Centaur Comics 19 19

[adamstrange]

Somehow PH's Funny Pages 35 morphed into Fantastic 3 (wish all my books would do that).

 

Now it changed back....?

 

Ooops, the 'magic camera' just flashed again...

 

 

STEVE Got Larson? (yessss)

 

 

I repeat.

[adamstrange]

My oldest comic. This purchase was out of character for me, but I liked the cover artist Ryan and Fred Guardineer story. I haven't read it in a while, so I had forgotten how much fun these are.

 

 

 

[sacentaur]

Nice Adam - that Ryan is a hoot (and any Guardineer is good).

 

STEVE Got Larson?

[sacentaur]

RHG, does this look familiar?

 

 

STEVE Got Larson? (nope - but CentaurMan does!)

[RareHighGrade]

My oldest comic. This purchase was out of character for me, but I liked the cover artist Ryan and Fred Guardineer story. I haven't read it in a while, so I had forgotten how much fun these are.

 

 

 

 

Congrats Adam! I didn't know you had put your toe in the pre-hero pool. Be careful or you will fall in.

[RareHighGrade]

RHG, does this look familiar?

 

Yes it does. Steve, stop posting, the cover gloss on your books is starting to make me go blind.

[sacentaur]

Steve, stop posting, the cover gloss on your books is starting to make me go blind.

 

Well, you better put a pair of sunglasses on then!

 

 

STEVE Got Larson?

[lou_fine]

Steve, stop posting, the cover gloss on your books is starting to make me go blind.

 

Well, you better put a pair of sunglasses on then!

 

 

STEVE Got Larson?

 

Steve;

 

Got my sunglasses on and I can still see that beautiful purple background.

 

Just another absolutely beautiful book from your collection with a very seldom seen purple colour scheme. :

[adamstrange]

My oldest comic. This purchase was out of character for me, but I liked the cover artist Ryan and Fred Guardineer story. I haven't read it in a while, so I had forgotten how much fun these are.

 

 

 

 

Congrats Adam! I didn't know you had put your toe in the pre-hero pool. Be careful or you will fall in.

 

This is from 8 or more years ago so I'm not wading in too fast!

[Forbush-Man]

That Funny Pages has just such a great & fun cover. I can see why you broke down and got it when you did.

[RareHighGrade]

Steve, stop posting, the cover gloss on your books is starting to make me go blind.

 

Well, you better put a pair of sunglasses on then!

 

 

STEVE Got Larson?

 

I'm not only blind, I'm speechless too.

[TheEyeSees]

Steve, stop posting, the cover gloss on your books is starting to make me go blind.

 

Well, you better put a pair of sunglasses on then!

 

 

STEVE Got Larson?

 

I'm not only blind, I'm speechless too.

 

Steve, you continue to shock and awe.

 

These are truly FANTASTIC books... don't know what else to say... something about the way that flash hits the spine, making the comics look fat and substantial, is a beautiful thing...

 

[jbcomicbox]

The "step-grandfather" of Centaurs as McMahon/Cook (went onto be Funny Pages) started a punch of short term titles that got sold to Ullman and Temerson (Ultem) and merged with Chesler.....

 

 

....also notable because this guy in a story by Siegel and Shuster gets a cape and flys a bit and gets a symbol on his chest....hmmm....sounds familiar....jon

 

 

oh, paper stock cover like early New Comics and New Fun 9 and 10...

 

[CentaurMan]

My oldest comic. This purchase was out of character for me, but I liked the cover artist Ryan and Fred Guardineer story. I haven't read it in a while, so I had forgotten how much fun these are.

 

 

Here's another Bob Ryan cover from the same time period. Nifty, underrated stuff...

 

[CentaurMan]

To keep the thread from dropping off the page...

 

I've got dozens more unposted. At 2 a week I'll be done well into 2007.

[Scrooge]

To keep the thread from dropping off the page...

 

I like this one very much. I'm a sucker for Great Game stories for which this illo could almost be; and the action is very well depicted.

[GreatEscape]

To keep the thread going, here is Funny Pages Vol #3 Issue #1 from 1937 which according to Overstreet has the Bob Kane "Bruce Wayne tryout" story. Curious that CGC did not note it on the label as I thought it would be of some significance to collectors.

 

 

Anyway, I'm tempted to crack the slab to see the tryout story. Does anyone know what I may find and if it's worthwhile to check it out...

 

GE

[rjpb]

Crack it! It looks nicer than a 2.5 anyway.

[CentaurMan]

To keep the thread going, here is Funny Pages Vol #3 Issue #1 from 1937 which according to Overstreet has the Bob Kane "Bruce Wayne tryout" story. Curious that CGC did not note it on the label as I thought it would be of some significance to collectors.

 

 

Anyway, I'm tempted to crack the slab to see the tryout story. Does anyone know what I may find and if it's worthwhile to check it out...

 

GE

 

I wouldn't know, because that's one of the issues I'm missing. PM me if you want to make a nice profit on it....

 

And I agree, you should crack that sucker and check the tryout story out for yourself! Plus it'll provide more fodder for the "Bob Kane: hero or fraud?" argument currently raging.

[CentaurMan]

Another Funny Picture Stories. Centaurs consistently had some pretty high quality Western material. Some of the early centerfolds are fantastic.