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bronze johnny

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  1. Avoid washing after wearing to get the “swamp scent!”
  2. We’ve already seen the Giant-Size Straw-Man-Thing!
  3. Thanks Kirby Jack- I have one but took that photo off the internet. You have to see it in person.
  4. Not sure where you get “official” period of GA is 1938 - 1956? The GA was pretty much over with the end of WW2. Superheroes tried to fight crime after the defeating the Axis Powers, but the crime comics along with romance and horror genres, caught the public’s attention given the postwar fears of atomic war and communism. The best examples of this change are first seen in comics like Crime Does Not Pay, Young Romance, and then of course EC Comics. DC Comics did keep the Superman (Adventure and Superboy) and Batman “family books” along with Wonder Woman through the 1950s, which was significant given that a part of the DC Silver Age success was attributed to a continuity of these GA characters (see BB 28 and the Justice League of America). Still, comic books published by EC Comics were in no way similar to what was hit the newsstands during the war years that preceded. So it’s clear that the period following the demise of the superhero (see Atlas and then that publisher’s failed attempt to bring back the Submariner, Captain America, and the Human Torch during the mid-50s) was a different era and should be called the Atomic Age. Period.
  5. See the trick or treaters looking into the window from the outside?
  6. Beauty! The cover was originally thought to have been drawn by Raboy but the consensus now is that Sultan drew it. The metallic ink makes these covers special.
  7. The question needs to be qualified unless the OP makes this an exclusive Golden Age top 5 thread because a collector of Atomic Age precode horror will include Spokane books (incredible page quality!) on their top 5 list. Not to mention Salida war books and Pacific Coast Silver Age copies. Silver Age romance books are found in the Oakland and Savannah Pedigree Collections. Church books will always be on the list in just about every category but any pedigree question gets complicated given the different genres and eras collectors focus on. “D Copies” are found in so many genres and eras that the range itself makes it a fascinating collection. Palo Alto’s are special books that hold their own during the Atomic Age. File Copies like Gaines are what I call “Time Capsule Collections” given the publisher’s intent behind them and this makes them truly special. It’s a difficult question when we get past the Church books. I can spend an infinite amount of time discussing the pedigrees and how they are distinguished from one another due to their special attributes and the provenance each has.
  8. “…Captain Marvel was putting Superman out of business.”
  9. Beck’s response in an interview on how lawsuit affected him:
  10. DC shut Siegel and Schuster down for many years. Did C.C. Beck experience a similar fate? Captain Marvel was Beck’s version of Bill Parker’s conceived superhero and his career as a comic book artist- arguably the most influential of the Golden Age given the popularity of Captain Marvel and his trademark cartoonish art. I know Beck went on and left comics but it’s important to know what happened. We collectors enjoy the books but it can be a superficial journey if the history around the characters and creators is forgotten. Sure, the art stands on its own but the history is also needed to give additional meaning to this art form.
  11. Thanks! I’m interested in further exploring the question of who was more popular? Captain Marvel or Superman? I doubt DC would have sued Fawcett if Captain Marvel wasn’t so popular at the time.
  12. Didn’t think you were that old! Just wanted to get your feel for which of the two was more popular and why? May need to ask Parker since he may have bought them off the stand.
  13. Great books! Curious what your thoughts are about Captain Marvel and Superman and which do you think made the bigger impression on the kids back in the Golden Age?