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lotemo reacted to a post in a topic: Teen Humor--Anything but Archie
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The Better Late Than Never Ernie Bushmiller Thread
lotemo replied to 143ksk's topic in Golden Age Comic Books
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The Better Late Than Never Ernie Bushmiller Thread
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Question for Timely/Atlas collectors
lotemo replied to Tri-Color Brian's topic in Golden Age Comic Books
I suspect it's because the humor and funny animal books were ignored by the collecting community for such a long time that this was just overlooked or at least not documented until more recently. I always used to think that the Ernie Gerber Photo-Journal books included almost every golden age comic book from the major publishers. It wasn't until I started collecting the Timely humor titles like Mille the Model, Tessie, Nellie, Joker etc. that I realized that the Gerber books only included photos of a handful of issues from each of these titles. Many of the humor titles were largely ignored for decades. -
Question for Timely/Atlas collectors
lotemo replied to Tri-Color Brian's topic in Golden Age Comic Books
Around 1947, there were issues with "A Marvel Magazine" in the upper left corner. I haven't counted them but it appears that there were usually only 1 to 2 issues of a title with this logo. Some examples are: -
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#83 is another one of my favorite Archie covers. I really like the mid-1950's issues, in particular around 1955-1956. Along with Archie #83, here's Laugh #77 and Pep #118. These would have been on the newsstand about the same time..
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It's a shame that there weren't more Bob Montana covers during that time. His covers for issues 41 through 50 produced some classics.
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1939 NEWSSTAND PIC TIME MACHINE JOURNEY INTO THE PAST
lotemo replied to ajaxfarrell's topic in Golden Age Comic Books
That's Batman #81 with a February 1954 cover date so it's definitely a 1954 episode. -
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I'm not sure that I have one favorite but since I like Christmas covers, #6 has always been among my favorites.
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I bought most of them online. I started searching eBay for Archie's around 2000 to 2001. One of the earliest books I bought was a copy of Archie Annual #1. That really kickstarted my desire to start collecting again. I definitely ended up with an overgraded book from time to time but for the most part, I was pretty lucky. Most of the 1940's and 1950's books I bought were usually about very good to very fine. I'd say about 70 to 75% of my purchases were from eBay and the rest were from dealer websites. I had a really demanding job so going to conventions wasn't really an option. As for the fun, crazy covers, here's my copy of #10. My original was just as faded as the #8 I posted but I don't have a scan of it on hand.
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In the 1-10 series, numbers 4 and 5 were the last two that I acquired in acceptable condition. I had a copy of #8 from when I was a kid in the 1970's. The cover was really faded. It took a number of years to find a nice looking copy. I don't display any of them because I'm concerned about fading so they're organized and stored by title in boxes. Here's my original and upgraded #8 and a photo of some of my comic boxes. I keep them safely stored out of the light but I browse through them a lot and read random stories from time to time. The upgrade copy of #8 might still only grade about a 5.0 because of a tape repair at the bottom of the spine but I'm very happy with it.
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I restarted collecting Archie a little over 20 years ago so I have been able to complete the run from 1-200. Overall, I preferred fine or better on the early issues but for some, like #3 thtrough #5, I settled for copies with detached covers since that was pretty common on the early issues. My #1 is about fine+ with moderate restoration. The remainder are unrestored and normally range from fine to VF or better. I wasn't as concerned about the technical grade so much as I just wanted copies that were complete and that presented well and weren't brittle. For example, here's my copy of #3. The cover is detached but it has white pages. I have no interest in upgrading it since I just want a nice copy of the book and this one looks pretty nice.
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lotemo reacted to a post in a topic: Have a Cigar! MLJ Publishing and Golden Age Archie only!
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lotemo reacted to a post in a topic: Have a Cigar! MLJ Publishing and Golden Age Archie only!
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How Keene are you? Show us your Katy comics!
lotemo replied to GoldenPRGuy's topic in Golden Age Comic Books
I haven't. They seem to be pretty scarce. I think the numbering may be part of the "Archie Series" that was published by Bell Features in Canada. The series started with the U.S. Jughead #1 and continued by alternating issues of Archie's Pal Jughead, Archie's Rival Reggie, Archie's Girls Betty & Veronica, and Katy Keene. This issue doesn't fit the normal pattern since it's not one of those titles but it may be part of the series. -
How Keene are you? Show us your Katy comics!
lotemo replied to GoldenPRGuy's topic in Golden Age Comic Books
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How Keene are you? Show us your Katy comics!
lotemo replied to GoldenPRGuy's topic in Golden Age Comic Books
That Canadian #11 is actually an issue of Pep Comics. I'm travelling away from home right now so I can't confirm which issue but my recollection is that the contents are Pep #90. So in answer to the main question about that issue, it's not a reprint of a Katy Keene issue. The Katy Keene cover is the splash page from the Katy story.