INSTANT WEATHER
WEATHER PICTURE
WEATHER WORDS
SCARCE COMIC BOOK FANZINE
PUBLISHED IN 1985 BY JIM JONES
From the estate of Jim Jones (from his personal archives).

Jim Jones was a prolific creator in the comic book realm. He worked closely with Harvey Kurtzman as they were good friends. Although he did not reach the prominence of some of his contemporaries, he was well known and respected in illustrator and creator circles, and was published frequently in numerous fanzines such as RBCC (among others), Playboy, Mad, Cracked, Trump,, National Lampoon, and others!

MY MAGAZINE GRADING SYSTEM

I try to be fair and honest in my grading, and make every attempt to mention loose or cut pages, stains, tears, binding damage, etc.

Sometimes I find that a magazine falls between two grades, in which case I will list it with a two-grade scale.

NEAR MINT - MINT: I rarely use these grades, except when a magazine is in truly exceptional condition.

VERY FINE: very nice with virtually no major defects.

FINE+: an even nicer copy, with minimal obvious defects.

FINE: a nice copy, flat with minor creases; may have some spine stress, but no prominent defects.

FINE-: better than VG+ but just a bit short of what I would consider Fine.

VERY GOOD+: most of the magazines I list fall into this grade; a typical read magazine with obvious defects as noted.

VERY GOOD: fairly well-read with an accumulation of tears and defects as noted; may be heavily creased or spine-rolled.

GOOD: a complete but heavily-read magazine; may be missing pieces of covers, loose covers, rolled spine or other noted damage.

FAIR: a rough magazine, with many defects including tears. missing pieces, water damage, spine wear, etc.

POOR: no missing pages unless noted, but otherwise a pretty trashed magazine; almost any and every damage may be present.