1935-1940: The GOLDEN AGE of Golden Age

[PovertyRow]

Keen Detective Funnies v2#1, from 1939. Too bad it has that scribble on it, otherwise it's in great shape.

 

Yah - you BETTER ...

 

You know, it is interesting how much that resembles a pre-Batman Detective cover.

This is very, very interesting.

 

I DO have the Gerber Photo-Journals but you know? Seeing these books so large and associating tem with someone you are familiar with on the boards - it makes for a considerable experience.

 

I really am enjoying this thread!

[tb]

Cool thread!

 

[RareHighGrade]

Gorgeous book hkp. That cover has always been one of my favorite early MM Magazines.

[PovertyRow]

Cool thread!

 

 

"Kolchak!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

PS - Very nice!

[ultimatevenom]

Cool thread!

 

 

Very very nice hkp.

 

Got anymore?

 

My wantlist is going to be huge

[dgillock]

Most of my GA runs 1941 to 1950, but I'll post this one tho keep the momentum up:

 

 

Love this period. Wish I could track down more. Keep 'em coming!

[rob_react]

Superworld #1. Great Frank R. Paul cover.

 

 

Man that is sweet. Ted VanLiew would love it!

 

He used to use part of that cover for his OS ads, I think.

[CentaurMan]

Nice! Now there's one you don't see every day.

 

I like how the artist decided that each plane should be a different color.

[CentaurMan]

 

I can't stop staring at this cover. I love the details. The creativity is astounding. The aliens have to push a certain combination of buttons with their 6 fingers to get the weapon to work. Each alien is carrying a fancy walking stick. The two astronauts in the background managed to fell one alien before getting trapped themselves.

 

Just fantastic. I wish Paul had done more comic covers. His Amazing Stories and Science & Air Wonder Stories pulp covers are phenomenal. Did he do anything in comics besides Superworld and Marvel 1?

[CentaurMan]

Shifting gears dramatically, here's my copy of Movie Comics #2, from 1939. Movie Comics was a 6-issue DC run (All-American, a DC predecessor, actually) which intended to capitalize on the popularity of film, but it failed miserably and the 6 issues have become one of the more obscure DC runs ever made.

 

If you've never seen the interior of one of these issues, you're missing out on possibly the weirdest comic panel experiment ever. Re-tinted movie stills, primarily head shots, were pasted onto hand-drawn comic cartoon bodies and backgrounds. The result is just plain unsettling.

 

[Metarog]

 

Paul was incredible but to my knowledge he only did the 3 Superworld covers for Gernsback and the cover to the famous Marvel Comics #1. Here is a site that has all his Pulp and Magazine covers. Get ready for some amazing stuff!

 

Paul Covers

[dgillock]

Paul's one of my all-time favorites.

 

I had the opportunity last year to see some of his originals (paintings and pen and ink drawings) at a pulp art show at the Brooklyn Museum of Art. The show itself was a little scattered, but it was worth the admission price just to see a few pieces of his work in person. The level of detail in some of his work is just amazing- think illuminated manuscripts- reproduction doesn't do them justice.

[buttock]

I LOVE movie comics! I don't have any, but they are just so unique. Someday...

 

Awesome book, very underrated.

[tb]

Here's the December 1935 issue (see response to RHG below).

 

[Timely]

Keen Detective Funnies v2#1, from 1939. Too bad it has that scribble on it, otherwise it's in great shape.

 

 

Don't you just hate the MH scribbles!

 

Timely

[lou_fine]

Keen Detective Funnies v2#1, from 1939. Too bad it has that scribble on it, otherwise it's in great shape.

 

 

CentaurMan;

 

Don't complain too much about the scribbles here. They appear to match similar scribbles found on the early Mile Highs which Edgar Church had bought 2nd hand. Just check my MH catalogue which lists V2 #1 of KDF as being in Fine condition for the outrageous price of $25.00.

 

I guess the purchaser had to get a loan from the bank for this book.

[PovertyRow]

He used to use part of that cover for his OS ads, I think.

 

He pasted his face with a typical Goofy Ted expression onto the body og the front astronaut. Typical Ted!

[RareHighGrade]

Since this thread is supposed to include books from 1935, and no one has posted any yet, here's one:

[tb]

Wow! That's one gorgeous copy of the top book on my DC want list.

 

I posted the file copy below in the cigar thread when I got it last fall,

but I thought it was fun to compare another book from the same month.

 

[RareHighGrade]

Very impressive.