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[Marty Mann]

According to Overstreet, this is the first Charlton comic book and I

don't see any copies on the CGC Census.

 

 

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[BB-Gun]

Even though I have quite a few LOONEY TUNES & MERRIE MELODIES

COMICS...this is the only all BUGS BUNNY COMIC I have in my collection.

Again, this was an other one bought off the rack at W.T. GRANTS.

 

 

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I like those Bugs Bunny stories and Porky too.

[Marty Mann]

GREAT COLLECTION!!!

 

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[Marty Mann]

Along with quite a few LOONEY TUNES & MERRIE MELODIES COMICS

(which I have because I was given a subscription to them for a Christmas

present), I have quite a few WALT DISNEY'S COMICS & STORIES...here

is the first one I bought.

 

 

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[Scrooge]

one of my favorite covers. Still haven't a copy but one day ...

[AJD]

one of my favorite covers. Still haven't a copy but one day ...

 

+1 on both counts. You have a great collection Marty.

[Marty Mann]

Thanks...I really enjoy showing it...who would have guessed back in the 40's

& 50's when I bought these books that I would be sharing them through the air,

 

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[comicdonna]

I have been enjoying, your collection, Marty.

[Marty Mann]

Thank you!

 

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[GermanFan]

I love to follow your thread. Do you have some stories to share from your collecting days back then?

[Marty Mann]

Thank you for your kind words!

I think the thing I remember the most from those days is the availability

of comic books. You could find them on newsstands, corner stores, the

Five & Ten's, Drug Stores, Ice Cream Parlors and one of my favorite

locations, the Union News Stand in the Railroad station. They always

seemed to have the best assortment of Street & Smith comics...right

there next to the pulp magazines.

 

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[Marty Mann]

I remember seeing the first EC's on the newsstand and realizing

that they were different...besides a lot of them had stories by RAY

BRADBURY and that was enough for me to buy them. Many of the

EC's I picked up were remainder copies for 5 cents each.

This was one of my first...

 

 

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[ciorac]

I remember seeing the first EC's on the newsstand and realizing

that they were different...besides a lot of them had stories by RAY

BRADBURY and that was enough for me to buy them. Many of the

EC's I picked up were remainder copies for 5 cents each.

This was one of my first...

 

 

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Love that book. One of my favorite EC comics

[Marty Mann]

This was one of my favorite EC's...FLYING SAUCERS!

 

 

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[BB-Gun]

This was one of my favorite EC's...FLYING SAUCERS!

 

 

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I like that one too and purchased a second copy for an upgrade. However, I still have both of them and I like to see them in the box with some of my other favorite Weird Science and Weird Fantasy covers.

 

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[Foxtrot70]

I remember seeing the first EC's on the newsstand and realizing

that they were different...besides a lot of them had stories by RAY

BRADBURY and that was enough for me to buy them. Many of the

EC's I picked up were remainder copies for 5 cents each.

This was one of my first...

 

 

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You bought that off the newstand and still have it!

 

Here is my copy, but I paid more than 5 cents.

 

WF #13 (1) by foxtrot70, on Flickr

[Marty Mann]

Yes I bought it off the newsstand and still have it...but this one cost me a dime.

 

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[Marty Mann]

And with covers like this, EC's on the newsstand were hard to miss...plus

Ray Bradbury story included.

 

 

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[Marty Mann]

Overstreet states that the first five "FLYING SAUCER ISSUES" were:

 

1- The SPIRIT Section (9/28/47)

2- SHADOW COMICS V7 #10 (1/48)

3- CAPTAIN MIDNIGHT #60 (2/48)

4- BOY COMMANDOS #26 (3-4/48)

5- FOUR-COLOR #190 (6/48)

 

In going through my collection I see I have copies of #3 and #5.

 

 

 

(Back cover)

 

Unless there is already one posted, "FLYING SAUCER COVERS" could be a thread of it's own.

 

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[Foxtrot70]

Overstreet states that the first five "FLYING SAUCER ISSUES" were:

 

1- The SPIRIT Section (9/28/47)

2- SHADOW COMICS V7 #10 (1/48)

3- CAPTAIN MIDNIGHT #60 (2/48)

4- BOY COMMANDOS #26 (3-4/48)

5- FOUR-COLOR #190 (6/48)

 

In going through my collection I see I have copies of #3 and #5.

 

 

Unless there is already one posted, "FLYING SAUCER COVERS" could be a thread of it's own.

 

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Now that you mention it, Flying Saucers were a very significant theme in entertainment for years. You should have the honors to start one... I would enjoy it.