AJD Posted June 16, 2019 Author Share Posted June 16, 2019 The one that just sold last week on eBay will be coming to a thread near you shortly. ( ) The one shown above also sold on eBay a couple of weeks prior to that for about twice the price. Point Five and 1950's war comics 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AJD Posted June 16, 2019 Author Share Posted June 16, 2019 5 hours ago, Duffman_Comics said: Where did this scan come from AJD? It's not the one that was sold (it has a name and a stamp on the cover) and it ain't the one on GCD either - which means there are at least three out there. Looking at the GCD, I think it *is* the copy there. Look at the foxing spot in the R in Gordon. 1950's war comics 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duffman_Comics Posted June 16, 2019 Share Posted June 16, 2019 I stand corrected, but it makes me realise how heavily cropped the GCD images are - I tend to look at the cover edges and spine ticks when trying to identify comics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dikko Posted June 16, 2019 Share Posted June 16, 2019 AJD's scan is correct. The one with the stamp and person's name on the cover was a recent sale. This one sold (actually bought by me) in late May this year. There were five issues of Speed Gordon. AJD, Point Five and porcupine48 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AJD Posted June 16, 2019 Author Share Posted June 16, 2019 Great stuff @Dikko. Sorry about beating the price up on your copy of #13, but at least you can be happy that it's better than mine! Now I have to try to find the other four... 1950's war comics 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AJD Posted June 17, 2019 Author Share Posted June 17, 2019 Here's another "from eBay" scan that I want to include here because of its backstory. The Lone Avenger was a popular character created by artist Len Lawson. If there is ever an award for the "worst human being associated with the comic industry" there will be a robust competition for second place but nobody will come close to Lawson for the top prize. From Wikipedia: Leonard Keith Lawson (1927 – 29 November 2003), better known as Len Lawson or Lennie Lawson, was a bestselling Australian comic book creator, successful commercial artist and photographer. However, he was also a notorious criminal who was sentenced to life imprisonment for rape and murder. He died in custody in 2003. Lawson first came to prominence as the creator of The Lone Avenger, an Australian comic book hero, whose first appearance was in the second issue of Action Comics in 1946, running for thirteen years, eventually taking over the entire comic and selling up to 70,000 copies. Lawson also created another masked Western vigilante hero The Hooded Rider, as well as Diana, Queen of the Apes and Peter Fury. In 1954, Lawson took five young models to bushland in Terrey Hills to take swimsuit photos for a calendar. He bound the women and sexually assaulted them, raping two. He was sentenced to death, which was commuted to 14 years in prison when the death penalty was abolished in New South Wales later that year. Lawson asked to continue producing The Lone Avenger in prison, but it was handed to another artist. The comic was subsequently banned in Queensland and withdrawn by its publisher. Lawson was released from prison in 1961 after serving seven years, or half, of his sentence. On 7 November 1962, Lawson sexually assaulted and murdered a 16-year-old girl whose portrait he was painting in his apartment. The next day, he took several hostages at the Sydney Church of England Girls' Grammar School, killing a 15-year-old girl in the ensuing siege. He was sentenced to life imprisonment. Lawson attacked a female dancer who performed in a concert at Parramatta jail, seemingly as part of an escape attempt. He died in Grafton Correctional Centre in November 2003. 1950's war comics 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Point Five Posted June 17, 2019 Share Posted June 17, 2019 Wow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dikko Posted June 17, 2019 Share Posted June 17, 2019 With the Speed Gordon images that I posted, you may notice that the scans look a little odd with a horizontal or vertical misaligned line. That's because my scanner is not big enough to take the whole comic in a single scan ( since these Super Comics are about 11 1/2" by 11 1/2" ). I tried to join two scans into one image. Dikko Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AJD Posted June 19, 2019 Author Share Posted June 19, 2019 On 6/17/2019 at 1:53 PM, Dikko said: With the Speed Gordon images that I posted, you may notice that the scans look a little odd with a horizontal or vertical misaligned line. That's because my scanner is not big enough to take the whole comic in a single scan ( since these Super Comics are about 11 1/2" by 11 1/2" ). I tried to join two scans into one image. Dikko I thought you must have made an error in typing the same dimension twice... nope. This thing is a freak of nature! 1950's war comics and porcupine48 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robot Man Posted June 19, 2019 Share Posted June 19, 2019 On 6/16/2019 at 5:06 PM, AJD said: Here's another "from eBay" scan that I want to include here because of its backstory. The Lone Avenger was a popular character created by artist Len Lawson. If there is ever an award for the "worst human being associated with the comic industry" there will be a robust competition for second place but nobody will come close to Lawson for the top prize. From Wikipedia: Leonard Keith Lawson (1927 – 29 November 2003), better known as Len Lawson or Lennie Lawson, was a bestselling Australian comic book creator, successful commercial artist and photographer. However, he was also a notorious criminal who was sentenced to life imprisonment for rape and murder. He died in custody in 2003. Lawson first came to prominence as the creator of The Lone Avenger, an Australian comic book hero, whose first appearance was in the second issue of Action Comics in 1946, running for thirteen years, eventually taking over the entire comic and selling up to 70,000 copies. Lawson also created another masked Western vigilante hero The Hooded Rider, as well as Diana, Queen of the Apes and Peter Fury. In 1954, Lawson took five young models to bushland in Terrey Hills to take swimsuit photos for a calendar. He bound the women and sexually assaulted them, raping two. He was sentenced to death, which was commuted to 14 years in prison when the death penalty was abolished in New South Wales later that year. Lawson asked to continue producing The Lone Avenger in prison, but it was handed to another artist. The comic was subsequently banned in Queensland and withdrawn by its publisher. Lawson was released from prison in 1961 after serving seven years, or half, of his sentence. On 7 November 1962, Lawson sexually assaulted and murdered a 16-year-old girl whose portrait he was painting in his apartment. The next day, he took several hostages at the Sydney Church of England Girls' Grammar School, killing a 15-year-old girl in the ensuing siege. He was sentenced to life imprisonment. Lawson attacked a female dancer who performed in a concert at Parramatta jail, seemingly as part of an escape attempt. He died in Grafton Correctional Centre in November 2003. Wow, that sure beats Bob Wood of Crime Does Not Pay fame... porcupine48 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dikko Posted June 20, 2019 Share Posted June 20, 2019 Unfortunately the Australian SPEED GORDON comics are too large for CGC Grading and encapsulation. I have now been able to get a full single scan of each issue, shown here. I am after another copy of No. 26 as my current one is of poor quality. Dikko porcupine48, Yorick, Get Marwood & I and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AJD Posted June 20, 2019 Author Share Posted June 20, 2019 12 hours ago, Robot Man said: Wow, that sure beats Bob Wood of Crime Does Not Pay fame... I had to Google that. (here) Not sure I'd want to have a beer with either of them! 1950's war comics 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dikko Posted June 20, 2019 Share Posted June 20, 2019 Wow. To think that I had known comic artist Len Lawson, in my local (Grafton) jail and I didn't get some comics autographed by him over the years.Damn, missed opportunity. Dikko Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gadzukes Posted June 22, 2019 Share Posted June 22, 2019 (edited) I decided to get this slabbed. Have you ever seen one of these before? Edited June 22, 2019 by gadzukes Point Five and porcupine48 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AJD Posted June 22, 2019 Author Share Posted June 22, 2019 Yes, @gadzukes I had one of those briefly until it found a more appreciative home. I've always thought that the B&W interiors must have been a disappointment when the cover seems to imply coloured pages! 1950's war comics and Point Five 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davidone Posted June 23, 2019 Share Posted June 23, 2019 (edited) Does anyone here own or have a photo of the first issue of this series? I have been doing some Felix research and it's possible this series might be the first ever Felix "floppy" comic. Both GCD and Ausreprints are missing the photo. Here's what I have so far, if anyone cares about Felix....😆 https://infinitehorror.wordpress.com/felix-the-cat/ Edited June 23, 2019 by Davidone porcupine48, AJD and Point Five 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorick Posted August 31, 2019 Share Posted August 31, 2019 On 1/25/2017 at 5:01 PM, AJD said: Well, OK, but what was wrong with 'Love Illustrated'? A possible clue is the Board's second round of bannings, which included this: "The Board is now directing its attack against illustrated magazines unduly emphasising sex and the female figure". Quite interesting. I'll share this now, and then go back to page 1 to begin reading from the start! Apologies for being a few years behind... AJD 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorick Posted September 1, 2019 Share Posted September 1, 2019 I will add my cover scans to GCD whenever they allow me editing privilege again (new members are only allowed one edit to begin). porcupine48, AJD, sagii and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AJD Posted September 5, 2019 Author Share Posted September 5, 2019 Just for fun, here's a two page filler story by Paul Wheelahan from Jumbo Comics #3. Life on Saturn... a "boiling planet so close to the heat of the sun"!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
comicdonna Posted September 10, 2019 Share Posted September 10, 2019 AJD 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
