Fiction house anyone? 26 26

[Comical Situations]

12 minutes ago, Ricksneatstuff said:

One of my favorites 

 

THICC!

[Spyder!]

3 hours ago, Bird said:

anyway...I liked this the moment I saw it. My oldest reprint. 

 

Great book Bird!

[Spyder!]

2 hours ago, Ricksneatstuff said:

One of my favorites 

 

Now that is one that you just don’t see every day! 

[Electron]

Seeing Spyder's copy reminded me that I picked this up a while back. Just love this Zolne cover! 

 

[Zolnerowich]

On 4/16/2020 at 2:53 PM, sacentaur said:

My 17 (Detroit Trolley copy)

Simply incredible. 

[Zolnerowich]

On 4/19/2020 at 8:21 PM, Spyder! said:

Here is another one of those super tough early Jungles.  It’s a “well-loved” copy but I’m very happy to have it.

Fantastic Zolnerowich cover! 

Don't mess with that Monster of the Dismal Swamp!!!

 

[Zolnerowich]

On 4/21/2020 at 5:48 PM, dannyboy said:

I see the Rockford Rangers 26 is on HA this week...and looking at it got me to thinking about the color variations on FH books in general and this issue in particular.  I'm attaching a picture of my 2 copies of this issue and of course, while I love the red of my 9.0 copy, my question is how is it possible these books all came from the same print run?  I get that colors fade over time, but this seems extreme.  Would appreciate any thoughts from the FH experts in the house.

 

On 4/22/2020 at 11:19 AM, october said:

The Rockford Rangers is mine, so feel free to thrill bid or pick up a third copy. 

I was always under the impression that they rolled off of the presses that way. The initial copies got the best color, then as one of the colors in the mix ran out, the colors got lighter and lighter. Guessing here, but it's likely that that red is a mix of multiple other colors. Take one ink out of the mix and you get the Fiction House Orange. I don't think it's (generally) fading or unstable inks. 

FH ran a notoriously cheap/slipshod operation, so not shocked they didn't care much what the colors looked like. 

That is my understanding as well.

But if you look at dannyboy's two copies, the yellows and greens are fairly similar. This suggests to me that either the "M" in "CMYK" the color separation process (Cyan/Magenta/Yellow/Black) was selectively susceptible to fading, or more likely, Fiction House couldn't afford a lot of the Magenta ink (which might have been more expensive... though I'm totally speculating here), so as October said, later copies off the printing presses would lose their redness.

[Zolnerowich]

On 4/22/2020 at 12:46 PM, mwotka said:

Picked up a Jungle 9 recently which has a great Fletcher Hanks story.  Thought you would enjoy seeing it.  The idea of conquering NY with an army of giant panthers is just so out there!

Love it!! Fletcher Hanks was the best. Unbridled justice, he and his characters.

 

[dannyboy]

On 4/22/2020 at 8:19 AM, october said:

The Rockford Rangers is mine, so feel free to thrill bid or pick up a third copy. 

I was always under the impression that they rolled off of the presses that way. The initial copies got the best color, then as one of the colors in the mix ran out, the colors got lighter and lighter. Guessing here, but it's likely that that red is a mix of multiple other colors. Take one ink out of the mix and you get the Fiction House Orange. I don't think it's (generally) fading or unstable inks. 

FH ran a notoriously cheap/slipshod operation, so not shocked they didn't care much what the colors looked like. 

Well I did manage to pick up your lovely Rockford book sir.  Thank you for offering it up.  I suppose that means I need to move my undercopy.  I'd hate to be a hoarder.  Although lord knows this book really inspires me to become one.

[october]

1 hour ago, dannyboy said:

Well I did manage to pick up your lovely Rockford book sir.  Thank you for offering it up.  I suppose that means I need to move my undercopy.  I'd hate to be a hoarder.  Although lord knows this book really inspires me to become one.

Enjoy it!

I was extremely disappointed in the CGC grade. They hammered it for the dust shadows. I was expecting an 8.0 at minimum. 

[Flex Mentallo]

18 hours ago, Zolnerowich said:

This suggests to me that either the "M" in "CMYK" the color separation process (Cyan/Magenta/Yellow/Black) was selectively susceptible to fading, or more likely, Fiction House couldn't afford a lot of the Magenta ink (which might have been more expensive... though I'm totally speculating here), so as October said, later copies off the printing presses would lose their redness.

The Mystery of the Missing Magenta! Dont know if these links will be of interest but any port in a lockdown!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tyrian_purple

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magenta

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Henry_Perkin

 

 

[Miamiknight3434]

Hi gang 

Pretty excited to share this new arrival. Thank you @skypinkblu I'm truly grateful 🙏

I'm so excited 😊😁

[Zolnerowich]

12 hours ago, Miamiknight3434 said:

Hi gang 

Pretty excited to share this new arrival. Thank you @skypinkblu I'm truly grateful 🙏

I'm so excited 😊😁

 

This issue has some of my favorite pages in all of the Fantomah stories. Fletcher Hanks was a lunatic genius.

For the full story, go to Comic Book Plus at https://comicbookplus.com/?dlid=39629

Here's a sampling:

 

 

[Miamiknight3434]

3 hours ago, Zolnerowich said:

 

This issue has some of my favorite pages in all of the Fantomah stories. Fletcher Hanks was a lunatic genius.

For the full story, go to Comic Book Plus at https://comicbookplus.com/?dlid=39629

Here's a sampling:

 

 

@Zolnerowich Thank you for this! I was telling Sharon yesterday that I was going to crack it out and read it and she suggest to read it online  I was like you are absolutely right 

[Zolnerowich]

In a perfect world, I would crack out all my books and have no regrets. But perfect I ain't.

[sacentaur]

Early Jumbos = 

[Electricmastro]

From Rangers Comics #13 (October, 1943), the interestingly elaborate origin of the Commando Ranger:

[Spyder!]

37 minutes ago, sacentaur said:

Early Jumbos = 

Early Fiction House books are just oh so sweet 

[Miamiknight3434]

Man I love fiction house. Really pumped to add this to the collection 😎

and its an old label to boot 😁

[mwotka]

There were some interesting auctions on eBay a few weeks back, with what looked like an estate seller/buyer unloading a bunch of "original owner" books from the "estate of an only child who held onto all of his childhood belongings for 72 years."   The veracity of this story aside, there were a bunch of FH books, mainly Rangers Fight and Wings, and most went for a hefty price.  I was able to score a few, curious if any of you were able to get any.  Colors are very nice, and despite the seller's poor packaging I'm thrilled to have them.