1939 NEWSSTAND PIC TIME MACHINE JOURNEY INTO THE PAST 18 18

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On 12/31/2023 at 9:15 AM, aardvark88 said:

Happy New Year from 1945 fat stacks of raw GA:

Where are the DCs and Dells?

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DCs are there, probably double-stacked behind other books.

You can see Leading Comics on the same row as the Jingle Jangle, to the left of the Famous Funnies.

[adamstrange]

A Newsstand in Omaha, Nebraska. Photo by John Vachon— November 1938

 

[AJD]

On 1/3/2024 at 10:50 AM, SpineTic said:

I love this great shot of Australian comics lined up for sale on the footpath (sidewalk). The comics were often on the ground, with the newspapers sometimes being on the ground but sometimes on a rack. I was buying comics that way during visits to Melbourne in the 1960s with my parents. The Tim Valour comic (RHS towards the bottom and again right at the bottom towards the left) is #21 of the first series. The publication date is listed as January 1950(?) in AusReprints. But the Char Chapman (towards the bottom LH corner) is cited as 1951(?) there, but 1952 on the GCD. Placing these undated comics in a timeline isn't easy!

 

[AJD]

Still looking for matches in that photo. The two Pecos Bill issues had me stumped, but they seemed to be imported comics from the UK. When I saved the photo to rotate it and enlarge it, I saw that the title is "London schoolboy with comics", so in fact this might be a photo of Australian comics on sale with a selection of British comics. There are other British comics in the mix as well, like these two Pecos Bill issues. It's odd, though,because they they differ by 8 issue numbers, which I wouldn't expect in their home market, but could happen if they arrived in Australia in a bulk lot? The series started in 1951, so #8 could be 1951 or 1952, and #16 1952 or 1953. The Australian comics in the photo seem to be dated from 1951 to 1953 - quite a wide range!

Likewise, there is a copy of Little Sheriff #18, also a British publication, as well as two other issues that don't appear in the GCD - numbers 19, 20 and 21 are among the missing candidates, which seems about right. Also visible are Bobby Benson's B-Bar-B Riders. I spot #10 and one other that isn't in the GCD (maybe 7 or 9 or 12).

The D*ck Tracy  #21 and the Phantom #65 and 67 are all Australian. The Phantoms are early 1953.

The kid seems to have his left hand on 'Amazing Detective', which clearly has a UK publisher logo pricing, but I can't find it on the GCD.  Maybe @Get Marwood & I has some thoughts?

Oh Boy! and Wonderman is a UK title that seems to have escaped anything but a bare bones mention in the GCD. The Kid Colt should be easy to find because we can see almost the whole cover, but doesn't seem to be in the long running UK series of the time by Thorpe and Porter. There were also three issues by Miller around the same time (no images in the GCD), so it might be one of those. It's not Australian.

The Pirates issues are these two UK editions (nn and #5)

Confusing me even more, the Casper issue (top left) seems to have the cover of the Harvey US edition from December 1952. It's not the 1955 Australian reprint of that issue, which had 'March 1955' in white on the TLC. It's either the US edition, or a UK reprint one-shot but again there's no GCD image to check. Here's the US cover - the one in the photo looks like it has a darker background.

The Felix the Cat issues are UK editions, numbers 7 and 8, both dated 1953

There are a few others, but I'll leave it there. But this photo gives us a really interesting snapshot of the UK/Australia comics market. Apparently comics could be found on sale for quite a few months after publication even in their home market, and up to a couple of years later for imports! What I first thought was a photo of comics for sale in Australia that included some British comics turns out to be comics for sale in the UK with some Australian imports. Fascinating stuff, at least for those of us who find it fascinating.  

 

 

 

[Get Marwood & I]

On 1/7/2024 at 1:44 AM, AJD said:

Confusing me even more, the Casper issue (top left) seems to have the cover of the Harvey US edition from December 1952. It's not the 1955 Australian reprint of that issue, which had 'March 1955' in white on the TLC. It's either the US edition, or a UK reprint one-shot but again there's no GCD image to check. Here's the US cover - the one in the photo looks like it has a darker background.

Here's the Casper - it's a Streamline reprint that I was going to bid on at one point. I saved a  picture:

[Get Marwood & I]

On 1/7/2024 at 1:44 AM, AJD said:

The kid seems to have his left hand on 'Amazing Detective', which clearly has a UK publisher logo pricing, but I can't find it on the GCD.  Maybe @Get Marwood & I has some thoughts?

That looks like another Streamline reprint. I'll have a look about later, see if I can find it.

There are so many pre-1960s UK reprints out there that aren't on the GCD. If I could go back in time, I'd research them as I have some of the post 1960s UK books. I fear it would be a largely impossible task now. 

Love the photo. I think I recognise that pavement...

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[Get Marwood & I]

On 1/7/2024 at 9:43 PM, SpineTic said:

 

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[Robot Man]

On 1/8/2024 at 6:24 AM, SpineTic said:

Wow, that is an amazing comic rack! Looks like maybe cardboard. Hard to imagine if one still exists. Guess I will just have to be happy to have this…

Edited January 8 by Robot Man

[SpineTic]

This is the earliest example of mail order comics I could find an WOW, what a great deal!

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On 1/8/2024 at 6:28 AM, SpineTic said:

I got the real pictures of this. Action comics 12 on the bottom.

[Robot Man]

On 1/8/2024 at 3:49 PM, SpineTic said:

This is the earliest example of mail order comics I could find an WOW, what a great deal!

That’s about what comic dealers now pay for long boxes of drek…

[Robot Man]

On 1/8/2024 at 3:54 PM, SpineTic said:

I need to set up a comics room like that!