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Actually not as much difference as I thought. Here's mine. Not sure I ever posted my copies individually - I'll post a few more of the nicer ones!

Loona is great but I also like the spoof ads that Everett did in that issue. I love Loona! Never seen it before! Scrooge, the colors on the cover of your copy of Loona - er, Lorna #2 are extraordinarily intense compared to other copies I've seen!

Thanks for the link. Almost $3 k, wow! Crazy, like the Jumbo #10!

Cant muster a group shot of Blue Beetle but I can at least contribute this!

The titles are almost as evocative as the prints! THE FOXFIRES IN NIJUSHIKO RANMARU AND THE MYSTERIOUS SAGO PALM THE DEATH STONE OF NASU MOOR

Among my favourite things are the 36 ghosts of Yooshi. II NO HAYATA KILLING A NUE AT THE IMPERIAL PALACE OMORI HIKOSHICHI ENCOUNTERING A DEMON HERON MAIDEN

More Rupert: Often nice endpapers...

Great stuff!

fantastico indeed (as we say in England!

Despite his longevity Rupert has never moved beyond the world of the 1930's. The strips retain precisely the same look and feel, even when fantastical elements are introduced - planes and cars have a charmingly anachronistic feel to them which sits quite well in tales full of dragons and fairies! Here are some random pages from the 1940 and 1941 annuals.

Seeing Scrooge's collection of Fairy Tale Parade in a recent post made me think of similarities in feel with Rupert the Bear, and I wonder how many boardies might not be familiar with him? Rupert was the creation of an illustrator called Mary Tourtel in 1925. His strips were published in the Daily Express to steal readers away from rival newspapers such as the Daily Mail. In 1935 Mary retired owing to failing eyesight, and the strip was taken over by Alfred Bestall, who worked on the strip for 40 years. Every christmas since 1936 a new annual has been published. The first annuals used only two colours but during the war years they began to be published in glowing colour. Here is the cover to the 1940 annual: The publisher, Lord Beaverbrook, decided to continue publishing the annual throughout the war (and in full colour!) as a means of boosting morale - and it worked! From 1941 the cover image often extended round to the back cover: They often displayed a wonderful, free flowing imagination. Here is the cover to 1945: 1959: 1960: Next I'll post a few sample pages from the interiors - hopefully Scrooge will complement these with some Fairy Tale Parade interiors as well!

Tough in grade!

fabtastic! I dont recall ever seeing that one before.

Wonderful set!

O my - those colors are almost unreal! Given that we are accustomed to seeing lots of blue grey on, say, Capt. Marvel Jnr's covers, would it be reasonable to infer that they have faded from bright blue similar to this cover?

Charming cover! Do you know Rupert the Bear? No I can't say I am familiar with that Bear ... Same graphic style? Kind of - pm sent!

Charming cover! Do you know Rupert the Bear?

I can finally give you the "V" sign you so richly deserve!