THE PARK AVENUE COLLECTION 4 4

[Marty Mann]

Checked the Grand Comics Database, they don't know either.

 

Thanks for checking...worth noting that it's the first issue with original contents.

 

mm

[Marty Mann]

Just a truly enjoyable comic book.

 

https://c1.staticflickr.com/8/7314/9127636553_b47f5e6de5_z.jpg' alt='9127636553_b47f5e6de5_z.jpg'>IMG MORE FUN #126

 

mm

[Larryw7]

Probably pretty rare too.

[catman76]

and by the great Howie Post, one of my favorites. I love all those More Fun covers he did.

[catman76]

Even though these contained reprints of earlier newspaper strips,

they were ones that I had never read but contained characters that

I was familiar with...and there was a lot of variety in each issue.

 

https://c1.staticflickr.com/4/3826/8926476250_46b42cca38.jpg' alt='8926476250_46b42cca38.jpg'>IMG POPULAR COMICS #114

 

mm

 

Cool. It's obvious from this cover that Bill Holman was a big influence on the cartoonist Kaz.

[Marty Mann]

One of those Short-Run titles...later became Wacky Duck.

 

https://c1.staticflickr.com/9/8217/8438499464_7cce0937a1_z.jpg' alt='8438499464_7cce0937a1_z.jpg'>IMG DOPEY DUCK #1

 

mm

[Sqeggs]

One of those Short-Run titles...later became Wacky Duck.

 

[Sqeggs]

Probably pretty rare too.

 

Only three on the census.

[Marty Mann]

As a matter of pure curiosity, I wonder what value, if any, would be placed on

this single page from DETECTIVE COMICS #168.

 

https://c1.staticflickr.com/1/662/32407872395_a8204360d1_z.jpg' alt='32407872395_a8204360d1_z.jpg'>IMG JOKER ORIGIN ®

 

mm

[Badger]

Just a truly enjoyable comic book.

 

[Marty Mann]

Only two copies of this title...as I mentioned before, these comics were available

at my Barber Shop and as the wait was usually long, I didn't have to buy them.

They wouldn't let me read the POLICE GAZETTE at my age.

 

https://c1.staticflickr.com/9/8397/8614804590_95ab7e65be_z.jpg' alt='8614804590_95ab7e65be_z.jpg'>IMG JUMBO COMICS #121

 

mm

 

[Marty Mann]

Going through my coverless copy of ALL-STAR #21 I ran across this with

FAT & SLATS names...don't remember seeing this before.

 

https://c1.staticflickr.com/1/481/32066074100_50664bccfa.jpg' alt='32066074100_50664bccfa.jpg'>IMG FAT & SLAT from ALL-STAR #21

 

mm

[Marty Mann]

One of those action-packed covers...with STREAK The Wonder Dog getting

top billing.

 

https://c1.staticflickr.com/9/8412/8829917388_c1ff296292_z.jpg' alt='8829917388_c1ff296292_z.jpg'>IMG ALL AMERICAN #99

 

mm

Edited January 22, 2017 by Marty Mann

[Marty Mann]

This was the type of number one that always attracted me...characters I was

unfamiliar with.

 

https://c1.staticflickr.com/4/3715/9031450117_874c0bf623_z.jpg' alt='9031450117_874c0bf623_z.jpg'>IMG SKY SHERIFF #1

 

mm

[originalisbest]

The SHADOW had some interesting stories.

 

 

 

 

TERRIFIC ISSUES!

 

I wonder why so much detail about the writing on top of page one?

 

mm

 

Good point. I'm not sure whether that label note is meant to alert someone that the book has a hidden flaw (the way they sometimes point out that a puzzle in a kids book has been filled in), or as an indication that the book comes from a particular collection whose owner used that code in keeping track of his books. Or maybe some of both.

 

That hands-to-face guy in Shadow V4 #2 sure gets around! Used on a number of '40s covers and as late as the Perfect Crime issue #12:

 

http://comicbookplus.com/?dlid=5308

[originalisbest]

Only two copies of this title...as I mentioned before, these comics were available

at my Barber Shop and as the wait was usually long, I didn't have to buy them.

They wouldn't let me read the POLICE GAZETTE at my age.

 

[Robot Man]

This was the type of number one that always attracted me...characters I was

unfamiliar with.

 

 

 

[Marty Mann]

Always enjoyed these character introduction pages.

 

https://c1.staticflickr.com/6/5470/9031462843_1e3407eeda_z.jpg' alt='9031462843_1e3407eeda_z.jpg'>IMG SKY SHERIFF #1 (INTRO PAGE)

 

 

According to Overstreet, this character also appeared in EXPOSED #5 and OUTLAWS #5.

 

mm

Edited January 24, 2017 by Marty Mann

[Sqeggs]

The SHADOW had some interesting stories.

 

 

 

 

TERRIFIC ISSUES!

 

I wonder why so much detail about the writing on top of page one?

 

mm

 

Good point. I'm not sure whether that label note is meant to alert someone that the book has a hidden flaw (the way they sometimes point out that a puzzle in a kids book has been filled in), or as an indication that the book comes from a particular collection whose owner used that code in keeping track of his books. Or maybe some of both.

 

That hands-to-face guy in Shadow V4 #2 sure gets around! Used on a number of '40s covers and as late as the Perfect Crime issue #12:

 

http://comicbookplus.com/?dlid=5308

 

I don't know whether that's artists swiping from each other or a common '40s way of expressing consternation (I think it was pretty common in movies of that era) -- or maybe some of both.

[Sqeggs]

This was the type of number one that always attracted me...characters I was

unfamiliar with.

 

https://c1.staticflickr.com/4/3715/9031450117_874c0bf623_z.jpg' alt='9031450117_874c0bf623_z.jpg'>IMG SKY SHERIFF #1

 

mm

 

Never seen that one before.