bronze johnny

On 5/31/2024 at 10:51 AM, Straw-Man said:

if you have these two, you need the 21 as well.

Mac and Beck at their best!

On 6/2/2024 at 10:34 PM, nearmint said:

I picked this up in tonight's Heritage auction.  I love the simplicity of this cover.

Beautiful thing about Beck’s art is the simplicity of it. What makes Beck one of the all-time greats is that he could do it all. Still, Beck chose to do Captain Marvel comics in a simple-cartoony. Less is so much more with Beck work on the Big Cheese!

On 4/24/2024 at 8:55 PM, Straw-Man said:

oh, yeah?

Something going on down in the bayou!

On 4/22/2024 at 10:05 PM, Straw-Man said:

DC Strawfanboy!

On 4/11/2024 at 9:05 PM, Point Five said:

Another subway PCH cover:

Let me suggest:

“Another New York City subway PCH cover”

On 4/11/2024 at 2:15 PM, consumetheliving said:

We can start a thread of train related PCH covers!!! I really do need this Craig cover in my collection.

Not unusual to see something like that on New York City Subways right now.

On 4/8/2024 at 11:21 AM, hchill25 said:

There are quite a few covers from the Bronze Age that i really like, but these two might be my faves...

Great covers but please only pick one

On 12/21/2023 at 11:54 AM, Straw-Man said:

havin' fun getting issues of titles i've never owned before!

Great books bayou!

On 12/3/2023 at 10:45 PM, Jayman said:

The collection isn’t complete without these!

Avoid washing after wearing to get the “swamp scent!”

On 12/3/2023 at 12:51 PM, Straw-Man said:

we’re going to get some moderation if we start to post pics of a buncha magnificent man-things…

We’ve already seen the Giant-Size Straw-Man-Thing!

On 12/3/2023 at 12:10 PM, KirbyJack said:

I had no idea you were on board with my boy Jack Russell, William.
I’m a big fan of the Ploog issues.

I can’t wait for when Billy discovers Rom! 

On 12/3/2023 at 1:51 PM, ADAMANTIUM said:

but do the eyes light up and is it glow in the dark!?! 

Still cool. I remember a tall Swampy or Man-thang that even made it to television in the Big Bang Theory show, but that takes commitment!   

Eyes light up! 

On 12/3/2023 at 12:13 PM, KirbyJack said:

BTW, I’m not a big statue guy, Bronze Johnny, but your Man-Thing is magnificent. 

Thanks Kirby Jack- I have one but took that photo off the internet. You have to see it in person. 

On 12/3/2023 at 8:33 AM, Straw-Man said:

i understand that on page 1 here i said a nice raw would take care of this very minor key.   2 things about that:   1.  this 9.8 was very affordable; and,  2.  geeks lie.

Now you need to get this:

Actually, Giant-Size Straw-Man-Thing!

On 11/25/2023 at 12:56 PM, Jayman said:

Straw-Man By Night?  

He’s Straw-Man-Thing!!!

On 11/25/2023 at 9:17 AM, Straw-Man said:

Straw-Man-Thing!!!

On 10/29/2023 at 5:41 PM, Krydel4 said:

I know the "official" time period is 1938-1956. But for me personally, I don't consider anything past 1949 as being GA. The 1950 for me is the demarcation point. My buddy who also collects GA considers basically AC1 to the end of WW2 as the GA and doesn't collect outside that period. I can see his point as these 2 comics were only published 5 years apart but could be a million given how different just the cover art style. The AC is never going to be mistaken for a modern book but the SA wouldn't look out of place in the Bronze age. Just from the covers alone. Do any of you have personal starting/cutoff points for collecting GA that are different from the "official" time period?

Not sure where you get “official” period of GA is 1938 - 1956? The GA was pretty much over with the end of WW2. Superheroes tried to fight crime after the defeating the Axis Powers, but the crime comics along with romance and horror genres, caught the public’s attention given the postwar fears of atomic war and communism. The best examples of this change are first seen in comics like Crime Does Not Pay, Young Romance, and then of course EC Comics. DC Comics did keep the Superman (Adventure and Superboy) and Batman “family books” along with Wonder Woman through the 1950s, which was significant given that a part of the DC Silver Age success was attributed to a continuity of these GA characters (see BB 28 and the Justice League of America). Still, comic books published by EC Comics were in no way similar to what was hit the newsstands during the war years that preceded. So it’s clear that the period following the demise of the superhero (see Atlas and then that publisher’s failed attempt to bring back the Submariner, Captain America, and the Human Torch during the mid-50s) was a different era and should be called the Atomic Age. Period. 

On 10/29/2023 at 3:04 AM, jimjum12 said:

It would cost too much to feed them, we'll likely have to make do with just one. GOD BLESS ... 

-jimbo(a friend of jesus)

They eat a lot? Maybe find them huge buffets?

Fantastic Leader! We need more Leaders!

See the trick or treaters looking into the window from the outside? 

On 10/16/2023 at 9:42 PM, Robot Man said:

Sadly, when you are dead, apparently. You no longer chase pretty girls…

Something you can see on a New York City Subway…

On 10/14/2023 at 11:07 PM, jimjum12 said:

But think of the stories that man could tell... I mean, only the hairdresser knows for sure  GOD BLESS ... 

-jimjum12(a friend of jesus)

I don’t know because my barber always tells me their problems.