Paul © ® ⚽️💙™ Posted August 9, 2021 Share Posted August 9, 2021 thehumantorch 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThatNerdyCanuck Posted January 22, 2022 Share Posted January 22, 2022 Was very lucky to come across these Canadian Classics Illustrated. The Westward Ho is beyond rare from what I can see. The two blank ones are theorized to be free giveaways to Canadian and British troops after WWII and the Rip Van Winkle was the 1st Canadian one printed! pemart1966 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eccomic Posted March 26, 2022 Author Share Posted March 26, 2022 From my collection. A very rare Canadian comic from 1951 published by Fides in Montreal and the hockey story features the New York Rangers which was part of the Original Six. The cover has a fantastic illustration of the Toronto Maple Leafs and the Montreal Canadians Get Marwood & I 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eccomic Posted April 3, 2022 Author Share Posted April 3, 2022 Exciting new acquisition entitled "Marijuana Murder. Extremely rare digest size pulp published by Superior publications in Toronto circa 1945 during the war exchange conservation act when comics and pops redeem to be nonessential items and banned from being published in Canada Dr. Love and BEAUMONTS 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjpb Posted April 12, 2022 Share Posted April 12, 2022 I'm sure I overpaid for this, even with a partial refund due to a missing centerfold (text and Tang story pages), as it's pretty much an incomplete rag with brittle corners and top edge, but I've coveted one of these since first reading about it in Mr. Monster, and always managed to miss it or get outbid when it surfaced for sale. While there are 13 in the census, it doesn't seem to show up that often for sale, and I figured I should grab it if I got a chance, no matter how lowly a copy. It's my understanding that in addition to introducing Mr. Monster in costume (though not by name), this is the last GA appearance of Nelvana. BEAUMONTS, Bronty, eccomic and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eccomic Posted April 16, 2022 Author Share Posted April 16, 2022 Original Bell Features Artist contract circa 1943 signed by the President Cyril Bell and Artist Fred Kelly from my collection. Pictured are the first and last pages of the contract and two Bell Features Patent letters for publication in the USA accordingly pemart1966 and Get Marwood & I 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bronty Posted April 17, 2022 Share Posted April 17, 2022 On 4/12/2022 at 7:34 PM, rjpb said: I'm sure I overpaid for this, even with a partial refund due to a missing centerfold (text and Tang story pages), as it's pretty much an incomplete rag with brittle corners and top edge, but I've coveted one of these since first reading about it in Mr. Monster, and always managed to miss it or get outbid when it surfaced for sale. While there are 13 in the census, it doesn't seem to show up that often for sale, and I figured I should grab it if I got a chance, no matter how lowly a copy. It's my understanding that in addition to introducing Mr. Monster in costume (though not by name), this is the last GA appearance of Nelvana. It’s a gem of a comic book. Congrats!! May I ask what it set you back? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bronty Posted April 17, 2022 Share Posted April 17, 2022 Love the contract Stephen! eccomic 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bronty Posted April 17, 2022 Share Posted April 17, 2022 A fistful of dimes eccomic and Yorick 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bronty Posted April 17, 2022 Share Posted April 17, 2022 (edited) On 4/12/2022 at 7:34 PM, rjpb said: I'm sure I overpaid for this, even with a partial refund due to a missing centerfold (text and Tang story pages), as it's pretty much an incomplete rag with brittle corners and top edge, but I've coveted one of these since first reading about it in Mr. Monster, and always managed to miss it or get outbid when it surfaced for sale. While there are 13 in the census, it doesn't seem to show up that often for sale, and I figured I should grab it if I got a chance, no matter how lowly a copy. It's my understanding that in addition to introducing Mr. Monster in costume (though not by name), this is the last GA appearance of Nelvana. I checked the census and whoa… I can’t believe there is a 9.2! 13 copies is more than I would have guessed although since I believe it did see US distribution it makes sense that it’s considerably more available than true whites. Edited April 17, 2022 by Bronty Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redshade Posted July 7, 2022 Share Posted July 7, 2022 (edited) Greetings from England. This is my first post here. I know absolutely nothing about about Canadian comics and I am trying to identify these two (which I received in a lot of a couple of dozen 1937/8/9 US funnies comics. Does anyone have any info about these and are they worth anything? Thanks in advance. NB I don't know why they are out of sequence, that is not how I posted them but it should be easy enough to match the fc with the bc. Edited July 7, 2022 by Redshade Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zzutak Posted October 3, 2022 Share Posted October 3, 2022 Just back from Sarasota. The only copy of this issue I've ever seen -- not even the Grand Comics Database has one! Yorick, thehumantorch and buttock 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BB-Gun Posted October 3, 2022 Share Posted October 3, 2022 On 7/6/2022 at 9:22 PM, Redshade said: Greetings from England. This is my first post here. I know absolutely nothing about about Canadian comics and I am trying to identify these two (which I received in a lot of a couple of dozen 1937/8/9 US funnies comics. Does anyone have any info about these and are they worth anything? Thanks in advance. NB I don't know why they are out of sequence, that is not how I posted them but it should be easy enough to match the fc with the bc. Well I recognize this cover. Same as King 9 (first Christmas cover)? Redshade 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redshade Posted October 4, 2022 Share Posted October 4, 2022 On 10/3/2022 at 11:18 PM, BB-Gun said: Well I recognize this cover. Same as King 9 (first Christmas cover)? Yes, that's the one. It's the other comic "Home Comics" that is proving to be elusive. It has no info inside at all. It reprints US comics in colour. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subliminal Posted October 5, 2022 Share Posted October 5, 2022 A Canadian comic is one that was actually printed in Canada. Is this a book that was printed in the US or UK for distribution in other parts of the world like Canada? Redshade 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BB-Gun Posted October 5, 2022 Share Posted October 5, 2022 I have at least one Batman issue that is Canadian. I found a cheap copy of Batman 48 on eBay. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redshade Posted October 5, 2022 Share Posted October 5, 2022 (edited) On 10/5/2022 at 2:04 AM, Subliminal said: A Canadian comic is one that was actually printed in Canada. Is this a book that was printed in the US or UK for distribution in other parts of the world like Canada? It says "Printed in the USA" on the back cover. This is the only printed information anywhere in the comic. It has a price of 10c(ents) so it was not aimed at the UK (or AUS) market. I could not find it in the Overstreet guide and so assumed it was for the Canadian market. It is not of a format that would have been printed in the UK at that time. Edited October 5, 2022 by Redshade Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Get Marwood & I Posted October 6, 2022 Share Posted October 6, 2022 On 10/4/2022 at 5:18 PM, Redshade said: Yes, that's the one. It's the other comic "Home Comics" that is proving to be elusive. It has no info inside at all. It reprints US comics in colour. I can't find one mention of this book anywhere online. Not one. The only comic reference to the phrase "Home Comics" is in relation to Harvey indicias and leads nowhere. And "One thousand laughs" only brings up an unrelated Vaudeville book in every search I've made. What US books are reprinted, Stephen? Any story titles you can post? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redshade Posted October 6, 2022 Share Posted October 6, 2022 (edited) On 10/6/2022 at 11:15 AM, Get Marwood & I said: I can't find one mention of this book anywhere online. Not one. The only comic reference to the phrase "Home Comics" is in relation to Harvey indicias and leads nowhere. And "One thousand laughs" only brings up an unrelated Vaudeville book in every search I've made. What US books are reprinted, Stephen? Any story titles you can post? Hi Steve. I bought a few dozen US funnies from 1937/8/9 which contain reprints of US newspaper strips ( Tip Top Comics, Popular Comics etc, a few of which can be seen on my e bay page https://www.ebay.co.uk/usr/jordistcomics . This Home Comics was in with that lot along with the Canadian King Comics which I show above. The Home Comics reprints US newspaper strips similar to the others. Strips include : Thimble Theatre (Popeye) ; G-Man ; Flash Gordon ; Bringing Up Father ; King of the Royal Mounted ; Brick Bradford ; Little Annie Rooney ; Radio Patrol ; Henry. EDIT. I've just seen an ad in the Home Comic for "King Comics" with a Philadelphia address. So possibly a US comic but unknown to Overstreet or GCD. Edited October 6, 2022 by Redshade Yorick, thehumantorch and Get Marwood & I 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eccomic Posted November 5, 2022 Author Share Posted November 5, 2022 These. From my collection. NFS Yorick 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
