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here's an interesting postcard photo of a newsstand in Firenze Italy from around 1940. Anybody from Italy recognize the Italian comics?

Answers to Thanksgiving quiz. 1. John Severin 2. Cullen Murphy & John Cullen Murphy, Prince Valiant artists, Feb 1997 3. George Evans 4. Bob Montana 1973 5. Jack Burnley 6. Douglas Adams (Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy author) & Nick Landau (co-founder of Forbidden Planet store & co-owner of Titan Entertainment Group) London Oct 1979 7. Serge Gainsbourg (French singer, actor, director & artist) 8. Popular #145 9. newsstand comics at Camp Murray

Cool photo BOOT! As a kid, I used to store my books stacked like that in a corner. This is a little early for Thanksgiving but I hope this post will be a calming respite from all the contentious debates. I think I will start a tradition by having an annual Thanksgiving comic puzzle as long as I keep finding some interesting comic-related pictures and work is light around this time. Identify these people from the comics industry: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Identify these celebrities: 6. 7. Let this be a warning to those of you who smoke too close to your comics! This guy is not an American. Who is he? video games: 8. In New York City, identify the comic 9. I posted this pic of a newsstand (April 1941) in Camp Murray in Tacoma Washington a couple of years ago. The soldiers seem more interested in the magazines and pulps instead of the comics. This picture of the same newsstand above appears to be taken before soldiers got there since a few magazine piles appear larger. See if you can identify all the comics & pulps. I'll post my list of comics later.

For Veterans Day, here are some pics of servicemen reading comics. it seems that reading comics is a popular activity during free time. GIs in Korea reading in a bunk on the aircraft carrier Franklin Roosevelt 1950. identify the comic. description says ww2 soldier in europe reading capt america comic but it's too hard to tell 440th signal battalion in korea 88th army ordnance pioneer kserne korea 1955. i wonder how many military guys today would be photographed reading kiddie comics? identify the comics. aboard the uss sarsi in the aleutians october 1945 reading in the barracks. guess the issue number.

baseball season is over so here are the answers: 1. jackie robinson & family 2. ted williams with ham fisher 3. stan musial 4. joe dimaggio 5. yogi berra 6. mickey mantle being honored in his hometown of commerce oklahoma 7. lew burdette pitcher boston/milwaukee braves 8. marty marion cardinals shortstop 1944 NL MVP (you all knew that, right? ) 9. these strips refer to game 7 of the 1962 world series between the yankees & the giants. the situation: yankees leading 1-0, bottom ninth, 2 outs with matty alou at third & willie mays on second. ralph terry pitches to willie mccovey who hits a hard line drive that is caught by the second baseman bobby richardson for the final out. a ball hit past richardson would have scored the winning runs for san francisco for their first world series championship. the original art for these strips sold as a set for $24885 in august 2010.

this thread has been dormant for a while. how about a diversion for baseball & comic fans who may not be watching the world series? identify the baseball players in these photos. some pictures have been posted before. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. notice the classic comics rack through the window. 7. identify the comic too. 8. 9. explain the reference in these classic peanuts strips and the connection with this year's world series. for your enjoyment here is a yogi bear strip from 9-2-62.

from allan holtz's blog : "The comic strip version of Ayn Rand’s "The Fountainhead" ran in Hearst newspapers [including the Los Angeles Herald-Express], beginning 12/24/1945, for 30 installments. Reportedly it was carried by 55 [or 35, depending on the Rand bio] major newspapers in cities such as New York, Chicago, Detroit, Baltimore, and San Francisco -- though I've never found one. Ms. Rand also wrote most of the adaptation and was sent samples of several artists’ works to select; she originally wanted Harold Foster, who was unavailable, and settled on Connie's / Rusty Riley's Godwin. These were collected into "The Illustrated Fountainhead" by Ayn Rand Institute in 1998."

Cool new post-code & pre-code pics! I thought the collier's magazine "the struggle for our children's minds" was about comics but it was referring to the educational system. Is that a Canadian comic "G.I. War brides" by the foot of the guy in the wheelchair?

here's another great pic of a fully packed stand at union square in new york city in october or november 1939. first let's take a close look at the pulps. on the lower right is the december 1939 issue of weird tales. pulp fans can identify the other pulps. some more pulps & mags there are comics of course but they slightly obscured. the first book that caught my eye was the detective. what issue could it be? let's look at the other books first. the only issue of the funnies with a diagonal line through the "F" is the november 1939 issue of funnies #37. since there is a lighter color bar at the top of the tec cover and there is no bat-head logo which appear in issues 32 & 34, i believe that detective is issue #33, the origin of batman!! based on the approximate dates and the color shadings, i was able to deduce most of the other comics except for a few. do you see the same comics as me? who buys these comics here? i rarely see any kids at these newsstands. maybe the cop was guarding the comics and looking for truants. i wouldn't mind having a detective 33!

Are you trying to ID the others? I don't have time to look right now but the one next to Fight is obviously Captain Future and it's the first issue dated Winter 1940 thanks scrooge for identifying a cool robot cover and a number 1 issue! i identify pulps to corroborate the dates of the comics.

this thread needs some action. here's a new york newsstand next to a subway entrance in late (november?) 1939. there's a lot of pulps for sale and here are some closeup shots. i was able to identify one pulp in this pic- a winter 1939 issue of fight stories. a closer look inside the stand and under the man's arm appears to be a copy of action 19! what do you think? there must be other comics there and i wonder what they were?

good work on the answers everyone! scrooge and rockman2008- you both rock! (thumbs u thanks for putting up a better clip of the first video. here's another picture of paul with the comics. i read that the comics belonged to george harrison. kids reading a comic at a july 4th picnic. have a happy and safe july 4th everyone! i hope you don't get stuck in traffic like this family. identify the comic.

how about some more comic book puzzles? this time will be more comic book related. some of these pics have been shown before. identify the comics in these pics. picture puzzles 1. 2. 3. 4. north dakota 5. identify this person & comic 6. which is older, the woman or the comic? 7. where in severn maryland is this woman reading this comic? 8. this picture was taken in irakilo kriti greece in 1972. can someone can identify this comic since i don't know for sure. 9. identify the comic that appears in all 3 of the following pictures and the comic that appears in 2 of the pictures. video games these videos won't play on the ipad since i haven't figured how to embed html5 for the videos. 10. identify the comic, magazine and actor in this 1968 movie clip. 11. identify the movie and all 8 comics that appear in this clip with the fab 4.

congratulations to all who answered with correct answers! A. chic young with a couple of models, blondie (11) B. otto soglow with kate smith, the little king (3) C. george mcmanus with buster keaton, bringing up father (8) D. zack mosely, smilin' jack (5) E. milton caniff with joan crawford, steve canyon (6) F. billy debeck with jack dempsey, barney google (1) G. alex raymond, secret agent x-9 (10) H. harold gray, little orphan annie (13) I. ham fisher with ted williams, joe palooka (9) J. chic young with olivia dehavilland, blondie (11) K. harold foster, tarzan (7) L. fred lasswell, barney google & snuffy smith (4)

remember those lazy summer days where one is engrossed in comic books? many of the comics had puzzle or activity pages. clovis, new mexico summer 1960 how about some comic puzzles for you to ponder? matching pictures in the following pictures identify the cartoonist, his comic strip, the celebrities and match them with the corresponding comic strip characters below. to make it more challenging there are extra characters. A. atlantic beach 1934 B. cbs 1934 C. 1928 D. goggles E. F. 1919 G. H. I. 1939 J. 1940 K. L. 1949 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13.

before he became a film maker, stanley kubrick started out as a free lance photographer after high school and became the youngest staff photographer for look magazine from 1947 to 1950. among his numerous pictures of new york life, he took many shots of this newsstand. this newsstand was at a busy corner with a subway entrance and next to a nedick's restaurant. nedick's was a fast-food chain that originated in new york in the early 1920s and ceased operation in 1981 due to competition from chains such as mcdonald's and dunkin' donuts. are there comics here? of course. can you spot them all from these closeup shots? so when were these pictures taken? the first clue is this issue of saturday evening post which would tell you the week. this closeup of the headlines here will give you a clue of the exact date. did you figure it out? here's a kubrick picture of a little girl in front of an ideal toys "baby sparkle plenty doll" display. the doll was a hot item like the cabbage patch dolls when it went on sale on july 28, 1947 for $5.98. even though 10,000 sold in the first five days, the doll is difficult to find today. i hope you like new york. i'll be here for a while...

i hope you like another old picture of new york. here's a nice pic of union square in new york on july 16, 1936 by berenice abbott. there's a lot of pulps in the stand by no comics. check out all the interesting advertising signs. there's beer & cigarette signs, so not that much has changed. closeups of magazines in the stand: looking for some exotic food? how about chop suey? pabst beer & a chevy sign.

hepcat- you have an awesome collection of comics, cards & toys and i enjoyed looking at your pictures. i built a few model kits as a kid but they never looked as good as the pictures on the box. while looking for pictures of comics, i came across this cool picture of the model kit section from a kress store in 1963 kansas. notice the monster kits? i bet you could identify all the model kits and might even have most of kits pictured!

whenever i see a newsstand pic with a comic, i try to identify the comic and date the pic. it's a weird compulsion but it's a brain teaser or puzzle for me. sometimes i get it quickly and other times it takes a long time. magazines and newspaper headlines help date the photos. in the process of searching, i learn a bit of interesting history. let's look at some new york newsstands shown before. this is fairly easy to date from the headline of japan declaring war- december 8, 1941. a world's finest 4 is between the lantern and the newspaper. this wall st & broadway pic is is easy to date from headline describing d-day, the allied invasion of france- june 6 1944. sure shot 1 on the right. this is a terrific pic posted by detective35DF with many comics including a sub-mariner 1. it took me a long time to figure out the date. first clue of the date is the april 1941 issue of popular science. the second clue is the headline "jail yugo cabinet in anti-axis coup". a bit of history: following agreements with hungary, romania and bulgaria that they would join the axis, hitler put pressure on yugoslavia to join the tripartite pact. prince paul of yugoslavia succumbed to this pressure on march 25 1941. this move was deeply unpopular amongst the anti-axis serbian public and military. a coup d'etat was launched on march 27 1941 by anti-paul serbian military officers and the prince was replaced by king peter II of yugoslavia. hitler took the coup as a personal insult and was determined to destroy yugoslavia militarily and as a nation without waiting for possible declarations of loyalty. yugoslavia was invaded by the axis on april 6 and surrendered on april 17 1941. so i date this photo to the day after the coup, march 28 1941. on this date sub-mariner 1 was available on the stands. here's a new pic of a sailor reading the headlines. are there comics here? yes, an action 53 comic and others in this closeup! what's the date? first clue is the august 15 1942 issue of the new yorker. secondary clues are the newspaper headlines, 9 hrs in france, in land raid, dieppe and raiders back in england. the dieppe raid, also known as operation rutter or jubilee, was an allied attack on the german-occupied port of dieppe in france that took place on aug 19 1942. it was a test for the full-scale invasion of western europe and it was one of the biggest land battles of ww 2 between the allies and germans up to that point. the raid was a failure, accomplished no major objectives and the 6000 allied forces consisting of mainly canadians suffered 60% casualties who were killed, wounded or captured. the germans with a force of about 1500 men only had 311 dead and 280 wounded. i date this pic to be aug 20 1942, the day after the raid.

great pamphlet, boot! that is a great picture and it looked familar. this was posted a long time ago by scrooge. they used the same 2 boys and left out the girl. dern kids! reading, sitting & stepping on the books probably without paying. they can't read the sign either!

new york is the place to be...for comics and magazines. how about new york newsstand pics from different years? some of these have been posted before but i found a some new pics to group them together to run from 1932-1954. i'm missing a few years. a nyc stand in nov 1932. a stand from 1933. i was awed by tb's collection of high grade mickey mouse magazines in the show us your ducks thread. here's pics of the first 3 issues on the newsstands: mickey mouse magazine 1 in 1935 the next several pics are by berenice abbott. i don't believe this has been posted before. mmm 2 in oct 1935. mmm 2 with a famous funnies in this closeup of the pic above. this is a well-known pic of the stand on southwest corner of 32nd st & third ave in manhattan on nov 19, 1935. this is the same stand from the pic above one month later. a closeup from the pic above of mmm 3. a different stand in 1935 where magazines are packed to capacity. notice the similar signs from the pics above. there's one comic here on this oct 1936 stand. the first issue of life magazine with many comics on nov 23 1936 a stand at a rail station in 1937 some pulps but no action comics here in 1938 there may be some comics among the pulps in this sept 1939 pic by rudy burckhardt. there's an interesting mix of magazines here in july 1940 here's a few pics by alfred palmer in 1941 another shot of the newsdealer from above in 1941. identify the comics at the bottom. servicemen read about d-day at wall st & broadway on june 6 1944. nyc 1945 a blind newsdealer showing his license at lexington & 51st on 8-26-46 this pic by morris engel will be a placeholder for 1947. manhattan 5-14-48 ny pic by homer page 6-1-49 the headlines refer to president truman's consideration on the use of the atom bomb on 11-30-50. a nice color pic from queens ny in 1953 a 1954 pic by george marks.

with superman and a skinny easter bunny.

more pics of girls with comics. see how many comics can you identify? 1. 3 sisters 2. closeup of 3 sisters 3. 2 girls on couch 4. closeup of 2 girls on couch 5. sofa reader 6. standing & reading 1950s 7. lawn chair reader june 1958 8. minneapolis minnesota july 1946. waiting for the mummers parade. based on what comic they are reading, which girl is most likely to grow up to be a troublemaker? 9. miami news 12-31-48. bringing comics to read while waiting for the orange bowl parade. 10. early superhero reader! (thumbs u 11. donna & judy reading in a pennsylvania drugstore in 1958 12. girl reading war comic in north dakota in 1956. 13. reading in a big chair 14. notice all the comics are dells. dell comics are good comics! 15. bus station reading 16. a comic comforts a lost girl in los angeles 5-30-54 17. comforting the lost girl 18. superhero readers 1958

Thanks for this one! She's reading a March 1952 book - I also have that Space Cadet Four Color but it's not scanned. scrooge- do you also have the classics illustrated also pictured- green mansions, joan of arc & crime and punishment?

most comic books were aimed to appeal to boys but there was a period from 1949 to early 50s where romance titles had the largest market share of all titles (10-27% market share of all titles according to the gerber photo journal). what comics did girls read in the past? here's some pics of what they were reading. a few of these pics have been shown before. i've only seen only one picture where a girl is reading a romance title. see if you can identify some of the comics. 1. classic shot of girl reading a romance comic in 1952 2. girls reading 3. new york city 1947 by ruth orkin 4. a curly hair reader 5. vicksburg mississippi 1947 6. lawn chair 1937 7. comics on the blanket 8. cornelia wallace reading comic 9. rockaway beach ny 7-46. the comic is so interesting that she doesn't care what is happening... 10. a surprising comic! 11. this champion horse rider reads comics too. new york 11-6-50 12. taking life easy 13. publicity shot for actress buff cobb 1946 14. must be a great comic! 15. girls at the beach 16. hiding face with comic 17. beauty shop reading 18. hair dryer reading more pics later...