Thank you so much for the information! I never would have thought of using lighter fluid to remove the sticker. Mr. Harvest, should I decide to try and remove the sticker, I will do my utmost to be careful. Mr. Ringfinger, I agree with you, it does look like a sticker. The use of heat, the hairdryer method, seems safest to me. How about you all? What have you gentlemen (and/ or ladies, lest we give offence) learned about removing date stamps and/or marker drawings from comics? My beloved Showcase #22 is stamped "Sold" three times, and finally a fourth time with the date of September 16, 1959. Should I even try to remove it? What do you think? I thank everyone again. I am learning a great deal from you all. Thank you. 

Respectfully,

David

Gentlemen,

 Mr. Iverson wrote this in thread http://www.comicspriceguide.com/forum2/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=35158&SearchTerms=STICKER :

I heard that if you leave the sticker, it has been known that some 'odd' collectors call it a 'Variant Cover'. The value often multiplies by at least 4. (Wouldn't that be nice)

  I am just reporting back on this situation. There is a sticker on this book. Shame, it is really in great condition and it was a steal. That sticker is really on there though. I do not think I will take the risk of removing it. It looks like an accident just waiting to happen (and if it can happen, it'll probably happen to me). Thaks for everything gents.

-Tex

972-980-8040

Tell him Don Walthrop sent you.

He can remove that sticker and it wouldn't cost too much.

Always looking for Giant-Size Marvels and Extreme High Grade Vampirella's
Savage Sword of Conan Magazines needed VF++ or better: 18, 30, 31, 32, 33, 36, 55, 61, 98, 129, 132, 134, 141, 143, 145, 151, 171, 179, 191, 192, 194, 196-211, 215, 216, 217, 218, 221, 222, 223, 224, 226, 227, 228, 229, 235

Tex