Popular Post eccomic Posted August 27, 2017 Popular Post Share Posted August 27, 2017 After a decade of searching I unearthed a Cold War/Anti-Communist grail for my collection. Published in 1947, this notorious Is This Tomorrow Advance Variant surfaced at Wizard World Chicago. Very rare with only 4 known copies in existence. Overstreet says "Contains -script and art edited out of the color edition, including one page of extreme violence showing [a] mob nailing a Cardinal to a door... the two black and white copies listed... surfaced in 1979 from the [Catechetical] Guild's old files in St. Paul, Minnesota." The message printed on the cover even states that the comic "contains a number of errors that we are now correcting." The cover message goes on to solicit suggestions regarding distribution as well as how to improve the content. And the back cover message is also tantalizing: it asks for ideas on what might be included in a planned future promotional comic with the working title This Is The Answer, which would have elaborated on the alternative to communism. See image of the colour version that had 4 million copies published. ThothAmon, Readcomix, Larryw7 and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
telerites Posted August 27, 2017 Share Posted August 27, 2017 Very cool and awesome find. Your obscurities are always amazing. Congrats Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
october Posted August 27, 2017 Share Posted August 27, 2017 Were you at Midway's booth on Thursday? Glasses and a black shirt? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eccomic Posted August 27, 2017 Author Share Posted August 27, 2017 15 minutes ago, october said: Were you at Midway's booth on Thursday? Glasses and a black shirt? Yes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jhutton2 Posted August 28, 2017 Share Posted August 28, 2017 Great find, congratulations ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sfcityduck Posted August 28, 2017 Share Posted August 28, 2017 Very cool! So do you have the quadfecta: US, Canada (Eng), Canada (French), and Advance? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
comicparadox Posted August 28, 2017 Share Posted August 28, 2017 22 hours ago, eccomic said: Amazing Find! Congratulations. Self-censorship, even at the Catechetical Guild!? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pmpknface Posted August 28, 2017 Share Posted August 28, 2017 This is AWESOME! Amazing pickup. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eccomic Posted August 28, 2017 Author Share Posted August 28, 2017 3 hours ago, sfcityduck said: Very cool! So do you have the quadfecta: US, Canada (Eng), Canada (French), and Advance? Indeed I do ThothAmon and lou_fine 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sfcityduck Posted August 29, 2017 Share Posted August 29, 2017 13 hours ago, eccomic said: Indeed I do Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The-Collector Posted August 29, 2017 Share Posted August 29, 2017 (edited) 20 hours ago, eccomic said: Indeed I do Awesome!! So then you just need the Australian edition and you have them all? Edited August 29, 2017 by The-Collector typo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eccomic Posted August 29, 2017 Author Share Posted August 29, 2017 2 hours ago, The-Collector said: Awesome!! So then you just need to Australian edition and you have them all? That is correct. Who knows. Perhaps a gracious board member who owns more than one of the Australian editions will give me the opportunity to acquire a copy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluechip Posted August 30, 2017 Share Posted August 30, 2017 On 8/27/2017 at 9:09 AM, eccomic said: After a decade of searching I unearthed a Cold War/Anti-Communist grail for my collection. Published in 1947, this notorious Is This Tomorrow Advance Variant surfaced at Wizard World Chicago. Very rare with only 4 known copies in existence. Overstreet says "Contains --script and art edited out of the color edition, including one page of extreme violence showing [a] mob nailing a Cardinal to a door... the two black and white copies listed... surfaced in 1979 from the [Catechetical] Guild's old files in St. Paul, Minnesota." The message printed on the cover even states that the comic "contains a number of errors that we are now correcting." The cover message goes on to solicit suggestions regarding distribution as well as how to improve the content. And the back cover message is also tantalizing: it asks for ideas on what might be included in a planned future promotional comic with the working title This Is The Answer, which would have elaborated on the alternative to communism. See image of the colour version that had 4 million copies published. great find Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eccomic Posted September 6, 2017 Author Share Posted September 6, 2017 Submitted to CGC and Just confirmed the grade is UNIVERSAL 7.0 with WHITE PAGES archiefan, comicnoir and KirbyJack 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eccomic Posted September 8, 2017 Author Share Posted September 8, 2017 Yorick, ThothAmon, comicdonna and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sqeggs Posted September 8, 2017 Share Posted September 8, 2017 Cool. I was lucky enough to pick up a copy a while back. Between the two of us, I think we may own a pretty good fraction of the extant copies of the scarce variants of this book. The book is actually a good read. A bit heavy handed, maybe, but more restrained and plausible than I would have expected, particularly in the context of the times. May well explain why it was as popular as it was. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eccomic Posted September 8, 2017 Author Share Posted September 8, 2017 16 minutes ago, Sqeggs said: Cool. I was lucky enough to pick up a copy a while back. Between the two of us, I think we may own a pretty good fraction of the extant copies of the scarce variants of this book. The book is actually a good read. A bit heavy handed, maybe, but more restrained and plausible than I would have expected, particularly in the context of the times. May well explain why it was as popular as it was. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buttock Posted September 8, 2017 Share Posted September 8, 2017 On 8/28/2017 at 11:06 AM, eccomic said: Indeed I do Stephen, what is the book in the 4th column, 3rd row down? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sqeggs Posted September 8, 2017 Share Posted September 8, 2017 2 hours ago, buttock said: Stephen, what is the book in the 4th column, 3rd row down? Not sure I've got the columns and rows straight, but it looks like this one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buttock Posted September 9, 2017 Share Posted September 9, 2017 1 hour ago, Sqeggs said: Not sure I've got the columns and rows straight, but it looks like this one. Nope,I have a couple of those. 4 over, 3 down. Between blood is the harvest & 2 faces of communism. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
