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All-American Men Of War 35 1956 DC Stunning cover (grey tone) by Jerry Grandenetti Glossy, with rich color 5.0/5.5 $199

See above for Copy B. (The temptation is back )

Men In Action 5 (COPY B) 1952 Pre-Code Atlas Burning Alive cover by Joe Maneely 2.5/3.0 $125

Attack 4 1952 Youthful Burning Alive and Flamethrower cover 1.8/2.0 $199

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Probably noob question but is the "burning alive cover" an actual cgc note on the slab? I've just never seen that one. If so is there somewhere I can find a list of those slab notes somewhere? Thanks Interesting question! I wrote that as my own commentary on the cover, and not because I was consulting CGC's notes. It turns out that CGC refrains from mentioning that "burning alive" idea on all comics (that I'm aware of) that have such covers. There are not many such covers, just a few. But they are pretty notorious and desirable to many people.

Mad Magazine RECORD ”Meet The Staff Of Mad”, 33 1/3 RPM 1959 $20

Archie 70 1954 2.5 $49

Archie 69 1954 3.0, glossy cover $65

Archie 54 1952 3.5 $99

Men In Action 5 1952 Pre-Code Atlas Burning Alive cover by Joe Maneely 2.5 $75

Strange Tales 180 1975 Marvel 5.0 $49

Batman 131 1960 DC 3.5 $49 SOLD to HighRadArt

Batman 154 1963 DC 2.5 $25 SOLD to HighRadArt

The Flame 2 1955 Ajax-Farrell 4.5 $399

Strange Worlds 9 CGC 3.0 $249

Amazing Spider-Man 35 CGC 6.0 $139

Fantastic Four 52 CGC 2.5 $349

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Hello, Welcome to my sales thread. If I have been able to do a re-cap, it is in the very next post or two. Updated periodically. No probies or hosers. Reasonable offers are welcome (via PM). A “Take It” in the thread trumps any PM negotiations. If we come to an agreement in PMs, you can either post a “Take It per PM” in the thread yourself, or if you wish me to do that, please let me know (but know that if I am away from the computer and some else posts a “Take It” in the thread before I post it, the book will have to become that other person’s). A “Take It” in any form is acceptable, but it must be clear as to which comic is meant. Please do not commit to buy unless you intend to follow through, and please do not edit your “Take It” after having posted it. If more than one person posts a “Take It” on one book, the book will go to the member whose “Take It” appears first in the thread (in my view of the thread). The buyer is responsible for the shipping: $17 for a slab within the US, $7 for a raw comic within the US. Each slab beyond the first will add $6 to the shipping cost within the US, and each raw book beyond the first will add $4 to the shipping cost within the US. Outside the US, I will need to figure out the exact shipping – please contact me and I will tell you how much it will be. I will probably be shipping out on Saturdays, via USPS (or possibly FedEx). No returns on slabs. For raw comic returns, the buyer must begin communication with the seller within 3 days of receipt of the comic; once the communication between the buyer and seller is complete, the buyer must place the comic in the mail within 3 days; once the seller has received the comic, he will issue the refund within the next 3 days. Payment via PayPal or Venmo please. Payment is due within 3 days of receiving the Invoice from the seller (unless another agreement has been reached between seller and buyer). My kudos/feedback are at: https://www.cgccomics.com/boards/topic/310102-mustermarks-kudos-forum/?page=3 Thank you. Onwards and Upwards.

Duh, yes, Gwen Stacy of course, not MJ!

Hi, In the vast, varied and exciting world of international comics (aka foreign comics), this is not that uncommon. There is tremendous variation, depending on country, era, publisher, character, etc etc etc. There can be wild variations even within one country and even within one publisher in that country or across different publishers in that country. Often, the superhero stories were sourced precisely from the American versions - the original story kept but just translated into the local language. And often the original art was kept too, or was sometimes redrawn locally. But sometimes brand new stories were written and drawn locally - which is what you are asking about. Perhaps one of the most widely known examples of this is the Mexico publisher Novaro in the 1970’s, in their non-canon stories in which MJ Watson lives, and marries Spider-Man. In this case, this happened for 2 main reasons. Novaro was publishing weekly and began to run out of the American material, which was published monthly. Spider-Man had become very popular in Mexico, and many readers there expressed their disdain for the death of MJ. So Novaro resurrected her, in multiple issues. The best known of these issues, the wedding issue, has sold (in decent condition) a few times in the last couple of years for $20,000 to $30,000. It is very hard to find. In the example you bring up: Italy and Superman: Italy started some “tinkering” with the American superhero stories back in the 1940’s. Superman, and to some extent Batman, were popular in Italy, and sometimes new stories were made locally for them. I don’t know TOO much about the Italian 1970’s Superman because my interests are usually in comics older than that. I will alert one of our illustrious Boardies, vaillant, who is from Italy. He knows MUCH more than I, and will be able to tell you much more, and hopefully also correct any of my statements that might be erroneous. @vaillant Edited: Gwen Stacy, not MJ!

If I recall correctly, the grandfather of one of our boardies (a very well known comic collector), was a part of the group that liberated Dachau. He later wrote a book about his experiences. He had a particularly important position within that group, and it turns out that he was invaluable in helping those prisoners at Dachau who were able to survive. (I hope I am recalling all of this correctly. If I have messed up on any of the details, I sincerely apologize.)