sagii Posted March 30, 2017 Share Posted March 30, 2017 I remember reading a discussion about the Halloween giants on the Boards (and the fact that there were not any Disney editions). Intriguing stuff. This mine. Metro said it's a 9.4. Really a book i'd like to get slabbed. Badger 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OtherEric Posted March 31, 2017 Share Posted March 31, 2017 14 hours ago, sagii said: I remember reading a discussion about the Halloween giants on the Boards (and the fact that there were not any Disney editions). Intriguing stuff. This mine. Metro said it's a 9.4. Really a book i'd like to get slabbed. That is a beauty of a book! One thing that comes to mind on the Halloween issues is they may just have had a very short window when they were current relative to the Vacation and Christmas issues. Vacation is good for all summer, and Christmas seems to have come out quite early going by the dates, as people went shopping for stocking stuffers I presume. (As my posting shows, by date it was only a month after Halloween that it was released.) Halloween is pretty much over Nov. 1st; and even in my lifetime the 'window' for when Halloween stuff is out for sale has expanded enormously... I don't see it getting much love before October back then. As mentioned, here's Christmas Funnies 4 (same month as the 145) and 146: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OtherEric Posted March 31, 2017 Share Posted March 31, 2017 147 and 148 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OtherEric Posted March 31, 2017 Share Posted March 31, 2017 149 and 150. Less than 100 issues to go of the core title, although with the giants we actually have a few more than that left here: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OtherEric Posted April 1, 2017 Share Posted April 1, 2017 151 and 152: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OtherEric Posted April 1, 2017 Share Posted April 1, 2017 Vacation Funnies #4 and 153: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OtherEric Posted April 1, 2017 Share Posted April 1, 2017 154 and 155 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OtherEric Posted April 1, 2017 Share Posted April 1, 2017 And, I will not be posting another lot of Looney Tunes covers today. Posting of those will resume tomorrow. Instead, for today I present a small lot of fresh in the mail today Porky Pig covers: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OtherEric Posted April 1, 2017 Share Posted April 1, 2017 And a couple more: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OtherEric Posted April 1, 2017 Share Posted April 1, 2017 And the last two from today's batch: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thirdgreenham Posted April 2, 2017 Share Posted April 2, 2017 On March 15, 2017 at 11:57 PM, thehumantorch said: Great thread. The hobby isn't just super hero books. I've enjoyed reading/browsing this thread. greggy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thirdgreenham Posted April 2, 2017 Share Posted April 2, 2017 On March 30, 2017 at 10:16 AM, sagii said: I remember reading a discussion about the Halloween giants on the Boards (and the fact that there were not any Disney editions). Intriguing stuff. This mine. Metro said it's a 9.4. Really a book i'd like to get slabbed. Books like this one are just dreamy! greggy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OtherEric Posted April 3, 2017 Share Posted April 3, 2017 14 hours ago, thirdgreenham said: I've enjoyed reading/browsing this thread. Glad to hear it, I'm having fun posting books here! Now where were we before the fresh batch derailed me a day... Oh, yes. 156 and Halloween Parade 2, from the same month. I love the painted Halloween covers... Badger 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OtherEric Posted April 3, 2017 Share Posted April 3, 2017 157 and Christmas Funnies 5, from the same month. As I was suggesting earlier, it seems possible the Christmas book pushed the Halloween book off the stands quickly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OtherEric Posted April 3, 2017 Share Posted April 3, 2017 158 and 159. I love the gag on the 158, it feels like a joke they could have used in the cartoons quite easily. Or possibly they did and I'm not recalling it... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OtherEric Posted April 4, 2017 Share Posted April 4, 2017 160 and 161 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OtherEric Posted April 4, 2017 Share Posted April 4, 2017 162 and 163. The 163 is the first issue of Looney Tunes I ever got, and in fact the first 10 cent book I ever got. I may even have gotten it before I ever got a 12 cent book, making it the first book published before I was born that I ever owned. Whatever the case, it was gotten VERY early in my collecting days. I traded for it from a friend who had gotten a small collection of old books from his uncle; it was only 50 or so books but it had some gems, including the 163 and a Bugs Bunny 77 I traded from him at the same time. (I can't remember what I traded TO him, but they were newer books). Stuff I wasn't able to get from him included a Green Lama 6 and some Strange Adventures with Deadman; although I did get to read the books. Even though I had discovered comic shops existed at that point, there wasn't a lot of 50's or earlier material to be had at the ones I had been to, and what they did have was way out of my junior high allowance budget. I don't think getting the 163 was as influential on me in the long run as getting the 48 a few months later was. Trading books with somebody who had gotten them from a family member was a one-off bit of luck, not me learning I actually could try to collect these things. But still, actually owning a 10 cent comic? That blew my mind, and I can still remember how it felt. That day, that book had all the heft I now get from holding a book like Mad #1 or FC #178 or Animal Comics #1 in my hand. Not the history of a specific book like those other three; but the history of all comics, that I finally had a connection to. Badger 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OtherEric Posted April 4, 2017 Share Posted April 4, 2017 (edited) 164 and Vacation Funnies 5 from the same month: Edited April 4, 2017 by OtherEric uploaded wrong image Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sagii Posted April 4, 2017 Share Posted April 4, 2017 On 4/2/2017 at 9:58 AM, thirdgreenham said: Books like this one are just dreamy! Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sagii Posted April 4, 2017 Share Posted April 4, 2017 16 hours ago, OtherEric said: 162 and 163. The 163 is the first issue of Looney Tunes I ever got, and in fact the first 10 cent book I ever got. I may even have gotten it before I ever got a 12 cent book, making it the first book published before I was born that I ever owned. Whatever the case, it was gotten VERY early in my collecting days. I traded for it from a friend who had gotten a small collection of old books from his uncle; it was only 50 or so books but it had some gems, including the 163 and a Bugs Bunny 77 I traded from him at the same time. (I can't remember what I traded TO him, but they were newer books). Stuff I wasn't able to get from him included a Green Lama 6 and some Strange Adventures with Deadman; although I did get to read the books. Even though I had discovered comic shops existed at that point, there wasn't a lot of 50's or earlier material to be had at the ones I had been to, and what they did have was way out of my junior high allowance budget. I don't think getting the 163 was as influential on me in the long run as getting the 48 a few months later was. Trading books with somebody who had gotten them from a family member was a one-off bit of luck, not me learning I actually could try to collect these things. But still, actually owning a 10 cent comic? That blew my mind, and I can still remember how it felt. That day, that book had all the heft I now get from holding a book like Mad #1 or FC #178 or Animal Comics #1 in my hand. Not the history of a specific book like those other three; but the history of all comics, that I finally had a connection to. Bang up job Eric! Love the back stories too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
