The Distribution of US Published Comics in the UK (1959~1982) 15 15

[Frisco Larson]

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For whatever reason (probably warehouse find), this is a common UK western! I DO have an American example as well.

[Frisco Larson]

I don't think this one is terribly common.

[Frisco Larson]

On the cusp of Silver /Bronze Age.

[paqart]

On 6/13/2023 at 7:44 AM, Albert Tatlock said:

The Atom # 1 WAS American. 

It may have had a 9d stamp, applied on arrival in the UK, but without that it would have been indistinguishable from the ones that never crossed the pond.

At the time I didn't know the difference between the stamp and the printed price, so I wouldn't have noticed.

[Albert Tatlock]

On 6/13/2023 at 5:09 PM, Frisco Larson said:

I DO have some other UK copies, but most that I've gone after are the PHM era books. 

No wonder they have dried up here, they have all re-crossed the ocean blue.

[Frisco Larson]

On 6/15/2023 at 6:05 AM, Albert Tatlock said:

No wonder they have dried up here, they have all re-crossed the ocean blue.

While I DO see them for sale over here, they're not what I would call plentiful by any means. I have acquired several from the UK as well. The shipping is usually pretty costly, and it takes quite a while, but it's worth it to get an elusive issue. 

[Albert Tatlock]

On 6/15/2023 at 3:23 PM, Frisco Larson said:

While I DO see them for sale over here, they're not what I would call plentiful by any means. I have acquired several from the UK as well. The shipping is usually pretty costly, and it takes quite a while, but it's worth it to get an elusive issue. 

No need for the sad face, it is encouraging that they are finding a good home where they will be appreciated.

I did one have a full set of the PHM UKs, but upgraded them to cents as and when I found a better copy.

Now I regret it, and am gradually rebuiding.

[Frisco Larson]

On 6/15/2023 at 10:00 AM, Albert Tatlock said:

No need for the sad face, it is encouraging that they are finding a good home where they will be appreciated.

I did one have a full set of the PHM UKs, but upgraded them to cents as and when I found a better copy.

Now I regret it, and am gradually rebuiding.

The sad face was only because they dried up in your area, which isn't cool. One of the best things about collecting comics, is that you can change direction or focus at any time, and then still go back to something else later if you choose to do so. That also helps keep us active in the hobby once we get close to completing our goals. 

[themagicrobot]

This Fantastic Four bears a 6d ink stamp that looks remarkably similar to L. Miller 6d stamps from a few years earlier.

PS: Was Fantastic Four 31 (and other Marvels dated October 1964) the final time that the indicia mentioned Thorpe and Porter?

[Albert Tatlock]

Here is one with the quite common 9d sticker, but no T & P stamp.

I think most of them are found on T & P books, but I could be wrong?

[themagicrobot]

Here is another couple of comics with 6d stamps. Second hand book stalls sold comics for 6d each for years but most didn't bother stamping prices on them. They weren't even smart enough to notice that 80 page Giants were thicker than the others, and still sold them to me at the same price. Popular Book Centre loved to deface comics with ugly big ink stamps though.

 

 

[Malacoda]

On 6/17/2023 at 5:46 PM, themagicrobot said:

PS: Was Fantastic Four 31 (and other Marvels dated October 1964) the final time that the indicia mentioned Thorpe and Porter?

Not quite.  Kid Colt 119, TTA 61 and Two Gun Kid 72 are all dated November and are the last indicias.  After that, you're into the first hiatus, when they're obviously all stamped cents copies.  The PV's come back in August 65, but no more name-checking indicias, I believe. 

Edited June 18, 2023 by Malacoda

[Get Marwood & I]

Anyway, where was I....

Son of Silveracre has recently put up a run from Pat M's original owner collection. You know, Pat M. Her. Although it could be a him too, I suppose. Fellers like romance and girls who muck about too.

There's an interesting variety of UK stamps in evidence:

I snaffled a few others for the Charlton files.

This Little Lulu below has what I believe to believe one of Arnold's stamps (Miller) - it matches a Little Lotta I have on the right:

 

So I have an original Pat Pedigree book!

The pedigree application is in the pipeline - it's Pat Pending  

Anyroad, that's cool, isn't it. Pat clearly liked the little ones 

Will CGC fail to recognise it, do you think, as a Pedigree?

Would Lotta pass up a bacon butty mountain?

Yeou deecide (Big Brother voiceover bloke)

 

[themagicrobot]

This comic is coverdated December 1972. The UK changed from £sd to decimal coinage in February 1971. Thorpe and Porter had been ink stamping decimal prices on DCs since 1970. In 1971 comics were 5p. By December 1972 they were 6p. So why on earth does this comic display 2/- ????

Edited June 24, 2023 by themagicrobot

[OtherEric]

On 6/24/2023 at 12:51 PM, themagicrobot said:

This comic is coverdated December 1972. The UK changed from Lsd to decimal coinage in February 1971. Thorpe and Porter had been ink stamping decimal prices on DCs since 1970. In 1971 comics were 5p. By December 1972 they were 6p. So why on earth does this comic display 2/- ????

The cover story is a reprint with new cover art.  To properly match they used an old price with a newer stamp design.

[Albert Tatlock]

On 6/24/2023 at 8:55 PM, OtherEric said:

The cover story is a reprint with new cover art.  To properly match they used an old price with a newer stamp design.

But this book never made it to the UK, it is from almost a year before T & P began receiving comics from DC, before that they had reprinted old material.

The 2/- stamp has been covered before in this thread. No-one seems to know who applied it, but it seems to have been stamped on remaindered stock, well after decimalisation.