Christmas '72 or How I became a Golden Age Collector

[50YrsCollctngCmcs]

I thought everyone might get a kick out of these pictures from my old photo album. The year is 1972, the time is Christmas. For those who think this was a dark age for the comic collector, you are partially correct. However, since we did not know that you would ever be able to buy archives, trade paperbacks or even go to a comic store it didn't seem that way.

 

You can see evidence of my collecting habits changing with issues of both Dennis the Menace and Superman under the tree. Steranko's History of the Comics Volume 2 is featured prominently, and I had probably received Volume 1 the prior Christmas so I was already on my way to appreciating the Golden Age.

 

I'll let you guys figure out the other two books that I remember receiving so well that year and really enjoyed reading. I still have all of these books, though both Steranko volumes are dog eared from reading and looking at the photos many times.

 

I should also point out that I in fact did build that Lunar Lander model and it was probably the greatest model I ever got and built!

 

Merry Christmas!

[kryptonitecomics]

Very cool...thanks for sharing.....I would have been about a week away from being 1 year old when that picture was taken......my birthday is January 2nd 1972

[snitzer]

thanks for sharing the photos! just curious, what's with the colgate in the first picture?

[ArAich]

"All in Color for a Dime" ...I still have my copy...

[shiverbones]

great pic! I love old christmas shots. I have a few laying around too.

[thehumantorch]

 

Great photos, thanks for sharing. The toothpaste was no doubt a stocking stuffer.

[Mutant Manatee]

Fantastic pictures! Looks like you had a wonderful Christmas! That Superman comic is issue #261.

 

[agro23]

That's quite a haul! Is that electronics kit the one with springs on the corners of the squares for attaching the wires? I had one of those!

[BustedFlush]

The lunar landing kit brought it all back for me. Back then, my father and I put together those Frankenstein and The Mummy plastic models on the kitchen table, the same models you'd find in back of the '60s comics. Great shots.

[shiverbones]

Great terror of the river avatar!

[shiverbones]

I have more, but this is the only one I could find right now... I am YOUNG! And eating Captain America.

 

[BangZoom]

Great terror of the river avatar!

 

I was just wondering where that image came from.

 

Thanks, Matt.

[shiverbones]

(thumbs u

 

 

 

[shiverbones]

here are some misc. 70's & early 80's Christmas mornings...

 

[Jayman]

I myself had that 65 in one Electronic project kit. Great fun and memories!

 

Welcome to the Boards!

[BustedFlush]

Where's the 'Frozen Gold?'

[Jayman]

Great pics Matthew!

I see a young shiverbones picturing an allegory that juxtaposes incongruous emotions!

[shiverbones]

 

[shiverbones]

Great pics Matthew!

I see a young shiverbones picturing an allegory that juxtaposes incongruous emotions!

 

 

so true...

[innocuous]

Great pics everyone. And, very astute of your parents to leave the socks and undies out of the pics (unless they happened to be underoos, then too bad).