I love old fanzines.....

[Duffman_Comics]

Part of the fun of this hobby are old fanzines. I am not talking the semi-pro stuff, but the old mimeographed, typoed, faded purple ink kind. The ones where, at times, one goes "WTF were they thinking".

 

A little backstory. I bid on a whole bunch of these things as a lot. Had it in the bag. Got sniped.

 

But then . The winning bidder was a great friend of mine, so I called him to remonstrate and make him suitably ashamed of himself. Long story short is he sent me four of these things (along with some "My Greatest Adventures" that I didn't have and may post later).

 

Anyway, on with the show. here is the cover to "Popular Heroes Illustrated #2" from September 1964. What an illo. Done by the Assistant Editor of this 'zine, "LW" better known now for his writing and editing - Len Wein:

 

 

Next up are three pages of ads from "Fantasy Hero #2", November 1963. Editor is the familiarly named Bill Dubay and he seems to have done an awful lot in this issue. The ads, however are from Howard (tape is not a defect) Rogofsky. Interestingly, he didn't call himself Howard F.H. Rogofsky, unlike his Marvel (M) and D.C. (D) spruikings.

 

 

 

Anyway, submitted for your entertainment. Usually any thread I start drops like a stone, but if I gauge sufficient interest I will post some more pages. The "Grey Grasshopper" anyone?

 

 

 

 

[october]

Post more! Always nice to see early fanzines.

[heinlein99]

Julie Schwartz editing Detective, eh? Wonder if he'll make any major changes...

[Duffman_Comics]

Here is the "back page" of "The Comic Feature!" number 3 from June-July in the early sixties (I cannot narrow it down any further).

 

The interesting part is the the back cover formed the mailing address. In this case it was sent to GW Behymer of Richland, Washington by the editor, Larry Walczak.

 

Does anyone know any of these people - including those mentioned in the text? There is also a mention of a Margaret Gemignani, who has to be that rarest of creatures, a girl interested in funnybooks in the early sixties (apologies to Maggie Thompson and Irene Vartanoff)

 

 

Oh, BTW, I think the "Bert I Gordon Fan Club" could have its Annual General Meeting in a Phone Booth somewhere

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[heinlein99]

Bert I. Gordon.... jeez. I think I've heard of that Len Wein guy from Comet #1.

 

 

One of my most-regretted eBay losses from the past couple of years was a piece of original art done in his fanzine days by Bill Dubay, who later edited several Warren magazines. It didn't go for very much, and I could have bid more.

[howardhallis]

Already posted this in the "This Week In Your Collection" thread, but want to share it here as well. A nice 1965 fanzine with an original Ditko cover:

 

[joe_collector]

Wow, I just love this stuff, back when comic book fandom was still going strong.

[HouseofComics.Com]

I'd love to see Batmania (or is it Bat-Mania) covers if anyone has any.

[FlyingDonut]

I think I have some Bat-Mania stuff, will post tonight.

 

First issue of RBCC, when Rocket's Blast and Comicollector merged. Huge deal in 1964:

 

[FlyingDonut]

Alter Ego 1 from 1961. The Action 1 of fanzines:

 

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[AtlasFan]

About a year ago there I remember a ton of ALTER-EGO, BATMANIA, etc. up for auction on ebay. I collect these guys, but I dropped out of the bidding when the prices got crazy... something like $150 for an early ALTER-EGO - YIKES!

 

I hope Roy Thomas got a kickback!

Bill

[aardvark88]

Roy Thomas and Mark Evanier have told many great stories about the Marvel Bullpen during his seminars at San Diego Comic-con.

 

 

 

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