Comic book collecting with a foreign variant focus 20 20

[Happyfarm]

On 3/13/2023 at 7:29 PM, andyborehol said:

In honor of all of these books from Denmark, here’s my entire Danish collection:

 

Last but not least, this comic includes Incredible Hulk #179, 180 & 181. Interestingly, Wolverine was originally referred to as “Ulvemanden” which translates to “The Wolf Man” (according to Google Translate). Since then he has been “Jærven”, which is a more accurate translation of “Wolverine.”

Great books! I translated the second Danish edition of Miller's Wolverine many years later. The second edition has the same cover as the US # 1. Notice that they removed the crossbow on the cover of the first Danish edition.

Seeing that Hulk with the first Wolverine also makes me feel all nostalgic, as I remember buying that as a kid and wondering who the heck this 'Ulvemanden' was. Back then I really had no idea who the X-Men were, as they didn't have their own series here at that time. They'd been briefly published here in 1973-74 as X-Mændene but I was merely an infant then, and then they were re-introduced in 1984 as Projekt X. Here's a beat up copy of one of the X-Mændene.

 

Edited March 13, 2023 by Happyfarm

[Happyfarm]

Here you can see how a panel from the Superman story "The Modern Nostradamus", originally published in Action Comics # 125 in 1948, is redrawn into a new, locally designed cover on the Danish Superman # 2 from 1952. And how the panel on the pages inside is altered from its full color US version to the Danish black/white/red version, which is how these Danish Superman were printed in the early 50's. Notice also that the speech balloons and text boxes were redrawn in the Danish edition.

 

[andyborehol]

On 3/13/2023 at 3:32 PM, Happyfarm said:

Great books! I translated the second Danish edition of Miller's Wolverine many years later. The second edition has the same cover as the US # 1. Notice that they removed the crossbow on the cover of the first Danish edition.

Seeing that Hulk with the first Wolverine also makes me feel all nostalgic, as I remember buying that as a kid and wondering who the heck this 'Ulvemanden' was. Back then I really had no idea who the X-Men were, as they didn't have their own series here at that time. They'd been briefly published here in 1973-74 as X-Mændene but I was merely an infant then, and then they were re-introduced in 1984 as Projekt X. Here's a beat up copy of one of the X-Mændene.

 

I love all of the background info, thanks! “X-Mændene” seems to be the literal translation of “X-men”…any idea why they made the change to “Projekt X?” Do you think that it was just a marketing decision, or does “X-Mændene” sound odd in the context of the language?

[Happyfarm]

On 3/13/2023 at 11:12 PM, andyborehol said:

I love all of the background info, thanks! “X-Mændene” seems to be the literal translation of “X-men”…any idea why they made the change to “Projekt X?” Do you think that it was just a marketing decision, or does “X-Mændene” sound odd in the context of the language?

They changed the translation because X-Mændene sounds way too gendered in Danish, as 'mænd' is plural for 'mand', which literally means a male, as opposed to the more generic, less gendered 'man' (human) that you have in English. And since the team consists of both men and women the name Projekt X was deemed to be more fitting.

This reminds me also of the Danish translation of the classic French sci fi series Valérian, which is not only about Valérian but also his partner Laureline, so when this series was introduced in Denmark in 1975 the Danish editors decided to change the title to Linda & Valentin.

[Kromak]

Some interesting foreign pulps and comics will be auctioned tonight at Comic Connect:

 

https://www.comicconnect.com/browse/set/63455?page=1

 

 

Edited March 14, 2023 by Kromak

[Happyfarm]

On 3/14/2023 at 5:12 PM, Kromak said:

Some interesting foreign pulps and comics will be auctioned tonight at Comic Connect:

 

https://www.comicconnect.com/browse/set/63455?page=1

 

 

Yes, a 6.5 of the Mexican Spider-Man wedding issue sold in the fall for $ 35,000.

[10centcomics]

On 3/14/2023 at 3:41 PM, Happyfarm said:

Yes, a 6.5 of the Mexican Spider-Man wedding issue sold in the fall for $ 35,000.

The Hombre Arana 128 in this auction sold for $24,999.

[Happyfarm]

Here's a beautiful, painted cover on the Danish Superman # 2 from 1966 by Spanish artist Jorge Penalva, who did many covers for European publishers back then. It's based on a panel from a story in World's Finest # 145, which is printed inside. This cover has, as far as I know, never been printed in any other countries than Denmark.

 

 

[Yorick]

This nice copy arrived recently (Australian):

[marmat]

[Get Marwood & I]

On 3/19/2023 at 8:13 PM, marmat said:

 So bad, it's brilliant 

[gadzukes]

On 3/19/2023 at 4:17 PM, Get Marwood & I said:

 So bad, it's brilliant 

The Pif Paf editor's 4 year old son drew that cover perhaps.  It's brilliant.

[Kromak]

Many "Paquito" Mexican publications on Heritage right now, each with one page of Action Comics n°1, as a few other foreign stuff:

https://www.ha.com/c/search-results.zx?N=0+793+794+791+792+1893+1577+2088&Ntk=SI_Titles-Desc&Nty=1&Ntt=paquito&limitTo=all&ic=homepage-search-A-K-071316

Changing subject, some new stuff that arrived a couple of weeks ago:

I expected a bit more content inside this Flash Gordon (as it is the case of n°13), this one has considerably less pages and hence only a Flash Gordon story.

[andyborehol]

On 3/29/2023 at 10:27 AM, Kromak said:

Many "Paquito" Mexican publications on Heritage right now, each with one page of Action Comics n°1, as a few other foreign stuff:

https://www.ha.com/c/search-results.zx?N=0+793+794+791+792+1893+1577+2088&Ntk=SI_Titles-Desc&Nty=1&Ntt=paquito&limitTo=all&ic=homepage-search-A-K-071316

 

So if I’m understanding correctly, those “Paquito” issues have one page of Action Comics #1 on the back cover, and CGC actually put most of them into the slabs backwards so that the AC1 page and the grade can be seen together? That doesn’t sit quite right with me…seems like yet another example of CGC breaking its own standards just to try to inflate market value.

[Juggernaut]

Transformers #1 French Canadian

[THE_BEYONDER]

A couple pence copies I got today....

[Beyonder123]

On 3/29/2023 at 2:11 PM, Juggernaut said:

Transformers #1 French Canadian

Un supplement Longshot? I dont speak French, but did this come inserted in a Longshot issue?

[THE_BEYONDER]

On 3/29/2023 at 8:26 PM, Beyonder123 said:

Un supplement Longshot? I dont speak French, but did this come inserted in a Longshot issue?

I’m guessing a Longshot  issue is reprinted inside 

Edited March 30, 2023 by THE_BEYONDER

[Juggernaut]

On 3/29/2023 at 8:36 PM, THE_BEYONDER said:

I’m guessing a Longshot  issue is reprinted inside 

Yes a Longshot issue is reprinted inside.

[gadzukes]

This is not mine.  I saw it on ebay and thought I'd post it because of it's sheer coolness.