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[eccomic]

Just made arrangements to acquire this amazing set.

18"  24" poster announcing the publication of the Red Iceberg by the Catechetical Guild/Impact Publications, along with the Advance of Communism LP 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited January 21, 2019 by eccomic

[eccomic]

On 12/15/2018 at 10:34 AM, Sqeggs said:

Won this pro-Commie book last night.  Couldn't find any info on it.  The way these things go, it was probably a warehouse find and a ton of copies will start showing up for sale.

Made me wonder how many left-wing comics were published in the 1940s and 1950s.  The focus of this thread, of course, has been on comics from the other end of the political spectrum.  

Another copy in the next Comiconnect auction

[Sqeggs]

On 1/21/2019 at 10:06 AM, eccomic said:

Just made arrangements to acquire this amazing set.

18"  24" poster announcing the publication of the Red Iceberg by the Catechetical Guild/Impact Publications, along with the Advance of Communism LP 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Very cool find!

[Fantastic Thor]

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11 minutes ago, Fantastic Thor said:

[eccomic]

This just back from CGC 

[fifties]

I haven't read the entire thread, and this book is prolly in it somewhere, but thought I'd throw it in anyway.

[Electricmastro]

From Love Secrets #32 (August 1953, Quality Comics). Art by Charles Sultan:

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[eccomic]

9 hours ago, BOOT said:

Nice score Boot 

[eccomic]

Just acquired this... 

[comicjack]

1 hour ago, eccomic said:

Just acquired this... 

Another truth told

 

[sfcityduck]

 I just picked up this copy of "The Two Faces of Communism" on eBay tonight.  It appears that there are at least four (and maybe five) versions.  There are two newsprint cover versions  with version A having an ad soliciting customers to order customized copies on the last page and version B having the customer's customization or a blank space on the last page.  There are also two slick cover versions with version C. having an ad soliciting customers to order customization on the back cover and version D. having a blank back cover (or a customized back cover which I just haven't seen yet).  The chronology on these versions is unknown, but Mark Zaid surmises that the newsprint versions came first so, for now, I'm going with that.  The slick covers are harder to find and are cooler in my humble opinion.  

Zaid's argument (see up thread) for why the newsprint version predates the slick cover is based on the listing of product for sale on the inside back cover of the slick version.  Another argument he didn't raise, but I find more convincing, is that the sequel to this comic  - "Double Talk" - only exists (as far as I know) in a slick cover version.  

So here's my newly acquired version C (slick cover - solicitation ad for customization on the back): 

Here's Ver. A  (newsprint cover with solicitation add for customization on the back page):

Ver. B.1  (same newsprint front cover with customized last page - names of different customers and blank space versions seen):

Ver. B.2 (color variant front cover - grey hair and orange "faces).  These were obviously printed to order because of the customization on the back page, so a batch paper to have resulted in a color variant.  I have not seen this color variant in a slick cover yet.

Ver. C - Slick cover with add solicitation add for customization on back page:

See my version above.

Ver. D. - Slick cover with blank back page (same front cover).  I suspect that this version probably is just a customized version with no customization.  In other words, the versions with ads offering customization were some sort of promo solicitation version and the subsequent versions with customization or a blank space (their choice) were ordered by customers:

 

 

 

 

Edited October 13, 2020 by sfcityduck

[sfcityduck]

Interestingly, the CGC has graded a number of the newsprint cover versions and this one slick cover version, but has not differentiated between the newsprint and slick cover versions (oops!):

[sfcityduck]

On 7/21/2005 at 7:01 PM, esquirecomics said:

After reading the books the other night (BTW, the story is really interesting), it looks to me that the paper copy came out first followed by the glossy version. The back of the paper version advertises the book for sale at $90 per 1,000 and offers to imprint a personalized message on the book. Lesser quantities are available for sale with no imprinted message. There is no reference to the glossy cover version.

 

The glossy version, on the other hand, states in the inside that a "standard" cover version is available for sale at 100 for $10. It also advertises the paper copy at the same price referenced above.

 

After looking at this further, Zaid's above argument for which version came first has fallen apart for me.  Why?  Because the inside back cover for the glossy/slick version he describes in his post is materially different from both versions of the glossy/slick inside cover I post above.  Neither of the versions I post advertises both a "standard version" of the comic and a paper version.  Which means that there are three different versions of the slick/glossy version based just on the inside back covers.  

I now believe that any copy advertising for personalization on the outside back cover (slick/glossy and newsprint) was a solicitation copy sent gratis to prospective customers.  

Edited October 15, 2020 by sfcityduck

[sfcityduck]

New info on Two Faces of Communism and Double Talk.  Here's confirmation that Two Faces came first from an ad for Double Talk in the June 1962 Christian Anti-Communism Crusade newsletter:

And here's info on an Indian edition of Two Faces for the hardcore collectors to seek out from the April 1962 CACC newsletter:

 

[eccomic]

Missed this one on Ebay yesterday.... 

https://www.ebay.com/itm/165184273224?hash=item2675bffb48:g:f2UAAOSwOaBhjQRF

If a kind boardie managed to pick this up I would be willing to offer an incentive financially if they would be willing to sell this to me or a cool trade as I possess some very rare Anti communists comics as well 

Feel free to PM me.  

Stephen

 

 

 

Edited November 16, 2021 by eccomic

[eccomic]

[Sarg]

On 11/16/2021 at 10:55 AM, eccomic said:

Missed this one on Ebay yesterday.... 

https://www.ebay.com/itm/165184273224?hash=item2675bffb48:g:f2UAAOSwOaBhjQRF

If a kind boardie managed to pick this up I would be willing to offer an incentive financially if they would be willing to sell this to me or a cool trade as I possess some very rare Anti communists comics as well 

Feel free to PM me.  

Stephen

 

 

 

Never saw this before.