Duffman_Comics Posted March 15, 2018 Share Posted March 15, 2018 40 minutes ago, AJD said: Thank you! And I had the same thought - but clearly 'Americaness' was a selling point for Archie, judging by the fact that they kept the banners at the top and bottom of the cover as well. Confusingly, the pence version of a nickle is 6d (sixpence) rather than 5d, as the equivalent to a dime was a shilling (1/-), which was 12 pennies. There was a small silver coin for 6d, but 5d would have been five pennies. The old currency system based on multiples of 12 and 20 ( 20 shillings = 1 pound) was tricky to do change with! Well, a little wander around the web revealed that local calls from a public phone in Oz up until the late 50's were 2d (tuppence). According to this payphones were modified in the late 50's to take 4d. Yes, I am a nerd. Oh, lovely book AJD, but in this context it's spelt "nickel" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AJD Posted March 15, 2018 Author Share Posted March 15, 2018 3 minutes ago, Duffman_Comics said: Oh, lovely book AJD, but in this context it's spelt "nickel" I have a stalker who corrects my every error. 1950's war comics 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duffman_Comics Posted March 15, 2018 Share Posted March 15, 2018 Just now, AJD said: I have a stalker who corrects my every error. Just quietly, the workload is staggering and I am hiring. Any takers? Sqeggs and The-Collector 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frisco Larson Posted March 15, 2018 Share Posted March 15, 2018 4 hours ago, AJD said: Nice - and a very presentable copy. Did you get it slabbed yourself? Thanks! Nope, I bought it this way. Had I had it graded within the last year, it'd be in the newest style holder, which I would prefer actually. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sqeggs Posted March 15, 2018 Share Posted March 15, 2018 6 hours ago, Duffman_Comics said: Well, a little wander around the web revealed that local calls from a public phone in Oz up until the late 50's were 2d (tuppence). According to this payphones were modified in the late 50's to take 4d. Yes, I am a nerd. Oh, lovely book AJD, but in this context it's spelt "nickel" Mostly OT, but I remember reading that in the 1950s a bottle of Coca-Cola cost a nickel in U.S. vending machines. The company wanted to raise the price, but thought sales would be hurt too much if they increased it all the way to a dime. So they began a major campaign to convince the U.S. Treasury to start minting 7 1/2 cent coins. Not too surprisingly, they didn't succeed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robot Man Posted March 15, 2018 Share Posted March 15, 2018 1 hour ago, Sqeggs said: Mostly OT, but I remember reading that in the 1950s a bottle of Coca-Cola cost a nickel in U.S. vending machines. The company wanted to raise the price, but thought sales would be hurt too much if they increased it all the way to a dime. So they began a major campaign to convince the U.S. Treasury to start minting 7 1/2 cent coins. Not too surprisingly, they didn't succeed. Not real long ago I owned one of those nickel Coke machines. It held those small 7 oz bottles. At one time, I had beer in it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post AJD Posted March 22, 2018 Author Popular Post Share Posted March 22, 2018 Here are a couple more Australian reprints, at least as far as the stories inside goes. I can't find the covers for either of these on US editions. The Hedy book is interesting. It's an unusual size and aspect ratio, and about half the leaves are glossy paper, the rest are the usual newsprint. That's probably so they could print the 'frameable pinups' on glossy stock. See my journal (linked in the sig) to see one of them. Pretty sure the CGC notes on this one would read 'Bondage cover - plus John Wayne b*** slapping some dude". Point Five, 1950's war comics, Mr. Lady Luck and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Point Five Posted March 23, 2018 Share Posted March 23, 2018 Those are cool! 1950's war comics 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sqeggs Posted March 23, 2018 Share Posted March 23, 2018 15 minutes ago, Point Five said: Those are cool! +1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sqeggs Posted March 23, 2018 Share Posted March 23, 2018 1 hour ago, AJD said: Here are a couple more Australian reprints, at least as far as the stories inside goes. I can't find the covers for either of these on US editions. The Hedy book is interesting. It's an unusual size and aspect ratio, and about half the leaves are glossy paper, the rest are the usual newsprint. That's probably so they could print the 'frameable pinups' on glossy stock. See my journal (linked in the sig) to see one of them. Isn't it unusual to have the price written out like that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sagii Posted March 23, 2018 Share Posted March 23, 2018 1 hour ago, AJD said: Here are a couple more Australian reprints, at least as far as the stories inside goes. I can't find the covers for either of these on US editions. The Hedy book is interesting. It's an unusual size and aspect ratio, and about half the leaves are glossy paper, the rest are the usual newsprint. That's probably so they could print the 'frameable pinups' on glossy stock. See my journal (linked in the sig) to see one of them. Pretty sure the CGC notes on this one would read 'Bondage cover - plus John Wayne b*** slapping some dude". You are KILLING it Andrew! Beautiful books! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AJD Posted March 23, 2018 Author Share Posted March 23, 2018 16 minutes ago, Sqeggs said: Isn't it unusual to have the price written out like that? It's uncommon, but not unheard of. Here's an Australian original book with the price in long form: 1950's war comics 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AJD Posted March 23, 2018 Author Share Posted March 23, 2018 And here's another one - alas I missed out on this one on eBay last week, but at least I snaffled the cover scan! 1950's war comics, Sqeggs and Davidone 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sqeggs Posted March 23, 2018 Share Posted March 23, 2018 7 minutes ago, AJD said: And here's another one - alas I missed out on this one on eBay last week, but at least I snaffled the cover scan! That's a nice one! Gnasher 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AJD Posted June 17, 2018 Author Share Posted June 17, 2018 (edited) Time to bump this back onto the first page until, like an antipodean Bizarro world, it sinks out of contact with the known universe again. Here are two Tim Valour books by Australian artist John Dixon. I'll admit I bought them with flippage in mind, but when I got them in hand I decided they're going into the Oz box instead. If you're interested, I'll post the interior of the Hitler story in my journal (linked in my sig). I like the way Dixon has added his credit to #13 as an aircrew stencil on the canopy frame. Edited June 17, 2018 by AJD Corrected spelling error to head off Duffman's cheap shot. Gnasher, comicjack, Sqeggs and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Point Five Posted June 17, 2018 Share Posted June 17, 2018 Nice. What year are these? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AJD Posted June 17, 2018 Author Share Posted June 17, 2018 17 minutes ago, Point Five said: Nice. What year are these? Late 1951 or early 1952, I think. There were three different TV series, with different numbered starts, and the GCD galleries mix them up. The first series ran from #1 to #38 from 1949 to 1952, the second series (of which these are from) started with #10 (!) in 1951, so they overlapped. 1950's war comics 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjpb Posted June 17, 2018 Share Posted June 17, 2018 The only Australian comic I've ever picked up. Ajax reprints. Sqeggs 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AJD Posted August 3, 2018 Author Share Posted August 3, 2018 Here are a few recent pickups. Starting with some Australian reprints of US material. 1950's war comics and Yorick 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AJD Posted August 3, 2018 Author Share Posted August 3, 2018 And some Australian originals. I really like the Silver Flash covers. And another appearance on this thread for the Crimson Comet. 1950's war comics, Scrooge and rjpb 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
