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

[Get Marwood & I]

  

[Albert Tatlock]

On 4/19/2024 at 8:03 AM, Get Marwood & I said:

Evidence of mucking about, found in the files...

1 pic = 1k words

[Malacoda]

On 4/18/2024 at 6:59 PM, Albert Tatlock said:

The original thread has thrown out many roots, branches and even twiglets in a multitude of directions, but I am happy with that.

Totally agree.  I mean, if you were literally just focussed on the actual physical distribution of comics, you'd be.....well....me, I suppose. 

[Malacoda]

On 4/19/2024 at 8:03 AM, Get Marwood & I said:

Evidence of mucking about, found in the files...

Is this a Rogue's Gallery of the earliest PV's to celebrate the 6,000th post? 

Also, I like the 20 posts per page thing. It means we always hit page anniversaries at the same time as post anniversaries. 

[Malacoda]

Well, that's 6,000. Congrats, everyone.  

7,000 beckons....

As you know, for years I've been interested in the 7th era of T&P distribution (the bit where there are stamps and PV's at the same time).  For the last few months, I've been following all of the missing ones plus a basket of other issues (89 in total) to see what patterns emerge.  Results to follow when I have a representative sample base.  After trawling through hundreds of each issue, this DD #59 with a very faint big stamp rocked up. 

 Does anyone have an interesting stamp / sticker of DD #59?

[Get Marwood & I]

On 4/19/2024 at 1:07 PM, Albert Tatlock said:

1 pic = 1k words

Exactly. That's why I've always mucked about with graphics here. One decent graphic beats a block of text every time, at Marwood Towers.

On 4/19/2024 at 1:37 PM, Malacoda said:

Is this a Rogue's Gallery of the earliest PV's to celebrate the 6,000th post? 

Also, I like the 20 posts per page thing. It means we always hit page anniversaries at the same time as post anniversaries. 

The first 20 Marvel UKPVs, in cover date order, one for each thread page post 

[Get Marwood & I]

Is there another Stephen Cranch that I haven't heard of? 

UKPV Specialist

[Albert Tatlock]

On 4/19/2024 at 7:32 AM, Get Marwood & I said:

     I love that big, awkward looking 15c price font 

    One for the kerning enthusiasts to marvel at...

    DC, sorry.

There is a ton of similar stuff on the SA blog.

The guy who runs it has done some serious spade work.

Wonder why none of this stuff turns up on ebay? You would have expected some of it to have leaked out of the confines of the Dark Continent.

There are many examples of football programmes from the 1950s and 1960s from matches involving British clubs touring SA and Rhodesia (as it was then known)

I would love to get hold of some of the Mystery in Space, they are probably similar to the Strato/T & P run of that title in terms of content.

There are also a lot of DC Romance books, retitled like this:

 

[Malacoda]

On 4/19/2024 at 4:48 PM, Get Marwood & I said:

Is there another Stephen Cranch that I haven't heard of? 

What's the guide they're talking about? 

[Albert Tatlock]

On 4/19/2024 at 5:37 PM, Malacoda said:

What's the guide they're talking about? 

Canadian Price Variant

[Get Marwood & I]

On 4/19/2024 at 5:37 PM, Malacoda said:

What's the guide they're talking about? 

Thissa one, Richmond:

https://www.cpvpriceguide.com/

I did a Charlie CPV article for a previous year here:

https://rarecomics.wordpress.com/2022/11/07/charlton-canadian-price-variants-cpvs/

As you can see, it followed in the footsteps of all my Charlie related musings and set the world alight in that anti-midas touch sort of way that we've come to expect 

[Get Marwood & I]

On 4/19/2024 at 5:23 PM, Albert Tatlock said:

There is a ton of similar stuff on the SA blog.

The guy who runs it has done some serious spade work.

Wonder why none of this stuff turns up on ebay? You would have expected some of it to have leaked out of the confines of the Dark Continent.

There are many examples of football programmes from the 1950s and 1960s from matches involving British clubs touring SA and Rhodesia (as it was then known)

I would love to get hold of some of the Mystery in Space, they are probably similar to the Strato/T & P run of that title in terms of content.

There are also a lot of DC Romance books, retitled like this:

There are some fabulous blogs and sites out there if you look. They fly under the radar, mostly, but the effort some collectors put in is admirable. I may not collect the books myself, but I'm always in appreciative awe of the people who dedicate themselves to discovering as much as they can about the things that sit outside of the circle. Anything that sits aside of the 'main event', in some variant form or another, floats my boat and always has done.

[Malacoda]

On 4/19/2024 at 5:45 PM, Get Marwood & I said:

Thissa one, Richmond:

https://www.cpvpriceguide.com/

Right, right, right.  So is that actually Ben's blog? I thought he was the Evil Overlord behind it, or does he contribute to someone else's grand folly? 

[Get Marwood & I]

On 4/19/2024 at 5:56 PM, Malacoda said:

Right, right, right.  So is that actually Ben's blog? I thought he was the Evil Overlord behind it, or does he contribute to someone else's grand folly? 

It sits on Ben's blog, yes. He the mobilises the mob.

[Yorick]

On 4/19/2024 at 12:03 AM, Get Marwood & I said:

Evidence of mucking about, found in the files...

That's all of them then?  All the first Marvel printed pence copies?

I'm not sure I learned anything in this thread, but it continues to provide a good laugh.

[Get Marwood & I]

On 4/19/2024 at 7:38 PM, Yorick said:

That's all of them then?  All the first Marvel printed pence copies?

The foist twenny

Spoiler

On 4/19/2024 at 7:38 PM, Yorick said:

I'm not sure I learned anything in this thread, but it continues to provide a good laugh.

[Yorick]

The US version is quite rare, but this GM&I partners import seems impossibly scarce.

[Get Marwood & I]

On 4/19/2024 at 7:50 PM, Yorick said:

The US version is quite rare, but this GM&I partners import seems impossibly scarce.

[Yorick]

On 4/19/2024 at 12:03 PM, Get Marwood & I said:

"With that said..."

I like your scan of the copyright page

Edited April 19 by Yorick
hehehe

[Get Marwood & I]

On 4/19/2024 at 8:06 PM, Yorick said:

I like your scan of the copyright page

That's going to have some poor sod scratching his head on Google in 30 years....