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MusterMark

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  1. What I find particularly ironic is that the Strange Adventures title is much more highly respected and prized by collectors these days than either the My Greatest Adventure or House of Mystery titles yet Strange Adventures didn't sell quite as well as the latter two back in 1960:

     

    1960 Comic Book Sales Figures

     

    (shrug)

     

    I don't trust those numbers at all.

    If you go from year to year, you see the numbers for many of the titles vary so wildly from year to year, that it is hard to take the figures seriously.

    Just my 2c

     

     

  2. Oh, and y'know, to this very day I STILL don't understand the appeal of Fritzi Ritz, or Nancy and Sluggo.

     

    Philistine!

     

    Fritzi Ritz, and later Nancy, were outstanding strips in the '30s and early '40s. Pick up one of the very early compilations such as Single Series 5 or Comics on Parade 32 and check it out.

     

    Well, I had to assume I was missing SOMETHING, it must've had some good entertainment content at one time or another, or it wouldn't have gotten a syndicate deal. By the time I was reading Nancy in the newspapers in the 60's and early 70's it was plain ol' whitebread boring. But then so was Blondie, and Hi and Lois, and Lolly, etc etc.

     

    Heh, the first time I read a compilation of vintage strips of The Phantom I was knocked right out of my socks. Ditto Alley Oop, Terry and the Pirates, Buz Sawyer, etc etc.

     

    Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

    I love Nancy and Sluggo, and Blondie. Etc.

    I even like The Ermine art - it is nostalgic of a bygone era and cool.

    I see much to appreciate.

    :)

  3. omg, another amazing post.

    Who ARE you people?! (jpepx78 and sfcityduck)

    I cannot thank you enough for writing so poignantly and with such tremendous research, hard work and understanding behind your posts and work.

    Truly inspiring.

    :)

     

    BTW, one of my former colleagues at work (she is now retired) also was at Manzanar as a child. But let me tell you - even if I did not have that personal connection to your topic, I would still be loving what you have shared with all of us. Thank you ever so much.