Share Your Short Stuff - Digests, Half-sized, and Other Smaller Than Normal Golden Age Comics 2 2

[BOOT]

Here is a set of mini giveaways featuring info on the individual states in the U.S....

[BOOT]

Comics that fit in a shoebox...

 

[AJD]

4 hours ago, BOOT said:

Comics that fit in a shoebox...

 

Fantastic. I love giveaway comics. They're not GA, but one of my favourite sets in my collection is these half-size Mobil giveaways from 1964:

[vaillant]

5 hours ago, BOOT said:

Great comic! Here is a later mini ashcan from the Guild for This Godless Communism...

Is this the uncensored version? The one in black and white which was printed as an "advance" copy?
I would love to have good quality scans of that one!

[porcupine48]

10 hours ago, BOOT said:

Here is a set of mini giveaways featuring info on the individual states in the U.S....

Did you get these all together or track them down individually?

 

[Dr. Love]

10 hours ago, BOOT said:

Here is a set of mini giveaways featuring info on the individual states in the U.S....

Outstanding!  In all these years I've never seen them all displayed together - probably because the only people who had a complete set were you and Phil and Stew? may they rest in peace.  Looks like the pressure in on Boot to stick around as The Greatest Promo Collector in the World! 

And are these all Ater copies?  fyi Malcolm Ater was the founder of Commercial Comics and considered the Father of Giveaways.  His son auctioned file copies many years ago on Ebay and the bidding was furious for them.  Phil Levine was a prolific collector of giveaways and when he was bidding with deep pockets it was going to be expensive - $50 to $75 easy for each one of these little state books in NM.

[Dr. Love]

10 hours ago, BOOT said:

Comics that fit in a shoebox...

 

I love it!  Shoe box goodness!  Untouchables Jamaica?  What the who??

and those are Bill Cole mylars - but cut down and sealed somehow???

[Dr. Love]

6 hours ago, AJD said:

Fantastic. I love giveaway comics. They're not GA, but one of my favourite sets in my collection is these half-size Mobil giveaways from 1964:

Great set! Very iconic and colorful - love the black cover issues particularly

[Dr. Love]

And speaking of states - this little guy got me started in promos

[BOOT]

On 5/4/2017 at 8:31 AM, vaillant said:

Is this the uncensored version? The one in black and white which was printed as an "advance" copy?
I would love to have good quality scans of that one!

Do you know what would indicate it was uncensored?

[BOOT]

On 5/4/2017 at 1:25 PM, porcupine48 said:

Did you get these all together or track them down individually?

 

I had gotten a couple over the years, then was lucky enough to find a complete set.

[BOOT]

On 5/4/2017 at 1:35 PM, Dr. Love said:

And are these all Ater copies?  fyi Malcolm Ater was the founder of Commercial Comics and considered the Father of Giveaways. 

These were produced by Vital/Wm. C. Popper. Don't know if Ater actually had anything to do with them or if he just had some copies of them.

Wouldn't call Ater the father of giveaways. I think that title would belong to Outcault, with his avalanche of Buster Brown giveaways. Or maybe even A.B. Frost, whose "Bull Calf" had at least three different versions as giveaways in the 1890s.

BTW, you may have already seen this, but here is a great article about Ater and Commercial Comics. There are a couple mistakes in there, too, like saying his Truman comic was the first political comic, but it's a fascinating read.

[BOOT]

On 5/4/2017 at 7:18 AM, AJD said:

Fantastic. I love giveaway comics. They're not GA, but one of my favourite sets in my collection is these half-size Mobil giveaways from 1964:

I have seen a couple of those singly but never saw the whole set. What a great set to see together! Beautiful comics!

[BOOT]

On 5/4/2017 at 1:49 PM, Dr. Love said:

I love it!  Shoe box goodness!  Untouchables Jamaica?  What the who??

and those are Bill Cole mylars - but cut down and sealed somehow???

Untouchables comics from 1962 that were in bubble gum packs. Some say Leaf gum, some say Topps.

Mylars are E. Gerber postcard sizes. MYLAR

[BOOT]

Here are some more fun minis...

 

Edited May 6, 2017 by BOOT

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Here's a scarce Harvey political mini comic...

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Hey kids, let's chew on some lead paint!

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Kellogg's teamed with Structo toys to promote their character "Bobby" inside cereal boxes. Looks like the great Kurt S...

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This is a scarce WWII giveaway with Ripley's type features on war heroes...

 

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This isn't really a comic book even though it calls itself one. Found inside a Q-tip box...