Frisco Larson Posted June 7, 2020 Share Posted June 7, 2020 Math Teacher 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frisco Larson Posted June 7, 2020 Share Posted June 7, 2020 19 minutes ago, KirbyJack said: Love seeing these well loved pre heroes. Keep em raw and read em! Thanks KJ!!! I was hoping you were tuned in It's nice to have someone appreciate these well loved raw copies! KirbyJack 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Get Marwood & I Posted June 7, 2020 Share Posted June 7, 2020 25 minutes ago, Frisco Larson said: I do like the rather clumsy price change attempt there The 12c almost looks like it's behind the logo. KirbyJack 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frisco Larson Posted June 7, 2020 Share Posted June 7, 2020 6 minutes ago, Get Marwood & I said: I do like the rather clumsy price change attempt there The 12c almost looks like it's behind the logo. You're right, it really DOES look like the *Journey* went over the top! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Get Marwood & I Posted June 7, 2020 Share Posted June 7, 2020 4 minutes ago, Frisco Larson said: You're right, it really DOES look like the *Journey* went over the top! It's a Mystery alright Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frisco Larson Posted June 7, 2020 Share Posted June 7, 2020 1 minute ago, Get Marwood & I said: It's a Mystery alright Probably some kind of mystical process that we mortals can't comprehend …. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Get Marwood & I Posted June 7, 2020 Share Posted June 7, 2020 1 minute ago, Frisco Larson said: Probably some kind of mystical process that we mortals can't comprehend …. I reckon that Amalia Hall's got something to do with it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Get Marwood & I Posted June 7, 2020 Share Posted June 7, 2020 Have you noticed how 77 and 80 have faint cover months in small white boxes? That'll be the pence copies fault. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frisco Larson Posted June 7, 2020 Share Posted June 7, 2020 5 minutes ago, Get Marwood & I said: I reckon that Amalia Hall's got something to do with it Very possibly! It's kind of interesting that I have several early Marvel Silver Age comics that have the name Ramon Hull or perhaps Hall written on them. I had wondered that if it IS in fact Hall, if perhaps Amalia might be his sister??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frisco Larson Posted June 7, 2020 Share Posted June 7, 2020 6 minutes ago, Get Marwood & I said: Have you noticed how 77 and 80 have faint cover months in small white boxes? That'll be the pence copies fault. Now that you mention it, I DO see it, more so on the 77 than the 80. I have a nicer certified 80 and it looks quite a bit bolder that the 77, as does my raw copy of 80. How did the pence copies figure into the picture? RetiredOldMan and Math Teacher 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Get Marwood & I Posted June 7, 2020 Share Posted June 7, 2020 31 minutes ago, Frisco Larson said: Now that you mention it, I DO see it, more so on the 77 than the 80. I have a nicer certified 80 and it looks quite a bit bolder that the 77, as does my raw copy of 80. How did the pence copies figure into the picture? I'll try and post something tomorrow Frisco as I'm on my tablet and I need my desktop file pictures.... Frisco Larson 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Math Teacher Posted June 7, 2020 Share Posted June 7, 2020 (edited) 1 hour ago, Frisco Larson said: Is this book the 12-cent variant? Edited June 7, 2020 by Joe Ankenbauer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frisco Larson Posted June 7, 2020 Share Posted June 7, 2020 13 minutes ago, Joe Ankenbauer said: Is this book the 12-cent variant? I'm not entirely sure Joe, but it doesn't look very well done, so my guess is no. It'd be interesting to see if there are any other copies like it out there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Get Marwood & I Posted June 8, 2020 Share Posted June 8, 2020 22 hours ago, Frisco Larson said: 22 hours ago, Get Marwood & I said: Have you noticed how 77 and 80 have faint cover months in small white boxes? That'll be the pence copies fault. Now that you mention it, I DO see it, more so on the 77 than the 80. I have a nicer certified 80 and it looks quite a bit bolder that the 77, as does my raw copy of 80. How did the pence copies figure into the picture? If you look at copies of JIM around that time, most have defined boxes in which either the month sits with the issue number above or both number and month sit in the one outlined box, like so: The handful of issues where there is no outlined box, but a rectangleish blob of white (I know all the technical terms you know), sitting in the cover background colour, they all seem to have visually poorly defined months. On #77, the 'FEB' looks like it is supposed to be white text printed within the background blue (like the issue number is), but the white rectangle of the pence copy looks like it has been overprinted and has therefore made the cents copy look fuzzy: Same again on #80, the cents copie's 'MAY' looks like it has the pence copies white rectangle overprinted and, as such, looks indistinct as a result: (Incidentally, the white rectangle was placed on the pence copy to obscure the month as pence copies had them removed in those days to avoid shipping delay confusion - see my pence thread for more on that) My theory is that the months on these two should have been printed as white text on the background colour but, somehow, the pence plate's white rectangle found its way onto the cents copies, possibly indicating that the pence copies were run first (fight!). Just speculation on my part, drawn from all my US Price Font Variations analysis, but fun nonetheless. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frisco Larson Posted June 8, 2020 Share Posted June 8, 2020 Very interesting! Now I'll be looking for that as I explore the other genres in the line. Maybe more will turn up! Get Marwood & I 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jasonmorris1000000 Posted June 10, 2020 Share Posted June 10, 2020 Does anyone else think that Spragg looks like a giant gumdrop? KirbyJack 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frisco Larson Posted June 10, 2020 Share Posted June 10, 2020 Love this issue!!! Nicely done!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KirbyJack Posted June 10, 2020 Share Posted June 10, 2020 (edited) 10 hours ago, Jasonmorris1000000 said: Does anyone else think that Spragg looks like a giant gumdrop? I think he looks like one of those little chin puppets. Quarantine Project! Somebody get on that! Edited June 10, 2020 by KirbyJack Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frisco Larson Posted June 13, 2020 Share Posted June 13, 2020 Technically from the Journey into Mystery portion of the run. Electron 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frisco Larson Posted June 21, 2020 Share Posted June 21, 2020 I guess I never posted an assemblage of Spanish Journey into Mystery books that I've been slowly putting together in this thread. So, here some are. Journey into Mystery #24 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
