Earl Davis

Well finally got tempted into these. Recently ordered my first 4 DC Whitmans. Regards Earl.

Thanks Metarog. Guess that means I should start collecting them at some point soon. Regards Earl.

Do the indicia's on these say they are published by DC or Whitman BTW? Regards Earl.

Great pic on the Warlord. Glad to see it really does exist after the one I ordered in the summer failed to arrive. Regards Earl.

The regular Golden Age DC Ashcans are an important part of DC's publishing history. They were used to secure trademarks for POSSIBLE titles and logo’s DC might want to publish in the future Most of the titles DC produced in the 30’s and 40’s would probably have had Ashcan editions mocked up as well as numerous titles and logo’s which never saw publication such as “Screen Fables” and “Superwoman”. Rather than producing full blown comics the Ashcans were made by removing the covers from existing printed comics and hand stapling the new mocked up cover to interiors. Therefore the Ashcans are not true comics as only the covers were specifically made for the ashcan and even these were not printed but produced by adding a pasting a new logo to an existing cover and photographing the result which was “developed” in b&w onto photographic paper in quantities estimated at around 4 prints per Ashcan cover. In his 1999 article for Comic Book Marketplace Gary Colabuono showed the covers of 38 of the surviving Ashcans. The article is well worth a look and is from issue 71. Regards Earl.