This is a positive thread to make Comics General better. 3 3

[MediumLover]

I share your enthusiasm, porcupine48.

 

Reading these stories, and the glimpse into the past.they provide, I find very enjoyable.

[porcupine48]

Hopefully we'll get more as Halloween treats

MrP48!

[MediumLover]

Happy Halloween!

[Bosco685]

[Jeffro.]

[porcupine48]

Happy Halloween!

[mackenzie999]

Back in the 70's I had subs to the FF and Howard the Duck. Condition upon arrival was bad and I knew it, but I was pretty young and getting mail was still a pleasant surprise then.

[Marty Mann]

In the 40's I received a gift subscription to LOONEY TUNES and

MERRIE MELODIES beginning with issue #45. They came folded

in half within a brown wrapper..

 

 

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Edited October 31, 2013 by Marty Mann

[comicjack]

In the 40's I received a gift subscription to LOONEY TUNES and

MERRIE MELODIES beginning with issue #45. They came folded

in half within a brown wrapper..

 

 

mm

 

Your the Gold man MM

[porcupine48]

Wow,in the forties,that is AMAZINGLY cool.I take it book shown is from then?Fantastic!

Was it different do you think between rural and city back then,as in service,or less sub's in cities where they were easier to come by?

And for Howard the Duck,was there adds so you could subscribe starting with issue one?I have read tonnes of BA but don't remember ever seeing anything like that.how bad of shape?creases and spine bends or worse?

Thanks gang,I am eating this up!

[porcupine48]

I wish MM posted here everyday.That would be positively positive.

[Marty Mann]

Wow,in the forties,that is AMAZINGLY cool.I take it book shown is from then?Fantastic!

Was it different do you think between rural and city back then,as in service,or less sub's in cities where they were easier to come by?

And for Howard the Duck,was there adds so you could subscribe starting with issue one?I have read tonnes of BA but don't remember ever seeing anything like that.how bad of shape?creases and spine bends or worse?

Thanks gang,I am eating this up!

 

You asked about ads for subscriptions, here's one from the back of my

Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies #45.

 

(July 1945)

 

mm

[mackenzie999]

Subscribed to Howard starting with issue 5 or 6, so I'm not sure if there was a pre-#1 ad or not. They came in a brown wrapper which my mailman folded in half to fit through our mail slot.

[comicjack]

Wow,in the forties,that is AMAZINGLY cool.I take it book shown is from then?Fantastic!

Was it different do you think between rural and city back then,as in service,or less sub's in cities where they were easier to come by?

And for Howard the Duck,was there adds so you could subscribe starting with issue one?I have read tonnes of BA but don't remember ever seeing anything like that.how bad of shape?creases and spine bends or worse?

Thanks gang,I am eating this up!

 

You asked about ads for subscriptions, here's one from the back of my

Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies #45.

 

(July 1945)

 

mm

It was amazing what you got for a dime!

[porcupine48]

....and save a quarter on two years sub.

The whole thing is awesome!

Folded brown envelopes..I knew a gentle man with a full FF run,and a few years in he got a subscription,all the books were beautiful with a big crews down the middle.Then he started buying doubles .

Thanks guys,great stuff,makes me so happy!

[Wally's Comics]

That is my FAVE Sgt Fury cover ever!

Check out the issue with this...ink just in the right spot!

 

 

dang, the Black Panther gave him a money shot!!!

 

 

 

 

[ThoseBackPages]

[porcupine48]

that comment was "right on shot"

'Really hit the mark'

[Senormac]

this is one of the greatest threads ever

[Senormac]

Remember when Overstreets were cheap