 Here’s a cover I came across that I thought you guys would like. The header I wrote is the absolute limit of my cleverness, so no subhead, sorry to say. Feel free to add one. The year on this is 1968. Submitted by Will N. You’re right, we do like this. As far as adding to what you wrote, we could do it but that would defeat the purpose of us not doing any work on these. Regarding reaching the limit of your cleverness, you’ll notice that never stops us.
 
Best comic book cover ever? Submitted by Jim So many things we could say about this, but they all seem wrong somehow, so we’ll just keep it zipped. Thanks for the great share, Jim.
 Rare piece of WWII memorabilia.  
I thought this might be up your alley, since you post nuclear explosions and cold war stuff. It’s a leaflet dropped on Nagasaki during WWII. I believe we had already hit Hiroshima at this point, and this leaflet is warning the people of Nagasaki that they’re next and had better get out of the city. I thought this might be valuable, but then I saw that a lot of websites had some. And I even saw one on Ebay. I imagine U.S. personnel must have kept these as souvenirs, because I doubt any survived from Nagasaki. Interesting thought. Anyway, I thought you might find this interesting. Nice website. Submitted by D. Callil Thanks, D. These are an awesome share. Your scans were huge, but the horizontal orientation of the art in our narrow column crunched the images down pretty small. So, we’ve reposted these vertically for people who want to get a slightly better look. Just drag or save to your desktop and rotate the images.  
 Between the Devil and the deep blue sea. 
But sweetie *sob* how was I supposed to know what they meant when they asked if I could take on a load of seamen? Submitted by J. Saralan
 For the murderer or just the murderee? 
All this time I thought it was safe as milk (thank you Captain Beefheart). Submitted by ScoreBaby.
 Membership has its privileges. 
This looks like the work of Robert Bonfils, one of my personal fave pulp artists. Submitted by ScoreBaby.
 Possibly the greatest pulp paperback cover ever. 
This is a classic crime novel. It’s been reprinted many many times, but has it ever had as great a cover? I doubt it. Submitted by ScoreBaby.
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The headlines that mattered yesteryear.
1941—Auschwitz Begins Gassing Prisoners
Auschwitz-Birkenau, the largest of Nazi Germany's concentration camps, becomes an extermination camp when it begins using poison gas to kill prisoners en masse. The camp commandant, Rudolf Höss, later testifies at the Nuremberg Trials that he believes perhaps 3 million people died at Auschwitz, but the Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum revises the figure to about 1 million. 1967—Nation of Sealand Established
The Principality of Sealand, located on a platform in the North Sea, is established under the rule of Prince Paddy Roy Bates. Proving that paradise is a pipe dream as long as humans are involved, Sealand has already endured a coup, a war, and a hostage crisis since its formation. 1973—J.R.R. Tolkien Dies
English fantasy novelist J.R.R. Tolkien, author of The Hobbit and the Lord of the Rings trilogy, dies at the age of 82. 1902—French Go to Moon
Georges Méliès' Le voyage dans la lune, aka A Trip to the Moon, is released in France. It is the first science-fiction film ever made. 1939—Germany Starts World War II
Nazi Germany, along with the Soviet Union and Slovakia, attack Poland, beginning the chain reaction that leads to war across Europe. 1972—Fischer Beats Spassky
In Reykjavík, Iceland, American Bobby Fischer beats Russian Boris Spassky and becomes the world chess champion. The match had been portrayed as a Cold War battle, and thus was a major propaganda victory for the United States.
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