comicjack Posted October 10, 2019 Share Posted October 10, 2019 4 hours ago, ComicsaretheNorm said: That is an amazing cover! The green skull with the Red background. This one is getting added to the want list. One of many great skull covers and they don't come cheap Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Point Five Posted October 10, 2019 Share Posted October 10, 2019 2 hours ago, comicjack said: 6 hours ago, ComicsaretheNorm said: That is an amazing cover! The green skull with the Red background. This one is getting added to the want list. One of many great skull covers and they don't come cheap Not sure what I was buying in 2004, but it definitely wasn't as cool as that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
comicjack Posted October 10, 2019 Share Posted October 10, 2019 1 hour ago, Point Five said: Not sure what I was buying in 2004, but it definitely wasn't as cool as that. Oh you know what your doing now Point Five 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post fifties Posted October 11, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted October 11, 2019 Just got in a copy of Weird Mysteries 1, which completes my run, which I posted in the Undead Thread, Pre Code Horror. The-Collector, Jayman, Tri-Color Brian and 9 others 11 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tri-Color Brian Posted October 11, 2019 Share Posted October 11, 2019 Does this count as a Pre-code purchase? Larryw7, Raze, porcupine48 and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fifties Posted October 11, 2019 Share Posted October 11, 2019 5 minutes ago, Tri-ColorBrian said: Does this count as a Pre-code purchase? I don't see no "Approved by the comics code" seal... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Popular Post The-Collector Posted October 11, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted October 11, 2019 Man Atlas had some brutal war covers, that guy's neck is sickening: blue808, Larryw7, Point Five and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Popular Post CCComics Posted October 14, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted October 14, 2019 Picked up a PCH collection of about 100 books and this is one of them. I have it in the PGM section, if someone wants to give an opinion on grade. Also, keep a look out in the FS section for the rest of the collection. Thank and come again. Point Five, comicjack, blue808 and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarg Posted October 14, 2019 Share Posted October 14, 2019 On 10/10/2019 at 7:28 PM, fifties said: Just got in a copy of Weird Mysteries 1, which completes my run, which I posted in the Undead Thread, Pre Code Horror. LOL, the publishers of horror comics have ONE demand that all covers must meet, which is to have women's breasts displayed PROMINENTLY. I thought these were only sold to kids??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Point Five Posted October 15, 2019 Share Posted October 15, 2019 3 hours ago, Sarg said: LOL, the publishers of horror comics have ONE demand that all covers must meet, which is to have women's breasts displayed PROMINENTLY. You say that like it's a bad thing. comicnoir 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Point Five Posted October 15, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted October 15, 2019 Which is admittedly a pretty good segue for this next book. The-Collector, thewritestuff, Raze and 10 others 13 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raze Posted October 16, 2019 Share Posted October 16, 2019 Hello again my fellow Pre Code fans! I have another book to add tonight! And PLEASE lets all gather ourselves and be calm about this one! I keep getting flooded with PMs asking to sell these Gems, but they will be sitting in my Crypt for awhile...sorry! Anyway enough with my silliness! Hand of Fate 25 the last issue of the run, this book was saved from an estate sell and was getting rained on ( said the person who sold it to me) so I though I should have it at the low price of my 100 foot yacht!!! Now I didn't tell him that it had holes in the bottom and wouldn't float....but thats another story. Larryw7 and Point Five 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Straw-Man Posted October 16, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted October 16, 2019 had to grab this'un when it popped up on the 'bay. The-Collector, comicjack, batman_fan and 9 others 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bronze johnny Posted October 16, 2019 Share Posted October 16, 2019 42 minutes ago, Straw-Man said: had to grab this'un when it popped up on the 'bay. Beautiful Billy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarg Posted October 16, 2019 Share Posted October 16, 2019 On 10/14/2019 at 9:29 PM, Point Five said: You say that like it's a bad thing. It is kind of odd, isn't it? Supposedly, children were the only market for comic books. Children don't care about breasts. And yet we find breasts prominently displayed on nearly every crime and horror comic. It's also strange that this phenomenon, as far as I know, is rarely commented on in forums or the literature. You have a woman in negligee on the cover of Weird Mysteries for no reason, except to sell her sexuality to pre-sexual children. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Point Five Posted October 17, 2019 Share Posted October 17, 2019 4 hours ago, Sarg said: It is kind of odd, isn't it? Supposedly, children were the only market for comic books. Children don't care about breasts. And yet we find breasts prominently displayed on nearly every crime and horror comic. It's also strange that this phenomenon, as far as I know, is rarely commented on in forums or the literature. You have a woman in negligee on the cover of Weird Mysteries for no reason, except to sell her sexuality to pre-sexual children. With respect, I'm not sure where you got the idea that young children were the ONLY audience for golden age comics. They were a large part of the initial GA audience, sure, but comics back then had a wide, wide readership... plus that initial audience continued growing up, and their tastes matured (arguably ) as well. Servicemen returning from WWII were a significant part of that 'atomic age' comic audience....consider that a 19-year-old reading comics while serving in the war would have been in his late 20s when Weird Mysteries #1 was on the stands. The comic publishers did continue on with lighter 'kid stuff' like superheroes and funny animal titles, but they soon realized there was a huge audience out there for darker (and yes, sexier) stuff like crime and horror. Jayman, Raze and Larryw7 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fifties Posted October 17, 2019 Share Posted October 17, 2019 13 hours ago, Point Five said: With respect, I'm not sure where you got the idea that young children were the ONLY audience for golden age comics. They were a large part of the initial GA audience, sure, but comics back then had a wide, wide readership... plus that initial audience continued growing up, and their tastes matured (arguably ) as well. Servicemen returning from WWII were a significant part of that 'atomic age' comic audience....consider that a 19-year-old reading comics while serving in the war would have been in his late 20s when Weird Mysteries #1 was on the stands. The comic publishers did continue on with lighter 'kid stuff' like superheroes and funny animal titles, but they soon realized there was a huge audience out there for darker (and yes, sexier) stuff like crime and horror. There were allegedly up to 500 different comic book titles available in the early '50's, and their themes ran the gamut from Bugs Bunny -on the lower shelves of the news stand- to Vault of Horror on the upper shelves, with crime, war, romance, etc., in between. Remember, it was a different era then, with printed entertainment consisting of "dime novels" (which actually went for a quarter), several editions of newspapers throughout the day, "Men's magazines", "art magazines", etc. Some of the letters pages in the suspense and horror books were submitted by ppl in their '70's. Radio was the primary entertainment purveyor, as many didn't have television sets until the early-mid '50's. Crime Does Not Pay boasted 5 million readers, and it was hardly a title that would have appealed to the Bugs Bunny/Woody Woodpecker/Mickey Mouse crowd. Jayman, Point Five, Larryw7 and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
