pemart1966

There may not have been a better golden age splash than "Arrows of Doom".

Pardon my ignorance, but is the "Picture Magazine" version really a Canadian version or were you just joking? If it is the Canadian version any idea why they would change the title? Again, if it is the Canadian version, has any one compared the two versions? Any difference in printing quality; page count etc etc? Thanks.

Some one at CGC didn't do their home work on the 25... Art is by Giolitti not Gioletti; and the painted cover is not by Giolitti...or Gioletti if you work at CGC...

I was told that there was a boat load of high grade file copies that came out of the archives (not too sure if it was Racine or Pougkeepsie) once Dell/Gold Key wound down. Page quality was at times not the best. So as far as I know they are out there but apparently not many are slabbed... Interesting. You would think that if Profit was the motivater, those books would be at CGC or already slabbed. Top of the census Dell Turoks command decent money. Well worth slabbing. They may command some money but compared to say Marvels of the same vintage they don't. I don't think that there's a real big demand for Turok - oh there's some demand but it's not huge. Maybe it was the sporadic publishing (what was it 4 or 5 times a year) that failed to make this series as popular as it should have been/would have been had it been published monthly. It was quite easy to miss a couple of issues in the 60s especially if your store only got 1 or no copies of a particular issue. How much does it cost to have a book slabbed anyway? PS - nice Turok page Mr. Meade. I have a couple of mine posted in CAF... Dreamworks has the rights to Turok for movies,so now might be the time to get these slabbed for future considerations. To be honest, I'm surprised that it hasn't been done yet. With CGI and 3D it would make a great movie with the right -script. Oh and Dreamworks...don't screw it up by using the recent incarnation of Turok...please....

I was told that there was a boat load of high grade file copies that came out of the archives (not too sure if it was Racine or Pougkeepsie) once Dell/Gold Key wound down. Page quality was at times not the best. So as far as I know they are out there but apparently not many are slabbed... Interesting. You would think that if Profit was the motivater, those books would be at CGC or already slabbed. Top of the census Dell Turoks command decent money. Well worth slabbing. They may command some money but compared to say Marvels of the same vintage they don't. I don't think that there's a real big demand for Turok - oh there's some demand but it's not huge. Maybe it was the sporadic publishing (what was it 4 or 5 times a year) that failed to make this series as popular as it should have been/would have been had it been published monthly. It was quite easy to miss a couple of issues in the 60s especially if your store only got 1 or no copies of a particular issue. How much does it cost to have a book slabbed anyway? PS - nice Turok page Mr. Meade. I have a couple of mine posted in CAF...

I was told that there was a boat load of high grade file copies that came out of the archives (not too sure if it was Racine or Pougkeepsie) once Dell/Gold Key wound down. Page quality was at times not the best. So as far as I know they are out there but apparently not many are slabbed...

The Overstreet Price Guide listed for years (don't know if it still does or not as it's been years since I've had a guide) a paper and gloss cover version of the 1966 Turok Giant. The paper cover version does not exist - so completists can stop chasing it. The guy that submitted the information told me that he assumed that a paper cover existed as he had seen other giants with paper covers. He said that as the years went by he realized that that assumption was wrong but never bothered to submit a correction. Now...that being said, I would LOVE for someone to post a photo of a paper cover version

There are also french Canadian versions. I've seen UK giants and I have a bizarre early Australian version. Evidently very popular during it's heyday but for some reason, virtually ignored today

It's most likely Morris Gollub.

Picky - this link is not working so I'm not too sure what it says. That being said, I've seen issues 23, 24 and 25 all with the dual pricing - #21 is new to me so thanks for posting. Anyone got a dual priced #22? (I have issue 24 dual priced and if someone could pm me with the insufficiently_thoughtful_person's guide on how to post photos here I could try posting my cover. I can't follow their instructions - seems like you need a website from which to cull photos?? Anyway, I digress). These 3 issues (23, 24 and 25) all have 1 shilling as the alternate price not the 9 pence on the issue 21 (this could be explained by the domestic price increase from 10 to 15 cents). Foreign issues? I don't think so as I've seen issues of this vintage with just the shilling price on them. They might have been PX copies - PX being the stores on foreign military bases but I'm guessing...

The very early 15 cent variants are issues 7 through 12 and are NOT Canadian versions (unlike the later price variants - 20 cent versions of issues in the #70s). From what I've been told these were marketed in the San Francisco area (although I believe that the area of distribution must have been somewhat wider to make printing economically viable) to test the appetite for a price increase. There were other Dell books sold around this time as well that have 15 cent price covers.

You don't need much money for the majority of these books. Most can be had for CHEAP if you're just hunting down readers and this is one of the most under-rated series of all time - great covers, great art and great story telling...