This is a masterclass in Toth, like the encyclopedia entry on him should have this as the illustration. Five stars and I guess anotherway to put it is: OOOWWOOWUKKKKKK!

Yep. If this was the convention at Pauley Ballroom on Sproul Plaza, that was my first, and I would have been nine. I think Richard Kyle was there, but I wouldn't meet him for another 20 years.

My first convention. i was nine years old. A dealer had the double splash to FF Annual 1.

Oh, thank you so much. You and I were looking at the same dealer catalogues at the same time, I think.  I knew p. 11 was around here somewhere: https://www.comicartfans.com/GalleryPiece.asp?Piece=669824

This is great - you have a really cool and diverse collection. Thanks for posting stuff.

This is gorgeous! When I was a kid, Shores on Colan never worked, but that was just because the printing technology blew so thoroughly. It's a great match - everything is shadows and soft edges. And the choreography is wonderful.

Hilarious!

Interesting - do you know what/if he inked anything here? I have long heard he inked only page 11, the Nick Fury page. I'd love to learn something new!

This is absolutely fantastic! Great composition. And that tension between depiction and abstraction that McKean has is really good here.

Also: why do you have a hairdryer?

I bought this page directly from Roz in 1994 when the Estate was splitting the book up - it was clearly the coolest! Nice pick up - you can cut yourself on those inks.

Always loved this - it's a fantastic composition. Curious to see here that it's a cover - the position of Mr. Saker's head would have been under the stats - I always assumed, given the action shown, it was a chapter splash, but still - great image.

Oh, this is lovely! Thank you for posting.

Matt Baker draws women so well I even want to bang her hair. 

You're lucky the restoration of the Salvator Mundi stopped before they found that mysterious "Para Goffredo" on the verso.

Obviously this should belong to you. Great pick up.

This is a gorgeous page - one of the best Golden Age Kirby pages I've ever seen.  You really nail the dynamics in your description. I think Jack knew how to draw fights before the war from having beaten up guys, but I think he only knew how to draw combat after coming back. Congrats on picking this up, and you must know the only thing that would really complete this is having the color guide.

I somehow missed this for four years. It's just terriifc - pre-code, so it reflects all the emotions, and it isn't aimed at kids. I love all the things already mentioned in the comments but just wanted to point out that her belt would look pretty good on Princess Zanda, Morgan LaFey or Thena of the Eternals.

Also nice to see you (okay, and your art) around here again.

The Krazy Kat/Idyl connection has never been stronger in my mind. And each of their creators knew about the value of deflecting stuff. This is brilliant.

This is gorgeous. Everett figured out how to ink Smith way before anyone else did. It's so cool when an inker can bring out the best in such different pencilers as Smith and (say) Kirby. Thanks for showing this off. And it's not "perhaps" a prototype - seize the reins of the narrative, dude -- if anyone wants to buy this it is DEFINITELY the first appearance of Stom's mohawk. ; )

I'm way underinformed about BWS art but can confirm this is a great cover.

Holy cow. How did I miss this? This is magnificent. It's also -- almost to the inch -- the same size as the Dream Machine. Absolutely amazing piece of work that I'll keep looking at for a long long time.

I just realized I don't need an Aeron chair.

This is lovely - what a personality that shines through. Great idea for a commission.

You are 100% correct - it was burt. I had walked into the store and found an inexplicable stack of Tailspin Tommy dailies. I asked him if he had other original art and he sighed and said, "You should have seen my Ditkos." 

I visited Cherokee and Collectors in 1973 or so, buying almost-complete runs of Tales to Astonish and The Hulk for about 50 cents each - so I could read the whole Hulk saga. Great to see these photos.  I ran into Leonard working in a store in Venice around 2003 or so...

Glad this one went to you - it's great. Also hung at Chasen's, no?

The genius here, beyond the obvious, is the Strange Tales 89 cover house homage.

Clearly, Chicago Frecklefest 1919 was postponed till July that year.

Above that it says something like "negative made and shipped for chicago?"

Such great magic all around. Do we know why it had to only go to Chicago? And that freckle lotion seems very...specific. Is that a parody of some then-well-known bottle?

This  is great -- really charming.

This is beautiful!

Oh I LOVE this issue!

That middle panel is genius. I mean, really, who else would think of doing the lighting patterns like that? Crazy brilliant.

I dunno, 2022, showing up to prom with a horse and buggy? I think it gets you laid. 

Very cool! George still had it going on!

I mean, seriously, it's not just having a complete Kirby book - it's this book. Every damned page, and this one is just such a slab of cosmic creativity, such a punchline to the rest of it. I mean every aaaaa of it.

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