Arkadin Posted March 16, 2013 Share Posted March 16, 2013 (edited) Just in, a nice copy of Spunky #1, from 1949. This is a terrific book bursting with artwork by the great funny animal artist Jack Bradbury. And if that weren't enough, there are some Frazetta text illo's too. If anyone's interested, there's a cool Jack Bradbury website with lots of comics, original art and letters that provide some fascinating insight into the production background of this very Spunky book in 1948, and the comic industry in general. Spunky #1 Edited March 16, 2013 by Arkadin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrBedrock Posted April 10, 2013 Share Posted April 10, 2013 A cool early variation on the variant cover theme... St. John Publishing took over all of the Terry-Toons titles from Timely in 1947. In 1951 they decided to change the title of the flagship book of that franchise from Terry-Toons to Paul Terry's Comics. Issue #85 was the first to switch titles. But St. John was thoughtful about the change over and decided to publish two versions of each of the first two issues of the switch. Maybe he thought that it would be easier to acclimate readers this way. Maybe it was a necessity because of subscription needs. Either way, a a result a neat anomaly... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Scrooge Posted April 10, 2013 Share Posted April 10, 2013 Never noticed that! Thank you for the tip, Mr. Bedrock :thumbsup: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrBedrock Posted April 10, 2013 Share Posted April 10, 2013 My pleasure Mike. Towards the end of last year I bought a huge collection of Paul Terry material. All of the St. John issues of every title, including Heckle and Jeckle, Gandy Goose, Dinky Duck, foreign Terry-Toons, movie posters, cereal premiums and boxes, and all kinds of paper collectibles. I just started scanning stuff. Here's Terry-Toons 60, the first St. John issue... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scrooge Posted April 10, 2013 Share Posted April 10, 2013 I remember that buy and the esoteric costumes you sold off from that collection. Mighty Mouse is cool Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marty Mann Posted April 10, 2013 Share Posted April 10, 2013 One of my all time favorites. mm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pmpknface Posted April 10, 2013 Share Posted April 10, 2013 I posted this in the LB Cole thread, but just won this one on Sunday. I've got about 1/2 of this title now: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adamstrange Posted April 10, 2013 Share Posted April 10, 2013 Cole really was a master at every genre. (thumbs u Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zzutak Posted April 10, 2013 Share Posted April 10, 2013 Frisky is one of those words that really should be used more often. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrBedrock Posted April 10, 2013 Share Posted April 10, 2013 Frisky is one of those words that really should be used more often. +1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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EC ed Posted April 11, 2013 Share Posted April 11, 2013 Here are a couple EC books with funny animals, from back in the day when Max Gaines was in charge: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrBedrock Posted April 11, 2013 Share Posted April 11, 2013 These were part of a box set sold in toy stores... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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adamstrange Posted April 11, 2013 Share Posted April 11, 2013 Love this! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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pmpknface Posted April 11, 2013 Share Posted April 11, 2013 I've seen a bunch of Heckle & Jeckle covers up here lately. May have to buy this: http://www.mediaoutlet.com/heckle-and-jeckle-dvds-all-43-terrytoons-cartoons-2-discs-p-765.html "This title is a collection of all 43 individual Heckle And Jeckle cartoons which are all in the public domain. " Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
