adamstrange

"Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work."

https://www.cgccomics.com/news/article/8508/

Gene Fawcette was a perfect fit for this title, with its need for accurate depictions of airplanes. That's one great little bound volume!

Wockford

I don't know. I think the right half of the third panel on page 17 was rather banal.

Some of the other Seveerin/Elder covers are pretty neat.

Most likely just differences in scanners.

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I agree. It would probably be $216,000 book. Like you said, "nowhere even anywhere close"

Color design and cover proof.

I did consider that, as it is often a factor. Captain Courageous, however, is well outside the mainstream of what label-chasers usually chase, so it's less likely to be a factor. If we were discussing a Captain America comic, I would not have commented.

It was the sole highest copy by a mile when it was a 9.4. There isn't always much difference when it's sole highest 9.4 vs. 9.6 on a scarce GA Church book.

I think Weird Science 16 is its only rival, as that was the inspiration for the Mars Attack cards.