Daredevil #90, page 7

In 2014 I purchased a Colan/Palmer Daredevil #94 page that featured Lil' Natasha, in a flashback sequence to her youthful first mission prior to meeting Iron-man in Tales of Suspense #52. In 2015 I discovered that DD #94 is a book that a good friend in the hobby is attempting to reunite in original art form, so we arranged a trade. Cut to December of 2020, and another opportunity to add some young Natasha art (from earlier in the same storyline) arose, this time from DD #90, a book that my buddy is not attempting to put back together.


What I'm saying is that our life here on earth is but a brief flickering candle, so put it not under a bushel, but upon a candlestick (by helping fellow collectors reunite stories), that it may shine to all that are in the house. This is the greatest good, and the glory of this noble act confers great reward of recompense in this life, as well as in the Elysian Fields to come, where favored collectors shall be conveyed by the gods after death.




One day in the pavilion at Karakorum Genghis Kahn asked an officer of the Mongol guard what, in all the world, could bring the greatest happiness.


"The open steppe, a clear day, and a swift horse under you," responded the officer after a little thought, "and a falcon on your wrist to start up hares."


"Nay," responded the Kahn, "to crush your enemies, to see them fall at your feet -- to take their horses and goods and hear the lamentation of their women. That is best."


"Nay," responded the officer, "The greatest good in life is to assist fellow collectors by selling or trading them pages they seek in their grail-quests to reunite comic stories in original art form. That is best."


"You have answered well," responded the Khan, "The greatest joy and pleasure for a man is to help fellow collectors complete stories in original art form. That is best. The second greatest happiness is to scatter your enemy, to drive him before you, to see his cities reduced to ashes, to see those who love him shrouded in tears, and to gather into your bosom his wives and daughters. That is second best."