What SO offended a kid as to make him censor a comic like this? 1 1

[gadzukes]

This made me laugh.

I found a cheap copy of "Ziggy Pig Silly Seal Comics" #2 on ebay last week.  I kind of like these old Marvel/Timely cartoon books so I pick them up when I see them at low prices.

I got it in the mail today and it's not too bad.... complete, maybe a 4.0.

But as I was paging thru it I found an ad page that had an image completely pasted over (censored) with pieces of Sunday comic strips.

I thought something must have REALLY offended the reader to make him cover that up.  I suspected what the image was (because I've seen lots of these old ads) but I thought I'd try to remove the pasted on pieces to have a look.  They wouldn't come off just by carefully tugging because the glue was strong so I saturated the whole area with water and tried again.  All of the pieces came off.

Turns out the offensive image was..... a real photo of Miss America.  

Any one else ever find a censored comic like this?

 

 

Edited October 29, 2018 by gadzukes

[Sqeggs]

Maybe he didn't want a picture of a yucky girl intruding on his reading of the book? Of course, his views probably evolved over time. 

[batman_fan]

34 minutes ago, gadzukes said:

This made me laugh.

I found a cheap copy of "Ziggy Pig Silly Seal Comics" #2 on ebay last week.  I kind of like these old Marvel/Timely cartoon books so I pick them up when I see them at low prices.

I got it in the mail today and it's not too bad.... complete, maybe a 4.0.

But as I was paging thru it I found an ad page that had an image completely pasted over (censored) with pieces of Sunday comic strips.

I thought something must have REALLY offended the reader to make him cover that up.  I suspected what the image was (because I've seen lots of these old ads) but I thought I'd try to remove the pasted on pieces to have a look.  They wouldn't come off just by carefully tugging because the glue was strong so I saturated the whole area with water and tried again.  All of the pieces came off.

The image that was SO offensive to the boy reading this comic was..... a real photo of Miss America.  

Any one else ever find a censored comic like this?

 

 

Maybe he wanted to “use” it without having to drag around the whole book

Edited October 29, 2018 by batman_fan

[KirbyJack]

You’re gonna want to spray that thing for cooties.

[telerites]

 

3 hours ago, KirbyJack said:

You’re gonna want to spray that thing for cooties.

Yeah, I was thinking, are you sure that is glue?  You know a young boy entering puberty and a Miss America photo is better than a National Geographic mag under the sheets. Maybe some DNA on those pages 

[KirbyJack]

10 minutes ago, telerites said:

 

Yeah, I was thinking, are you sure that is glue?  You know a young boy entering puberty and a Miss America photo is better than a National Geographic mag under the sheets. Maybe some DNA on those pages 

Honestly, that’s not where I was going. I was on the icky girls thing. 

[gadzukes]

1 hour ago, telerites said:

 

Yeah, I was thinking, are you sure that is glue?  You know a young boy entering puberty and a Miss America photo is better than a National Geographic mag under the sheets. Maybe some DNA on those pages 

So..... when I go to sell this how am I supposed to explain those stains now?

[Point Five]

39 minutes ago, gadzukes said:

So..... when I go to sell this how am I supposed to explain those stains now?

"Qualified" 

 

[Zolnerowich]

6 hours ago, gadzukes said:

This made me laugh.

I found a cheap copy of "Ziggy Pig Silly Seal Comics" #2 on ebay last week.  I kind of like these old Marvel/Timely cartoon books so I pick them up when I see them at low prices.

I got it in the mail today and it's not too bad.... complete, maybe a 4.0.

But as I was paging thru it I found an ad page that had an image completely pasted over (censored) with pieces of Sunday comic strips.

I thought something must have REALLY offended the reader to make him cover that up.  I suspected what the image was (because I've seen lots of these old ads) but I thought I'd try to remove the pasted on pieces to have a look.  They wouldn't come off just by carefully tugging because the glue was strong so I saturated the whole area with water and tried again.  All of the pieces came off.

Turns out the offensive image was..... a real photo of Miss America.  

Any one else ever find a censored comic like this?

 

 

My Dear Holmes. I applaud your intrepid comic sleuthing efforts! Your cunning plan to soak the comic book in water to reveal the motive was a genius maneuver. No doubt that "The Adventure of the Missing Miss America" will be one of your most successful stories yet for The Strand Magazine.

[Yorick]

The first owner who did the censoring was the runner-up to Miss America.  She was just really P.O.ed seeing the winner in her favorite comic.

[gadzukes]

52 minutes ago, Yorick said:

The first owner who did the censoring was the runner-up to Miss America.  She was just really P.O.ed seeing the winner in her favorite comic.

Great theory. Ha.

I knew the Miss America photo was going to be under there, but I thought there might be some funny (or obscene) pen drawings added to it, which was why it had been covered up.

But it just turned out to be an icky girl.

[gadzukes]

2 hours ago, Zolnerowich said:

My Dear Holmes. I applaud your intrepid comic sleuthing efforts! Your cunning plan to soak the comic book in water to reveal the motive was a genius maneuver. No doubt that "The Adventure of the Missing Miss America" will be one of your most successful stories yet for The Strand Magazine.

I actually almost titled this thread, "The mystery of the pasted over photo"