Get Marwood & I Posted May 22, 2017 Author Share Posted May 22, 2017 Always nice to meet a new friend in the post I'd have preferred 'L Miller & Co', but Thorpe & Porter will do..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Get Marwood & I Posted June 10, 2017 Author Share Posted June 10, 2017 Afternoon pence people. We're still stuck on 3,001 pence printed Marvels I'm afraid , so don't forget to check the 'missing list' I posted earlier on to see if you have any hitherto undiscovered pence copies stashed away. One thing that I find amusing with our pence copies is the 'one off issue' titles. The titles where, for reasons unknown, someone decided to solicit only one pence copy for us over here. One of the best is 'Vault of Evil' #23. I picked up this beaten up copy a while back: Nice cover, and I love what our endangered lass here is doing with her hands. Possibly, she's attempting to scare off her ghoulish suitor with a little shadow puppetry? So, 23 issues and all we get is the last one: I like to think it was the UK's rejection of the title that forced it's cancellation. Such is the might of the UK buyer The Comic Book Price Guide website kind of confirms the scenario.... http://www.comicpriceguide.co.uk/us_comic.php?tc=vaultevil ....but I do wish they would steer away from concentrating on what was 'non-distributed' as opposed to what was printed with a sole pence price. That way confusion lies. Still, a nice addition to the pence parade Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Get Marwood & I Posted June 10, 2017 Author Share Posted June 10, 2017 Being an ex-Spidey Completist, I never really collected many non-super hero titles (apart from Outlaw Kid #10 as I recall, which had Spidey on the cover for some reason). My pence research opened my eyes to the beauty of many of the western titles. Here's a few pictures, just because they're nice I posted this one in the 'PGM My...' section. No one did of course - nobody likes me - but who cares when she's this pretty Thorpe & Porter! Thorpe & Porter! Gunsmoke Western Pence Copies.... Come on down! The 'Price' is indeed RIGHT! nmtg9 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Get Marwood & I Posted July 1, 2017 Author Share Posted July 1, 2017 8 hours ago, Derrico said: I could be totally wrong on this but, I see the posted message states that there are no pence giant size comics. I have a star wars #2. I also have a regular size doctor strange 9p #9. Hello @Derrico Thanks for stopping by, and welcome to the boards. When I said there are no 'Giant Sized' pence Marvels I meant the titles like these from 1974 and 1975: Your Star Wars #2 might be a non-comic sized book, which aren't in the scope of my research. Post a picture if you can and we'll discuss it. Cheers ADAMANTIUM 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derrico Posted July 1, 2017 Share Posted July 1, 2017 Thanks for the info. Here are a couple pics. I have about 30 issues. Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Get Marwood & I Posted July 2, 2017 Author Share Posted July 2, 2017 15 hours ago, Derrico said: Thanks for the info. Here are a couple pics. I have about 30 issues. Thanks! Excellent, thanks @Derrico - I suspected they'd be Treasury Editions. Thanks for posting the pictures. I didn't include them in my research as I was concentrating on 'regular comic sized' books. Now I see them though, I think I may as well have a go at documenting them too. I had all the Spidey ones back in the day, pence and cents, so may have a few scans already somewhere. Anyway, stay in touch, as it's always nice to talk to people without any cents Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Get Marwood & I Posted July 2, 2017 Author Popular Post Share Posted July 2, 2017 "So, what shall we do today?" I asked Marwood this morning. "Look for Pence Comics at the London Comic Fair?", he said. "Oh, go on then" I replied. So off we went. The day was uncommonly sunny for Englandville, as we boarded the train to Baker Street... ....which alas was not looking it's best on arrival. I nice spot in the park was found.... Along with a Ronnie Bag of Horror. Disgusting habit, and I shouldn't do so much of it if I was you. As is often the case, Mr Friendly Crow popped by for a morsel or two. I like to think that MFC is the same bird who has been visiting me all my life. Marwood thinks I'm pathetic though and says I need to grow a pair. Mr Pidge is less successful on the morsel picking front, and leaves with the right hump. As is his wont. The gardens are in their usual splendid bloom And the Dexter Beef Burgers continue to entice at the Marylebone Market..... Maybe on the way back. The stroll through the backstreets reveals the wonderful nooks and crannies and super architecture. Especially on high. I consider my waistline, but beige was never my colour. Marwood makes a phallic joke about the Post Office Tower. The smutty bastard. Misnomer anyone? Ah, lizards2's favourite street in Blighty! He doesn't pop by much lately. Always decorating. I miss his lizard brain ramblings... Now that's a nice building Marwood. Marwood? Marwood?! What a head. Are people who live in mews' amusing do you think? Do they listen to Muse on their Sony Walkmans? And I wonder what sound their cats make......? Shut up. Avengers tower! The inner sanctum... It's a little known fact that the chameleon circuit in the Tardis is not broken at all.... Ah, we've arrived. A healthy queue. In a recent survey it was found that 93% of comic fair attendees failed to wash for at least 2 days prior to the event. Extend to 5 days without soap and water, and the figure drops to 87%. Unless a cat has died, I'm behind the guy in the 2% category bracket. Good lord. While we wait, some Scandinavian tourists remark "Look - a Shtar Vaws Conwention". As the young lassie attaches my arm band, I'm reminded of the time that the early £5 entry fee was first introduced. Some chap barged straight past the organiser (Mr Conboy, he of Comics International Destruction fame) chased after him earnestly demanding his fiver. "I've been coming here for 30 years mate! I'm not paying to get in now!" he roared. We all smiled in admiration as he proceeded to ignore Conboy and shop for free. Look closely and you'll see an Amazing Fantasy 15, Graded at 6.0 with married pages. £25,000 Englandville Pounds and it's mine. I kid you not.... Comics, comics, and more comics... Here come the gerls Old Englandville Comics go sadly unattended... I saw this Man From Uncle book and just had to take a picture for you all. I do like the Man From Uncle. Shame about the £6 sticker... The spoils! Also, and going off tangent a bit, the discerning Morlar fans will know of my fondness for The Omen and Lee Remick. So I couldn't leave this still behind for only £2.50: One of the most beautiful women who ever lived... Watched a good film with Mr Peck in it yesterday. The Scarlet and The Black. Watch it if you can....Life affirming. And here up close, a few purchases. Thorpe & Porter! Thorpe & Porter! All in all, a fun day out. Marwood is back under sedation Chin chin! nmtg9, lizards2, ADAMANTIUM and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ADAMANTIUM Posted July 2, 2017 Share Posted July 2, 2017 Glad you had fun! Those pic's show a lot of books!! At least you stayed true to your purpose!! Pencing and all 1950's war comics and Get Marwood & I 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Get Marwood & I Posted July 2, 2017 Author Share Posted July 2, 2017 40 minutes ago, ADAMANTIUM said: Glad you had fun! Those pic's show a lot of books!! At least you stayed true to your purpose!! Pencing and all Cheers @ADAMANTIUM The fairs are always fun, even though they're on the wain. I'm still waiting for that elusive 'new dealer' with tons of old pence westerns to show up. Where is that bloke? I mean, it's not too much to ask is it after 40 bloody years? ? ADAMANTIUM 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lizards2 Posted July 2, 2017 Share Posted July 2, 2017 Love it! Get Marwood & I 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Get Marwood & I Posted July 2, 2017 Author Share Posted July 2, 2017 28 minutes ago, lizards2 said: Love it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Get Marwood & I Posted July 6, 2017 Author Share Posted July 6, 2017 Good news Pence Friends! Another book off the missing list - Gunsmoke Western #59: Aint she purdy! So, we now have 3,002 confirmed Marvel Pence Variants I'd almost given up hope of any Gunsmoke Western's existing between issues 59 and 65 but, like the Flash 208 in my DC Pence Variant Thread (see link in my signature line below), there's always hope for a new discovery Here's the updated missing list: Happily, this book is an L Miller copy, so I'll be updating my L Miller thread soon! Yeehaar! porcupine48 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1950's war comics Posted July 6, 2017 Share Posted July 6, 2017 This is a GREAT thread !!!! London has cool buildings! Those were some great wall shots !! among books shown on the wall that are on my buckets list are the : House of Mystery #2 and : My Greatest Adventure #1 those are some nice Kirby/western pickups Marwood/I..... !! Get Marwood & I 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1950's war comics Posted July 6, 2017 Share Posted July 6, 2017 Also...nice pick up of those two issues off to the side of that man from uncle paperback !! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1950's war comics Posted July 6, 2017 Share Posted July 6, 2017 On 5/22/2017 at 8:25 AM, Marwood & I said: Always nice to meet a new friend in the post I'd have preferred 'L Miller & Co', but Thorpe & Porter will do..... what is and How much is 9d ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Get Marwood & I Posted July 6, 2017 Author Share Posted July 6, 2017 22 minutes ago, 1950's war comics said: Also...nice pick up of those two issues off to the side of that man from uncle paperback !! Sorry, I didn't see those. I just couldn't take my eyes off the MFU book Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Get Marwood & I Posted July 6, 2017 Author Share Posted July 6, 2017 23 minutes ago, 1950's war comics said: what is and How much is 9d ? That would stand for '9 Donkeys' @1950's war comics In the old days before money we would buy comics with farmyard animals. A head of sheep could bring in a nice book or two.... http://projectbritain.com/moneyold.htm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
porcupine48 Posted July 6, 2017 Share Posted July 6, 2017 5 minutes ago, Marwood & I said: Sorry, I didn't see those. I just couldn't take my eyes off the MFU book I was moe entranced by those Journey into Fear.Looked to be fair prices as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Get Marwood & I Posted July 6, 2017 Author Share Posted July 6, 2017 2 minutes ago, porcupine48 said: I was moe entranced by those Journey into Fear.Looked to be fair prices as well. Some pretty books indeed Jim. How I wish I hadn't been an ASM Completist sometimes. Think of what I could have bought instead.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Get Marwood & I Posted July 8, 2017 Author Share Posted July 8, 2017 Morning my Pence Brethren! It's a rare day when I have some time to mull over comics. Further to my 'L Miller' 9d Gunsmoke Western find a few posts back, I've been thinking about the issues for that title on my Pence Copy Missing List here: You'll see that I've yet to discover a pence printed copy of Gunsmoke Western 60,61,62,63,64,65,69,70,71 and 73. If we link the information we have about L Miller indicia copies of Gunsmoke Western here... ....we can conclude the following: Thorpe & Porter did not solicit the title Gunsmoke Western from the cover date of May 1960 (#58), the cover date that the first 9d printed Marvel comics arrived in the UK L Miller did solicit the title from May 1960 (#58) up to at least cover date July 1961 (#65) The first printed 9d / Thorpe & Porter indicia copy of Gunsmoke Western that I have is number 72, cover dated September 1962 (at some point, L Miller stopped and Thorpe & Porter took over all Marvel solicitations) Within the number range 58 to 65 I have found 5 L Miller Indicia copies so far: #58 - printed 9d cover price #59 - printed 9d cover price #60 - printed 10c cover price #63 - printed 10c cover price #65 - printed 10c cover price Here they are: So the pattern suggests the first two were 9d printed copies with the next three that I have found being 10c printed copies with cover stamps and the additional L Miller indicia data. The purpose of this rambling is to support my theory that pence printed copies for Gunsmoke Western numbers 60 to 65 probably don't exist because: L Miller were the only publisher importing them from 58 to at least 65 (Thorpe & Porter's first confirmed indicia copy being #72) The L Miller copies from #60 are all cents printed copies The only way a 9d printed copy of Gunsmoke Western #60-65 can exist, would be if Thorpe & Porter imported them alongside L Miller, or if L Miller imported a mix of cents and pence printed copies. Both seem unlikely. Now, did any of that old carp make any sense? As I slowly fill the gaps on this title, the picture should become clearer. I hope! All good fun Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
