Shazbot Posted July 21, 2022 Share Posted July 21, 2022 Bought this book knowing, based on some of the seller's descriptions, it might not be the March of Comics #9 that I was hoping for. I still have questions. it was listed as a soft cover children's book & by title only; The Story of the Gloomy Bunny, same as MoC 9. No pictures were provided, and while I'm sure I could have requested some, it was cheap enough to gamble on. Whatever it turned out to be I'd find a place for it. It arrived today. It's definitely the same story as the MoC. Same story title. Indicia states K.K. As the publisher same as MoC, it's a giveaway like MoC with a children's clothing store advert on the back. The front cover arts are identical, though my background appears to have faded from blue to green-ish. The indicia however doesn't mention MoC. I've read this is the case for some of the earlier MoC issues, but nothing regarding issue #9 specifically. MoC wouldn't appear on the cover so that's no help. My book's indicia states a copyright of 1946 but not a publication date. Whereas MoC 9 apparently has a pub date of 1947, although I can't actually verify that. My book has 10 pages of story and art, it's dimensions are 8"x10", printed on what I'm guessing was the same newspaper stock as MoC at the time. Unfortunately, while the art is abundant and very lovely, it's definitely a story book not a comic book. So my questions, if anyone knows and would be kind enough to answer(and has stuck it through to the end of this diatribe): Was this story definitely published as a comic book at around the same time they published it in such a similar fashion as a story book? Was that unusual at the time? Or did this story book, for some Golden Age weirdness reason, just get mixed into the MoC series in this form? Anyway, thanks. Here's some pics. Scrooge 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...