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[4GEMWORKS]

I finished adding all my missing Four Colors to my custom set. So here are a few more nice books. Let's start with Missing FC 1340, Beany and Cecil. Unfortunately this is not GCG graded but I'm afraid to resubmit to CGC,. You never know what might happen. This is the book that led to the discovery of the missing four colors. Original artwork with the scribble FC 1340  found on the actual artwork.

Edited April 7, 2020 by 4GEMWORKS

[4GEMWORKS]

Here is an amazing book. It is actually missing FC 1323 but was mislabeled by CGC. The actual 1312 is shown below.

Edited April 7, 2020 by 4GEMWORKS

[4GEMWORKS]

Here is another CGC labeling error. Missing Four Color 1329. There is nothing in the Indica other than the 8 digit code. Yet, CGC labeled it as FC 1329. You can find other census info with just the Gyro Gearloose title and matching numbers.

[4GEMWORKS]

The first missing book. Barbie and Ken Missing FC 1217

[4GEMWORKS]

Here is a book left off the list of missing FC issues. It was an oversite on my part. I will add back. It is The Bullwinkle Mother Goose Nursery Pomes. Missing FC 1277

Edited April 7, 2020 by 4GEMWORKS

[4GEMWORKS]

Here are three pretty straightforward missing issues: Marge's Little Lulu and Tubby in Japan, missing Fc 1321. The Real McCoy's, missing FC 1325 and lastly Mickey Mouse Album, missing Fc 1357.

Edited April 7, 2020 by 4GEMWORKS

[4GEMWORKS]

Lastly, while not technically right as far as time frame. Four Color had been the sole series for Movie Classics. This issue, David Ladd's Life Story would almost certainly have been a Four Color had the series gone another few months and may well be missing. I slotted it as missing FC 1362 in my custom set.

[kaculler]

[PopKulture]

On 4/7/2020 at 12:03 AM, 4GEMWORKS said:

Lastly, while not technically right as far as time frame. Four Color had been the sole series for Movie Classics. This issue, David Ladd's Life Story would almost certainly have been a Four Color had the series gone another few months and may well be missing. I slotted it as missing FC 1362 in my custom set.

Thanks for posting all these!! I'm sure it was no small undertaking the time spent collecting all these scarce, high-grade examples. I tend to like the earlier line-drawn Four Colors with the usual syndicated characters, but I've always appreciated the TV and MTI higher numbers as great windows into American pop culture at the time. 

Do you collect any of the earlier issues with a similar zeal? 

[4GEMWORKS]

11 hours ago, PopKulture said:

Thanks for posting all these!! I'm sure it was no small undertaking the time spent collecting all these scarce, high-grade examples. I tend to like the earlier line-drawn Four Colors with the usual syndicated characters, but I've always appreciated the TV and MTI higher numbers as great windows into American pop culture at the time. 

Do you collect any of the earlier issues with a similar zeal? 

My CGC graded Four Color collection is about 97-98% complete including almost all the issues through 100. Here is a link to the complete set: I have pictures front and back for virtually every issue as well if you go to the gallery.

 

https://comics.www.collectors-society.com/registry/comics/PeopleSetDetail.aspx?PeopleSetID=8497

 

This is the link for series one (1-25)

 

https://comics.www.collectors-society.com/registry/comics/PeopleSetDetail.aspx?PeopleSetID=57232

 

Lastly here is the link for the Four Color Donald Ducks only issues which is pretty cool as well.

 

https://comics.www.collectors-society.com/registry/comics/PeopleSetDetail.aspx?PeopleSetID=9887&SelectedTab=SetListing

[Robot Man]

Got this cool River City pedigree yesterday. Love the shark cover and colors on this one.

[PopKulture]

On 4/16/2020 at 11:51 AM, 4GEMWORKS said:

My CGC graded Four Color collection is about 97-98% complete including almost all the issues through 100. Here is a link to the complete set: I have pictures front and back for virtually every issue as well if you go to the gallery.

I'm really dumbfounded. Everything kicks off with a 9.2 Tracy s1 n1??  And then a 9.4 Don Winslow number 2? What a work of love and devotion - congrats!! 

Edited April 19, 2020 by PopKulture

[OtherEric]

On 4/6/2020 at 9:54 PM, 4GEMWORKS said:

Here is another CGC labeling error. Missing Four Color 1329. There is nothing in the Indica other than the 8 digit code. Yet, CGC labeled it as FC 1329. You can find other census info with just the Gyro Gearloose title and matching numbers.

 

Overstreet actually goes so far as to list this as possibly intended as 1329; I think it's the 01-329-207 that does it.

[kaculler]

This one arrived in the mail today. I'd almost given up hope after tracking went dark for three weeks, but it arrived safely. Some packages are seeing lots of delays with the current health crisis.

[Bullet123]

Hi all fellow Four Color collectors. I have been absent from these boards for a number of years as I took a hiatus from collecting as I put four kids through college and that took both a lot of my spare time and spare money. Our recent covid-19 sequestering has given me the impetus to get organized and start collecting them all over again. I have updated my registry set and sorted out all of my doubles. I currently have 70 raw issues and 180 CGC graded issues that are doubles that I am looking to swap with fellow collectors for my missing issues. Many of my cgc issue doubles are either tied for highest grade or second highest. If you have any higher grade issues that you would part with because condition is not one of your main criteria, I would love to chat and swap some books with you. I promise that you will come out on the better end of any swap that we do as for me it is more important to fill a hole than come out on top in the swap. I have been looking through the thread and thank you to all who have posted. Feel free to reach out. I look forward to hopefully hearing from some of you.   Thanks

[Marty Mann]

[Bullet123]

On 4/16/2020 at 12:51 PM, 4GEMWORKS said:

My CGC graded Four Color collection is about 97-98% complete including almost all the issues through 100. Here is a link to the complete set: I have pictures front and back for virtually every issue as well if you go to the gallery.

 

https://comics.www.collectors-society.com/registry/comics/PeopleSetDetail.aspx?PeopleSetID=8497

 

This is the link for series one (1-25)

 

https://comics.www.collectors-society.com/registry/comics/PeopleSetDetail.aspx?PeopleSetID=57232

 

Lastly here is the link for the Four Color Donald Ducks only issues which is pretty cool as well.

 

https://comics.www.collectors-society.com/registry/comics/PeopleSetDetail.aspx?PeopleSetID=9887&SelectedTab=SetListing

I looked over your registry set. I have two books you may care about.  89  CGC 9.0   and 618 CGC 8.5 File copy

[Scrooge]

Read FC 388 this week. Ran into the posted panels sequence and liked it a lot. I have been re-reading Usagi Yojimbo from the start this year and it reminded me of Sakai's story-telling. That story was quite fun.

Edited May 17, 2020 by Scrooge

[Sqeggs]

On 4/7/2020 at 12:54 AM, 4GEMWORKS said:

Here is another CGC labeling error. Missing Four Color 1329. There is nothing in the Indica other than the 8 digit code. Yet, CGC labeled it as FC 1329. You can find other census info with just the Gyro Gearloose title and matching numbers.

At one point, wasn't there also a Ben Casey that you thought might be missing FC 1329?

[Sqeggs]

On 5/9/2020 at 6:24 PM, Bullet123 said:

Hi all fellow Four Color collectors. I have been absent from these boards for a number of years as I took a hiatus from collecting as I put four kids through college and that took both a lot of my spare time and spare money. Our recent covid-19 sequestering has given me the impetus to get organized and start collecting them all over again. I have updated my registry set and sorted out all of my doubles. I currently have 70 raw issues and 180 CGC graded issues that are doubles that I am looking to swap with fellow collectors for my missing issues. Many of my cgc issue doubles are either tied for highest grade or second highest. If you have any higher grade issues that you would part with because condition is not one of your main criteria, I would love to chat and swap some books with you. I promise that you will come out on the better end of any swap that we do as for me it is more important to fill a hole than come out on top in the swap. I have been looking through the thread and thank you to all who have posted. Feel free to reach out. I look forward to hopefully hearing from some of you.   Thanks

Welcome back!