thehumantorch Posted October 12, 2016 Share Posted October 12, 2016 This just in..... See article in the National Post: http://news.nationalpost.com/news/canada/rare-jewish-war-heroes-comic-from-1944-found-in-box-of-donated-used-books Sweet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eccomic Posted November 10, 2016 Author Share Posted November 10, 2016 (edited) Group shot of some of my prized books... One of my Archives Edited November 10, 2016 by eccomic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ecgt Posted November 12, 2016 Share Posted November 12, 2016 (edited) Managed to pick up a few goods at a local auction earlier today. A handful of FECA books and one white: Super Comics Vol. 2 # 4. Overall it's in decent shape, a few pages are partially missing. The auctioneers had no clue about comics and were using an issue of Tip Top (with a Charlie Brown cover) and issues of Classics Illustrated to promote the auction. I paid less for all of the books I purchased than what I had budgeted for just the Super Comics. Edited November 12, 2016 by ecgt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eccomic Posted November 12, 2016 Author Share Posted November 12, 2016 Managed to pick up a few goods at a local auction earlier today. A handful of FECA books and one white: Super Comics Vol. 2 # 4. Overall it's in decent shape, a few pages are partially missing. The auctioneers had no clue about comics and were using an issue of Tip Top (with a Charlie Brown cover) and issues of Classics Illustrated to promote the auction. I paid less for all of the books I purchased than what I had budgeted for just the Super Comics. Nice Score Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ecgt Posted November 12, 2016 Share Posted November 12, 2016 Thanks, Stephen. I'm looking forward to giving this a read tomorrow. My wife's taking me to Doctor Strange tonight, so it looks like another fun weekend of comic book magic! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrmyst Posted November 12, 2016 Share Posted November 12, 2016 Managed to pick up a few goods at a local auction earlier today. A handful of FECA books and one white: Super Comics Vol. 2 # 4. Overall it's in decent shape, a few pages are partially missing. The auctioneers had no clue about comics and were using an issue of Tip Top (with a Charlie Brown cover) and issues of Classics Illustrated to promote the auction. I paid less for all of the books I purchased than what I had budgeted for just the Super Comics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Nanook Posted November 24, 2016 Share Posted November 24, 2016 Nice score on the super comics Brian thats a great issue Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eccomic Posted December 17, 2016 Author Share Posted December 17, 2016 (edited) Very rare Canadian White with Black and White interiors, published by Century/Superior in 1946 in Toronto and distributed in the UK. One of only 3 known copies extant with the ICONIC Pep Comics # 22 cover Edited December 17, 2016 by eccomic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sqeggs Posted December 17, 2016 Share Posted December 17, 2016 Very rare Canadian White with Black and White interiors, published by Century/Superior in 1946 in Toronto and distributed in the UK. One of only 3 known copies extant with the ICONIC Pep Comics # 22 cover Interesting how the Axis symbols on the heel were replaced by a price box. Almost makes it look like the guy paid 6d for his boots! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bronty Posted December 17, 2016 Share Posted December 17, 2016 How cool. I had no idea that existed. I guess it doesn't have the Archie story Stephen? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silver Surfer Posted December 17, 2016 Share Posted December 17, 2016 Very rare Canadian White with Black and White interiors, published by Century/Superior in 1946 in Toronto and distributed in the UK. One of only 3 known copies extant with the ICONIC Pep Comics # 22 cover I use to own one of these but this one is much nicer looking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ecgt Posted December 17, 2016 Share Posted December 17, 2016 Cool book. I'm very interested to learn about the interior. Also, Space Nomads? I have a copy of Zor from the UK, but I'm not familiar with Space Nomads. Can anyone offer some insight(s)? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eccomic Posted December 18, 2016 Author Share Posted December 18, 2016 (edited) Three Ring Comics has Funny Animal Black and White interiors Space Nomads has colour interiors with Space Nomad stories. Edited December 18, 2016 by eccomic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
porcupine48 Posted December 18, 2016 Share Posted December 18, 2016 Very Nice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ecgt Posted December 18, 2016 Share Posted December 18, 2016 Nice. Thanks for the information, Stephen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ecgt Posted December 19, 2016 Share Posted December 19, 2016 (edited) Here's an interesting find. It's the earliest comic made by Superior that I have ever found: Army Gags. This issue is Vol. 2, # 6 and is dated September, 1943. It is digest size and is 100 pages (including both covers). It has a crude Superior logo on the cover and on the spine, but the indicia lists the publisher as "Duchess Printing and Publishing Co." (104 Sherbourne Street, Toronto, ON). The indicia says that it was published "every six weeks" Superior has a messy history, but I generally associate the company with FECA era books. I had long assumed that they had jumped into the game late in the WECA period and then tried to market books to the UK before become one of the main FECA publishers. Prior to now, I had assumed that Superior's earliest books had come out in 1945, as "Comedy," "Gals & Gags" and "Cartoon Parade" all appear that year. All three titles are in digest form. The fact that this issue of Army Gags is Vol. 2, # 6 and came out in September, 1943, suggest that the first volume of this comic came out in 1942. Perhaps this is the first comic title that Superior dabbled in, but this date puts the company firmly in the middle of WECA. Duchess was mainly a pulp and pocket book publisher. The company was a prolific publisher of pulps, with titles like "Keyhole Detective Cases," "Stirring Detective," "Private Detective" and "Real Western Stories." What's peculiar about Army Gags is that, despite its distinctive Canadian flair, many of the comic gags were created by Americans. Most do not have creator signatures, but there is art by Gladys Parker (creator of Mopsy), Dave Breger (creator of G.I. Joe) and Chon Day. There are numerous cartoons that have U.S. Patent Office information on them and they are obviously reprints. At the same time, there are several (albeit crude) Canadian cartoons in the magazine. In some of the research I have been conducting, I have been led to believe that comic strips were exempt from WECA (as were some magazines that targeted the upper class). Duchess/Superior was likely pushing the limits and looking for loopholes in Canadian laws (something that they continued to do until 1954). Here is a link to a youtube video for a comic from 1944 called "Halt" published by Duchess in the same style: Here is a picture of Army Gags Vol. 2, # 6: Edited December 19, 2016 by ecgt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ecgt Posted December 19, 2016 Share Posted December 19, 2016 Here is a house ad from the comic that lists several other comic magazines. Notice the short gag about two members of the CWAC (Canadian Women's Army Corps) above the ad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eccomic Posted December 23, 2016 Author Share Posted December 23, 2016 (edited) I have just acquired this rarity. Picture Story Annual, Educational Projects Inc. Undated but most likely 1944-5. This may be one of the rarest of all the Canadian Whites, the comics published in Canada during the second world war. This one-shot annual, which collects three issues (without covers) of the long-running Canadian Heroes comic by Educational Projects. This is also apparently a variant. Of the images I have seen of two of the three other copies, there is a cover price of 25 cents in the circle below "192 pages." On this copy the circle is blank. This is the only example of that variation, to my current knowledge. and the back cover is a subscription coupon for Canadian Heroes. The 25 cent version has a generic Canadian Heroes back cover. This copy is UNIQUE and I suspect it is a promotional/giveaway comic to promote the Canadian Heroes Comic. Replete with Canada Jack. Compare this to the version with the 25 cent cover price (3 known copies) Edited December 23, 2016 by eccomic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thehumantorch Posted December 23, 2016 Share Posted December 23, 2016 Fabulous book and nice shape, congrats. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
