Yellow Kid Posted December 15, 2021 Share Posted December 15, 2021 MMW Issue #1, pp. 5-8 50YrsCollctngCmcs, damonwad and adamstrange 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Yellow Kid Posted December 15, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted December 15, 2021 MMW issue !, pp9-12 damonwad, OtherEric, adamstrange and 2 others 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
50YrsCollctngCmcs Posted December 15, 2021 Share Posted December 15, 2021 Wow Rich, there's so much content in there and the scale is so impressive! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sfcityduck Posted December 15, 2021 Share Posted December 15, 2021 On 12/12/2021 at 4:36 PM, BB-Gun said: Actually there were several appearances of Scrooge in Donald Duck stories (FC 178, 189, 263, 282, 291, 356, 367, 379, etc) before he got his own comic (FC 386) Other notable early appearances are WDC&S 98 (3rd App., 1st in title), March of Comics 41 (4th App., 1st in title), WDC&S 104 (5th app., 2nd in title), WD Christmas Parade 1 (6th App., 1st in title) And there were also some surprising non-Barks story appearances, including the FC 379 BB-Gun mentioned. Foxtrot70 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adamstrange Posted December 16, 2021 Share Posted December 16, 2021 It would certainly be different if Frank Buck went after Clarabell. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AJD Posted December 16, 2021 Share Posted December 16, 2021 On 12/16/2021 at 7:09 AM, Yellow Kid said: The next four posts will show the entire first issue of the Mickey Mouse Weekly. As you will see, a lot of the contents are not Disney based, and most of the interior is printed in black and white. I think a regular issue is about 11" x 15" but the bound copies are 1/4" smaller in both directionsdue to the binding process. The title was reduced in size at some point, probably during the war. The cover and some of the interior was draw by Disney artists in England, some of the color comics were reprinted from America, and other material came from a variety of sources. Looking through the volumes, I was surprised by the emphasis on science fiction, which may have represented the influence of H. G. Wells. This post will show pages 1-4 of the first issue, and the next two posts will show pages 5-8 and 9-12. I should add that the format remained constant with a color centerfold and back page, which along with the cover would have been one wrap. Enjoy! In fact there were multiple size changes. Here are three more of mine. We have #222 (L) from May 1940, which is smaller than #34 (middle). By June 2 1945 (R) the size had shrunk again. The paper is also noticeably thinner and there are only two wraps, compared to the three originally. The printing quality is still top notch though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AJD Posted December 16, 2021 Share Posted December 16, 2021 As Rich says, a lot of the MMW content is not Disney. But some of it is outstanding in its own right. For example, the "White King of Arabia" series was by UK artist Reg Perrott was a bit Fosteresque in both its writing and staging. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BB-Gun Posted December 16, 2021 Share Posted December 16, 2021 On 12/15/2021 at 7:18 PM, adamstrange said: It would certainly be different if Frank Buck went after Clarabell. I have three scrap books that were used to collect Mickey Mouse daily comics during WWII. There are some pretty good stories in those books. I think some of them have been reprinted in WDCS or by later publishers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duffman_Comics Posted December 16, 2021 Share Posted December 16, 2021 On 12/15/2021 at 12:50 PM, AJD said: Thank you for sharing those Rich. I try not to covet the wonderful acquisitions that other people make, and just be happy for them, but I'll admit I'm struggling with this one! Some of the MMW copies I own are among my favourite collection items, and having those early ones in really nice condition and in a format that makes handling easy... OK, I'm jealous. Here are my two favourites, which fit in nicely with other patriotic Disney covers I own. Your volume 2 would contain the first of these. I've been looking at this cover for a while. Every character overjoyed that VE day is here at last. Except for Minnie Mouse. She looks pie-eyed by comparison. Mickey is displaying the standard Churchill "V for Victory" signs via his fingers. Minnie is too - on her right hand. Her left hand seems to be an early version of "hang loose". I think Minnie's been drinking. Maybe Mickey will get lucky . . . sfcityduck 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Black Hand ® Posted December 16, 2021 Share Posted December 16, 2021 On 10/25/2021 at 11:15 AM, jimbo_7071 said: Wow! Way to whip out your Duck! jimbo_7071 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sfcityduck Posted December 16, 2021 Share Posted December 16, 2021 On 12/15/2021 at 6:19 PM, BB-Gun said: I have three scrap books that were used to collect Mickey Mouse daily comics during WWII. There are some pretty good stories in those books. I think some of them have been reprinted in WDCS or by later publishers. All are now reprinted by Fantagraphics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
waaaghboss Posted December 17, 2021 Share Posted December 17, 2021 Was watching a video taken at Mile High, and it panned across a wall of ducks. Paused to go take a look at pricing, as I've always heard MH was high, but wow... O_O tth2 and AJD 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
50YrsCollctngCmcs Posted December 17, 2021 Share Posted December 17, 2021 On 12/17/2021 at 12:51 AM, waaaghboss said: Was watching a video taken at Mile High, and it panned across a wall of ducks. Paused to go take a look at pricing, as I've always heard MH was high, but wow... O_O Yeah nutty pricing on those. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tth2 Posted December 18, 2021 Author Share Posted December 18, 2021 On 12/18/2021 at 2:12 AM, 50YrsCollctngCmcs said: Yeah nutty pricing on those. Plus I would put money on them all being over-graded. So a double whammy for anyone dumb enough to actually buy from Mile High. 50YrsCollctngCmcs 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BB-Gun Posted December 20, 2021 Share Posted December 20, 2021 Scrooge always had good covers at Christmas time. 50YrsCollctngCmcs and AJD 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stingrayiii Posted December 21, 2021 Share Posted December 21, 2021 (edited) On 11/23/2021 at 5:17 PM, Stingrayiii said: A few more to add to the collection. One of my Favorite covers. Nicest Copy I have seen. Off to get graded. Another great looking book. Would be perfect, but has a 1cm tear on the back. WDCS #11- Came back as 4.5 Very happy with grade. Thought it would have been lower in the 3.5 area. Four Color #231 Came back as a 9.2 Was hoping for a better grade. Four color #248 Came back as a 9.0 Was hoping for a better grade. The other ones I sent out October still haven't moved. But these ones sent the first of this month came back. Go figure. lol. Lets hope the others fair better then the last two four color grades. haha. Edited December 22, 2021 by Stingrayiii Badger, Jasonmorris1000000 and waaaghboss 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Black Hand ® Posted December 25, 2021 Share Posted December 25, 2021 If I could only have one collection of comics while being stranded on a desert island it would be between every Carl Barks Duck books and Archie up to 1962. As much as I love Archie, I lean more toward Barks, though. Every panel is a masterpiece. The work Harry Lucey did on Archie as well as his MLJ superhero stuff, comes close. archiecomicscollector 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tri-Color Brian Posted December 25, 2021 Share Posted December 25, 2021 Merry Christmas Duck fans... dikran, tth2 and waaaghboss 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
50YrsCollctngCmcs Posted January 1, 2022 Share Posted January 1, 2022 Happy New Year to all my good duck friends! Badger, Yellow Kid and tth2 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Black Hand ® Posted January 1, 2022 Share Posted January 1, 2022 On 12/31/2021 at 4:35 PM, 50YrsCollctngCmcs said: Happy New Year to all my good duck friends! Gorgeous copy! 50YrsCollctngCmcs 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...