Bronty Posted December 13, 2018 Share Posted December 13, 2018 1 minute ago, Sgt Preston said: Thank-you Bronty. Great advice. Although I will eventually figure out what are my favourite books, I’m more interested in just getting into the market at this point, and then refining later. I’ll definitely check out CLINK and try to land my first. Unfortunately, I have zero concept of proper pricing at this point, but I’m sure that will come in time. Thanks for your advice! Dan. pm'd Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post eccomic Posted December 14, 2018 Author Popular Post Share Posted December 14, 2018 Merry Christmas to my fellow collectors of Canadian Golden Age comics and from Nelvana!! comicjack, porcupine48, MusterMark and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sgt Preston Posted December 14, 2018 Share Posted December 14, 2018 (edited) 3 hours ago, eccomic said: Merry Christmas to my fellow collectors of Canadian Golden Age comics and from Nelvana!! I’m sure there are a few of us imagining what it would be like to find just one of those under the tree, nevermind the whole lot. You are an incredible collector of these beautiful books. Well done. Edited December 14, 2018 by Sgt Preston eccomic 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fantastic Thor Posted December 18, 2018 Share Posted December 18, 2018 True picture magazine . Printed for canada with the Canadas battling duchess AJD 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aardvark88 Posted January 21, 2019 Share Posted January 21, 2019 Here is an interesting listing of the top 21 of 27 Marvel Comics Group titles selected for color reprinting in Canada by Bell Features: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marty Mann Posted January 26, 2019 Share Posted January 26, 2019 AJD and porcupine48 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pemart1966 Posted January 26, 2019 Share Posted January 26, 2019 On 1/21/2019 at 1:05 PM, aardvark88 said: Here is an interesting listing of the top 21 of 27 Marvel Comics Group titles selected for color reprinting in Canada by Bell Features: That IS interesting. What month/year would this be? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aardvark88 Posted January 27, 2019 Share Posted January 27, 2019 9 hours ago, pemart1966 said: interesting. What month/year would this be? Roughly 1954 so way before FF# 1. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pemart1966 Posted January 28, 2019 Share Posted January 28, 2019 20 hours ago, aardvark88 said: Roughly 1954 so way before FF# 1. What book is "Marvel"? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aardvark88 Posted January 28, 2019 Share Posted January 28, 2019 4 hours ago, pemart1966 said: What book is "Marvel"? Perhaps last of the Atlas Marvel Tales. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pemart1966 Posted January 28, 2019 Share Posted January 28, 2019 44 minutes ago, aardvark88 said: Perhaps last of the Atlas Marvel Tales. Interesting that there's no Sub-Mariner or Human Torch... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patgacvan Posted February 4, 2019 Share Posted February 4, 2019 Perhaps its just a West Coast thing, but I have seen enough of these to wonder if it should be considered a variant even though it's a paper snipe attached to the cover, rather than printed. In any case it was part of a bigger ad campaign. For those who like minutia this particular copy. probably unread, had an advertising insert placed (not glued) inside. Anyone with information or thoughts? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bronty Posted February 5, 2019 Share Posted February 5, 2019 Very cool, Pat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buttock Posted February 5, 2019 Share Posted February 5, 2019 23 hours ago, patgacvan said: Perhaps its just a West Coast thing, but I have seen enough of these to wonder if it should be considered a variant even though it's a paper snipe attached to the cover, rather than printed. In any case it was part of a bigger ad campaign. For those who like minutia this particular copy. probably unread, had an advertising insert placed (not glued) inside. Anyone with information or thoughts? Did anyone else read this as "Snotless"? Hutch88 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PatrickinVancouver Posted February 6, 2019 Share Posted February 6, 2019 'Snotless' luv it. And let's take a moment to appreciate this cover with a pirate and his parrot just hangin around Davy Jones locker while three monkeys with Moe Howard haircuts look on. Would love to have been at the editorial meeting where this got pitched. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bronty Posted February 6, 2019 Share Posted February 6, 2019 True. Beautifully executed but the concept makes zero sense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patgacvan Posted February 7, 2019 Share Posted February 7, 2019 I always thought that it might have been remainders bought up by Spotless, but it's a total conjecture, Vancouver was a small town in those days, it could easily been an investment or partnership to get the colour comics printed. The quality of the book is very high, good paper, good printing, professional art, nice layout, wouldn't look out of place on a U.S. newsstand. It's also worth noting that the word coloured on the cover uses the American spelling 'colored' not the English, so it is easy to speculate that they were hoping to get copies into the States, however I have never noticed any with U.S. newsstand marks or coming out of the pedigree collections. You think I would have ended up ballast and sent to England like some of the others at this time. That probably didn't happen because it was in Vancouver. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bronty Posted February 7, 2019 Share Posted February 7, 2019 interesting. How many of these have you seen and from how many sources? I've never seen one of these "Spotless" variants before. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patgacvan Posted February 9, 2019 Share Posted February 9, 2019 Including ones with the snipe torn at least half a dozen, most of them throughout the 1970's and early 1980's (there was a hoard of Golden Age comics that was available locally at that time), The one with the insert came to me in 1999 in the Chinatown collection, the same collection that had the 9.4 Active 13, Commando 16, and several Funny Comics (Dizzy Don's) I have not seen one since. I have only seen one copy without the snipe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eccomic Posted February 24, 2019 Author Share Posted February 24, 2019 Very rare compendium dated 1945, with extracts from the Canadian Whites era Golden Age Publication: Canadian Heroes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...