APDallas Posted December 1, 2021 Share Posted December 1, 2021 I just watched the Disney + documentary GET BACK that's about the Beatles. I loved the group when I was young and was wondering if anyone knows when they first appeared in a comic? I figure it had to be in the silver age. Jaylam 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
valiantman Posted December 1, 2021 Share Posted December 1, 2021 As far as what CGC has graded, this is the list: http://www.cgcdata.com/cgc/search/title/:Beatles:/desc/yes/label/all/orderby/year/ "Regular" magazines (non-comics) are included, if CGC has graded them also. Jaylam 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaylam Posted December 1, 2021 Share Posted December 1, 2021 I always got a kick out of their appearance in Metal Men #12! Yeh, yeh, yeh! Point Five and MAR1979 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Jaylam Posted December 1, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted December 1, 2021 I'm no expert, but this may be the first dedicated comic book of the Beatles with Joe Sinnott art nevertheless, released in the summer of 1964. NP_Gresham, namisgr, zosocane and 3 others 5 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimjum12 Posted December 1, 2021 Share Posted December 1, 2021 I'm not going to lie, I wouldn't mind a File Copy of that one, if there were any... GOD BLESS... -jimbo(a friend of jesus) KirbyJack 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaylam Posted December 1, 2021 Share Posted December 1, 2021 On 12/1/2021 at 4:27 PM, jimjum12 said: I'm not going to lie, I wouldn't mind a File Copy of that one, if there were any... GOD BLESS... -jimbo(a friend of jesus) The highest graded copy on the census is one 9.2. There are three 9.0's. I have a 4.0 that I think looks much nicer than that, but that's what they give it. It's a miracle I found that one out in the raw years ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimjum12 Posted December 1, 2021 Share Posted December 1, 2021 (edited) On 12/1/2021 at 5:23 PM, Jaylam said: The highest graded copy on the census is one 9.2. There are three 9.0's. I have a 4.0 that I think looks much nicer than that, but that's what they give it. It's a miracle I found that one out in the raw years ago. There probably weren't many File Copies if any. Best I've seen is mid grade .... but these ended up with a much larger target market and were probably scattered to the wind. The Beatles were as huge as anything ever was, so I wouldn't be surprised if it sold out. GOD BLESS... -jimbo(a friend of jesus) Edited December 1, 2021 by jimjum12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post MattTheDuck Posted December 1, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted December 1, 2021 (edited) Never let it be said my parents weren't hep cats, man. File under: things I wish I kept (well, I do still have the album. And the couch and the tables which are pecan). Edited December 1, 2021 by MattTheDuck Add detail alexgross.com, Chicago Boy, davidtere and 9 others 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EastEnd1 Posted December 2, 2021 Share Posted December 2, 2021 On 12/1/2021 at 4:27 PM, jimjum12 said: I'm not going to lie, I wouldn't mind a File Copy of that one, if there were any... GOD BLESS... -jimbo(a friend of jesus) There were file copies... I've got one at 9.0. NP_Gresham, comicartfan, aardvark88 and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimjum12 Posted December 2, 2021 Share Posted December 2, 2021 On 12/1/2021 at 9:19 PM, EastEnd1 said: There were file copies... I've got one at 9.0. Lucky man. Those Dell Giants in grade are scintillating GOD BLESS... -jimbo(a friend of jesus) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaylam Posted December 2, 2021 Share Posted December 2, 2021 (edited) @EastEnd1 Very nice, would you show us an image of that 9.0 beauty? Here's an image of my lowly 4.0 copy. Edited December 2, 2021 by Jaylam Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post EastEnd1 Posted December 2, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted December 2, 2021 That is a very nice looking 4.0 Jaylam! Here you go on the file copy... I picked this up raw at one of the New York City conventions many years ago and it was one of the first comics I submitted to CGC when it first opened up. It's neither pressed nor cleaned and for quite a while it was the highest graded copy... Qalyar, Jaylam, zosocane and 5 others 7 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EastEnd1 Posted December 2, 2021 Share Posted December 2, 2021 Oh, and the back cover doesn't get as much attention but features a pretty neat pin-up... grendelbo, jimjum12, Robot Man and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EastEnd1 Posted December 2, 2021 Share Posted December 2, 2021 I also have the Northland copy of Yellow Submarine (yes, I was, and still am, a huge Beatle fan!)... tried to track that down for you guys too but my collection isn't the best organized right now and I couldn't quickly locate it. It's a gorgeous 9.6... think I got it from Heritage so you can probably find it in their archives. jimjum12 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaylam Posted December 2, 2021 Share Posted December 2, 2021 @EastEnd1 Hubba Bubba! Very nice. Please help me out, what constitutes a "file copy"? Is it a designated pedigree or something else and how did you get CGC to put that on the label if you bought it independently from a vendor at a convention all those years ago? Sorry for all the questions, but I have a lot of time on my hands, lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EastEnd1 Posted December 2, 2021 Share Posted December 2, 2021 On 12/2/2021 at 4:37 PM, Jaylam said: @EastEnd1 Hubba Bubba! Very nice. Please help me out, what constitutes a "file copy"? Is it a designated pedigree or something else and how did you get CGC to put that on the label if you bought it independently from a vendor at a convention all those years ago? Sorry for all the questions, but I have a lot of time on my hands, lol. No problem... file copies are original publisher stock.... copies that the publisher either intentionally kept or never wound up distributing. They generally are not pedigrees (though the Gaines EC file copies are). Not sure if this has changed but back then, CGC generally required some paperwork of provenance to give a special designation, though often the books from a particular origin will have certain characteristics that CGC recognizes and the paperwork might not have been necessary. My recollection with this one is that I submitted a receipt... and it had the characteristics of a Dell file copy. Hope that helps! jimjum12 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KirbyJack Posted December 3, 2021 Share Posted December 3, 2021 The Beatles issue of Strange Tales was my first purchase of that title. Must have been a really fun time to be a kid! jimjum12 and PetuniaGrimm 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Readcomix Posted December 3, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted December 3, 2021 On 12/1/2021 at 3:57 PM, Jaylam said: I'm no expert, but this may be the first dedicated comic book of the Beatles with Joe Sinnott art nevertheless, released in the summer of 1964. I interviewed Joe Sinnott a couple times, and he said this was the comic he was most proud of drawing. He also said he loved drawing famous baseball players, as he was a huge baseball fan, and he loved to draw Bing Crosby. Joe was a huge Bing fan and even hosted a Bing Crosby show on a local radio station for a while. Albert Thurgood, waaaghboss, Sarg and 2 others 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
waaaghboss Posted December 3, 2021 Share Posted December 3, 2021 Not the first, but one of the best (not mine) jimjum12 and Robot Man 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaylam Posted December 3, 2021 Share Posted December 3, 2021 Paul admits to being the doppleganger on Dave Letterman (or does he?) Nick H (UK) and comic_memories 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
