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[AJD]

[Sqeggs]

12 hours ago, AJD said:

If you read the story, it turns out he wasn't a Commie, just a Yankees fan.  So, it was all good and the guy in the back withdrew his objection. 

[Sqeggs]

13 hours ago, Point Five said:

Cool book.  Don't recall seeing it before.

So, is he going to come to his senses and start being a Commie or come to his senses and stop being a Commie? 

[rjpb]

8 hours ago, Sqeggs said:

Cool book.  Don't recall seeing it before.

So, is he going to come to his senses and start being a Commie or come to his senses and stop being a Commie? 

He's just pretending in order to infiltrate the group.

Point Five's copy is very nice!

[eccomic]

Point Five was kind enough to sell me the Love Secrets # 32. I was blown away by the story inside

Interesting blog on this book here:

http://kb-outofthisworld.blogspot.ca/2010/02/love-secrets-32-i-fell-for-commie.html

[Sqeggs]

Dang!  Great stuff! 

[Sqeggs]

On 7/29/2017 at 5:56 PM, sacentaur said:

On 7/29/2017 at 4:01 PM, Sqeggs said:

Never seen a copy before and can't find it on the GCD site. 

I look for interesting and esoteric items like this, and I'd never seen one before.

Well, I bought this one raw (above) as a 9.2 and it came back as ...

Many thanks again to the kindly boardie who made this deal possible. 

[eccomic]

1 hour ago, Sqeggs said:

Well, I bought this one raw (above) as a 9.2 and it came back as ...

Many thanks again to the kindly boardie who made this deal possible. 

[eccomic]

[Sqeggs]

Recently stumbled on this site, which provides scans of the whole Treasure Chest "This Godless Communism" series https://www.historyonthenet.com/authentichistory/1946-1960/4-cwhomefront/7-comics/tcgodless/This_Godless_Communism_1961.html

I hadn't read the whole series before.  Reed Crandall does an excellent job with the art, but the scripts are uneven.  The opening story on Communists taking over the U.S. isn't nearly as good, and much less plausible, than the scenario in Is This Tomorrow, although, granted, the Treasure Chest issue had fewer pages to tell the story.

I thought that too much of the dialog makes the various Soviet Communists too self-consciously evil.  I don't think they thought of themselves that way or would have been likely to say many of things these stories have them saying.

There are some other historical bobbles, as in having Marx write Capital in what appears to be a dilapidated garret somewhere, rather than in the readings rooms of the British Museum. The origins of the famine in the Ukraine also appear inaccurate to me.

I was surprised that in a series published in 1961, there is only one brief reference to China and none to Mao.

Still, well worth reading, if you haven't already.

Edited February 12, 2018 by Sqeggs

[Bo_Hogg1]

Stephen if I met you, I would put a crown on your head and bow to you.

[eccomic]

48 minutes ago, Bo_Hogg1 said:

Stephen if I met you, I would put a crown on your head and bow to you.

 

[Sqeggs]

I think this book is a tough one.  At any rate, I hadn't been able to land a copy before.  Unlike the other similar book from the same publisher (Two Faces of Communism) this one ppears to lack an entry on GCD. 

[eccomic]

Just now, Sqeggs said:

Bravo!! You've assembled a terrific set of books.

Thank you kind sir.

[Harvey Dude]

On 3/26/2018 at 2:21 PM, Sqeggs said:

I think this book is a tough one.  At any rate, I hadn't been able to land a copy before.  Unlike the other similar book from the same publisher (Two Faces of Communism) this one ppears to lack an entry on GCD. 

Great looking book. First copy I saw with the price posted.

Edited May 10, 2018 by Harvey Dude

[Harvey Dude]

On 11/30/2017 at 9:07 AM, eccomic said:

Point Five was kind enough to sell me the Love Secrets # 32. I was blown away by the story inside

Interesting blog on this book here:

http://kb-outofthisworld.blogspot.ca/2010/02/love-secrets-32-i-fell-for-commie.html

Another nice pickup. Congratulations. Your collection is worthy of the Smithsonian.

[eccomic]

11 hours ago, Harvey Dude said:

Another nice pickup. Congratulations. Your collection is worthy of the Smithsonian.

Thank you for your kind words

[eccomic]

So another decade long hunt ends with the acquisition of a virtually unique ashcan for the publication of the Anti-Communist Cold War comic entitled the Red Iceberg from 1960. This is ONE of only TWO known copies to surface of this miniature Black and White comic. The colour full sized publication that I suspect was published afterwards is abundant with hundreds of copies extant.

This acquisition essentially enables me to  complete the Catechetical Guild B & W ashcans/advance copies of Blood is the Harvest, If the Devil Would Talk, Confidential (Is This Tomorrow advance copy) and finally, The Red Iceberg

Edited May 10, 2018 by eccomic

[eccomic]

 

 

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Unique black and white copy of This Is America just in. 

This is America by Joseph W. Musial (1952) was planned as a promotional giveaway by Edu-Graph Productions.

Several copies have surfaced that were published in blue ink and a color version as well. This copy is in Black and White and the only one I am aware of. 

This is America tells the story of a young woman, Sonja, who escapes to America from a totalitarian state. Once in America, she is given a tour of Washington, D.C. and in the process, learns about the freedoms now available to her as an American. 12 pages, 7-in. x 10-in.

 

 

 

 

Edited October 4, 2018 by eccomic

[Sqeggs]

On 9/24/2018 at 8:43 PM, eccomic said:

 

 

ENTIRE INTERIOR

Unique black and white copy of This Is America just in. 

This is America by Joseph W. Musial (1952) was planned as a promotional giveaway by Edu-Graph Productions.

Several copies have surfaced that were published in blue ink and a color version as well. This copy is in Black and White and the only one I am aware of. 

This is America tells the story of a young woman, Sonja, who escapes to America from a totalitarian state. Once in America, she is given a tour of Washington, D.C. and in the process, learns about the freedoms now available to her as an American. 12 pages, 7-in. x 10-in.

 

 

 

 

Nice find!  Never heard of this one before.