Preserving the History - Scan a Comic Book

[dgarthwaite-migration]

As I've gotten older, the history of comics means more to me than it once did. Occasionally, I'll visit a website that features a cover gallery. I'll see a really lousy scan of a comic. It'll be riddle with creases, it's low resolution, high compression, wrong color palette, chunks missing, etc. I had always assumed that people were too busy or preoccupied to post a better scan of some unpopular Charlton comic from 1963. I'm still pretty sure that's true. I guess what bothers me is that some of these scans are being shared by every single web site that features a cover gallery. Some of these forgotten comics simply aren't represented with any dignity on the web. It's like everyone is just copying the GCD's database and not really concerned about the quality of the archival record. It also makes me wonder if many of these comics are more rare than people realize. If they are more rare, I'm sure that would spike demand on some of them.

 

If you own a nice scan of a comic and every example you've seen online looks like garbage... post a scan here. I'd like to see the comic as it was intended to be seen.

 

I'm tired of looking at 300 different scans of Amazing Fantasy #15. I like to look at scans of comics that I saw on the spinner racks when I was 12 years old. They might not have been something I wanted to buy back then, but it gave the hobby balance. I like the fact Cheyenne Kid existed even though I was buying Hulk.

 

DG

[mysterio]

I love cover scans, and have amassed nearly 10,000 in about 5 years of being serious about it. I scan as many as I can myself, but also copy them from the web as long as they fit my specifications for quality. Doesn't matter if it is an uber key or a worthless copper book, I want a scan of it. This is the cheap way to collect everything, I figure. I'll post some next time I'm on my computer.

[Hepcat]

Scans of nice copies of this title are rarely posted on the web:

 

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[comick1]

There's going to be quite a hodgepodge of stuff, but I'm cool with that, too. Bet decent scans of this one are unusual.

 

[comick1]

[comick1]

[vaillant]

Limited to Silver Age, right?

[dgarthwaite-migration]

I love seeing this stuff. The more off-beat the better.

I'd say the thread should be limited to Silver age to stay on topic. I posted here, because this period has a lot of stuff that goes under the radar.

 

DG

[CrocHntr]

Scans of nice copies of this title are rarely posted on the web:

 

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Love the Gorgo's! Of course, the Ditko covers on many of them are a pleasure to look at.

[dgarthwaite-migration]

Scans of nice copies of this title are rarely posted on the web:

 

 

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You always have great scans. I've seen you post some of these before.

I've never seen your scan of Gorgo's Revenge. Cool.

 

DG

[dgarthwaite-migration]

There's going to be quite a hodgepodge of stuff, but I'm cool with that, too. Bet decent scans of this one are unusual.

 

 

Stunning condition!

 

DG

[dgarthwaite-migration]

 

This is exactly the type of stuff I'm talking about. A middle issue of a long running series!

 

DG

[Cimm]

I don't know if you'd call these nice, per se, but they're the best copies I've seen or run across...

 

 

 

 

If anyone has nicer copies, please post them (and then sell them to me )

[*Bronze age fan*]

Those Sailor Sweeney issues are real cool. If you upgrade you can sell me your undercopies.

[Cimm]

Those Sailor Sweeney issues are real cool. If you upgrade you can sell me your undercopies.

 

You got it, man... I'll put your name on the backing boards so I don't forget

[Hepcat]

You always have great scans.

 

While I can't guarantee that you've not seen these scans previously, they're not widely posted on the net:

 

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5 Bethlehem copy

 

 

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12 Bethlehem copy

 

 

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I'm still trying to upgrade my #13. Trying to find nice copies of the Fly from 1959-1962 is no easy task, let me tell you that!

 

14 Bethlehem copy

 

 

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16 Bethlehem copy

 

 

 

 

[Bomber-Bob]

Hep, great scans of great books. Love the Bethlehem ped and those red date stamps. You must have gotten first shot at the run when offered back in the day ?

[Hepcat]

Actually no. I got the Bethlehem ones through a Comic Heaven auction early this century.

 

[Kevin.J]

I think Hepcat could post his entire collection, his books are always

[Unca Ben]

Fantastic thread, DG!

 

When you get Hepcat to start posting, you know it's gonna be good!