I finally got around to sending in my two bits for the postage fund, and it was way overdue. One of those "yeah, I really need to do this" things on the to do list, that just never gets done. My trigger was seeing Blue Beetle 08 show up today. This was one of the very first Golden Age comics I ever owned, back in my high school days. I remember trading a huge stack of Marvels to get it, which at the time were found locally for about 5 cents each. I think I got it from Claude Held, one of the earliest dealers in old comics. I just asked for something with Nazis on the cover, and he mentioned the cover blub, The Blue Beetle Fights To Save America From The Nazis. That was good enough for me, and I sent my books in and then waited patiently for this one to show up. It was important back then to get a real Golden Age book, which meant it had to come from '38-'42, and it had to have a full 68 pages. No 60, 52, or 44 pagers for me. My bible back then was Ed Lahmann's article in an early Alter-Ego about how to collect comics, and at one time I had a fairly decent collection, and all were real. Anyway, Blue Beetle 08 came in, and I was a Happy Camper. It was eventually sold off at a Texas convention, probably to fund still more books. It was always important to reinvest in the library. That collection is just about all gone now, (sob, choke), but thanks to all of the scanners here and in the Newsgroups I now have more than I ever imagined before. Thanks again to Jim for lending his collection to be scanned for posterity. Specially for Blue Beetle 08.
Best,
Herb
