u/Fortunado1964

Image 1 — KOBRA!!!
Image 2 — KOBRA!!!
Image 3 — KOBRA!!!
Image 4 — KOBRA!!!
Image 5 — KOBRA!!!
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KOBRA!!!

Created by Javk Kirby, I didn't discover this title until #2 and was confused at first. I missed #3 but that Joe Kubert cover on #4 swiped my money so fast my head spun.

The series is another one of those series that DC had to abandoned because of bad sales.

Between losing Stalker, Ragman Shade the Changing Man and Kobra to cancelation, it made it tough to get in on the ground floor with cool new heroes.

The 1970-1984 was a great time to be reading and collecting comics.

u/Fortunado1964 — 1 day ago

GHOSTS 97-99 Dr 13 vs The Spectre!

Great three ossue romp that should have continued for a while.

While I don't know a lot about Dr 13 Ghostbreaker, I was (and still am) a huge fan of the Spectre.

The story is pretty pretty cool and I did like the art thru all 3 stories.

DC's "Mystery" titles were so much fun for me.

u/Fortunado1964 — 1 day ago

Secrets of Haunted House had some great covers!

More from the collection as im pulling for my biggest purge yet!

I love the DC mystery books. House of Mystery, Ghosts, Weird War, Unexpected...but this title grabbed me right off the bat.

I bought #1 off the stands and never saw another issue until #15, and then I didn't miss an issue until it's unfortunate cancelation.

I've seen a lot of love for Luis Dominguez's Jonah Hex/Weird Western cover here on reddit and I wanted to share three of his "mystery" covers I really like.

#15:and #23 feel very "Charlton" to me (not a bad thing...I love Charlton horror comics too) and #21 is just a great messed up cover .

Interiors are average for the most part, but the covers were pure visual bliss!

u/Fortunado1964 — 1 day ago

Jerry Lewis at DC!

Jerry Lewis had a long run of comics at DC that are not only surprisingly entertaining but seem to be gaining in popularity.

While it was Adventures of Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis from #1-40, the series seemed to hit it's stride after Dean left the book.

I only have a handful of issues but I've enjoyed them all.

u/Fortunado1964 — 1 day ago

Superman #227

This was the first Superman comic I bought with my own money off a spinner rack.

I was six years old.

This comic has been in my collection for 56 years and even now when I break it out I get a rush of nostalgia about that trip to the drug store with my grandmother.

The story is still fun in that goofy superman silver age way.

A great gateway drug for my comic habit which ramped up out of control about two years later in 1972.

u/Fortunado1964 — 2 days ago

Brave and Bold #34 first Silver Age Hawkman

Please forgive an old man who's enjoying sharing pictures from his collection. I have seen so many great comics shared here i feel like I need to share too!

Another one of my prize pieces i can't part with.

I should have written "several more" instead of "another"

In one year I got lucky with online auctions and got these two books and Daredevil #1.

2015 was a pretty good year for my collection but my bank account was begging for mercy lol

Hawkins is one of my favorite DC characters and the art by Hoe Kubert is a can't miss!

u/Fortunado1964 — 2 days ago

Our Army at War #151 1st Enemy Ace

Sometimes when going thru a box you find the damndest things.

This is a copy I've had about 30 years. I thought I had sold it a long time ago and was really butthurt thinking about it.

Imagine my surprise when I found it in a box of Iron Man comics im cataloging and lo and behold, there it was with about 25 issues of Warlord I'd forgotten about.

I excitedly told my wife, who's supportive of my addiction, but she only gets so much.

I figured I'd share with folks who get the elation.

Now I have to get #153 and #155 and the collection of Enemy Ace appearances will almost be complete.

u/Fortunado1964 — 2 days ago

Star Spangled War #151

Recent acquisition after what seems like forever!

First appearance of the iconic character. Story and art by the legendary Joe Kubert.

While Sgt Rock was kind of hit or miss with me (I have no idea why) both Enemy Ace and Unknown Soldier scratched my DC war itch better than The Losers or The Haunted Tank, although I did try really hard to get into them.

Looking forward to finally reading this tonight.

u/Fortunado1964 — 3 days ago

Another Fun title that should be discivered.

All three of the Challengers of the unknown issues are more fun than they should have been.

I always felt like Doom Patrol and Challengers could have been Marvel titles in how they read and felt.

And the Captain Comet/Atom/Aquaman story was a total blast from cover to cover.

u/Fortunado1964 — 5 days ago

Shade The Changing Man (complete)

Cleaning out my comic collection. At 62, I'm starting to make one last big purge of stuff I can do without.

This is one of those series I CANNOT let go out of my collection.

I remember walking 2 miles to the 7/11 and buying these off the spinner rack.

I love the story and art BUT I have to admit, those incredible covers by Steve Ditko still blow me away.

DC ads were not joking when they said something different was coming.

I mourned the cancelation of this title during the DC Implosion...

u/Fortunado1964 — 5 days ago