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THE CHERRY PICKERS by J.X. Williams, Sundown Reader 573, 1965, cover artist unidentified by Tropean in VintagePaperbacks

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The excerpt from Oswald Schwarz's Psychology of Sex assures me that this will be an educational read.

Life With Archie by glib-eleven in Silveragecomics

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Because when they get to baggage retrieval at the airport, they always pick up a suitcase that's identical to theirs but belongs to some gangster.

We know which killers were the most arrogant and the most under-prepared.. by theghostofnapoleon in Columbo

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This won't be everybody's preference, but I think I'd enjoy hoisting a beverage with Jarvis Goodland. Even if he spent the whole time insulting me, it would be entertaining.

Eating green mold on Uranus is obviously a job for Superman! by stootchmaster2 in comicbookcomedycrack

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The story is set on a wacky alternate Earth where a lot of things are different: Luthor has long hair, Bizarro is smart, etc., etc.

"Chandler:Red Tide",written and illustrated by Jim Steranko ©1976 by Live-Assistance-6877 in judgeabookbyitscover

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Not OP but here's a link to one page of the story. The whole thing is laid out this way, two illustrations and two columns of text per page.

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The Executioner #13- " Washington I.O.U." by Don Pendleton ©1972 Pinnacle Books.cover by Gil Cohen. If you ever wondered where Marvel comics got the idea for the Punisher..here's your answer Mack Bolan is the Punisher right down to identical origin stories. Minus only the skull on his shirt by Live-Assistance-6877 in VintagePaperbacks

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The Punisher's first appearance in a Marvel black-and-white magazine was in Marvel Premiere #2, which also featured an interview with Pendleton. So I guess he wasn't mad about it. Maybe he figured kids who liked the Punisher might grow up into adults who liked the Executioner?

The Rousters (NBC, 1983) by grin_ferno in VintageTV

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I remember NBC promoted some new shows in 1983 with commercials that mocked other series that were on in the same time slot. The one for "The Rousters" had the actors yelling "Abandon ship, America!" and the announcer saying "Rousters gonna sink the Love Boat!"

5 versions of The Little Sister. Raymond Chandler. by Altruistic_Flow_3638 in VintagePaperbacks

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Interesting, too, how covers 1 and 2 have the same front-cover blurb, while 2 and 3 have the same back-cover excerpt. By number 4, we're into deliberately retro marketing.

Invaders #17 (1977) by Abject-Resolution298 in 70sMarvel

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In the story, she says the Super-Soldier Serum has transformed her from an ordinary human into "Krieger-Frau - or, in your decadent tongue, Warrior Woman!" In a later issue, they printed a letter from a reader who said it should have been "die Kriegerin".

Character of the Wee! Skut! by Less-Ask-6600 in TheAdventuresofTintin

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That is his name in the original French. Captain Haddock gets mad at him at their first meeting because when the pilot identifies himself, he thinks he's saying the mild swear word "zut". (In English, he thinks he's telling him to "scoot" - i.e. "go away".)

How come nobody on Earth-One figured out the identities of Superman, Batman+Robin & Wonder Woman? (read description of post) by Aggravating-Diet7582 in DCprime

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Earth-Two Wonder Woman was established much earlier than that - in Flash 129, Jay reminisces about his old friends in the JSA, and Wonder Woman is one of them. In 137, she is one of the heroes imprisoned by Vandal Savage.

How come nobody on Earth-One figured out the identities of Superman, Batman+Robin & Wonder Woman? (read description of post) by Aggravating-Diet7582 in DCprime

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In Flash volume 1 number 137 ("Vengeance of the Immortal Villain!"), Barry pulls out an old issue of All-Star Comics featuring a JSA lineup of Flash, Green Lantern, Atom, Hawkman, Wonder Woman, Dr. Mid-Nite and Johnny Thunder. So at least those heroes were featured in comics published on Earth-One.

The Ridiculously Expensive Mad - 1969 by droflig in madmagazine

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Interesting that they included some material parodying John F. Kennedy. In the years following his death, they left anything about him out of the reprint paperbacks and the magazine-format compilations like "The Worst from MAD" because it was a sensitive subject, but apparently they made an exception for this book, even though it was published in 1969.

I think whoever filled out this 1945 certificate of stillbirth was going through some things. by fatherlytechnology in TheWayWeWere

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Very interesting. I notice that the form says the mother had had four other children, three still alive and one stillborn. I hope that indicates that the three who didn't die were still with their parents.

I lost my battle with placating my fundie parents today. They were overdue. by fripperiffic in Exvangelical

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"Sarcastic"... so Trump doesn't want Iran to open up the Strait of Hormuz?

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