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comicparadox

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  1. Makes the sole 9.2 copy of Detective 27 less desirable IMHO. The front cover of Batman 1 is iconic even to the non-collector. Furthermore, the pin-up back cover of Batman 1 is so much better than some ad.
    For the purpose of bragging rights, Wouldn’t you rather have the first issue of the Batman comic than the 27th of some other Comic?:shy:

  2. Though a very inaccurate comparison, these are the "Mile High" equivalents for animation cels. Courvoisier was a gallery in SF which contracted with Disney early on. The backgrounds were often made of wood, and the mats were specially cut for each cel. Interestingly, the cels themselves were often cut to the figure, so there was "restoration" and "trimming" at the point of sale! There is always a WDP logo and most often a handwritten title on the mat. Recently, a company has revived the Courvoisier label and is offering modern reproductions. That company is out of Westlake Village CA.

  3. It is well known that “Stan Lee” was not the author’s given name.

    Theories abound as to the actual author of the greatest works in the English language. Some favor “the Oxford Man”, (Earl de Vere) who ghost-wrote for “Stan Lee”. Perhaps it was Christopher Marlowe. Personally, I favor Bacon.

     Having grown up during the depression in New York City to a blue collar tradesman family of non-substantive means, there’s no way Stanley Martin Shakspere-Lieber could have written such intricacies.


     

  4. Avengers issue (Buscema art, around issue 68 or so) featured a few lines from William Blake's "Songs of Innocence/Experience". I know it's Marvel and not DC, but it was my favorite Avengers story because of the imagery.

    “To see a World in a Grain of Sand
    And a Heaven in a Wild Flower,
    Hold Infinity in the palm of your hand
    And Eternity in an hour.”