Robot Man Posted March 24, 2015 Author Share Posted March 24, 2015 How about some 1930's radio show character premium maps. I love these. They are so colorful with so much detail. You've got to realize back in the pre-internet, pre-TV days, kids had to listen to the radio and rely on their (heaven forbid) imaginations. These maps made it fun for kids to follow the adventures of their favorite characters. Seems like most major shows had them for kids to send away for. Here is the 1932 Radio Orphan Annie Map of Simmons Corner Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robot Man Posted March 24, 2015 Author Share Posted March 24, 2015 Here is the Bobby Benson in Africa Map from the '30's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robot Man Posted March 24, 2015 Author Share Posted March 24, 2015 This is a cool one. 1930's Jack Armstrong map of Indo China. Some of these places are probably no longer existing. This was a game. It came with a spinner and playing pieces. Also included was a heavy bronze dragon talisman keychain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robot Man Posted March 24, 2015 Author Share Posted March 24, 2015 How about this politically incorrect Amos and Andy map of Weber City. VERY detailed and chronicals their adventures all over town. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robot Man Posted March 24, 2015 Author Share Posted March 24, 2015 This is a real unusual one. Admiral Byrd's Antartic Expedition. Not a whole lot there at that time but real exotic for the times. This one might be late 1920's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robot Man Posted March 24, 2015 Author Share Posted March 24, 2015 This is a World War II map. It is the map for the Kix Cereal Airbase. It was a mail away piece. There were a series of cereal boxes that had cut outs on the back to make tanks, ships, airplanes, figures, filed guns ect. You would cut them out, put them together and stage war battles on this map. I've got a bunch of the pieces but they are put away too deep for me to show them with the map right now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robot Man Posted March 24, 2015 Author Share Posted March 24, 2015 I have several other ones but they are framed and hard to take good pictures of. Almost every character it seems had at least one map at one time or another. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wickedmountain Posted March 24, 2015 Share Posted March 24, 2015 How about this politically incorrect Amos and Andy map of Weber City. VERY detailed and chronicals their adventures all over town. This is cool Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ForlornOutcast Posted March 24, 2015 Share Posted March 24, 2015 Wow I didn't even know they made those old maps haha, Cool stuff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wickedmountain Posted March 24, 2015 Share Posted March 24, 2015 Hi Gang. My name is Robot Man and I am obsessed with junk! I have lurked on these boards for a while now and thought I'd sign up for the fun.I have been collecting since the early '60's. I first bought Batman and DC war comics off the stands in the late '50's. When Marvel comics first came out I started buying them as well. I wouldn't say I "collected" them at this time but searched out and bought them every month as they came out. I remember my Grandpa buying me MAD #72. I read it to bits and when #73 came out I bought it as well. This has continued until this day. I would trade with kids in the neighborhood for any earlier issues I didn't have. What turned me into a "collector" was the day my dad took me to Cherokee books in Hollywood. There, thumbtacked to the wall in a bag was MAD #9. It looked so different but I had to have it. I gave Bert Blum $2.00 for it. This was the only time I ever paid more than cover price for a comic. I was hooked and made many trips with my dad to Cherokee, Collector's Book Store and Bond Street Books around the corner adding to my ever growing stash. I hit all the used book stores I could ride my bike to. When I could drive, I started hitting a bigger area as well as garage sales and flea markets like the Rose Bowl grabbing all the old comics I could find. I especially loved the EC line and old pre-code horror comics. One day at the Rose Bowl I spotted a big tin battery opperated robot. The price was right and I just couldn't put down that cool blank stared face. So in addition to comics I found myself looking for old space and comic character toys, pinback buttons and premiums. The rest as they say is history... So now I live in a house full of comics, toys, premiums, advertising stuff rock 'n roll items and other symbols of "Americana". As you can see my collection is very diverse and my interests are wide. I see many of what you have collected and share your love for this stuff. Hopefully, I can use this thread to share some my stuff and experience in the hobby. I enjoy the "thrill of the hunt" the most in collecting. I am not really a condition freak although over the years I've found my share of high grade stuff. A lot of my stuff might be in lower grade than what I see here, but I get what I can get and love to find unusual or scarce items. I will happily take a lower grade book than not have it all. I might be a newbie to the boards, but am a veteran collector. Please be patient with me as I get started and hopefully we can all have a little fun! I'm going to try and post my first photo of a few of my favorite comics. If it goes OK, I'll post more later. Here some of my collection of Comic Book and pulp premiums. There are some time way rarer than the books themselves. (It pays to look inside your books to find all the cool clubs that you might not knew existed). Some of my MAD Magazine/Alfred E. Neuman stuff. How many of you knew Alfred was around long before MAD adopted him? The earliest item I have is an 1896 dental callendar and glass paperweight (only one I've ever seen). A very pair of items that I thought would display well. One of my favorite pieces that I traded for many moons ago. And yes, the autographs are real. I schlepped this to a couple early San Diego Cons at the El Cortez to get these two gentlemen to sign it. They were both pretty blown away when I walked up with it! More old comic character, advertising, sports and political pinback buttons. These are way cool and usually pretty hard to find. You can have tons of them in a very small amount of space. And finally another cool flea market score. A 1950's wooden Dell comics store rack. One of several old comic racks I've turned up over the years. I switch it up all the time. I just had it full of Christmas comics. My non-collection friends always find it fun. Bob Great Collection Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robot Man Posted March 25, 2015 Author Share Posted March 25, 2015 How about a very short sub set today. There are very few of these "fish in the face" covers. Here are 3 I have. I believe there is also a Dennis the Menace one as well! this one is a classic! A lot of people don't know that L.B. Cole did a lot of covers for Field and Stream and other outdoor magazines illustration fish and other animals. As evident by this "good trout art" on this one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Robot Man Posted March 25, 2015 Author Share Posted March 25, 2015 This one is pretty extreme. I guess it would be a "fish OVER the head" cover! This is a pretty cool title overall. Lots of great covers and some of these have Dizzy Dames Morinica stories as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loukayza Posted March 25, 2015 Share Posted March 25, 2015 I love this cover!! I'm an obsessed fly-fisherman, which isn't very helpful because that get's about as expensive as collecting comics! Usually I take up most of my free time in April through October with fly-fishing, then get back into comics once the weather turns bad.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bronty Posted March 25, 2015 Share Posted March 25, 2015 try donald duck 54 as well. Great fishing cover and classic "Forbidden Valley/ Pickled Rutabaga" story. One of barks' best Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pmpknface Posted March 25, 2015 Share Posted March 25, 2015 I love this cover!! I'm an obsessed fly-fisherman, which isn't very helpful because that get's about as expensive as collecting comics! Usually I take up most of my free time in April through October with fly-fishing, then get back into comics once the weather turns bad.... That's the best of the genre right there, and your copy has spectacular colors. Very sharp too! I have the Blue Bolt, a cool one that is often overlooked. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marty Mann Posted March 25, 2015 Share Posted March 25, 2015 mm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robot Man Posted March 26, 2015 Author Share Posted March 26, 2015 How about some artifacts from the Big Red Cheese and his pals? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robot Man Posted March 26, 2015 Author Share Posted March 26, 2015 A super rare coloring book from 1940. One of the first examples of merchandising for Capt. Marvel. The comic in the lower left will date it for sure. It's a little ratty but un-used inside and the only one I've seen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robot Man Posted March 26, 2015 Author Share Posted March 26, 2015 And this my friends is as far as I can tell a complete set of ALL the Fawcett character pins and a few small premiums. The two large Mary Marvel ones are exceptionaly scarce. The flat Shazam club on the left, second row, is a prototype flat lithographed piece that was never made into a button! Sorry for the fuzzy photo it's from my crappy phone... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...