1939 NEWSSTAND PIC TIME MACHINE JOURNEY INTO THE PAST 18 18

[comicjack]

On 8/7/2024 at 4:18 AM, Primetime said:

No photo on the actual newsstand, but this copy of Tec 31 received two full date stamps in the white border of the logo - 85 years ago today - AUG 7, 1939 - at a Rexall Drug Store in Ontario, Canada 🇨🇦  

You can make out the drug store stamp underneath the castle. Here are some Rexall Drug store photos (don’t know the exact time periods), which make it fun imagining this book first being released and sold. And, remember, the OCT copies of Marvel Comics 1 would be released a few weeks later on AUG 31, 1939 @jpepx78 @BitterOldMan

@CW @Ameri

Rexall Drugs was a great source of comics off the racks 

[jpepx78]

It’s possible that the Tec 31 could still be available somewhere in this Medford Oregon newsstand from August 1939.

On 8/7/2024 at 1:18 AM, Primetime said:

On 8/7/2024 at 1:18 AM, Primetime said:

No photo on the actual newsstand, but this copy of Tec 31 received two full date stamps in the white border of the logo - 85 years ago today - AUG 7, 1939 - at a Rexall Drug Store in Ontario, Canada 🇨🇦  

You can make out the drug store stamp underneath the castle. Here are some Rexall Drug store photos (don’t know the exact time periods), which make it fun imagining this book first being released and sold. And, remember, the OCT copies of Marvel Comics 1 would be released a few weeks later on AUG 31, 1939 @jpepx78 @BitterOldMan

@CW @Ameri

[Primetime]

On 8/7/2024 at 7:32 AM, jpepx78 said:

It’s possible that the Tec 31 could still be available somewhere in this Medford Oregon newsstand from August 1939.

Definitely 👍🏾 

[Primetime]

On 8/7/2024 at 7:08 AM, comicjack said:

Rexall Drugs was a great source of comics off the racks 

I can imagine 🤩

[Telegan]

A bunch of pics in this post by Digital Comic Museum on Facebook.  Kids reading comics.  Don't forget to scroll through the pics - I think there's over 80 of them.

https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=1968942056510401

Edited August 12 by Telegan

[Darwination]

I came across this article from 2022 in the SF Chronicle today:
https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/Photos-of-S-F-s-first-comic-book-store-16945786.php

I'll post some of the pics, not a 1939 newsstand, but there are some old comics on the walls of this 1971 newsstand, too (and I like seeing all those undergrounds fresh on the shelf myself)

notice the "warehouse copies" bottom left

Don't crush those comics with the ladder, help me jesus!!!!

 

[Robot Man]

Gary’s shop was always on my agenda when as a young kid, I visited my relatives in the Bay Area.

A very passionate collector and a bit of a mentor as well. I always left his store with a nice pile of PCH and ECs which were in abundance in his store. He often “let me slide” if I was a little short of cash. Best shop in the area back then.

Can you even imagine a store with stock like that now? 

[Pickie]

Nice deep stack of True Life Secrets #23 ... 

[Robot Man]

On 9/30/2024 at 8:28 AM, Pickie said:

Nice deep stack of True Life Secrets #23 ... 

“Warehouse find”. I believe Kayo’s books bought out Gary’s stash. 

[woowoo]

I lived in Daily City SF area as a kid. I went to Gary’s store on 23rd mission I believe every weekend. I bout lots of small books never had the money to buy his Hulk 105 for $5 bucks barley had 10 cents to take bus home loved those days.

[Point Five]

On 9/30/2024 at 12:38 AM, Darwination said:

Don't crush those comics with the ladder, help me jesus!!!!

 

Looks like that Crime Suspenstories is loose and about to jump...   Good news I guess is it's that cover with the big hanging feet that no one wants anyway.  

 

[Yorick]

On 9/29/2024 at 9:38 PM, Darwination said:

That kid staring straight up at the "forbidden" books is awesome!    Those were always in a restricted area in the shops I visited.

[Robot Man]

On 10/1/2024 at 12:11 PM, Yorick said:

That kid staring straight up at the "forbidden" books is awesome!    Those were always in a restricted area in the shops I visited.

I never had any trouble getting those but then I looked like that “reader” about that time….

[Telegan]

On 9/30/2024 at 10:28 AM, Pickie said:

Nice deep stack of True Life Secrets #23 ... 

Eighteen or so years is a long shelf life.  Now they're all coming out of the woodwork in every auction.