Popular Post woowoo Posted March 25, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted March 25, 2022 I guess I got a lot of 2s pmpknface, GreatCaesarsGhost, Raze and 9 others 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Straw-Man Posted March 25, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted March 25, 2022 mine's got a touch of purple... KirbyJack, Electron, Point Five and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jginsberg79 Posted March 25, 2022 Share Posted March 25, 2022 On 3/25/2022 at 3:44 PM, Straw-Man said: mine's got a touch of purple... Wowzers…. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sagii Posted March 25, 2022 Share Posted March 25, 2022 On 3/25/2022 at 3:14 PM, woowoo said: I guess I got a lot of 2s That's a beauty @woowoo woowoo 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sagii Posted March 25, 2022 Share Posted March 25, 2022 Based on the plane in the background behind The Angel and the bombs dropping on the burning city I think Jim Mooney borrowed elements for this cover Point Five and pmpknface 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Cat-Man_America Posted March 26, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted March 26, 2022 My copy: 8.5 (moderate restoration; white pages)... Rip, Larryw7, woowoo and 6 others 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Primetime Posted March 26, 2022 Share Posted March 26, 2022 @Ameri one of his favorites Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Ameri Posted March 26, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted March 26, 2022 yep, love that book Electron, pmpknface, Rip and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ameri Posted March 26, 2022 Share Posted March 26, 2022 Marvel 1 indicia and & Marvel 2 indicia. Interesting that a) the printers changed from NJ to NY, b) Funnies Inc not mentioned in the #2 and c) adding the "Mystery" on the #2. Was it dissatisfaction with the way #1 was handled that lead to changes? aardvark88 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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pemart1966 Posted March 26, 2022 Share Posted March 26, 2022 On 3/26/2022 at 9:21 AM, Ameri said: Marvel 1 indicia and & Marvel 2 indicia. Interesting that a) the printers changed from NJ to NY, b) Funnies Inc not mentioned in the #2 and c) adding the "Mystery" on the #2. Was it dissatisfaction with the way #1 was handled that lead to changes? Marvel #1 was fraught with printing problems - offset covers; miss cuts etc so to that end it shouldn't be a surprise that the printer was changed. What's interesting is that the new printer was located in Buffalo. Goodman must have secured a very good deal with that printer for him to go all the way to Buffalo. The cover logos for the first 3 issues were all unique. Issue 3 onward bore the logo that would continue to the end of the series. There are lots of changes to the indica... I might be mis-remembering this but there might have been some concern with #1 looking too much like a pulp and there being a desire to ensure that it looked like a comic going forward. Although with almost 900,000 copies of #1 printed and presumably sold - was there really a need? Perhaps the word "Mystery" as added to spice up the otherwise bland "Marvel Comics" - who knows? For anyone that has a November copy of #1 - does the indica read "Oct., 1939" or was it changed to Nov to match the new date on the cover? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Ameri Posted March 26, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted March 26, 2022 Here's a November copy. They crossed out the Oct 1939 sentence and moved it to the end, adding "Nov, 1939" Rip, sagii, KirbyJack and 4 others 4 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Primetime Posted March 26, 2022 Share Posted March 26, 2022 (edited) On 3/26/2022 at 8:37 AM, pemart1966 said: Marvel #1 was fraught with printing problems - offset covers; miss cuts etc so to that end it shouldn't be a surprise that the printer was changed. What's interesting is that the new printer was located in Buffalo. Goodman must have secured a very good deal with that printer for him to go all the way to Buffalo. The cover logos for the first 3 issues were all unique. Issue 3 onward bore the logo that would continue to the end of the series. There are lots of changes to the indica... I might be mis-remembering this but there might have been some concern with #1 looking too much like a pulp and there being a desire to ensure that it looked like a comic going forward. Although with almost 900,000 copies of #1 printed and presumably sold - was there really a need? Perhaps the word "Mystery" as added to spice up the otherwise bland "Marvel Comics" - who knows? For anyone that has a November copy of #1 - does the indica read "Oct., 1939" or was it changed to Nov to match the new date on the cover? Yes, NJ printer was terrible for Marvel 1, so Goodman picked a publisher out of Buffalo, NY on Lord Street. Then around early 1940 (starting with Marvel Mystery 7 time frame), he moved publishers again to Meriden, CT which is where all the Timelys were printed up through the late 1940s (I believe). Edited March 26, 2022 by Primetime Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Primetime Posted March 26, 2022 Share Posted March 26, 2022 On 3/26/2022 at 8:37 AM, pemart1966 said: Marvel #1 was fraught with printing problems - offset covers; miss cuts etc so to that end it shouldn't be a surprise that the printer was changed. What's interesting is that the new printer was located in Buffalo. Goodman must have secured a very good deal with that printer for him to go all the way to Buffalo. The cover logos for the first 3 issues were all unique. Issue 3 onward bore the logo that would continue to the end of the series. There are lots of changes to the indica... I might be mis-remembering this but there might have been some concern with #1 looking too much like a pulp and there being a desire to ensure that it looked like a comic going forward. Although with almost 900,000 copies of #1 printed and presumably sold - was there really a need? Perhaps the word "Mystery" as added to spice up the otherwise bland "Marvel Comics" - who knows? For anyone that has a November copy of #1 - does the indica read "Oct., 1939" or was it changed to Nov to match the new date on the cover? Goodman was in love with his Red Circle Pulps, so likely decided to use the Marvel Mystery title idea from his pulp empire. pemart1966 and Cat-Man_America 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post quicksilver Posted March 27, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted March 27, 2022 Humble high grade (ish) example… KirbyJack, Electron, goldust40 and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Electron Posted March 28, 2022 Share Posted March 28, 2022 My copy. It's now in mylar and the white pages have been confirmed! pmpknface, Primetime, goldust40 and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Primetime Posted March 29, 2022 Share Posted March 29, 2022 On 3/27/2022 at 6:41 PM, Electron said: My copy. It's now in mylar and the white pages have been confirmed! smell the pages, Russ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
batman_fan Posted March 29, 2022 Share Posted March 29, 2022 On 3/26/2022 at 9:22 AM, MrBedrock said: Wow, amazing looking copy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cat-Man_America Posted March 29, 2022 Share Posted March 29, 2022 On 3/29/2022 at 8:36 AM, batman_fan said: Wow, amazing looking copy Rumor has it that a new after-market fourth party slab stick-on verification label has been designed for best looking class of book: BBM (Bedrock Breathless Mint) batman_fan 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrBedrock Posted March 29, 2022 Share Posted March 29, 2022 On 3/29/2022 at 9:03 AM, Cat-Man_America said: Rumor has it that a new after-market fourth party slab stick-on verification label has been designed for best looking class of book: BBM (Bedrock Breathless Mint) It is just a rumor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
