MrBedrock Posted March 14, 2012 Share Posted March 14, 2012 Back from CGC yesterday. Earliest comic book sized or larger format 9.6 in census; only a digest sized Mickey Mouse Magazine dairy giveaway from 1935 is earlier overall. Oh my! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adamstrange Posted March 15, 2012 Share Posted March 15, 2012 Back from CGC yesterday. Earliest comic book sized or larger format 9.6 in census; only a digest sized Mickey Mouse Magazine dairy giveaway from 1935 is earlier overall. Gorgeous book, tb! High grade, bright colors and ow/w pages. What's not to love! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pooroldman Posted March 15, 2012 Share Posted March 15, 2012 What an absolutely gorgeous book, with that deep red and the pure white whites--and OW/W pages to boot. It's back from CGC just in time for its seventy-fifth anniversary. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baz Posted March 15, 2012 Share Posted March 15, 2012 amazing book! just amazing. thanks for sharing as always. now excuse me while I go mop up all this drool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tth2 Posted March 15, 2012 Author Share Posted March 15, 2012 (edited) Gorgeous book, tb! High grade, bright colors and ow/w pages. What's not to love! Wonderful red cover, and all you can do is look but not touch! Edited March 15, 2012 by tth2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HouseofComics.Com Posted March 15, 2012 Share Posted March 15, 2012 Really beautiful TB! Back from CGC yesterday. Earliest comic book sized or larger format 9.6 in census; only a digest sized Mickey Mouse Magazine dairy giveaway from 1935 is earlier overall. Oh my! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adamstrange Posted March 15, 2012 Share Posted March 15, 2012 Gorgeous book, tb! High grade, bright colors and ow/w pages. What's not to love! Wonderful red cover, and all you can do is look but not touch! Nor rub my nose in the bouquet of those beautiful pages. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tb Posted March 15, 2012 Share Posted March 15, 2012 It's nice to hear that other people enjoyed the scan. I've owned this book raw for over 8 years. It was always pretty, but, to be completely honest, the label doesn't hurt my appreciation of it. Fundamentally, though, the kick I get from seeing a beautiful book will always be 90% about aesthetics. In my eyes, a high technical grade will not be able to make up for faded colors or a dust shadow. One of the biggest thrills for me is to find one of these Goldilocks books where "everything is just right". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tokay Posted March 15, 2012 Share Posted March 15, 2012 tb - thanks so much for sharing. Amazing to put together a complete set in such awesome condition. Truly amazing books. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hepcat Posted March 15, 2012 Share Posted March 15, 2012 (edited) These ones were too good to pass on: I think the Dell Scrooges are still my favourite comics of all time. Those two have particularly nice covers! Some Scrooge covers leave me borderline unimpressed. But as a character I like Uncle Scrooge so much that some day I might very well spring for this Giuseppe Armani figurine: (thumbs u Edited March 15, 2012 by Hepcat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hepcat Posted March 15, 2012 Share Posted March 15, 2012 (edited) Back from CGC yesterday. Earliest comic book sized or larger format 9.6 in census; only a digest sized Mickey Mouse Magazine dairy giveaway from 1935 is earlier overall. Spectacular! Simply spectacular! Where//how did you acquire it? Fundamentally, though, the kick I get from seeing a beautiful book will always be 90% about aesthetics. In my eyes, a high technical grade will not be able to make up for faded colors or a dust shadow. One of the biggest thrills for me is to find one of these Goldilocks books where "everything is just right". Right on! My thoughts exactly. (thumbs u Edited March 15, 2012 by Hepcat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BB-Gun Posted March 17, 2012 Share Posted March 17, 2012 (edited) Christmas occurred in March this year. It was easier to finish my Christmas Parade run this month than it was in December. Edited March 17, 2012 by BB-Gun Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
50YrsCollctngCmcs Posted March 17, 2012 Share Posted March 17, 2012 Christmas occurred in March this year. It was easier to finish my Christmas Parade run this month than it was in December. Great Barks stories in #1 and #2. Also, I think #1 was the first Dell Giant, though that could be wrong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
50YrsCollctngCmcs Posted March 19, 2012 Share Posted March 19, 2012 I received a Disney company magazine the other day with an article on the history of Goofy. I was surprised at the bottom to see a poster from the first solo Goofy cartoon as it is the cover of the only MMM in my collection. I've posted the cover below along with the back cover which is just as much fun. This book is an undercopy from TB that I bought off EBay although I don't think I knew it was TB when I bought it. Anyway, maybe we can start posting TB's undercopies now!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tb Posted March 19, 2012 Share Posted March 19, 2012 It was fun that you were the buyer. I like this cover a lot, and so does someone else evidently as it is one of the few times where I've been outbid on a Mickey Mouse Magazine (usually high grade copies are cheap compared to other titles from the 1930s). Thanks for posting the article. If it is possible for outsiders to subscribe, I would appreciate the details. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hepcat Posted March 19, 2012 Share Posted March 19, 2012 Christmas occurred in March this year. It was easier to finish my Christmas Parade run this month than it was in December. Cool! I love the Christmas Giants Dell published. And every one of those features at least one duck! (thumbs u Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tb Posted March 20, 2012 Share Posted March 20, 2012 A new Four Color 386 in 9.6 was added to the census today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
worldsbestcomics Posted March 20, 2012 Share Posted March 20, 2012 A new Four Color 386 in 9.6 was added to the census today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bronty Posted March 20, 2012 Share Posted March 20, 2012 A new Four Color 386 in 9.6 was added to the census today. Today? Seems like you have very specific knowledge of this new addition? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tb Posted March 20, 2012 Share Posted March 20, 2012 Don't know anything, I often check cgcdata on Mondays to see what's been submitted. There's also a FC 159 in 9.4. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
