Astonishing #29 1951 Candaian Version? Photocopy cover? 1 1

[grigoriane]

From what I understand this cover is the Canadian version; however, I can't find much info on it. Also, this is a photocopy of the cover, right? It's a much thicker stock paper than the rest of the book, and there isn't anything printing on the inside of the front or back covers.  I bought this in a small lot of golden age comics. Any info or clarification would be appreciated.

[Point Five]

The cover looks legit to me. For a Canadian book, it wouldn't be unusual for the cover stock to have a thicker matte feel, nor for the inside covers to be blank (perhaps US ads were jettisoned but there was nothing to replace them with).

 

[Jayman]

What’s interesting is that the man behind the curtain appears to have been holding a gun at one point. It looks like it was omitted by the publisher at the last minute or due to Canadian restrictions.

[thehumantorch]

On 12/27/2023 at 5:39 PM, Point Five said:

The cover looks legit to me. For a Canadian book, it wouldn't be unusual for the cover stock to have a thicker matte feel, nor for the inside covers to be blank (perhaps US ads were jettisoned but there was nothing to replace them with).

 

Agreed, definitely Cnd and looks legit.  I have lots of Cnd print books with blank interior covers.

[grigoriane]

On 12/27/2023 at 4:39 PM, Point Five said:

The cover looks legit to me. For a Canadian book, it wouldn't be unusual for the cover stock to have a thicker matte feel, nor for the inside covers to be blank (perhaps US ads were jettisoned but there was nothing to replace them with).

 

Good to know. Thanks!

[Robot Man]

Looks legit to me. Another one of those super rare Canada versions. According to the Grand Comic Book database, this is Astonishing #6 in the US from 1951.

[Silver Surfer]

Looks legit to me. Many of these Canadian versions are ultra rare so if you see 3-5 copies of a single book that’s a lot. 

[pemart1966]

On 12/27/2023 at 8:53 PM, Robot Man said:

Looks legit to me. Another one of those super rare Canada versions. According to the Grand Comic Book database, this is Astonishing #6 in the US from 1951.

The stories yes but NOT the cover.  This cover does not match any of the U.S. Astonishing covers.  

Edited December 28, 2023 by pemart1966

[Silver Surfer]

Not uncommon. I’ll try and post a scan of a Sub-Mariner comic I had. It was the famous cover of #32 but they labelled it as #31 but I don’t recall what the contents were. 

[fifties]

On 12/28/2023 at 5:53 AM, pemart1966 said:

The stories yes but NOT the cover.  This cover does not match any of the U.S. Astonishing covers.  

Here's my copy of the Astonishing 6.  Also Mystic 1, Canadian, front and back covers.  The inside of the covers are blank, and they have a thick stock.

[grigoriane]

On 12/28/2023 at 12:48 PM, fifties said:

Here's my copy of the Astonishing 6.  Also Mystic 1, Canadian, front and back covers.  The inside of the covers are blank, and they have a thick stock.

Thanks for confirming this!

[comicnoir]

Use to own a copy. Sold it here on the boards. Canadian.

[Dick Pontoon]

And more info:

https://bleedingcool.com/comics/the-stealth-marvel-boy-cover-on-bells-astonishing-29-up-for-auction/

https://comics.ha.com/c/search-results.zx?N=790+231+52&Nty=1&Ntt=astonishing+29+canadian&Ntk=SI_Titles-Desc&ic10=OtherResults-ViewAll-071515

https://www.ebay.com/itm/325766972987?hash=item4bd939863b:g:TCYAAOSw8l9k08x~

 

Edited December 29, 2023 by Dick Pontoon

[grigoriane]

On 12/29/2023 at 4:31 AM, Pontoon said:

And more info:

https://bleedingcool.com/comics/the-stealth-marvel-boy-cover-on-bells-astonishing-29-up-for-auction/

https://comics.ha.com/c/search-results.zx?N=790+231+52&Nty=1&Ntt=astonishing+29+canadian&Ntk=SI_Titles-Desc&ic10=OtherResults-ViewAll-071515

https://www.ebay.com/itm/325766972987?hash=item4bd939863b:g:TCYAAOSw8l9k08x~

 

Thank you for providing these resources.

[Subliminal]

I own both those books and have scanned both of those too.

Canadian publishers were printing as many books as they could for Canadian customers to stop outflow of money from the country and help pay down the War Debt 

I assume American publishers were willing to let them supply the CDN market as long as they got a cut if they couldn't ship them across the border at that point in time.

They printed multiple copies with different covers and even reduced # of pages (US_52 vs CDN_36) so there is a lot of confusion as to what you get in the interior if you just judge it by the cover if the CDN version chose what stories they chose to shorten with a text summary at the bottom of a page on a CDN book summarizing what happened  on the missing US story pages.

It was not the greatest time in comic reading history but collectible for the rarity and the uniqueness as a result of the cover/interior combinations. 

The best time period was when the US books pg count  was reduced to 36 pgs  like the CDN ones that only printed 36 of 52pg US books.

I still scan and index these Canadian books as I can find affordable copies but hope to publish them on a Canadian comic group website site first before relinquishing the data to GCD