Silly Putty

[DiceX]

When we were young, how many of us have used Silly Putty to suck the ink off the interior pages of a comic book?

The commercials always portrayed it as being cool, but even when I was 7, I noticed that when you did this it all but took all the ink off the spot.

 

I did it a few times but wasn't impressed since it was ghosting panels out of my funny books.

 

I wonder what CGC would do to the grade with a whole interior panel removed via Silly Putty.

 

 

[PokerKid]

Would it work to create the rare Kazar with the missing panel?

[rodan57]

I would use it on the Saturday newspaper colour comic insert -- a little more disposable than my valued comic books.

[Kingcom99]

That'd be an interesting project. Create an entire book lifted from silly putty. Would need a mirror to read it though

[joeypost]

When we were young, how many of us have used Silly Putty to suck the ink off the interior pages of a comic book?

The commercials always portrayed it as being cool, but even when I was 7, I noticed that when you did this it all but took all the ink off the spot.

 

I did it a few times but wasn't impressed since it was ghosting panels out of my funny books.

 

I wonder what CGC would do to the grade with a whole interior panel removed via Silly Putty.

 

 

[jools&jim]

 

My kid got some Silly Putty years ago as a party favor, learned about that same trick from me, and tried it with a modern Archie comic.

 

There must be something different about the modern glossy paper and the production process in general...because it didn't work at all...

[Mark 1]

When we were young, how many of us have used Silly Putty to suck the ink off the interior pages of a comic book?

The commercials always portrayed it as being cool, but even when I was 7, I noticed that when you did this it all but took all the ink off the spot.

 

I did it a few times but wasn't impressed since it was ghosting panels out of my funny books.

 

I wonder what CGC would do to the grade with a whole interior panel removed via Silly Putty.

 

 

Interesting question. I used it a lot also but not comics. I mainly played with the silly putty on newspaper comic strips.

 

 

[dupont2005]

I tried it on a comic and also noticed it ruined the page. After that I only did it to the Garfield strips

[seanfingh]

I showed my law partners 7 year old how to lift the pictures from some of the Bronze books I have given them just a couple weeks ago. It doesn't work as well with comic books as it does with the Sunday funnies.

[TupennyConan]

I showed my law partners 7 year old how to lift the pictures from some of the Bronze books I have given them just a couple weeks ago. It doesn't work as well with comic books as it does with the Sunday funnies.

 

I only recall doing it with the newspaper strips.

 

It worked well but not so well as to remove the image from the paper.

 

At least, as I recall.

 

I'm old now & my brain is befogged by too much internetting.

[comicdonna]

When we were young, how many of us have used Silly Putty to suck the ink off the interior pages of a comic book?

The commercials always portrayed it as being cool, but even when I was 7, I noticed that when you did this it all but took all the ink off the spot.

 

I did it a few times but wasn't impressed since it was ghosting panels out of my funny books.

 

I wonder what CGC would do to the grade with a whole interior panel removed via Silly Putty.

 

 

Interesting question. I used it a lot also but not comics. I mainly played with the silly putty on newspaper comic strips.

 

Same here! (thumbs u

[joeypost]

I remembered it being able to bounce.

[Unca Ben]

And it had a funny taste.

[PovertyRow]

Chalk me up for a newspaper comic strip (Sunday Color Strips) Silly Putty Puller.

[oakman29]

And it had a funny taste.

 

Thank God! I thought I was the only one who did that.

[DiceX]

And it had a funny taste.

 

Thank God! I thought I was the only one who did that.

 

I was always afraid to put it in my mouth. It had an odd smell, I didn't want to experience the taste.

 

 

[Warren Oates]

maybe it would be good at removing stray ink and pencil marks?

[ciorac]

When we were young, how many of us have used Silly Putty to suck the ink off the interior pages of a comic book?

The commercials always portrayed it as being cool, but even when I was 7, I noticed that when you did this it all but took all the ink off the spot.

 

I did it a few times but wasn't impressed since it was ghosting panels out of my funny books.

 

I wonder what CGC would do to the grade with a whole interior panel removed via Silly Putty.

 

 

I"m guilty of that as well.

 

I also did some cutting out panels and top left of cover character images, and incorporated them somehow into Viewmaster or some such contrivance. Although I can't remember with clarity what the device was.

[Unca Ben]

And it had a funny taste.

 

Thank God! I thought I was the only one who did that.

The truth will set us free!

[towards2112]

I remembered it being able to bounce.

 

Speaking of bounce, Greggy's Wonder Woman is allegedly made

of 534 eggs of Silly Putty, but I may be wrong to quote such rumors...