<HTML><FONT FACE=arial,helvetica><FONT SIZE=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" FACE="Arial" LANG="0">In a message dated 6/22/2002 12:52:34 PM Eastern Daylight Time, bi442@lafn.org writes:<BR>
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<BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px">For Harry & Steven: <BR>
U.S.A. Dell comic books' cover dates were almost always identical to the dates <BR>
listed in the indicia on inside pages. The few exceptions were (mainly) a <BR>
single month listed on the cover with a 2 or 3-month period listed in the <BR>
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oops, right, i was thinking of Gold Key, which indeed did have two dates<BR>
I have been informed that the library of congress telnet site contains publication dates in it's records... (and i now have lots of publication dates of early 1960s marvel comics). Unfortanetly AOL is not compatable with telnet apparently -- but for those whose systems are, you can find them there aparently.<BR>
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steven rowe
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