AJD Posted May 25, 2020 Share Posted May 25, 2020 Not the usual duck in these parts Karl, but that's a nice copy of that one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woowoo Posted May 25, 2020 Share Posted May 25, 2020 Forget the rest but those are Ducks on the right OtherEric, Mac Man, Tri-Color Brian and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karl Liebl Posted May 25, 2020 Share Posted May 25, 2020 20 minutes ago, AJD said: Not the usual duck in these parts Karl, but that's a nice copy of that one. hey its a 40 year old duck not an 80! it is a true signature because i watched him sign it! Poor howard.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karl Liebl Posted May 25, 2020 Share Posted May 25, 2020 6 minutes ago, woowoo said: Forget the rest but those are Ducks on the right how did you find 70 year old books like that? its incredible and kind of cool Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AJD Posted May 25, 2020 Share Posted May 25, 2020 Speaking of WDC&S 1-100, the sudden decline in my ability to afford American comics has rekindled my collection of Australian Disney books, my first love in comics from way back. There are about 2,000 of them and I've accumulated about 250 over the years without really trying - just sniping away at outlier cheapies on eBay and the odd market score. I don't think I'll try to collect them all, but WDC&S is a more manageable run (still 380 books though) and I have almost 100. Here are a couple of the 1-100 run Oz style. They are generally harder to find in good shape than the Dell issues because of the newsprint covers. These are solid without being spectacular. That said, I'm really pleased with the #78. As you see on the cover, it had a pullout 'extra' comic. You see that around sometimes but this copy has it still attached. I can't recall seeing that before, though I'm sure there would be others. 50YrsCollctngCmcs and waaaghboss 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
waaaghboss Posted May 25, 2020 Share Posted May 25, 2020 I have a march of comics mickey mouse book with a newspring cover, and I can't imagine trying to find these types of books in decent grade! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
50YrsCollctngCmcs Posted May 25, 2020 Share Posted May 25, 2020 18 hours ago, woowoo said: Forget the rest but those are Ducks on the right Should be a law against duck hoarding!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mac Man Posted May 25, 2020 Share Posted May 25, 2020 (edited) It is missing the centerfold I'm looking at a 0.5 PR technical grade but it presents nicely! Edited May 25, 2020 by Mac Man Scrooge, Badger, AJD and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
50YrsCollctngCmcs Posted May 25, 2020 Share Posted May 25, 2020 2 minutes ago, Mac Man said: It is missing the centerfold I'm looking at a 0.5 PR technical grade but it presents nicely! I'm only missing two duck four colors by Barks; Mummy's Ring and Pirate's Gold. Of the two Mummy's Ring is the one I would love to get! That's a great starter copy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dikran Posted May 26, 2020 Share Posted May 26, 2020 Picked up a couple pre100 WDCS last night on HA. Including the underrated 1st app of Gladstone Gander. I love that character, especially now that he’s voiced by nerd darling Paul F Tompkins! waaaghboss, AJD and MrBedrock 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AJD Posted May 26, 2020 Share Posted May 26, 2020 The other Australian duck comics I am collecting are the Uncle Scrooge issues. Unlike the Dell series, the Uncle Scrooge books here never broke out of the larger series. So Dell numbers 4,5 and 6 are numbers 24, 26 and 27, while #11 becomes #52. These are all nice copies of these fragile books. Yellow Kid 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OtherEric Posted May 27, 2020 Share Posted May 27, 2020 A couple in today. Tralla La is, even by the standards of Barks works, a standout classic. I've only seen reprints before today: Badger and 50YrsCollctngCmcs 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Posted May 27, 2020 Share Posted May 27, 2020 Tralla La is a classic. One of my favorites. OtherEric 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AJD Posted May 27, 2020 Share Posted May 27, 2020 Uncle Scrooge #6 club? Sign me up! OtherEric 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tth2 Posted May 27, 2020 Author Share Posted May 27, 2020 3 hours ago, OtherEric said: Tralla La is, even by the standards of Barks works, a standout classic. OtherEric 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
50YrsCollctngCmcs Posted May 27, 2020 Share Posted May 27, 2020 16 hours ago, OtherEric said: A couple in today. Tralla La is, even by the standards of Barks works, a standout classic. I've only seen reprints before today: That's a price variant Christmas Parade too! AJD 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OtherEric Posted May 28, 2020 Share Posted May 28, 2020 13 hours ago, 50YrsCollctngCmcs said: That's a price variant Christmas Parade too! I don't think it actually is. The Christmas 1958 Dell Giants had the 35c price tag, then they went to the "Dell Giant" blanket title, dropped the page count, and went back to a quarter. I have a few of the 15c regular issue Dell variants, but I don't think I have any of the price variant giants. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
50YrsCollctngCmcs Posted May 28, 2020 Share Posted May 28, 2020 10 hours ago, OtherEric said: I don't think it actually is. The Christmas 1958 Dell Giants had the 35c price tag, then they went to the "Dell Giant" blanket title, dropped the page count, and went back to a quarter. I have a few of the 15c regular issue Dell variants, but I don't think I have any of the price variant giants. Interesting, I didn't know that. I just looked it up on GCD and this title had 30c price variants in '56 and '57 then no issue in '58 (odd) and then only the 35c issue in '59. Dell did some interesting stuff with their pricing. The Pogo books were 15c long before any other standard comic as an example. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OtherEric Posted May 28, 2020 Share Posted May 28, 2020 57 minutes ago, 50YrsCollctngCmcs said: Interesting, I didn't know that. I just looked it up on GCD and this title had 30c price variants in '56 and '57 then no issue in '58 (odd) and then only the 35c issue in '59. Dell did some interesting stuff with their pricing. The Pogo books were 15c long before any other standard comic as an example. You're right, that missing 1958 issue is weird... the Bugs Bunny Christmas Giants didn't skip a year. The 15c Pogo's went back to 52 pages, after issues 5-8 were down to 36. I wonder why they didn't hype the bigger page count to go with the price bump. For the last three issues they went back to 10c and 36 pages, and threw in reprints from Animal Comics as well. I've heard that annoyed Kelly... he felt the earlier stories looked poor in comparison to the then current ones. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
50YrsCollctngCmcs Posted May 29, 2020 Share Posted May 29, 2020 5 hours ago, OtherEric said: You're right, that missing 1958 issue is weird... the Bugs Bunny Christmas Giants didn't skip a year. The 15c Pogo's went back to 52 pages, after issues 5-8 were down to 36. I wonder why they didn't hype the bigger page count to go with the price bump. For the last three issues they went back to 10c and 36 pages, and threw in reprints from Animal Comics as well. I've heard that annoyed Kelly... he felt the earlier stories looked poor in comparison to the then current ones. You've read the Kelly biography right? They talk a little bit about his relationship with Dell in there. The earliest Pogo newspaper strips also looked kind of odd. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
