Straw-Man Posted July 22, 2015 Share Posted July 22, 2015 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
path4play Posted August 20, 2015 Author Share Posted August 20, 2015 This is in my top ten. One of the cool things I find about the Golden Age books is doing some background research. I found the motorcycle shown may well have been a “Type 97.” These motorcycles were built in Japan and were derived directly from the Harley-Davidson Road King. During the height of the Great Depression, Sankyo Company purchased both a licence for the design and equipment for manufacturing it from Harley-Davidson in 1932. Production began in 1933 at a factory near Tokyo, Japan with Harley-Davidson employees on-site as consultants. But Japan’s increasingly militaristic government soon forced the Harley-Davidson employees to leave the country. These bikes proved popular and Sankyo Company named its motorcycle producing subsidiary “Rikuo,” translating roughly into “Road King.” The 4-cycle, 1200 cc, side-valve V-twin engine generated 28 horsepower with a top speed of 97 km per hour. Rikuo built approximately 18,000 motorcycles between 1937 and 1942. Sidecar versions were made for military work and saw active duty in China as soon as they were introduced in 1933. They also saw combat in the Philippines. Solo machines were supplied to civilian police forces. Production would continue right up to the end of the WWII. After a two-year pause, the Rikuo company resumed production of motorcycles in 1947, but the Type 97 design was not among those built. In 1951, under the new ownership of Showa Corporation, Rikuo resumed production of the “Type 97″ Road King design for the civilian market. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
comicnoir Posted August 20, 2015 Share Posted August 20, 2015 It's Canadian... oh, you already guessed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
path4play Posted August 20, 2015 Author Share Posted August 20, 2015 I hadn't heard of "The Brain" before. Interesting he chooses to roll into battle shirtless? A trait also shared by Thunderfist apparently Here is my "this just in from eBay" book. One I hadn't seen before... and interestingly purchased from a Canadian. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ecfanman Posted August 24, 2015 Share Posted August 24, 2015 Just got this in the mail. Not a comic, but classic none the less! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
path4play Posted August 25, 2015 Author Share Posted August 25, 2015 That's a beautiful book for sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sqeggs Posted August 25, 2015 Share Posted August 25, 2015 This is in my top ten. One of the cool things I find about the Golden Age books is doing some background research. I found the motorcycle shown may well have been a “Type 97.” These motorcycles were built in Japan and were derived directly from the Harley-Davidson Road King. During the height of the Great Depression, Sankyo Company purchased both a licence for the design and equipment for manufacturing it from Harley-Davidson in 1932. Production began in 1933 at a factory near Tokyo, Japan with Harley-Davidson employees on-site as consultants. But Japan’s increasingly militaristic government soon forced the Harley-Davidson employees to leave the country. These bikes proved popular and Sankyo Company named its motorcycle producing subsidiary “Rikuo,” translating roughly into “Road King.” The 4-cycle, 1200 cc, side-valve V-twin engine generated 28 horsepower with a top speed of 97 km per hour. Rikuo built approximately 18,000 motorcycles between 1937 and 1942. Sidecar versions were made for military work and saw active duty in China as soon as they were introduced in 1933. They also saw combat in the Philippines. Solo machines were supplied to civilian police forces. Production would continue right up to the end of the WWII. After a two-year pause, the Rikuo company resumed production of motorcycles in 1947, but the Type 97 design was not among those built. In 1951, under the new ownership of Showa Corporation, Rikuo resumed production of the “Type 97″ Road King design for the civilian market. Very interesting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
path4play Posted September 5, 2015 Author Share Posted September 5, 2015 Just in bin from Comic Connect. Not a top 10, but I think I've seen enough now to make my picks list this weekend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
path4play Posted September 7, 2015 Author Share Posted September 7, 2015 A little harder than I thought to force into just 10! I think we have to give some extra credit to superheros, but with I think a total of 5 different books with Captain America and a motorcycle had to trim a few of those out. Path4Play 1 Captain America Comics #27 2 All-Winners Comics #12 3 Fight Comics #23 4 Action Comics #76 5 Mystic #10 6 Murder Incorporated #14 7 Action Comics #66 8 America's Best Comics #26 9 Rangers #18 10 Batman #25 Honorable mention goes to The Fighting Yank #27 and Batman #34. Here was BB-Gun's list from earlier post 1-Cap 27 2-Cap 41. 3-All Winners 12 4-All Select 4 5-Batman 25 6-Mystic 10 7-Crack 9 8-Charlie Chan 6 9-Star Spangled 7 10-Black Cat 1. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
path4play Posted September 25, 2015 Author Share Posted September 25, 2015 Just in bin, another motorcycle score via eBay. Thanks (again) Blissard! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cat-Man_America Posted September 25, 2015 Share Posted September 25, 2015 I counted five motorcycles on this'n... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ltpink2002 Posted September 25, 2015 Share Posted September 25, 2015 No comic but here's my vintage motorcycle poster from the turn of the century: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PovertyRow Posted September 25, 2015 Share Posted September 25, 2015 Had this in my collection in the 90s. Wish I never sold it but what to do? Interesting date as well! (had to pull a scan from the web - never did image my books back then.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BB-Gun Posted September 25, 2015 Share Posted September 25, 2015 She never road her motorcycle on the cover so I had to create a fantasy cover. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Posted September 25, 2015 Share Posted September 25, 2015 She never road her motorcycle on the cover so I had to create a fantasy cover. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
path4play Posted October 3, 2015 Author Share Posted October 3, 2015 Sweet! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
path4play Posted October 3, 2015 Author Share Posted October 3, 2015 Nice! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
path4play Posted October 3, 2015 Author Share Posted October 3, 2015 (edited) Love the colors on that Human Torch cover David - what a gorgeous copy too! Another just in bin - think I may have overpaid on eBay for this one. Has to just about round out my motorcycle cover collection? But now I'm lovin' that DC#16 posted by PovertyRow... Edited October 3, 2015 by path4play Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
path4play Posted October 17, 2015 Author Share Posted October 17, 2015 Thanks to board member edowens71 for helping me add this one to the collection. Guess there are still more good motorcycles covers out there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
path4play Posted October 17, 2015 Author Share Posted October 17, 2015 Four years of searching under every rock and this is the best copy I've found. A fair under copy now going up on eBay this weekend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
