Baz Posted August 1, 2011 Share Posted August 1, 2011 I recently got a copy of #106 myself maybe 2 months ago. I remember when I got it in my hands I was just drawn to the cover - definitely a classic WDCS cover. Thanks for posting it here - never get tired of looking at that one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baz Posted August 1, 2011 Share Posted August 1, 2011 This is probably old news to you all, but I just got this book in the mail yesterday: It reprints WDC&S 1 and 2 in their entirety, and has some essay material that explains how MMM morphed into WDC&S (tb will like this - it explains a gradual process) and some other bits and pieces. I had a ball reading it last night. I've also ordered this: Which I assume reprints Four Color #4. I got both for $26, which is fabulous value. AJD - thanks for posting this here - didn't know that they were out - I'm placing my order on amazon ASAP for both books and the donald duck archive as well! I look forward to reading them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yellow Kid Posted August 1, 2011 Share Posted August 1, 2011 A couple of pickups from San Diego. I always try to find a duck book to fill in the collection. This year issue #106 popped up. Oddly, late last year I found a copy of 105 at a local dealer. Both contain Phantom Blot serial chapters. Also, picked up the Lulu shown as a package deal. Please bear with Little Lulu here in the duck thread! Went to the Lulu fan meeting which is always a hoot as my kids get to act out a Lulu story. Would be a great idea for a duck fan meeting!! Beautiful books! And to get another chapter of the Blot just makes the 106 even nicer. Richard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
generic user Posted August 1, 2011 Share Posted August 1, 2011 This is probably old news to you all, but I just got this book in the mail yesterday: It reprints WDC&S 1 and 2 in their entirety, and has some essay material that explains how MMM morphed into WDC&S (tb will like this - it explains a gradual process) and some other bits and pieces. I had a ball reading it last night. is this color or b&w? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
50YrsCollctngCmcs Posted August 1, 2011 Share Posted August 1, 2011 A couple of pickups from San Diego. I always try to find a duck book to fill in the collection. This year issue #106 popped up. Oddly, late last year I found a copy of 105 at a local dealer. Both contain Phantom Blot serial chapters. Also, picked up the Lulu shown as a package deal. Please bear with Little Lulu here in the duck thread! Went to the Lulu fan meeting which is always a hoot as my kids get to act out a Lulu story. Would be a great idea for a duck fan meeting!! Beautiful books! And to get another chapter of the Blot just makes the 106 even nicer. Richard Thanks Rich and others, I was pulling some comic boxes this weekend looking for a Captain America Cosmic Cube story to show my daughter after seeing the CA movie. As a part of that exercise I ran across numerous Disney boxes and realized that I needed to do a better job of indexing my WDC & S collection. I buy pretty much from memory which tells you something about how memorable the covers really were! I also came across my collection of Walt Disney Showcase by Gold Key which I bought off the stands in the seventies and bagged in old polypropolene. There they still sit and need to get transferred to Mylar. Hard to imagine that those books are probably much rarer in grade than the corresponding DC's and Marvels of that vintage. There is some interesting stuff from that era. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AJD Posted August 1, 2011 Share Posted August 1, 2011 This is probably old news to you all, but I just got this book in the mail yesterday: It reprints WDC&S 1 and 2 in their entirety, and has some essay material that explains how MMM morphed into WDC&S (tb will like this - it explains a gradual process) and some other bits and pieces. I had a ball reading it last night. is this color or b&w? Color - and they have done a good job of reproducing the period four color look. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tb Posted August 2, 2011 Share Posted August 2, 2011 I looked up those books at Amazon the moment I saw AJD's first post, but I've been waiting for the one with the Four Color 4 cover to be published (in a couple of weeks). Thanks a lot for the tip, AJD. That's a beautiful copy with a great Kelly cover, 40YC. I saw in another thread with pictures from San Diego that the Comic Heaven booth had some raw early issues of WDCS. If anyone happened to notice their condition I'd be very interested in your thoughts. I was a little surprised that John Verzyl had Disney books so I figured there might be something unusual about them. I've been working on a high grade run of the first 30 issues for many years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baz Posted August 2, 2011 Share Posted August 2, 2011 For those interested in the Boom Archive TPBs, you might like to know that the cover on the Boom website for the Four Color 4 (and 13) is different than the one shown on Amazon (and more consistent with the other archive covers): http://www.boom-studios.com/disney-s-four-color-adventures-vol-1-tpb.html They also have the cover of the upcoming Donald Duck vol 2 archives as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
50YrsCollctngCmcs Posted August 2, 2011 Share Posted August 2, 2011 I looked up those books at Amazon the moment I saw AJD's first post, but I've been waiting for the one with the Four Color 4 cover to be published (in a couple of weeks). Thanks a lot for the tip, AJD. That's a beautiful copy with a great Kelly cover, 40YC. I saw in another thread with pictures from San Diego that the Comic Heaven booth had some raw early issues of WDCS. If anyone happened to notice their condition I'd be very interested in your thoughts. I was a little surprised that John Verzyl had Disney books so I figured there might be something unusual about them. I've been working on a high grade run of the first 30 issues for many years. I spent some time at John's booth and I actually picked up an Adventure #74 from him that I will post in the Adventure thread when it arrives. He did have a few WDC&S books and I believe I looked at a couple. They were either so far out of my price range that I did not look closely or they were lower grade. Point me to the picture to jog my memory. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tb Posted August 2, 2011 Share Posted August 2, 2011 I looked up those books at Amazon the moment I saw AJD's first post, but I've been waiting for the one with the Four Color 4 cover to be published (in a couple of weeks). Thanks a lot for the tip, AJD. That's a beautiful copy with a great Kelly cover, 40YC. I saw in another thread with pictures from San Diego that the Comic Heaven booth had some raw early issues of WDCS. If anyone happened to notice their condition I'd be very interested in your thoughts. I was a little surprised that John Verzyl had Disney books so I figured there might be something unusual about them. I've been working on a high grade run of the first 30 issues for many years. I spent some time at John's booth and I actually picked up an Adventure #74 from him that I will post in the Adventure thread when it arrives. He did have a few WDC&S books and I believe I looked at a couple. They were either so far out of my price range that I did not look closely or they were lower grade. Point me to the picture to jog my memory. Here's the picture: Comic Heaven Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
50YrsCollctngCmcs Posted August 2, 2011 Share Posted August 2, 2011 I looked up those books at Amazon the moment I saw AJD's first post, but I've been waiting for the one with the Four Color 4 cover to be published (in a couple of weeks). Thanks a lot for the tip, AJD. That's a beautiful copy with a great Kelly cover, 40YC. I saw in another thread with pictures from San Diego that the Comic Heaven booth had some raw early issues of WDCS. If anyone happened to notice their condition I'd be very interested in your thoughts. I was a little surprised that John Verzyl had Disney books so I figured there might be something unusual about them. I've been working on a high grade run of the first 30 issues for many years. I spent some time at John's booth and I actually picked up an Adventure #74 from him that I will post in the Adventure thread when it arrives. He did have a few WDC&S books and I believe I looked at a couple. They were either so far out of my price range that I did not look closely or they were lower grade. Point me to the picture to jog my memory. Here's the picture: Comic Heaven Those were not all there when I visited on Saturday. I recall seeing the duck in a bunny suit and the issue with the flag. I would have noticed a run like that. I believe the flag issue was over my price range meaning it was in very nice shape. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duffman_Comics Posted August 4, 2011 Share Posted August 4, 2011 Now, this is what makes me about these Boards. Andrew (AJD) and I have had a PM thread going for a little while about this and that and recently he showed me a lovely book he'd just acquired for his Barks Uncle Scrooge run. I am also a Barks fan - but pretty much a bottom feeder. AJD also showed me a set of the Gladstone trading cards that he'd manage to get (eBay) and I similarly expressed my appreciation. I have been known to collect a few cards as well ( for Andrew). Yesterday, unannounced and certainly unrequested the following lobbed through the Post. Addressed to the "Undercopy Manor" Now that I have confirmed there will be no follow up invoice, this is what was gifted: (Here are the backs) Bless him. Though now it means my inner OCD will demand I complete the sets . . . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baz Posted August 4, 2011 Share Posted August 4, 2011 Very nice gift! Now that issue brings back memory. I must try to find it and read it tonight. I had forgotten all about those cards - I believe I need to obtain one more card to finish the set! Maybe I should get on that soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duffman_Comics Posted August 4, 2011 Share Posted August 4, 2011 I had forgotten all about those cards - I believe I need to obtain one more card to finish the set! Maybe I should get on that soon. No no no. Abandon that fruitless quest and send the things to me. I assure you, boundless karma will accrue (thumbs u <-- (the good one) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scrooge Posted August 4, 2011 Share Posted August 4, 2011 Which one card do you need? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DailySuperpower Posted August 10, 2011 Share Posted August 10, 2011 Some Ducky *glub*glub* goodness WDC&S 143 is one of my favorite covers so far, it's just so adorable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markseifert Posted August 10, 2011 Share Posted August 10, 2011 What's the secret of the animated cover? Some Ducky *glub*glub* goodness Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Transplant Posted August 10, 2011 Share Posted August 10, 2011 What's the secret of the animated cover? I think BBGun did animated gifs of all these covers so we wouldn't have to cut them up. They should be here somewhere. Basically, you cut the back cover which has a strip. Insert the strip into the cut section of the mouth, pull back and forth and it opens and close the teeth. I'm going from memory. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tb Posted August 10, 2011 Share Posted August 10, 2011 I have never seen a copy that was cut according to the instructions. They must be extremely rare if they exist. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tb Posted August 10, 2011 Share Posted August 10, 2011 Now that I have confirmed there will be no follow up invoice, this is what was gifted: What a nice thing to do. One of the fringe benefits of collecting Disney is that you tend to get to know some unusually kind people. I was just going through this story the other day as I was comparing the original manuscript to the published art. I'll try to scan some pages at some point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
