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[Ameri]

Here's one of the Sparkle City newsletters from the early 1970's and some of my anti-commie stuff 

[Ameri]

another interesting newsletter

[eccomic]

[Stronguy]

I got a call from an old friend about coming to look at a small OO collection -- some decent stuff.  Before we wrapped up my friend said he had a few comics from when he was a kid and asked if I could look at them.  Out come the old Tupperware containers.  Imagine my surprise when I opened the lid on the first one and there was a beat up copy of Blood Is The Harvest.  It had a nasty spine roll and all of the pages were dogeared.  After a little TLC I got it squared away and it's now on its way to Sarasota.

Edited April 5, 2022 by Stronguy

[eccomic]

On 3/17/2022 at 3:45 PM, Stronguy said:

I got a call from an old friend about coming to look at a small OO collection -- some decent stuff.  Before we wrapped up my friend said he had a few comics from when he was a kid and asked if I could look at them.  Out come the old Tupperware containers.  Imagine my surprise when I opened the lid on the first one and there was a beat up copy of Blood Is The Harvest.  It had a nasty spine roll and all of the pages were dogeared.  After a little TLC I got it squared away and it's now on its way to Sarasota.

[eccomic]

Just acquired a very rare piece to compliment my copy of "The Plot to Steal the World" from 1948 which is also an extremely rare giveaway comic published by Work and Unity in Trenton, NJ

The piece I acquired is another comic published in 1948 called "We Hit the Jackpot" published by General Comics in 1948 as well.

Here is where it gets very interesting: General Comics would print copies of their giveaway comics for companies to order imprints and put their name on the back. The copy I just acquired was printed and distributed for Work and Unity of Trenton, NJ and promulgates for freedom. The back of the "Hit the Jackpot" giveaway comic shows The Work and Unity logo and specifically states that it is number 2 in a series and that they are the "PUBLISHERS of THE PLOT TO STEAL THE WORLD"

Many copies of "We Hit the Jackpot" were imprinted for General Motors, which was a bastion for consumerism. This is the ONLY copy I have seen bearing the Work and Unity logo accordingly and I am proud to add it to my collection.

[eccomic]

Another new acquisition. Rare black and white copy of a cold war book from 1952 promulgating for freedom.

[eccomic]

Every Cold War collection is NOT complete w/out one of these 

 

Edited November 17, 2022 by eccomic

[Ameri]

On 11/5/2022 at 2:19 PM, eccomic said:

Every Cold War collection is NOT complete w/out one of these 

 

Here's mine. Just curious, how can you tell if it's a variant?

[Ian R.]

Hi everyone,

Its awesome to see these great collections! 

I recently bought this Is This Tomorrow?, i own 4 copies already but this one caught my eye.  Its not in the best shape by any means, but on the bottom back cover it says:

"So that the Boy Scouts of the St. Louis area may be prepared to meet a threat to the American way of life, this booklet is presented by the Rotary Club of St. Louis"

Anybody know anything about this variant?  Ive never seen it come up before, but think its a pretty awesome piece of history!

 

[BOOT]

Found this "Voyage To Freedom" prototype / presentation copy. Strangely enough, found another one years later.

Different back cover versions...

 

[BOOT]

These prototypes for anti-communist comic books came from the estate of Reed Harris.

Here is the story from the seller:

We inherited a rank, musky, and very messy garage through an estate property of the late Ann Harris, daughter of Reed Harris, who's professional life was borderline incredible. He wrote a book in '32 that initiated correspondence with Bernard Shaw, He was high ranking in the WPA Federal Writers' Project '35-38, Office of War Information til '43 and served in Navy '44-45 then back to State department, was there when US Information Services (later USIA), faced McCarthy and subcommittee on TV and turned the tables on the senator initiating his downfall, resigned and ran his own publishing company until '61 when Ed Murrow anointed him assistant director of USIA, headed Valley Forge foundation, AMVETS and self government committee top 3, a few highlights... Then, his mother Lois was close friends with Adah Van Noppen, who's husband Leonard was a prominent writer and professor who had all famous artist friends.

Two anti-communist comic book prototypes from this historic figure!

 

Edited October 14, 2023 by BOOT

[buttock]

On 10/13/2023 at 9:43 PM, BOOT said:

These prototypes for anti-communist comic books came from the estate of Reed Harris.

Here is the story from the seller:

We inherited a rank, musky, and very messy garage through an estate property of the late Ann Harris, daughter of Reed Harris, who's professional life was borderline incredible. He wrote a book in '32 that initiated correspondence with Bernard Shaw, He was high ranking in the WPA Federal Writers' Project '35-38, Office of War Information til '43 and served in Navy '44-45 then back to State department, was there when US Information Services (later USIA), faced McCarthy and subcommittee on TV and turned the tables on the senator initiating his downfall, resigned and ran his own publishing company until '61 when Ed Murrow anointed him assistant director of USIA, headed Valley Forge foundation, AMVETS and self government committee top 3, a few highlights... Then, his mother Lois was close friends with Adah Van Noppen, who's husband Leonard was a prominent writer and professor who had all famous artist friends.

Two anti-communist comic book prototypes from this historic figure!

 

Fantastic stuff!

[eccomic]

The rareness of this anti-communist tract from 1952 published by Philip M Copp cannot be understated. It is in fact, the companion publication to the more common, and still scarce anti-communist tract called Yalta to Korea. I know of only one other copy of crime, corruption, and communism 8 page tract housed in a private collection.

With pride, I present  my copy of the aforementioned comic

[BOOT]

On 2/5/2024 at 10:19 PM, eccomic said:

 

 

Congrats on a pickup of a truly rare and important and exciting comic book! Only other copy I have ever seen and currently unlisted anywhere.

[eccomic]

On 2/7/2024 at 9:55 PM, BOOT said:

Congrats on a pickup of a truly rare and important and exciting comic book! Only other copy I have ever seen and currently unlisted anywhere.

[The-Collector]

Another anti-communist rarity (1 other copy on census). Lower grade than I usually like but I've been looking for a long time: 

 

[sfcityduck]

On 2/5/2024 at 7:19 PM, eccomic said:

The rareness of this anti-communist tract from 1952 published by Philip M Copp cannot be understated. It is in fact, the companion publication to the more common, and still scarce anti-communist tract called Yalta to Korea. I know of only one other copy of crime, corruption, and communism 8 page tract housed in a private collection.

With pride, I present  my copy of the aforementioned comic

Who did the art?  

Copp also did the Atomic Revolution. And was an agent of Noel Sickles.