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Issue #57 also marked the final appearances in the Golden Age of Hawkman, The Atom, and Black Canary, in addition to Flash/GL/Mid-Nite. DC has announced an upcoming Justice Society volume of their new *DC Finest* TPBs, with the first release collecting Golden Age stories from the wartime period (as opposed to starting with All-Star #3). Such color trades may be appealing to those fans who don't own the Archives books. Thank you for the video, beautiful All-Star copy for your collection. ~~ Jim

That More Fun 73 was a bargain. Last 1.5 blue sold for 40k and 2.0 for 72k so I don’t think a complete unrestored will be under 30k if one even comes up for sale. The conservation seems reversible and what grade do you think it will land in a blue if done correctly? 2.5 3.0?

Whales who can afford a 50k, 500k, or million dollar book want something that's nearly perfect, and won't settle for anything but a Universal, and likely don't understand the difference between a Restored and a Conserved. Books under, say, 20k, are more accessible to the average collector who is also willing to live with more flaws and are likely more savvy to CGC's grading, understand the differences between Conserved and Restored, so these books are generally going to go for more. At least, that's my hypothesis.

Earth prime was my home shop growing up in Burlington!!! I still visit occasionally.

Can you see the value of these going up a lot higher when the young avengers movies come out ?

Dear Dr Paul, congrats on these books. Real beauties!

Congratulations on this beautiful pick-up, Dr. Paul. And congratulations on your ascension to the top of the CGC Registry leaderboard for All-Star Comics.

Very nice I wish you luck on your collecting goals. Dr Paul I have a quick question. Are archival tape considered as a restoration tool? I believe that regular tape is not factored as restoration but it does decrease the comic grade.

congrats , another cgc in your collection . i , myself , just picked up last week issue # 35 in raw . i grade harshly , so , i graded my 35 at a 5.5 with white pages . since it was raw , i paid $475 CDN , which is about $350 USD . to me , that's a wicked cheap price . as i've told you before , i prefer my books raw . i use an old 1995 yellow pages book , ( remember those ? ) it is super thick , over 900 pages . i open it to the center , and i place the book there , thereby reducing any chances of causing spine damage . that way i can look at my book , smell the pages , and enjoy some GA goodness !!!

I wish they did more reprints of this era. Those DC archive books are expensive. And they never even finished Spectre’s run.

What a beautiful cover. Those All Stars really stood out with how eclectic the subject matter seemed to be. I mainly collect Standard/Nedor books, with a focus on The Black Terror, and I also collect EC's Weird Fantasy and Weird Science titles. I also try to grab whatever budget L.B. Cole's I can afford. I'm a long way off from finishing any of these collections, but I'm trying to make up for lost time, having only gotten back into collecting right before the pandemic, which seems to be a common theme.

Well, I wish I had seen this video a couple weeks ago! I did my first dry clean of a comic, which is 1982 Wolverine #1 limited series. I was working with a Mars eraser stick, and all went well until I tried to lift a little dirt from a red ink portion on the cover, and some ink was removed! So now there is a small and faint, but noticeable, light area. Sometimes it takes a mistake to really learn. After that I sent it off to CGC. Fortunately (I guess) it is not a very high grade book, due to some color breaking spine ticks, so I think the best I can hope for is a 7.0 anyway, even after they press it. If it had been a 9.8, that little mistake would have downgraded it, and cost me possibly $500! Isn't it amazing how little things like that matter? Anyway it is still a beautiful book, signed and remarqued by Joe Rubenstein. This is my first try sending anything out for grading. I also sent a modern book that needed nothing. Thanks for your videos!

One thing I did notice is the amount of pages in these older comics. Today's comics are nowhere near the amount. Sad but that is what we have ,I just love the artwork in all comics,that is what keeps me continuing to collect. ❤❤❤❤

Did this book ever make it to cgc?

Hi and congrats for the amazing job you are doing. What is the solvent you use?

Thanks, another fine episode as always. Minor correction: in Flash Comics #3, the Hawkman story was drawn by his first artist, Dennis Neville, not Sheldon Moldoff. Moldoff's first Hawkman story appeared in the next issue (and he was still on the Cliff Cornwall feature as well).

At that point i. Comics they weremt cañled infinity stones. Eventually the complete set will be named as Infinity Gems.

Hello. I have a question I can't find an answer for anywhere. I have Diabetes, which has made it very difficult to change pages on comics from the 90's since due to the slick paper. Remember finger tack from offices for flipping through paper stacks? Will that harm current comic ink? An aside joke from my youth. I discovered one day I had black marks all over me. It turned out to be the ink from a Cerebus trade paperback.😂

Jimmie Jaynes is the most underrated Legion of Super-Heroes artist of all time.

I bought this issue the day it came out as a kid. I still have it. Adrienne Palicki should stay Mockingbird in the MCU. Trivia, Mockingbird was originally called Huntress, but decided to not bug DC about it.

This was one of the first Marvel Comics I ever bought. I say one of because I bought a bunch of Spider-Man comics from a quarter bin (Amazing, MTU, Marvel Tales) all at once circa 1982.

It's not Bobbi's first appearance, but her first appearance as Mockingbird. Her first appearance was in the Man-Thing story intended for Savage Tales #2 that appeared in Astonishing Tales #12. Prior to it being published, she appeared in several previous issues of Astonishing Tales. She also appeared in Marvel Super Action #1 and several subsequent Ka-Zar stories.

That was good

Oh yes mockingbird was the marvel rip off black canary really forgot about her

Great content fellas. Love that planet comics. Great questions chosen for discussing. Totally agree the inexpensive shirt press works fine. The seal is great if you can find one. they are heavy to ship and not always locally easy to find. They are harder to adjust, as Dr. Paul mentioned. But you get the hang of it.

It was Stan Lee!

Had no idea! Thanks for sharing!

PPSS #90. Not #91. 😅

Good find. certainly makes you wonder what else has been missed over the years.

Great find, but I doubt you were the only one to notice it, especially after 40 years. Not everything is on the internet.

Not to be “ that guy” lol, but as a long time fan of Bobbi Morse I’d like to establish her timeline in Marvel Comics. Her 1st appearance was in Astonishing Tales # 6 (1971) where she briefly appeared with psychic abilities that were never referenced again. There’s a LOT of convoluted storylines surrounding her in the next year: she is a scientist working on a new Super Soldier Serum, has a fiancé ( he is of course a double agent for A.I.M. 🙄, but not to worry, Bobbi is in reality a covert operative for SHIELD!),and has interactions with Man-Thing. In Astonishing Tales # 18 Bobbi takes on the identity of Agent 19 Of SHIELD, becoming Ka-Zar’s partner and lover while both operate out of New York City. In Marvel Super Action # 1 ( 1976) Bobbi adopts the costumed identity of The Huntress, operating as a SHIELD agent. Her next appearance was in Marvel Team Up # 95 ( 1980) with the new moniker of Mockingbird! During her appearance in Marvel Super Action and Marvel Team Up, DC Comics had created the popular character of The Huntress, hence the name change for Bobbi. Now…. as far as the license plate goes, great catch! I’ve always enjoyed when artists sneak a “naughty “ into their work 🤣 Apologies for my rant. Great content as always 👍

I loved Marvel Team Up. I enjoyed seeing/reading characters I didn’t know much about. They made a stinker now and then like the team up of Aunt May and Franklin Richards but they were good for the most part. The Claremont/Byrne run was my favorite.

I read, Fijc213.

i think your reading into something that isnt really there. its really hard to tell what that says on the plate.

Great find!

Never noticed that! You will find a similar (but more extensive) one in issue 18 of the 1966 Phantom series published by King Comic (a scene where he is reading the chronicles and it is possible to make out number of rude phrases)

Uh oh, Dr. Paul. Do you think it was aimed at you since you are the first to discover it? 😉

Dr Paul, you’re gonna make this book even more collectible than already is. I’m not aware of this message but you’re right about suspecting Bruce 😮 though not sure who it’s directed at - truly fun, informative and well-done video as usual. Excellent content, Dr Paul.

Wow, I been looking to add that book to my run. This will rock the collecting world now! So I just bought a newsstand and direct issues lmao!!!

Before I got to the end of the video, I assumed it was directed towards Jim Shooter. 😆 Cool little video, and a funny Easter egg. I wonder if someone like Alex Grand of Comic Book Historian fame could shed some light on the subject.

Coffee made ,dog and cat feed done ,now MY time to relax 😊😊😊

Very interesting Paul. Thank you for sharing.

I’m confused by what type of water I should use.. I live in the city, so that is out.. I shouldn’t use distilled. Di-ionized is quite expensive. So I should use spring water? Would boiled city water be the same as distilled? Much appreciation and thanks!

Hate that I had to miss the live feed, but thank you again for answering some of my questions!! As usual, the show was highly informative. Love the work you all are doing!

I bought one of these at Goodwill for 6 dollars. Missing the regulator and the gasket. I had the regulator and the gasket cost about 10 dollars. I added copper pipe and fittings so it has a regulator and a steam gauge. I call it my steam punk pressure cooker. I've also built my own regulators and vent tubes with my lathe in my small machine shop.

Do you have any insight on removing pen ink from the inside of a book? I recently purchased a copy of Foom #2 and it has some ink pen inside of it on one of the activities page.

Way to apply your skills to this project! Always a treat to see you work

Hello Paul! What type of paper do you use for the pulp? Thanks!

Very interesting 🤔

Does the paper pulp in the jars need to be allocated in a dark area to prevent any yellowing?.Thanks again for the video ❤❤