyers. 

On 11/14/2022 at 8:58 PM, Funnybooks said:

I'll post info in a new thread next year for the next Summit event

Dallas again?   I wasn’t able to attend after all , and would love to have it nice and centrally located again. 

On 11/15/2022 at 5:06 PM, Mucheee1 said:

A recent purchase.

Congrats! Tough book, and good eye appeal for the grade. 

Ha, I should have complained sooner. Our 11/3 went to GEI today!