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[RedFury]

Happy to see that SCRIBBLY COMICS have been added to

the Registry, I have #'s 1, 2, 4, 6 & 8 which I will probably have

graded in the future. Always enjoyed Sheldon Mayer's work on

SCRIBBLY "King Of All Cartoonists" whose last name was JIBBET.

 

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Scribbly is still missing from my collection. I'll have to fork out a few extra dollars to win one on ebay pretty soon or hope someone finds a moldy copy in their basement. Glad to hear that you were a fan too.

 

Scribbly is really good stuff. I'm holding out hope for a DC Archives volume one day. Until then, there's the Smithsonian Book of Comic Book Comics that reprints some Scribbly and the Red Tornado strips from All-American.

[Marty Mann]

SCRIBBLY #8...November/December 1949 has a great half-page

ad for "The Adventures Of Ozzie & Harriet" #1..."America's Favorite

RADIO Family". I think it only ran for 5 issues and as far as I know

DC never picked up the title when they went to TV.

 

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[BB-Gun]

Four Color #157 "MICKEY MOUSE AND THE BEANSTALK" is one

of my favorites along with Four Color #116 "MICKEY MOUSE AND

THE HOUSE OF MANY MYSTERIES". I used to find most of my

Four Color Books at my local W.T. Grants store...didn't see too many

on the newsstands.

 

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Mickey and the Beanstalk was a pretty good story. I have a coujple which includes the one in this group shot.

[BB-Gun]

SCRIBBLY #8...November/December 1949 has a great half-page

ad for "The Adventures Of Ozzie & Harriet" #1..."America's Favorite

RADIO Family". I think it only ran for 5 issues and as far as I know

DC never picked up the title when they went to TV.

 

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I never missed an Ozzie and Harriet show on TV. Mostly we watched to see Ricky and his brother. I have a few issues I think. At least one still has a cover but no picture.

 

 

Edited October 23, 2012 by BB-Gun

[Marty Mann]

Great looking MARVEL FAMILY #1...my copy is CGC Graded at 3.0.

Need to have #'s 4, 5 7 8 graded one of these days.

 

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[Boba]

Thanks for asking...I would really like to be able to show my

collection and I am really working on it.

 

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I keep hoping we get to see some of these someday

[BB-Gun]

Great looking MARVEL FAMILY #1...my copy is CGC Graded at 3.0.

Need to have #'s 4, 5 7 8 graded one of these days.

 

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Unfortunately the Marvel Family 1 is incomplete but I have a decent copy of #2 which I picked up with a bunch of Feature Books and Our Gangs.

 

 

 

I like Barney Bear and the stories from Our Gang have not been reprinted as often as the Duck stories.

[Marty Mann]

Once I start posting my collection, you'll be begging me to stop!

 

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[Boba]

You're probably right about that

[Marty Mann]

While going through my collection of damaged books I came

across two I forgot about...GRAND SLAM 3 ACES #45 & #50

from 1945 & 1946. They appear to have been printed in Canada

but they have a full page of items you can order from the CAPTAIN

MARVEL CLUB.

 

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[Marty Mann]

I also ran across a coverless ACTION #83...with the intro of Hocus &

Pocus. In the last panel of the story it stated "If you liked Hocus

& Pocus, and would like to see more of them, drop a postcard to-

Superman, 480 Lexington Ave., NYC."

I wonder how many cards they received?

 

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[G.A.tor]

I also ran across a coverless ACTION #83...with the intro of Hocus &

Pocus. In the last panel of the story it stated "If you liked Hocus

& Pocus, and would like to see more of them, drop a postcard to-

Superman, 480 Lexington Ave., NYC."

I wonder how many cards they received?

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at last count I believe they were upto 6 (thumbs u

[Marty Mann]

And in '45 it only cost a penny to send a post card.

 

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[Marty Mann]

The more I dig into my collection the more I find I had forgotten,

like a 1948 "50th Anniversary Issue of The CAPTAIN AND THE

KIDS" by Rudolph Dirks, that contains a two page history of the

comic strip and an account of the Supreme Court Decision.

Along with it I have a copy of FEATURE BOOK #41 "THE

KATZENJAMMER KIDS" with a photo & brief bio of Harold H.

Knerr.

 

 

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Edited October 30, 2012 by Marty Mann

[BB-Gun]

The Superman fans liked Hocus Pocus well enough to feature them on at least two more Action covers.

 

[Marty Mann]

It looks like I'll be able to register my STUNTMAN #1 and #2 as a

set soon...only about 30 titles ahead of me on the list.

 

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[Marty Mann]

Low and behold it appears Santa has left me a gift

certificate good at STAPLES for a scanner!

 

 

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Edited December 25, 2012 by Marty Mann

[rjpb]

 

Scribbly is really good stuff. I'm holding out hope for a DC Archives volume one day. Until then, there's the Smithsonian Book of Comic Book Comics that reprints some Scribbly and the Red Tornado strips from All-American.

 

The Scribbly and Red Tornado reprint from All-American 20-24 is probably the most entertaining GA story I've read, up there with the best of Barks, Stanley and Jack Cole. I'd love to see a Scribbly archive, just to see if Mayer kept up the quality.

[The-Collector]

As I am sending off two at a time, after STUNTMAN #1 & #2

I guess I'll send in the two Best Looking Books in my collection

for grading...SHOCK SUSPENSTORIES #6 and SPIRIT #22.

They should do between 6.0 & 7.0...but that's just a guess.

 

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Two great books to be the best in the collection. Especially the Spirit 22!!!!

[Marty Mann]

Thanks!

SHOCK SUSPENSTORIES #6 came back 7.5 and SPIRIT #22

came back a 6.5... the STUNTMAN COMICS were both 5.0.

 

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