The Distribution of US Published Comics in the UK (1959~1982) 15 15

[Mr Thorpe]

On 10/31/2020 at 10:00 PM, Albert Tatlock said:

If they are old T & P stamps, they must have been used on something other than comics, or one of the eagle-eyed denizens of these boards would have dragged them into the light of day.

Is this the evidence we were looking for? A contemporaneous use of the 2/- diamond stamp to (almost) prove categorically it's a T&P stamp! I'm not a denizen, I just visit occasionally!

[Get Marwood & I]

I added quite a few more examples to the table today courtesy of one helpful eBay seller, including another 'first 6' candidate:

He expands the probable second cycle group to six books now, with December 59 taking over as the majority cover month:

I'm going to leave them there for now until I have looked for a lot more examples.

[themagicrobot]

Who imported the last few issues of the Prize/Crestwood Black Magic? I've owned a few issues for 50 years. Couldn't even give them away for free (see also Charltons/Dell/Mighty/Gold Key/King/etc) Managed to give away my Spidermans easily enough at the time though.  

 

 

 

[Get Marwood & I]

12 minutes ago, themagicrobot said:

Who imported the last few issues of the Prize/Crestwood Black Magic? I've owned a few issues for 50 years. Couldn't even give them away for free (see also Charltons/Dell/Mighty/Gold Key/King/etc) Managed to give away my Spidermans easily enough at the time though.  

T&P.

Well, at least one of them, anyway.

[themagicrobot]

Thanks for the prompt reply! I've always wondered about the many comics that DIDN'T have T&P (or anyone elses' price stamps on them) ie: most of the  the Mighty/Radio comics in my collection. I suppose the newsagents just went with the popular prices of the time? 

Although, just to contradict myself. how does this particular comic fit in to your master plan !?!

 

 

[Get Marwood & I]

35 minutes ago, themagicrobot said:

Thanks for the prompt reply! I've always wondered about the many comics that DIDN'T have T&P (or anyone elses' price stamps on them) ie: most of the  the Mighty/Radio comics in my collection. I suppose the newsagents just went with the popular prices of the time? 

Probably, but who knows? 

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Although, just to contradict myself. how does this particular comic fit in to your master plan !?!

At the moment it doesn't, along with a few other publishers that I've gathered images for. MCG (Mighty, not Marvel) have too few copies available to inspect however to make any reasonable judgement at this point. There are a few of the unique 7d stamps out there - here's another:

...but then we have these two stamp types which mirror those of the Gold Star window - one oblong, one circular - the same as those on the two ASM #43s that I posted:

Whilst interesting, these books are fairly late into the UK distribution window for me and are of less significance as a result. They're cool, but don't play any meaningful role I feel - more of a foot note in the timeline (that I'll finally get around to summarising one day).

Just my opinion in the overall context of my the thread though, speaking as I do as the usual champion of the obscure.

[Get Marwood & I]

3 minutes ago, Get Marwood & I said:

MCG (Mighty, not Marvel) have too few copies available to inspect however to make any reasonable judgement at this point

....which is why I wish this poxy virus would sod off so that I can get back into the field and dig some more out 

Kevin will probably have about a hundred of them somewhere though  @Kevin.J

[Albert Tatlock]

2 hours ago, Mr Thorpe said:

Is this the evidence we were looking for? A contemporaneous use of the 2/- diamond stamp

But we do not know whether the diamond stamp was applied years later to this mag as a remaindered item.

[Kevin.J]

28 minutes ago, Get Marwood & I said:

....which is why I wish this poxy virus would sod off so that I can get back into the field and dig some more out 

Kevin will probably have about a hundred of them somewhere though  @Kevin.J

The only issue I dont have is Superheroes vs Super Villains #1

No scans of any though, just looking at my want list

[Get Marwood & I]

1 minute ago, Kevin.J said:

The only issue I dont have is Superheroes vs Super Villains #1

No scans of any though, just looking at my want list

Darryl's got one:

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/SUPER-HEROES-VS-SUPER-VILLAINS-1-FN-5-5-ARCHIE-RADIO-COMICS-JULY-1966/141795399237?hash=item2103aa1645:g:~~QAAOSwvc9WFZH-

He can keep it though, can't he 

[Kevin.J]

1 minute ago, Get Marwood & I said:

Darryl's got one:

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/SUPER-HEROES-VS-SUPER-VILLAINS-1-FN-5-5-ARCHIE-RADIO-COMICS-JULY-1966/141795399237?hash=item2103aa1645:g:~~QAAOSwvc9WFZH-

He can keep it though, can't he 

I wouldnt buy it for a penny

[Get Marwood & I]

1 minute ago, Kevin.J said:

I wouldnt buy it for a penny

Which coincidentally is about as much as he'd consider discounting it by if you asked. And then he'd decline. 

[Kevin.J]

3 hours ago, Get Marwood & I said:

One and three was a bargain, yes.

I have quite a few M.F.s saved with T&P stamps on, so they distributed them at least in part. This one has a one and six and a 2 shilling diamond stamp:

 

Split the difference? (ahem)

And here's another of those triangular stamps, but this a more appropriate one and six:

I've never bought one - were they as fun as they looked?

They were terrible, I just had a quick look for these Fatman & Green Beret to see if they were stamps, no joy on where I thought they would be, I would love to be organised again  

[Albert Tatlock]

2 hours ago, Get Marwood & I said:

There are a few of the unique 7d stamps

How many does it take to qualify as unique?

[Get Marwood & I]

7 hours ago, Albert Tatlock said:

How many does it take to qualify as unique?

I meant unique to the publication Albert - I've not seen that stamp type on any other publisher's book. Have you? I've not seen enough examples to make it a thing though. 

[Get Marwood & I]

I see that no one rose to the challenge of posting another T&P stamped Gold Key, following my post some pages back.

Here is the current two shilling loner, of which two examples have been found:

Gold Key are an oddity I find, in the history of US comics in the UK. Aside of this apparent lone stamped copy, we have a proliferation of 6p stickered Tom and Jerrys (and only Tom and Jerrys, no other titles have I found)...

 

...followed by the formal UKPVs, with the suspiciously similar printed font:

There is also only a small handful of other, non-company specific price stamped examples in the files so far. 

And I haven't seen any direct evidence as to who was responsible for the printed UKPV's distribution over here.

A most mysterious set of publications, are the Gold Keys....

 

[Albert Tatlock]

6 hours ago, Get Marwood & I said:

I meant unique to the publication Albert - I've not seen that stamp type on any other publisher's book

At least you know I am paying attention in class, and not dozing on the back row.

[Get Marwood & I]

On 11/14/2020 at 8:14 PM, themagicrobot said:

No doubt this isn't the right thread but hey ho. I can't scroll through your 1000s of posts to see if this has been mentioned before. In the spring of 1976 it appears T&P had a half price sale. At the time new comics were 10p. Was it to clear the decks of unsold inventory/returns? I do recall buying double my usual amount of new comics for a few weeks even though the choice was less popular titles that were a few months old.

Same 5p sticker here on two 10p stamped Atlas books:

[Get Marwood & I]

Some TeePee Sticker examples

 

 

Numbered stickers!

[Get Marwood & I]

21 hours ago, Mr Thorpe said:

On 10/31/2020 at 10:00 PM, Albert Tatlock said:

If they are old T & P stamps, they must have been used on something other than comics, or one of the eagle-eyed denizens of these boards would have dragged them into the light of day.

Is this the evidence we were looking for? A contemporaneous use of the 2/- diamond stamp to (almost) prove categorically it's a T&P stamp! I'm not a denizen, I just visit occasionally!