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

[OtherEric]

Also, obligatory at this point:

Edit:  While obligatory, it only makes sense if you see my post at the bottom of the previous page.

Edited August 16, 2023 by OtherEric

[Kevin.J]

On 8/16/2023 at 5:40 AM, OtherEric said:

Had to post this here, there are some pence variants in the mix.  More than I can pay for the collection, but I've got to admit I would love the provenance on these:

https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/auction/2023/freddie-mercury-a-world-of-his-own-crazy-little-things-2/comic-books-the-fantastic-four-x-men-and-booster?locale=en

Seems like a crazy price already for what is there in book terms, I suppose they still missed a trick as if they could have got a deal with CGC to slab them "from the collection of Freddie Mercury" then who knows 

[Albert Tatlock]

On 8/3/2023 at 6:18 PM, Get Marwood & I said:

Where's Mollie!

Mollie Sugden tired of playing sitcom characters, and reinvented herself as the proprietress of Mollie's Books & Comics, where she lived out her dream.

Notice she also had a sideline producing rubber stamps.

She is possibly responsible for all the defaced output of the PBC, Millers of Bratfud and the others.

[Albert Tatlock]

On 8/16/2023 at 12:01 PM, Kevin.J said:

Seems like a crazy price already for what is there in book terms, I suppose they still missed a trick as if they could have got a deal with CGC to slab them "from the collection of Freddie Mercury" then who knows 

I reckon this guy is going to buy them, then burn them, out of spite.

[Albert Tatlock]

On 8/16/2023 at 5:40 AM, OtherEric said:

Had to post this here, there are some pence variants in the mix.  More than I can pay for the collection, but I've got to admit I would love the provenance on these:

https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/auction/2023/freddie-mercury-a-world-of-his-own-crazy-little-things-2/comic-books-the-fantastic-four-x-men-and-booster?locale=en

And does # 95 have a 20p stamp, possibly from the PBC?

Anyone remember seeing Freddie rummaging through their stock back in the day?

With his cape and crown?

[Get Marwood & I]

On 8/19/2023 at 10:52 AM, Albert Tatlock said:

And does # 95 have a 20p stamp, possibly from the PBC?

4 pee, I see.

PBC? Oui.

[Get Marwood & I]

On 8/15/2023 at 10:54 AM, Malacoda said:

Funny to think that DTW was literally unique at that point.  Forbidden Planet, Mega City, Orbital, Eternal, Krypton, Comic Showcase, Heroes, Fantasy Centre, Bookends, Acme Comics, Geek Retreat, Gosh, The Comic Shack, LTS, Paradise Alley, Fantastic Store, Quality Comics and Graphically Speaking  in London, Forever People in Bristol, Odyssey 7 in Manchester, Fantasy World in Stoke, Nostalgia & Comics in Birmingham, Nottingham & Sheffield, Wonderworld in Bournemouth, Timeslip in Newcastle, Brainstorm Bookshop in Gateshead, the SF Bookshop in Edinburgh, AKA Books & Comics in Glasgow and all the others had yet to exist.

  

[Malacoda]

On 8/19/2023 at 11:39 AM, Get Marwood & I said:

  

Now corrected.

What are the items in the stand at the front, btw? Paperbacks?   

 

[Get Marwood & I]

On 8/20/2023 at 7:27 PM, Malacoda said:

Now corrected.

What are the items in the stand at the front, btw? Paperbacks?   

 

Books probably, Richmond. It's a late in the day pic judging by the store sign and modern glass frontage. I'd likely moved by then. I'd love to see a photo of it in the old days when the front was set back, there was a canopy and it had all those lovely UK reprints at the back. 

Anyway, is it me, or is this combination uncommon:

5p / shillings I've seen many of, but 10d....

[Get Marwood & I]

On 8/20/2023 at 7:34 PM, Get Marwood & I said:

Books probably, Richmond. It's a late in the day pic judging by the store sign and modern glass frontage. I'd likely moved by then. I'd love to see a photo of it in the old days when the front was set back, there was a canopy and it had all those lovely UK reprints at the back. 

Anyway, is it me, or is this combination uncommon:

5p / shillings I've seen many of, but 10d....

 It's a T5P, isn't it 

I thought it was one of these:

[Malacoda]

On 8/20/2023 at 7:42 PM, Get Marwood & I said:

 It's a T5P, isn't it 

 

Yes, mate.  5 new pence was 12 old pence, which would always be expressed as a shilling.  But I took half a step backwards myself, I have to admit. 

[Get Marwood & I]

On 8/20/2023 at 7:48 PM, Malacoda said:

Yes, mate.  5 new pence was 12 old pence, which would always be expressed as a shilling.  But I took half a step backwards myself, I have to admit. 

We're supposed to know better Rich 

[Albert Tatlock]

Another blotted out price.

Wonder if it was worth paying Ethel for her labour on these, as there was no guarantee it would sell the second time around.

It obviously did, though and has been treasured ever since, until its new owner has cast this tiny fish into the vast ocean of ebay.

[Get Marwood & I]

On 8/20/2023 at 10:40 PM, Albert Tatlock said:

Another blotted out price.

Wonder if it was worth paying Ethel for her labour on these, as there was no guarantee it would sell the second time around.

It obviously did, though and has been treasured ever since, until its new owner has cast this tiny fish into the vast ocean of ebay.

Same cover month as my last obliterator example, Albert  Different 10d stamp though...

[Malacoda]

On 8/20/2023 at 7:34 PM, Get Marwood & I said:

I'd love to see a photo of it in the old days when the front was set back, there was a canopy and it had all those lovely UK reprints at the back. 

Most photos of Longbridge Road are either too old or too new. 

 

[Get Marwood & I]

On 8/21/2023 at 1:34 PM, Malacoda said:

Most photos of Longbridge Road are either too old or too new. 

Indeed. No mobile phones and selfies back in the eighties. We did, rather than spend all our time photographing what we did....

Here's Ian some time after he set up in the shop downstairs - around 1990 if the racking stock is anything to go by. He started out with a small bit at the back of the upper shop - that's where I first saw ASM #179 hanging up on a rope - and then graduated to the downstairs.

Me and my older brother spent a lot of time in there. I remember once organising all the cupboards for Ian one afternoon and he let me have a Dr Who annual for it. Ian, my brother and another chap called Glyn all went to see Empire when it came out but left me behind. Gutted, I was. Many happy memories though, of Rodney's, in all its forms, and of the time in general.

[Get Marwood & I]

[Yorick]

On 8/21/2023 at 10:19 AM, Get Marwood & I said:

Seriously?  That comic can't weigh more than a few ounces! 

[Albert Tatlock]

On 8/15/2023 at 10:54 AM, Malacoda said:

Funny to think that DTW was literally unique at that point.

Here is a DTW stickered item, along with a few from the same period with anonymous price labels that might be the work of DTW or one of their competitors.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited September 3, 2023 by Albert Tatlock
scan added.

[Garystar]

On 9/3/2023 at 6:56 PM, Albert Tatlock said:

Here is a DTW stickered item, along with a few from the same period with anonymous price labels that might be the work of DTW or one of their competitors.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I always thought those Marvel/Curtis mags with the orange stickers were distributed by Gold.