Popular Post 01TheDude Posted July 18, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted July 18, 2020 I was taking pictures of my old Treasuries-- mostly Marvel -- and found some interesting stuff that piqued my interest. First-- from the #5 Hulk -- in the back, a couple of cool pages: This one shows various artist versions of the Hulk in a pinup. Back page featuring the covers with an ad to buy the previous treasuries-- with extra charges. more to come Jasonmorris1000000, comic_memories, batmiesta and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post 01TheDude Posted July 18, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted July 18, 2020 This one is in #2 FF - shows a cool drawing of the Baxter Building jcjames, wormboy, Jasonmorris1000000 and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
01TheDude Posted July 18, 2020 Share Posted July 18, 2020 Sorry-- not a treasury-- but stashed away in my box of treasuries was this souvenir from Ritz - a Hulk mask. Sadly it got bent at some point. From 2003 Jasonmorris1000000 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
01TheDude Posted July 18, 2020 Share Posted July 18, 2020 Inside cover of the #3 Thor treasury showing the comics this book contained. Basically starts at JIM 125 and goes through Thor 130 I apologize if any of this stuff was already posted in this thread. batmiesta 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
01TheDude Posted July 18, 2020 Share Posted July 18, 2020 the books found in #6 Dr Strange, quite the mix wormboy and batmiesta 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
batmiesta Posted July 19, 2020 Share Posted July 19, 2020 9 hours ago, 01TheDude said: I was taking pictures of my old Treasuries-- mostly Marvel -- and found some interesting stuff that piqued my interest. First-- from the #5 Hulk -- in the back, a couple of cool pages: This one shows various artist versions of the Hulk in a pinup. Back page featuring the covers with an ad to buy the previous treasuries-- with extra charges. more to come I remember trying to guess all those Hulk artists as a kid, and loved seeing the covers of the comics that were reprinted because back then I had never seen them before. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
01TheDude Posted July 19, 2020 Share Posted July 19, 2020 here are some more of the interiors #7 Avengers from #8 Christmas #9 Superhero #10 Thor #11 FF #12 Howard the Duck KirbyJack and Jasonmorris1000000 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
01TheDude Posted July 19, 2020 Share Posted July 19, 2020 couple more #13 Holiday Grab Bag #14 "Sensational" Spider-Man - hmm, why not Amazing? #15 Conan OtherEric 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post 01TheDude Posted July 19, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted July 19, 2020 Some of my favorite though these are not actually Treasuries but they are treasury sized-- are the Steranko History of Comics - bought these when they came out at the book store. These might be better than reprints-- great content. HighVoltage, OtherEric, Spider-Variant and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OtherEric Posted August 4, 2020 Share Posted August 4, 2020 In today. I’ve never understood how this wound up as a Marvel book... to the point I almost wonder if it was a production error. Anybody know the story? batmiesta and wormboy 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brock Posted August 4, 2020 Share Posted August 4, 2020 14 hours ago, OtherEric said: In today. I’ve never understood how this wound up as a Marvel book... to the point I almost wonder if it was a production error. Anybody know the story? I've been poking around for some time to try to find out more about this, but it seems to be just another Whitman mystery. The Buck Rogers book also appears in a scarcer Whitman version (picture below). This seems to be harder to find than the Marvel edition, and Overstreet values it about 10% higher. Both editions were published in 1979, when Marvel and Western/Whitman seem to have had a deal to package treasury editions with both Whitman and Marvel labels. This was done primarily on movie adaptations (including Close Encounters of the Third Kind and multiple Star Wars editions), although it also occurred with some random issues of Marvel Treasury Edition. Marvel also tried this approach with other publishers, including Charlton reprint publisher Modern Comics (with a Battlestar Galactic treasury) and Parkes Run (for The Empire Strikes Back and GI Joe). Whitman also used the same approach with DC Comics, publishing Whitman editions of the Famous First Edition Superman #1 treasury, and the Muhammad Ali vs. Superman Treasury. All were published between 1978 and 1982, as far as I can tell. batmiesta, OtherEric and wormboy 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brock Posted August 4, 2020 Share Posted August 4, 2020 A few more illustrations for those who are curious: batmiesta, OtherEric and Jasonmorris1000000 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OtherEric Posted August 4, 2020 Share Posted August 4, 2020 33 minutes ago, Brock said: I've been poking around for some time to try to find out more about this, but it seems to be just another Whitman mystery. The Buck Rogers book also appears in a scarcer Whitman version (picture below). This seems to be harder to find than the Marvel edition, and Overstreet values it about 10% higher. Both editions were published in 1979, when Marvel and Western/Whitman seem to have had a deal to package treasury editions with both Whitman and Marvel labels. This was done primarily on movie adaptations (including Close Encounters of the Third Kind and multiple Star Wars editions), although it also occurred with some random issues of Marvel Treasury Edition. Marvel also tried this approach with other publishers, including Charlton reprint publisher Modern Comics (with a Battlestar Galactic treasury) and Parkes Run (for The Empire Strikes Back and GI Joe). Whitman also used the same approach with DC Comics, publishing Whitman editions of the Famous First Edition Superman #1 treasury, and the Muhammad Ali vs. Superman Treasury. All were published between 1978 and 1982, as far as I can tell. For me, the weird thing on the Buck Rogers is it's the only one of those cross-publisher treasuries where Western actually produced the content. In every other case it was Whitman (Or Parkes Run, or Modern) releasing a book the other publisher had created. Like I said, my guess (and it's a very weak guess) is a production error, similar to the Marvel Dennis the Menace digests with the DC logo in the UPC. That or Western made a one-time deal with Marvel to use the logo to distinguish between returnable and non-returnable books. Happy to have it in any case. I've still got a long way to go with the actual Marvel Treasury Edition series (I've got less than half), and I don't have any of the Hanna-Barbera ones, but of the other assorted Marvel treasuries I'm down to just Annie on my need list. Jasonmorris1000000 and Brock 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
speedcake Posted August 4, 2020 Share Posted August 4, 2020 On 7/18/2020 at 5:16 PM, 01TheDude said: This one is in #2 FF - shows a cool drawing of the Baxter Building Call me skeptical, but that rocket blast scheme seems iffy... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
01TheDude Posted August 5, 2020 Share Posted August 5, 2020 11 hours ago, speedcake said: On 7/18/2020 at 2:16 PM, 01TheDude said: This one is in #2 FF - shows a cool drawing of the Baxter Building Call me skeptical, but that rocket blast scheme seems iffy... well if you look at the very fine print on the left-- it says an updated version of the Baxter Building was coming soon. Did that ever happen? I've also always wondered why it was named the Baxter Building. speedcake 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KirbyJack Posted August 5, 2020 Share Posted August 5, 2020 19 hours ago, speedcake said: Call me skeptical, but that rocket blast scheme seems iffy... This is pre-vibranium, too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EC Star&Bar Posted August 5, 2020 Share Posted August 5, 2020 I think the FF consulted with televangelist Jim Bakker for the Baxter Bldg. updates. He recommended gold-plated faucets and A/C for Lockjaw's doghouse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
speedcake Posted August 5, 2020 Share Posted August 5, 2020 Furthermore, 35 stories? That wouldn't stand out on the upper east side these days, much less in midtown. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post batmiesta Posted August 11, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted August 11, 2020 Reacquired a nice pence copy of #4 . HighVoltage, telerites, greggy and 6 others 8 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
telerites Posted August 17, 2020 Share Posted August 17, 2020 On 8/11/2020 at 9:03 AM, batmiesta said: Reacquired a nice pence copy of #4 . Hey Bats, I gotta imagine the UK treasury editions are much tougher in HG - lower print runs, I assume? Were they popular when they came out? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
