EBE Posted August 26, 2017 Share Posted August 26, 2017 Just obtained this one! I'm fairly excited, as I've been looking for it for awhile. --ElJay sagii 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robot Man Posted August 26, 2017 Share Posted August 26, 2017 Nice one Eljay. Love those patriotic funny animal books! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Readcomix Posted August 27, 2017 Share Posted August 27, 2017 It's subtle but it's on here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Readcomix Posted August 27, 2017 Share Posted August 27, 2017 This one too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EBE Posted August 27, 2017 Share Posted August 27, 2017 America's Best 10 - one of my favorite comics that I don't own! Thanks for posting, Readcomix. --ElJay Readcomix 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Readcomix Posted August 27, 2017 Share Posted August 27, 2017 9 minutes ago, EBE said: America's Best 10 - one of my favorite comics that I don't own! Thanks for posting, Readcomix. --ElJay My pleasure; thanks for sharing all yours! Makes a handy shopping list Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EBE Posted April 11, 2018 Share Posted April 11, 2018 Just landed this one recently after a 2 year search. Not a bond or stamp cover, but one of the "letter to the American people" covers. Sqeggs and comicjack 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robot Man Posted April 11, 2018 Share Posted April 11, 2018 11 minutes ago, EBE said: Just landed this one recently after a 2 year search. Not a bond or stamp cover, but one of the "letter to the American people" covers. Congrats Eljay. Always great to cross off a book you have green looking for. Now, on to the next one! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AJD Posted April 11, 2018 Author Share Posted April 11, 2018 3 hours ago, EBE said: Just landed this one recently after a 2 year search. Not a bond or stamp cover, but one of the "letter to the American people" covers. Great, it's always good to cross one off the wants list. I have the two CAGs on my list, but I've never wanted them enough to chase them. Even my inner completist can't get enthused! What I could get excited about is a Funny Animals #6, which I have wanted forever. I noted your #3 above, and realised I missed it when compiling my list, so that's in the 'active hunt' list too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duffman_Comics Posted April 11, 2018 Share Posted April 11, 2018 29 minutes ago, AJD said: Great, it's always good to cross one off the wants list. I have the two CAGs on my list, but I've never wanted them enough to chase them. Even my inner completist can't get enthused! What I could get excited about is a Funny Animals #6, which I have wanted forever. I noted your #3 above, and realised I missed it when compiling my list, so that's in the 'active hunt' list too. So, "Funny Animals" #3 and 6? Good to know As to the "Calling All Girls" the Elizabeth Taylor offering has a lot of crossover appeal. Very attractive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AJD Posted April 11, 2018 Author Share Posted April 11, 2018 In parallel to buying war bonds themed comics, I've been slowly picking up magazines from July 1944 with the E-series war bonds on the covers. My plan is to build a 1940s style newstand and display a range of magazines in it. Here are a few recent pickups. They're really interesting reading, but some of them have really cool artwork too. This 'Look' magazine is too big to fit on my scanner at 10" x 13". I scanned the art for you to see in closeup. I only wish this was on a comic book cover! CGC would probably note 'Impaled Hitler and Hirohito' P.S. For those who came in late, I just updated all of my images on the earlier pages of this thread, which had disappeared thanks to Photobucket. There's more to look at in those early pages now. sagii 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EBE Posted April 11, 2018 Share Posted April 11, 2018 I agree that CAG isn't the most exciting title, but I'm trying to complete a run of all the covers with the "letter" on them. I think that I am only missing Big Shot 57, but I'll have to check my list. I had thought about collecting all of the magazines with the "letter" along with the comics, but I can't collect everything.... AJD, that will be one cool time warp newsstand when you complete it! --ElJay AJD 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sqeggs Posted April 12, 2018 Share Posted April 12, 2018 On 4/11/2018 at 7:36 AM, AJD said: In parallel to buying war bonds themed comics, I've been slowly picking up magazines from July 1944 with the E-series war bonds on the covers. My plan is to build a 1940s style newstand and display a range of magazines in it. Here are a few recent pickups. They're really interesting reading, but some of them have really cool artwork too. This 'Look' magazine is too big to fit on my scanner at 10" x 13". I scanned the art for you to see in closeup. I only wish this was on a comic book cover! CGC would probably note 'Impaled Hitler and Hirohito' P.S. For those who came in late, I just updated all of my images on the earlier pages of this thread, which had disappeared thanks to Photobucket. There's more to look at in those early pages now. As a bonus, the Look is also a Hitler (and Hirohito (or Tojo)) cover -- one of the gorier ones to boot! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sqeggs Posted April 12, 2018 Share Posted April 12, 2018 On 8/26/2017 at 8:41 PM, Readcomix said: It's subtle but it's on here It is subtle. Would have stood out better with a white background. Almost as if they were thinking, "We have to run one of those bonds and stamps ads, but we ain't letting it wreck the cover design." PKJ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robot Man Posted April 13, 2018 Share Posted April 13, 2018 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AJD Posted April 13, 2018 Author Share Posted April 13, 2018 Wow - you'd think running the same cover on different publications a couple of weeks apart might lose you some sales of the second one... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpepx78 Posted April 13, 2018 Share Posted April 13, 2018 (edited) 3 hours ago, Robot Man said: Those United We Stand magazines were part of a July 1942 national campaign by the Treasury Department and the National Publishers Association to promote national unity, rally support for the war and celebrate Independence Day. The slogan United We Stand was adopted. For magazine publishers, displaying the flag was a way to prove their loyalty and value for the war effort. For the US government, the campaign was an opportunity to sell bonds and boost morale. The magazines brought home a message of patriotism and ideals worth fighting for. The Smithsonian Museum website has an extensive history and display of the campaign and magazine covers.http://amhistory.si.edu/1942/home.html A neurologist, Dr Steve Lomazow, started collecting in 1972 and was devoted to collecting the first issues or volumes of every major American magazine. One of his collections is the July 1942 United We Stand magazine collection comprising about 500 magazines including comics. His United We Stand collection is more complete than the Smithsonian collection. Check out his website and the videos of his United We Stand collection. His collection display is amazing.https://www.americanmagazinecollection.com/ Edited April 13, 2018 by jpepx78 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duffman_Comics Posted April 13, 2018 Share Posted April 13, 2018 Thanks for the link to the Doctor's collection. Great stuff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robot Man Posted June 18, 2018 Share Posted June 18, 2018 Grabbed another one yesterday that I didn’t have! AJD 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post jpepx78 Posted March 27, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted March 27, 2022 (edited) War bond posters War is on some people’s minds now and some of us think about comics for relief or distraction. In 1942 the government enlisted many comic strip and comic book characters in a public relations effort to support America in WW2 and promote the sale of war bonds. 1. The first picture has Popeye, Lil Abner and Snuffy Smith in war bond posters. I’m not sure who the men are but they may be involved in the war bond promotion in Terre Haute Indiana in July 1942. The bottom of the posters say: War Stamp Council - Liquor and Wine Industries - Cooperating with US Treasury Department. 2. Siegel and Schuster looking over a Superman war bond poster based on the cover of superman 17 & 18. Any copies of this poster survive? 3. War bonds were sold in Cunningham’s drugstore with the Superman war bond poster displayed. The drugstore was probably located in Detroit Michigan. 4. An elaborate Superman war bond display in Cunningham’s drugstore in 1942. 5. Here is confirmation that some comics ended in the scrap paper pile. In the letters page of Target v3 #7, a patriotic reader says he sold his complete collection of Target and Blue Bolt comics at scrap paper prices to buy war savings stamps. Edited March 27, 2022 by jpepx78 AJD, Ghastly542454, adamstrange and 2 others 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
