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A friend has a AMF V2#6 and he verified that the story was in that issue. He also cleared up the reason for my confusion. Comics.org had gotten that issue wrong. It lists the Skyrocket Steele story as the first one in the comic. It is actually the story in the middle of the book, which is what I had determined based on the pages I had and the limited use of color. They also had some of the other stories in the wrong order. Thanks to all of those who helped.

It may be as I misread the comicbookplus description. It belonged to the DX-13 story and they did not give a synopsis of the Skyrocket Steele story. But comics.org lists the skyrocket steele story in AMF V2#6 as the first story in the book and that doesn't make sense as the pages I have are connected and that indicates the part I have is the center of the book. Also the page is black/re/dwhite which usually corresponds to the center pages of centaur titles. Plus bangzoom's splash appears on the "back" side of a page which wouldn't make sense if it was from the first story, but could be if comics.org didn't document the first page. But the story I am trying to identify would have been a 5 page story and AMF V2#6 is one of the few AMFs with a 5 page Skyrocket Steele story. And the connection to returning from Venus does indicate it might be v2#6. Does anyone have that issue to check? Volume 2 of the Everett Archives ends with V2#5.

I do not know if Skyrocket Steele appeared anywhere else. Comics.org does not show any other appearance. The reason I am asking is that I just got a box of "parts" of comics. In there is what appears to be four pages of a Skyscraper Steele story that appear to be pages 2-5 of the story that matches the scan. (The pages I have match the partial page 2 of bangzoom's scan.) The four pages are connected so it looks like the 4 pages I have would be the centerfold of the comic. It is a nicely drawn story by Bill Everett. It also has a character named "Balin" that does not show up in comics.org searches. I am beginning to believe that Skyrocket Smith must have appeared in some other comic besides Amazing Mystery Funnies. I have identified all the parts except for 3 sets of pages, this being one of them.

I checked the issues they had posted copies of. Most of the AMF comics are either missing or only reprint a single story that is not the Skyrocket Steele. It is also not the Amazing Adventure Funnies comic. That reprints the story from v1#2.

It's not V1#2 or V2#5 I looked on comics.org and none of the Amazing Mystery stories they describe sound like this one. The only one not described is Amazing Mystery Funnies V2 #6, but it is described in comicbookplus.com and the description doesn't match either.

Can anyone identify where this story appeared?

Yes it is one of Neal Adams classic covers.

Does anyone know how I can get rid of the old images?

This is the copy I bought in 1967. Didn't bag and board them at the time but tried to be "careful" with them. Must of read it 50 times back then. Curious how it would grade.

I have tried to compare this book to graded copies on Heritage, but they don't seem to be consistent. Spine dings really show up on the bright purple cover. Note that the top right corner (around Code stamp) is slightly faded (another common defect with this book). So opinions welcome.

Mike is well known in the St Louis area where he lived before he moved to work for CGC in Florida. Mike was instrumental in the formation of comics and science fiction fandom in St Louis during the late 1960's and early 1970's and is well loved in the St Louis area. While Mike loved comics and science fiction, Mike' biggest love was the people he met. I have known Mike for over 40 years. We shared a love for EC Comics and Silver Age DC's. Mike took pride in his collections, but he was most proud of his two daughters, Erin and Patricia. His girls have made a number of trips to Florida to see their dad. The costs of the trips has added up for them and there are a lot of medical expenses that will not get covered through insurance. Mike is a member of a group of comics fans in St Louis called SAGA - Silver Age and Golden Age. Even after moving to Florida, Mike would always plan his trips to St Louis to coincide with some of our gatherings. Bill Smith, the treasurer for our group has started a GoFundMe pages to help Mike's daughters with their expenses. The link to the page is help-for-family-of-mike-mcfadden And please keep Mike, Erin and Patricia in your thoughts and prayers. Gary Johannigmeier

I'd be happy with it at 7.5

There was a Raymond Miller that was a big name fan in the early days of comics. Incredible knowledge of comics and wrote an "Information Please" column in Rocket's Blast that was later taken over by Don Rosa when he was "just" a fan. I don't know if he stamped his name on comics in his collection, but that was not uncommon in the 1960's.

Feature Book #13 - May 1938 Does this qualify - Where do you draw the line on horror?

Great cover. I thought it would have gone higher. I guess there is no love for the EC war covers.

What's a little scary about the Barks being pulled is the fact that the description for the listing said that Russ Cochran vouched for the piece. Just because they pulled it doesn't mean it's fake. There probably needs to be more work done on authenticating it. If it is real (and I am not saying it is), it wouldn't be in the sellers interest to sell it because the bidding would be inordinately low because of suspicions that have been raised.

Just received this the other day (off eBay). Best I can tell, it appeared in 1959.

Just got this in the mail. Not a comic, but classic none the less!

Happy with all three comics. Fast shipping, great prices. Thanks, Gary J. ECFANMAN

In addition to its "classic-ness", I believe it's also just her second WT cover. Third Brundage Weird Tales cover. She did the cover for the September and October 1932 issues.

There is a Centaur titled "Khaki Comics" from 1941. The cover is the same as Stars and Stripes #2, also from 1941. The only time I have personally seen a copy was at a Mound City auction last year. I couldn't look at the interiors as it was CGC slabbed and graded as a 2.0. I couldn't be there on the day of the auction and left a significant bid, but found out it ended up going for somewhere around $1500 (I think). It is not in Overstreet and not in Gerber. It is listed on the GCD site, but it sounds like their only information was from a listing on eBay. I don't know much about it. It is pictured in CGC's gallery and is the only copy listed. Here is a link: Khaki Komics nn

PC-Keith, Love those Atlas covers. I have been actively trying to pick up Everett, Maneely and Heath covers. Surprisingly there were only a few people who picked them as one of their favorite companies. A while back in the "Skeletons in Your Closet" thread, members posted covers with skeletons on them. There were quite a few, and they were an exceptionally common theme with Atlas. I wonder if that was an editorial decision or just the easiest stories to write about. Also, have you noticed that no one has posted any EC covers? Those were some of the best drawn covers. Feldstein, Craig, Ingles and Davis (and a couple of Wood's). Not a bad one in the bunch. Guess everybody has seen them already. Thanks for the postings. I need to buy a new scanner (or find a software fix - keeps getting uncalibrated) and start posting again.

Top Notch #2 (Jan 1940) pictures an airplane with a swastika on the wing and fuselage. This is a scene from the Air Patrol story. However, Air Patrol is about an American pilot who is flying for the Royal Air Force.

This is a recent ebay win. I had a copy of this comic in a small 1950's accumulation I bought decades ago. I sold it back then after I read it as I didn't collect pre-code horror at the time. I regretted selling it years later and have been looking in vain for a copy for the last 5 years. Its a nostalgic trip rereading these stories after all those years.