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Quality Time - Have a Cigar!
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Still haven't cracked this one out yet.

 

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:headbang: Awesome!

 

Is there a more dynamic anatomically well rendered cover from the GA? Reed Crandall's first Stormy Foster cover is certainly a classic and compares favorably to any modern era covers by talented artists the likes of Brian Bolland, Dave Stevens and Alex Ross. My 2c

 

Thanks Cat :) I was quite taken with it when I saw it, not having remembered noticing it before. I think the reason is that a LOT of people end their run at issue #17, the last Lou Fine cover. I think the Crandall covers are really under-valued!! I must admit, once the Kid Eternity covers start & the logo gets small, so does my interest in the title zzz

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Sure are some gorgeous Qualitys being posted.Seeing all these beautiful funny books has inspired me to dig thru the safe and take a group shot. I'm also hoping that someone will notice the glaring gap in my run and sell me a 14. :wishluck:

 

 

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AWESOME stash of Hits RJ!!!! Having seen them all in person, I can attest to the ... um ..... "Quality" of, not only the interior artwork (notice how many are raw gang), BUT to the ... um ..... "Quality" of your copies :o:applause:(worship) Well done indeed!!!

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Still haven't cracked this one out yet.

 

Hit%2018_zps0zjpmlrc.jpg

 

:headbang: Awesome!

 

Is there a more dynamic anatomically well rendered cover from the GA? Reed Crandall's first Stormy Foster cover is certainly a classic and compares favorably to any modern era covers by talented artists the likes of Brian Bolland, Dave Stevens and Alex Ross. My 2c

 

Thanks Cat :) I was quite taken with it when I saw it, not having remembered noticing it before. I think the reason is that a LOT of people end their run at issue #17, the last Lou Fine cover. I think the Crandall covers are really under-valued!! I must admit, once the Kid Eternity covers start & the logo gets small, so does my interest in the title zzz

 

I agree, the one exception being Hit #26 with the Rubimor (Ruben Moreira) cover. That one's killer...

 

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After that the title gets less interesting because Kid Eternity's mentor takes on a comic relief role and gains about 200 lbs (like a goofier version of Friar Tuck). I suppose the KE origin issue (#25) would be pretty kewl and a nice bridge, but my interest in Hits kinda fizzles out after 26.

 

Gotta admit Ricky's Hit #11 is making me drool.

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So we got in a couple of new Feature Comics and I was readin...errr...grading and pricing one of them when I came across something kind of interesting. Issue #78...

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...has a pretty cool splash page...

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But what really caught my eye was the Rusty Ryan story towards the end of the book...

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Yes, the Brigadiers of Boyville are all dressed like Captain America!

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I went back and checked other issues of Feature that we had handy. The Boyville Brigadiers first appeared in #46 which was cover dated July 1941. The earliest appearance I have is #47 and they are also in Captain America like suits. Captain America first appeared in March of 1941. I wonder why the Timely folks didn't make an issue of this with Quality?

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