Action comics # 33 ( San Francisco Pedigree) 1 1

[action1kid]

Came today.

 

 

[Professor K]

Wow that's a real beauty. So you start new threads for everything? 

[action1kid]

Everything?

[Professor K]

Ah just joking. I mean not literally everything. I'd be proud to own that book too. Don't blame you for creating a new thread just for it. Gorgeous copy. 

By the way what do you think that stamp on the back says? 

Edited October 30, 2023 by Professor K
spelling correction

[action1kid]

I know what it says. Riley. The owner of the San Francisco collection . It’s one of the identifying marks of the collection , along with the G. Code and numbers on the front page.

[Professor K]

On 10/30/2023 at 7:16 PM, action1kid said:

I know what it says. Riley. The owner of the San Francisco collection . It’s one of the identifying marks of the collection , along with the G. Code and numbers on the front page.

Ok good. So you think it says Reilly? Without getting into the whole conversation of it I notice this book came out around December of 1941. Tom, if he did exist, probably would still have been living at home therefore bought this one himself. I have wondered if any later books from like 43 to 45 still had that stamp on it or if it's just the earlier ones. 

[action1kid]

Depends who was doing the stamping.

[action1kid]

The stamp does clearly say Tom Reilly.

[MrBedrock]

On 10/30/2023 at 7:06 PM, action1kid said:

The stamp does clearly say Tom Reilly.

It sorta looks like "Geo Reisly".

[RareHighGrade]

On 10/30/2023 at 5:06 PM, action1kid said:

The stamp does clearly say Tom Reilly.

That depends on your definition of the term "clearly."  As one who has spent a lot of time trying to discern what the stamp says, I must clearly disagree.

[action1kid]

On 10/30/2023 at 8:42 PM, MrBedrock said:

It sorta looks like "Geo Reisly".

Lol

[Professor K]

On 10/30/2023 at 8:42 PM, MrBedrock said:

It sorta looks like "Geo Reisly".

I can't tell if your messin or not but yeah could be. 

On 10/30/2023 at 8:03 PM, action1kid said:

Depends who was doing the stamping.

I can't see how the person doing the stamping would change the stamp but I guess , well, uh, um, maybe. 

On 10/30/2023 at 8:06 PM, action1kid said:

The stamp does clearly say Tom Reilly.

 

On 10/30/2023 at 9:04 PM, RareHighGrade said:

That depends on your definition of the term "clearly."  As one who has spent a lot of time trying to discern what the stamp says, I must clearly disagree.

If I had to guess what that 1st letter or symbol is I would say more likelty a capital T than anything else. And it does look like the 2nd part is very likely the word Reilly but I can't be sure. 

Back to the book. You know some people call it the Poor Man's Action 1. But if it's an 8.0 San Fran copy I think Upper Middle Class Action 1 would be more appropriate. 

[Paul © ® ⚽️💙™]

On 10/30/2023 at 10:41 PM, Professor K said:

So you start new threads for everything? 

Yes.

[action1kid]

Here’s the Reilly stamp on the San Francisco Hangman # 3

Edited October 31, 2023 by action1kid

[Professor K]

On 10/30/2023 at 11:13 PM, action1kid said:

Here’s the Reilly stamp on the Hangman # 3

Too much ink on the stamp that's all. Oh I see why you showed that one. July 1942, so bought around May 42 probably. I was wondering about the later issues because if it does say Tom Reilly I could see a young guy with a stamp of his name putting it on his comics. Wouldn't think his parents would do the same and if he was kia in 45 I would think he would have been in boot camp by early 1944 the latest . Just specualtion. 

[action1kid]

More fun # 91-  1943

[action1kid]

Captain America # 1

[action1kid]

Going through the Herotage Archives the stamps seem to disappear in 1944 on onward. 

[action1kid]

Military #25- January 1944

[MrBedrock]

On 10/30/2023 at 11:07 PM, action1kid said:

Military #25- January 1944

The first name clearly is "Aocc6u". Clearly.