AJD Posted March 22, 2018 Author Share Posted March 22, 2018 3 minutes ago, Duffman_Comics said: Fabulous book AJD - have you read the stories in another format? For the most part, they hold up really well. Yes, I have the hardcover reprint from a few years ago. The 'preachies' are very good, and must have been pretty edgy at the time. One of them reads a lot like To Kill a Mockingbird, but predates it by several years. 1950's war comics 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Get Marwood & I Posted March 22, 2018 Share Posted March 22, 2018 4 hours ago, AJD said: This has only been on my want list for six years. And here's the corresponding splash It was definitely not the case that there were very fine people on both sides... A six year search for number 6! Great looking book, well done AJD That Grand Master is a bit Flash isn't he AJD 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Get Marwood & I Posted March 22, 2018 Share Posted March 22, 2018 2 minutes ago, Get Marwood & I said: A six year search for number 6! Great looking book, well done AJD That Grand Master is a bit Flash isn't he And these Five behind her look Furious! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AJD Posted March 22, 2018 Author Share Posted March 22, 2018 23 minutes ago, Get Marwood & I said: And these Five behind her look Furious! Don't push me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry Lime Posted March 22, 2018 Share Posted March 22, 2018 Great book, AJD. If I ever go into GA collecting these ECs would be top of the list. 1950's war comics 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AJD Posted March 22, 2018 Author Share Posted March 22, 2018 11 minutes ago, Harry Lime said: Great book, AJD. If I ever go into GA collecting these ECs would be top of the list. I would totally read a Harry Lime review of ECs. Watch this space... 1950's war comics 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hepcat Posted March 22, 2018 Share Posted March 22, 2018 On 3/17/2018 at 6:26 AM, AJD said: I've had Archie 50 envy for a few years now, and I'd checked the Australian printings on the GCD and Ausreprints, but neither of them had #14, which turns out to be... Whenever I see Betty pictured I'm always reminded of the Starchie spoof in EC's Mad comic: But Blondie is hotter than either Betty or Veronica in this story! AJD, 1950's war comics and Point Five 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hepcat Posted March 22, 2018 Share Posted March 22, 2018 (edited) 17 hours ago, AJD said: Wouldn't have thought too many young fellows had five shillings to spend on comics in 1956. Perhaps that's why these are rare. Well let's put five shillings in 1956 in perspective by present day standards. An Australian shilling contained 2.825 grams of silver in 1956. There were 14.125 grams or 0.4541 troy ounces of silver in five shillings therefore. The price of a troy ounce of silver at this moment is Aus.$21.09. The price in 1956 of a Fabulous King Size Annual was therefore Aus$9.58 in present day terms which was indeed an unfathomable price to a kid in 1956. Doing a similar calculation for a Canadian kid in 1956, four Dell 96 page Giants would have cost Cdn$1.00. Since the silver content of ten Canadian dimes or four Canadian quarters was 0.6 of a troy ounce and the price of a troy ounce of silver right now is Cdn$21.41, the four Dell Giants in 1956 would have cost a Canadian kid Cdn$12.85 in today's terms. A Canadian kid would of course have scored 384 pages versus just 340. The Canadian would therefore have paid 32.1% more in silver for only 12.9% more pages. You Aussie fellows therefore had it good (especially if you put away that Fabulous King Size Annual for which you'd paid 0.4541 of a troy ounce of silver and kept it in VF/NM condition)! Edited March 22, 2018 by Hepcat 1950's war comics 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EC ed Posted March 22, 2018 Share Posted March 22, 2018 14 hours ago, AJD said: This has only been on my want list for six years. You got it!!! Now the rest of the run is cake! (speaking of which, I have a #13 to talk to you about ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AJD Posted March 22, 2018 Author Share Posted March 22, 2018 4 hours ago, EC ed said: You got it!!! Now the rest of the run is cake! (speaking of which, I have a #13 to talk to you about ) PM sent! 1950's war comics 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AJD Posted March 22, 2018 Author Share Posted March 22, 2018 Another day, another book. An eBay cheapy, but quite nice. Reprints of Stan Lee penned stories inside, but I can't find the cover on any US edition. 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. Here's one of the pinups - quite well printed and on good quality stock.The paper in those leaves is still bright white. 1950's war comics, Brandon Shepherd, Get Marwood & I and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry Lime Posted March 23, 2018 Share Posted March 23, 2018 Is that Lex Luthor ogling the lovely Hedy? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AJD Posted March 23, 2018 Author Share Posted March 23, 2018 20 hours ago, Hepcat said: Well let's put five shillings in 1956 in perspective by present day standards. An Australian shilling contained 2.825 grams of silver in 1956. There were 14.125 grams or 0.4541 troy ounces of silver in five shillings therefore. The price of a troy ounce of silver at this moment is Aus.$21.09. The price in 1956 of a Fabulous King Size Annual was therefore Aus$9.58 in present day terms which was indeed an unfathomable price to a kid in 1956. Doing a similar calculation for a Canadian kid in 1956, four Dell 96 page Giants would have cost Cdn$1.00. Since the silver content of ten Canadian dimes or four Canadian quarters was 0.6 of a troy ounce and the price of a troy ounce of silver right now is Cdn$21.41, the four Dell Giants in 1956 would have cost a Canadian kid Cdn$12.85 in today's terms. A Canadian kid would of course have scored 384 pages versus just 340. The Canadian would therefore have paid 32.1% more in silver for only 12.9% more pages. You Aussie fellows therefore had it good (especially if you put away that Fabulous King Size Annual for which you'd paid 0.4541 of a troy ounce of silver and kept it in VF/NM condition)! Now that's some fine overthinking right there Hep! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hepcat Posted March 23, 2018 Share Posted March 23, 2018 I'm known for that. Brandon Shepherd 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AJD Posted March 23, 2018 Author Share Posted March 23, 2018 5 hours ago, Hepcat said: I'm known for that. Hey, I didn't say that was a bad thing. I've been known to overthink (and over explain) myself. 1950's war comics 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brandon Shepherd Posted March 24, 2018 Share Posted March 24, 2018 9 hours ago, Hepcat said: I'm known for that. You explained vinyl sound vs digital quite well in Rune's thread! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brandon Shepherd Posted March 24, 2018 Share Posted March 24, 2018 Congratulations AJD on SS #6. Six years is a long time, but it paid off for you! 1950's war comics 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duffman_Comics Posted March 24, 2018 Share Posted March 24, 2018 On 3/23/2018 at 10:49 AM, AJD said: Another day, another book. An eBay cheapy, but quite nice. Reprints of Stan Lee penned stories inside, but I can't find the cover on any US edition. 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. I am sure I have seen this gag on an Archie (or Betty/Veronica/Jughead et al). Your book is not an artistic swipe, more a similar observation - attractive Lifeguard = no one goes swimming. Anyone else recognise the similarities or, more importantly, the Archie issue? I mean the Hedy book may have been published first. 1950's war comics 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AJD Posted March 25, 2018 Author Share Posted March 25, 2018 A change of pace today, with a book that is neither hard to find nor valuable. But I was really pleased to get it as a freebie from the inestimable @Point Five It contains one of Barks wonderful mid-period Donald Duck 10 pagers. The formula isn't unusual - Gyro Gearloose comes up with an invention (in this case worms that catch fish autonomously) that is partially brilliant and partially crazy, and Donald takes it and misapplies it. Mayhem ensues. I really like these stories. 1950's war comics 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AJD Posted March 28, 2018 Author Share Posted March 28, 2018 Overwhelmed as I am by your collective response to Barks and Gyro Gearloose, I shall nonetheless struggle on. Here's an Australian crime comic. Like the other Crime Busters I have, this one seems to have a bespoke Australian cover. This one has a bondage them and I'll eat my hat if that isn't John Wayne handing out a belting on the cover! The stories are all pretty ho-hum. Guy does crime. Guy gets away with it for a while. Guy eventually gets his comeuppance. Perhaps the most notable feature of this comic is that it has an ad for the first appearance in print of @Point Five - and I'm not making that up! 1950's war comics 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
