archiecomicscollector

Want to start an Archie collection? Looking to complete a series run? A few comic lots from my personal collection - golden age, silver age, bronze age, and modern readers - are now on eBay under Seller ID: kandie1987. 

https://www.ebay.com/usr/kandie1987

More items will be listed on eBay periodically, so, if you want to be the first to know, be sure to save me as a favorite seller! Thanks! ❤️

Late to the party...but great pick up! Which pages/stories still need to be identified?

I started collecting Archie comics and related merchandise over 25 years ago, but only recently started collecting original art. My focus so far has been 1950s Bob Montana's comic strip art, 1960s-1970s Filmation animation cels, merchandise/promotional art, and modern Christmas covers and interior pages.

I haven’t seen this particular issue, but I have seen a few occasionally pop up for sale at auction. 

Multiple issues of the title were published between 1948-50. CGC denotes the title as Archie Your Official Store Club Magazine, while Overstreet has it listed under Archie Shoe-Store Giveaway.

I won both Welch’s jelly jar glass illustrations (I didn’t snag the ad though). 

I’m surprised a few pieces didn’t go for more than they did. But then others went for far more, definitely shocking. 

Stunning collection!

I wish I saw this post earlier! 😭

On 7/24/2021 at 6:39 PM, ADAMANTIUM said:

mine so far are 

Modest compared to yours, I've seen your pics before! Still were you going after slabs?     

 

 

All my comics, excluding the first appearance of Cheryl Blossom, are raw. I keep getting outbid on Comic Connect, HA, etc. for graded Golden Age comics. I haven't submitted any to be graded, due to the long wait times. 

On 6/14/2021 at 6:25 AM, comicwiz said:

These are a great example of the early days of comic displays where it was often a logistical issue, and not always possible to have these large merchandisers shipped, sometimes soon after striking-up retailer agreements to dedicate floor space for that publishers comics. Sure, those merchandisers fabricators were correct in saying these helped sell comics in their ads, but what if a publisher decided they wanted to improve their sell rate at the racks? The publisher would send out these instead. We rarely see these signs as much now, and nowhere near as much as the full floor merchandiser racks with tin headers. These were made rather clearly under the guidance, creative direction and brand control of the publisher, and were made to be plugged into a merchandiser very likely fabricated by a local manufacturer to the store where it was intended to be used. My best guess is these signs are very rare now because of the incident that as publishers moved towards the direct market or stores could no longer devote floor space, that stores would simply remove these headers and still be able to purpose the floor merchandiser for other literature or books they carried. The Archie sign with the tubed stem would very likely plug into the tubing of the base/stand, likely utilized on a spinner (the example photo I used is for a contemporary rack, as a visual point of reference).

There's also this Marvel Comics one, which I believed uses an older wireframe design, but the sign dates this to late 60's. I do believe the Archie sign is earlier.

These are all double-sided, and if you look closely, all bear the same drill-hole pattern on the lower left and right. The ones below are on a wireframe design that evolved afterwards. I do believe these were purposed specifically for the stand-up style of comic rack.

I was pretty stoked to add the one below to my collection. This came from a Webb's general store located about 20 hour drive from me. The store closed in the 60's, and the property/lot was acquired in 2015 and was discovered while cleaning out the old stores contents. I picked it up from @comicginger1789 right here on these boards.

If you look closely, mine has thes interesting chrome numbs that protrude on both ends at the end point of the pointed wireframe stem, and I did not understand how that worked until I plugged it into one of my 60's stand up racks, and realized it was designed that way to be plugged into a floor merchandiser in this exact manner.

Wow! Definitely have to keep an eye for these for my collection. 

On 5/28/2021 at 9:24 AM, comicginger1789 said:

Came across this for sale...I have no idea if it’s old or new or a repro. It apparently came out of a general store. Figured the folks here could enlighten me!

UPDATE: Came out of a closed up store, along with a little golden books display rack/shelf advertising the little golden books for sale at 15 cents...so maybe this is from around the 60's/70's?

Very cool! I've never seen this before! I'll definitely have to keep an eye out for one now for my collection. 

On 5/13/2021 at 6:22 PM, innocuous said:

Not sure what motivated you to start this thread, but yesterday or 2 days ago when Greg Reece posted the Archie 1 with brittle pages, I was VERY tempted.
 

I decided no and got a stomach ache. 
 

I think the only way I'll ever be able to afford an Archie #1 is if it is brittle 

On 4/26/2021 at 12:41 PM, BGPhilbiln said:

@archiecomicscollector - How's this look (above)? 

LOVE!!!

7 hours ago, duplicatecomics said:

where did u hide that Pep #22!

I wish!

My oldest Archie is featured at the top of the rack - Archie #18 (1945). I usually only buy comics locally, so I'm looking forward to going to comic shows and conventions again soon! 

I'd love to see other Archie shrines....mine is quite extensive to say the least @Patriot6

PUBLISHED / Archie Holiday Print (Limited Edition) / Dan Parent 

PUBLISHED / Betty and Veronica Jumbo Comics Digest #289 / Dan Parent  

It's still in the mail... hope it arrives soon!

51 minutes ago, exitmusicblue said:

Nice!  All of my Archie OA can be viewed via two links:

https://www.comicartfans.com/galleryroom.asp?gsub=194412

and

https://www.comicartfans.com/galleryroom.asp?gsub=194411

The Betty and Me cover was actually featured by CAF for a day, neat stuff: https://mailchi.mp/comicartfans/comic-art-roundup-featuring-a-dan-decarlo-betty-cvr?fbclid=IwAR1ZmRHDW2usWQExh0ER64yLhyUkX9B2vrDAYCGLXtrjWiyUugiW2NK-iA8

Wouldn't have known DeCarlo favored Betty over Veronica otherwise. :O

Very cool! Thanks for sharing! 

It's been a while since anyone posted on this thread, but, if interested, I shared a few of my recent additions in the active original art thread: