pemart1966 Posted October 27, 2023 Share Posted October 27, 2023 On 7/23/2023 at 9:12 PM, Silver Surfer said: I've owned 3 (8.5, 4.5 and a low grade copy). Aside from your book I have only ever seen another very low grade copy that was torn up. The Cap #74 is even rarer, only seen 2 copies on the market and maybe another copy that is posted on the Grandcomic database? Cap 74 - also a great book with a great story - one of the best of the Golden Age. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThatNerdyCanuck Posted November 20, 2023 Share Posted November 20, 2023 Just got this one in. Romance Comic Album - She's square bound and quite thick. Can find ZERO data on this book. Will report back later with what stories I can find! comicjack and Yorick 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorick Posted November 23, 2023 Share Posted November 23, 2023 On 11/20/2023 at 11:41 AM, ThatNerdyCanuck said: Just got this one in. Romance Comic Album - She's square bound and quite thick. Can find ZERO data on this book. Will report back later with what stories I can find! What a fantastic comic! ThatNerdyCanuck 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subliminal Posted November 25, 2023 Share Posted November 25, 2023 These colossal sized books were probably made up from remaindered books or leftover print stock where they were printed in Canada. You never know what you were going to get inside and I always wondered if they put a custom cover like yours on different sets of books so each book could be unique in itself. The timing of their release might have coincided with Nov/Dec when printing large comics during the Christmas holiday time. That would be a great time for a kid to get a comic as a gift during the holidays AND the workers in the comic industry time off from production of new content. The publishers listed in the indicia of mine are : Randall Publishers Limited, Export Publishing. Bell Features/Elhil Publishing, Anglo-American, Publications Services Ltd and Superior. Most of these publishers were located in Toronto and the surrounding area. I love these book because you never know what you get inside. Darwination, eccomic and Yorick 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eccomic Posted November 25, 2023 Author Share Posted November 25, 2023 (edited) I am also partial to the giant size Canadian Books...... Edited November 25, 2023 by eccomic KirbyJack and Silver Surfer 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorick Posted November 25, 2023 Share Posted November 25, 2023 On 11/24/2023 at 10:02 PM, eccomic said: 300 PAGES?!! This pic gives a little bit of an idea of just how thick those books are. I was an underbidder on an AUS 300 pager. Should have gone harder. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bronty Posted November 27, 2023 Share Posted November 27, 2023 On 11/25/2023 at 2:57 PM, Yorick said: 300 PAGES?!! This pic gives a little bit of an idea of just how thick those books are. I was an underbidder on an AUS 300 pager. Should have gone harder. They are SIX bound GA books! Yorick 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
