Sqeggs Posted January 22, 2018 Share Posted January 22, 2018 6 minutes ago, rjpb said: I was wondering what's the equivalent of a soda shoppe for kids these days. They were ubiquitous in teen humor comics back in the day. They were still around when I was a kid, but seem to have disappeared. Most ice cream places don't really encourage sitting around anymore. When I was a teen in the 70s, we'd hang out at a Friendly's, drinking endless cups of coffee for 40 cents, and sometimes buying a dish of ice cream or a sundae, which was close to a being a soda shoppe, but my kids (17 and 21) grew up either getting stuff to go (Starbucks) or going to someplace like California Pizza Kitchen, ordering cheap specials and loitering in the booth for an hour or so, drinking free soda refills. It doesn't seem to have the appeal of the soda fountain. Plus the one that was a block from me when I was around 10 also sold comic books, making the trip doubly worthwhile. Also my experience as a kid. There are still a few stray ice cream shops around, but they are not as ubiquitous as they used to be, that's for sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Sqeggs Posted January 22, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted January 22, 2018 Straining the definition of GA with this one. Don't know whether this still counts as underappreciated or not. But pretty tough to find in decent shape. Purchased raw on the boards a while back. sagii, Tri-Color Brian, PopKulture and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robot Man Posted January 22, 2018 Share Posted January 22, 2018 (edited) 27 minutes ago, rjpb said: I was wondering what's the equivalent of a soda shoppe for kids these days. They were ubiquitous in teen humor comics back in the day. They were still around when I was a kid, but seem to have disappeared. Most ice cream places don't really encourage sitting around anymore. When I was a teen in the 70s, we'd hang out at a Friendly's, drinking endless cups of coffee for 40 cents, and sometimes buying a dish of ice cream or a sundae, which was close to a being a soda shoppe, but my kids (17 and 21) grew up either getting stuff to go (Starbucks) or going to someplace like California Pizza Kitchen, ordering cheap specials and loitering in the booth for an hour or so, drinking free soda refills. It doesn't seem to have the appeal of the soda fountain. Plus the one that was a block from me when I was around 10 also sold comic books, making the trip doubly worthwhile. In high school we used to go to Bob's Big Boy or Twoheeys (both drive in restraunts) in our souped up cars and hang out. I remember that me and a friend as an initation to a car club (The Chess Men) we had to sit on a large block of ice in tutu's until it melted in front of Big Boy. Backfired on them because the girls thought we were real cute.Good times! I think kids go to the mall to hang out. Edited January 22, 2018 by Robot Man Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tri-Color Brian Posted January 22, 2018 Share Posted January 22, 2018 44 minutes ago, Robot Man said: In high school we used to go to Bob's Big Boy or Twoheeys (both drive in restraunts) in our souped up cars and hang out. I remember that me and a friend as an initation to a car club (The Chess Men) we had to sit on a large block of ice in tutu's until it melted in front of Big Boy. Backfired on them because the girls thought we were real cute.Good times! I think kids go to the mall to hang out. There's still a few Bob's around...but no more Big Boy comics, so I don't go... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tri-Color Brian Posted January 23, 2018 Share Posted January 23, 2018 Sorry to slip a silver book in here...but nobody in the silver forum appreciates this stuff...New Pick-up...now I have both Katy Sci-fi covers... Mr. Lady Luck, MrBedrock and Sqeggs 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sqeggs Posted January 23, 2018 Share Posted January 23, 2018 These books are sooo tough -- at least for me. Also posted in the fewer than 10 copies thread. Mr. Lady Luck and kelholt 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Lady Luck Posted January 24, 2018 Share Posted January 24, 2018 12 hours ago, Sqeggs said: These books are sooo tough -- at least for me. Also posted in the fewer than 10 copies thread. That's my favorite cover of the run Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PopKulture Posted January 24, 2018 Share Posted January 24, 2018 (edited) Listed in Overstreet as first DeCarlo on the title, but I see elsewhere that number 17 has been attributed to him as well. Either way, a cool book: Edited January 24, 2018 by PopKulture Mr. Lady Luck and kelholt 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjpb Posted January 24, 2018 Share Posted January 24, 2018 1 hour ago, PopKulture said: Listed in Overstreet as first DeCarlo on the title, but I see elsewhere that number 17 has been attributed to him as well. Either way, a cool book: IIRC, the stories in #18 are signed, the ones in #17 aren't, but they clearly look like DeCarlo's work, as do both covers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sagii Posted January 25, 2018 Share Posted January 25, 2018 On 1/23/2018 at 4:58 PM, Tri-ColorBrian said: Sorry to slip a silver book in here...but nobody in the silver forum appreciates this stuff...New Pick-up...now I have both Katy Sci-fi covers... Cool book @Tri-ColorBrian Tri-Color Brian 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sagii Posted January 25, 2018 Share Posted January 25, 2018 6 hours ago, PopKulture said: Listed in Overstreet as first DeCarlo on the title, but I see elsewhere that number 17 has been attributed to him as well. Either way, a cool book: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robot Man Posted January 27, 2018 Share Posted January 27, 2018 A couple of cheap new arrivals... path4play 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post path4play Posted January 29, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted January 29, 2018 "The Queen" is back! Cobbled this together after letting go of my 5.5. Junkdrawer, Mr. Lady Luck, kelholt and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ricksneatstuff Posted January 30, 2018 Share Posted January 30, 2018 (edited) A nice Millie 7 I picked up at Terry’s Con Edited January 31, 2018 by Ricksneatstuff kelholt, path4play, comicjack and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sqeggs Posted January 31, 2018 Share Posted January 31, 2018 2 hours ago, Ricksneatstuff said: A nice Millie 10 I picked up at Terry’s Con As well as this 7 or is that a typo? In any event, I can't recall ever seeing a nicer 7. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ricksneatstuff Posted January 31, 2018 Share Posted January 31, 2018 42 minutes ago, Sqeggs said: As well as this 7 or is that a typo? In any event, I can't recall ever seeing a nicer 7. Typo corrected. Thanks Tony! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Lady Luck Posted January 31, 2018 Share Posted January 31, 2018 8 hours ago, Ricksneatstuff said: Typo corrected. Thanks Tony! That is certainly a beauty! Do you plan on getting it graded? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ricksneatstuff Posted January 31, 2018 Share Posted January 31, 2018 3 hours ago, Mr. Lady Luck said: That is certainly a beauty! Do you plan on getting it graded? Probably will yes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Silver Posted February 2, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted February 2, 2018 (edited) I know these are silver age, so please forgive me. Edited February 2, 2018 by Silver october, Mr. Lady Luck, Tri-Color Brian and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ricksneatstuff Posted February 3, 2018 Share Posted February 3, 2018 4 hours ago, Silver said: I know these are silver age, so please forgive me. Spectacular copies!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
