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Big dust shadows let me get this one cheap.

Fantastic! You should let your grandkids play with it!

Five First Issues from 1949. Marvel/Atlas' kudzu-like business strategy flooded the market, beating competitors on quantity if not always quality.

1947 Merry-Go-Round Comics...

This issue of Funny Films has the "True-Vision" effect that ACG used for several issues, but the page backgrounds are colors instead of black. They even put full page color behind the ads.

A few Coo Coo Comics

These Ha Ha Comics are great! I've never even seen most of these!

The more I see Howard Sherman's work the more I appreciate it!

Holy Mackerel those are beautiful! Thanks for sharing them!

Goldfarb on his own had a distinctive clean, modern style.

Can't imagine why...

This place is better than a museum. Thanks for sharing, Gents!

Great stuff! Thanks for sharing these, Fett! Before today, I didn't even know there was a "Medal Comics".

A mailer cover, and a Dad with a Benjamin Buttons thing going on...

You've got to have it...

Someone didn't do the background reading...

I just acquired one of these. Scarce? Have only seen the one copy, but haven't been actively looking... Well, that's says a lot! Thanks, Boot! It's an honor to be able to help a guy who helped educate me about old comics!

The article...

Here's a bit of history. M.C. Gaines helped innovate in the craft of printing and how to package it. We take for granted that we have full color printing now. Back then it was a real technical challenge to make a visual treat for readers. This is PM V.1 #5 from January, 1935. It titled itself "An Intimate Journal for Advertising Production Managers, Art Directors, and their Associates". In a special insert, Gaines discusses "Color and Comics in Advertising". He presents samples of color comic advertisements, with commentary - "Helped Cannon Mills Sell Lots of Towels!" The design of the magazine is so cool. The cover is thick card with thickly embossed text. There are several white magazine pages and then a newsprint insert with the Gaines article and color comics. A collection of M.C. Gaines comics, on the cusp of him helping to create American comic books.

Some more interior shots and back cover...

I love this… Any chance to see something of the content? Thank you for your patience as I dug this out and scanned it. Thank you for showing interest in this rare comic. Only copy I've ever seen! Please let me know if you like it or if I can be of further service. Thanks again!

Can't forget this guy that kicked a bit of life into dinos...

Holy Mackerel Hemi! Thanks for the great post and for all the scans. Beautiful books and your enthusiasm is really heartwarming!

I just acquired one of these. Scarce? Have only seen the one copy, but haven't been actively looking...

This is the real reason the Comics Code was needed. Those are some disturbing covers! Seriously, Fett, thanks for posting all these great Charlton runs. Lots of stuff I've never seen before!