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TAPE ON COVER!!!

Sad to say, as I was giving my Vampis new boards and bags, I noticed that this #16 has a small 1/2" piece of tape affixed to the bottom of the spine, to keep a 1/4" spine/bindery tear from spreading.  I didn't notice it when I was mass-scanning them all upon arrival.

Bummer.

Does anyone know why After Hours #4 doesn't seem to be as wide as the other 3?  Hope this wasn't trimmed or something...

On 12/25/2022 at 3:27 PM, 1950's war comics said:

what is it ? that black thing?

I dunno...  "Jerry Lewis, victim of the fallout problem."  Falling space junk?

On 11/8/2022 at 4:48 PM, 1950's war comics said:

she had quite the life , was married six times !

But sadly, never to Tom Brady.

"Each page contains 2 complete pages of comics."

So is that why it looks extra wide--because there are literally two pages printed side by side on each page, so four pages across when you open the book?

Nice!  I was able to blow it up enough to read it.  So 20 months... when did this issue come out?  What happened in 20 months that they wanted to coincide with Issue #100?

On 6/22/2022 at 12:33 AM, Jaylam said:

I think, according to Forrest Ackerman, the decision to jump the numbering from #69 to #80, using the 10 Monster World issues as an excuse, was done solely to bring them closer to issue #100.   

Yeah, that's what Eric said above, too.

Thanks--I wondered what the real story was, since there seemed to be two different ones.  So Famous Monsters of Filmland #70-#79 were published retroactively, but at the time, they were Monster World #1-#10.  Sounds good to me!

On 6/20/2022 at 7:26 AM, 1950's war comics said:

never heard of the mag before but that is a sweet cover !! looks like they were trying to cash in on the US/Russia space race

Perhaps that had a little something to do with it, but chronologically, this was Warren's fifth magazine title, and two of the first four were Famous Monsters of Filmland, and Favorite Westerns of Filmland/Wildest Westerns, so I think it was primarily just another genre of movies for Warren to cover.  Their next three titles continued that theme, with Screen Thrills Illustrated, Monster World, and Famous Films.

On 6/9/2022 at 9:54 PM, 1950's war comics said:

never knew about the poster, haha but who would want a giant poster of tiny tim anyways

It does seem rather oxymoronic, doesn't it?

Giant.

Tiny.

On 5/3/2022 at 6:15 AM, The Lions Den said:

A super sharp copy!

Beautiful Sanjulian cover! 

Just perusing these again and noticed it also has the Frazetta anti-smoking ad on the back cover.  Sanjulian on the front and Frazetta on the back?  Fuhgeddaboudit!  How is this not the most valuable issue ever (well, maybe besides #1)?

Yikes!  I had to go pull it out of its bag just to make sure that little flap got folded down for posterity.  (It is now!)

I sure wish I could still get one of those posters.

On 5/3/2022 at 2:21 PM, The Lions Den said:

This book also has what I believe may be the first "Spirograph story" in comics. It's the first time I personally remember seeing a story so profusely filled with spirographic designs...  

I haven't read it yet, but I'll look for it!

On 5/3/2022 at 6:15 AM, The Lions Den said:

A super sharp copy!

Beautiful Sanjulian cover! 

Totally appreciate all the insights you are adding to these!

On 5/3/2022 at 5:33 AM, The Lions Den said:

Cool Jones/Bode cover, which also comes in orange if you like that sort of thing. But please, don't call this one the purple variant...  

I didn't know there were "variants," so that's interesting.

On 5/3/2022 at 5:27 AM, The Lions Den said:

Classic Frazetta T-Rex cover! Jeff Jones, Tom Sutton, Billy Graham and John Fantucchio art!

How could any 10 year old boy resist?

Yeah, I really like this Frazetta too.  All the colors in the amorphous background... is there water?  Ice?  And then of course the T-Rex... and the girl is like pushing him back--"I got this!" 

On 4/28/2022 at 10:45 AM, comic_memories said:

Sexy cover !

Yeah, basically recycled art from #53--but it was worth seeing again!

On 4/28/2022 at 8:59 AM, oakman29 said:

You are on all cylinders,  hitting it outta the park. Great collection man.😎🤘

Thanks.  Yeah I was pretty floored at the unboxing; the collection was way beyond my expectations.  I just had to share.

On 4/22/2022 at 8:04 AM, AJD said:

This collection is really a great find. I thought the line art on this one looked like Wally Wood's work, so I checked the GCD, and sure enough. I see that there's also an 8 page story of his inside.

That's correct, and I haven't read it yet, but I understand that the cover is not overselling Wood's story as an instant masterpiece--it's supposed to be quite good!

On 4/10/2022 at 8:49 AM, FoggyNelson said:

Looks like Raquel Welsh 👍‼️Which is a good thing👍

"Welch," but yeah, she was one of my favorite pin-up girls in the (late) 70s--so this issue would have been around her heyday in the late 60s, early 70s.