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Seeing as how it's one of the few Cole comic covers I don't own, I'll have to disagree with you. If / when I get one I'll then change my mind.

Ok, that is awesome!

Nice! Which statue is that?

Just a bump because it was brought up. I think I have one of these... I'll have to dig through my boxes....

Loving this!!!

Looks much better! I think it went from a 4.0 to a 5.0.

IN! Thanks again Mike!

Congrats! This one took me a while for some reason. Next time I start scanning I'll dig out my cover proof for it. Cool cover!

I'm in!

Whoa... Not me! You've all seen my copy. That one is sweet though!

Sadly, it's not mine. It's one of the CP's they made and then never published. Here's another one I'd kill for... https://comics.ha.com/itm/golden-age-1938-1955-/weird-jungle-tales-202-cover-proof-star-publications-1953-condition-nm-this-extremely-rare-item-is-for-a-comic-that-w/a/808-4802.s?ic4=ListView-Thumbnail-071515

Here's one.....

X-Men Unlimited #47

Man, many of those books ended very low. I know some aren't the most sought after covers but many of those were deals. Thanks man. If I can find a way to display them all at once that would be awesome. I'd likely have to take over my daughter's room, but she's only 4 so she can't put up too much of a fight... ;) So, cover proofs..... What companies do (or did, and what Cole did often and keep them) was they'd have the printing company print off a copy of the cover to an upcoming comic - just the cover before printing. So they are on slick, thin, slightly glossy paper and the colors really shine. It was to get an idea of what the cover would look like before actually going to print. Sometimes they would make more than 1 per issue and sometimes they'd end up making some of books that never got printed. There are a few of these you can find on the net or in the Cole Blacklight book. Cole kept many of these in his files and many of them went up for auction around a decade ago. Search ComicConnect and you'll find them. I actually have a few pre-printed versions of modern comics that served the same purpose but are a bit different. So companies still do similar things, they just aren't as cool.

Answer..... BIG $$$$!

Those yarn variants are tough to find...

Damn kids....

I think it's in that price of darkness book I posted earlier...

That's how Jim sold it to Stan. He brought it in and Stan hated it! Then he said that kids would have to buy 2 copies to see the whole thing and Stan all of a sudden loved it! I loved this collection, as I finally got to see all of Jim's stuff in 1 book. He was not a fan of the coloring. I can see where he was coming from.

Isn't this a back cover to something?

I'm guessing this I the only one with butterflies...

Dude, that Galaxy book has got to be your avatar. Congrats!

HOLY SPIT!

Ok.... found this.... https://www.digitalcomicmuseum.com/index.php?dlid=10333

Thanks! I knew there was a good reason for this (and that someone would correct me!).