Thanks! Is anyone on these boards familiar with the early work done by Don and Maggie Thompson in investigating the Four Color series? I believe they were the first to figure out the publishing schedule or at least write about it in early fanzines. I would be curious if anyone knows where they first published their research. I have some late sixties issues of their fanzine Newfangles but I think that was after they had published the Color / Four Color information.
Also, does anyone know the story behind the various Dell / Western Publishing file copies?
Finally, some of you Four Color fans might get a kick out of the following pictures, which I snapped in Racine Wisconsin a few years back. I detoured over there on the way to Millwaukee and asked a postman if he knew where the old Western Publishing building was and sure enough he gave me good directions. These were the Racine headquarters of Western Publishing although they also had offices in New York city, Los Angeles and I believe Poughkeepsie, NY.
Enjoy, and if anyone has any good Western Publishing stories, please share or point me to them on the boards.