Hepcat Posted May 16 Author Share Posted May 16 (edited) Not being a movie buff, I didn't know until now that A Date with Judy was a 1948 flick starring Elizabeth Taylor among others: I had nothing but a vague recollection of the comic. Now I'd like to acquire a few issues anyway of the title for my collection. Edited May 17 by Hepcat Larryw7 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1950's war comics Posted May 16 Share Posted May 16 On 5/16/2024 at 9:06 AM, Hepcat said: Not being a movie buff, I didn't know until now that A Date with Judy was a 1948 flick starring Elizabeth Taylor among others: I had nothing but a vague recollection of the comic. Now I'd like to acquire a few issues anyway of the comic for my collection. i seem to recall that for some reason there is a key issue or two besides #1 FoggyNelson 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hepcat Posted May 17 Author Share Posted May 17 I can't find any indication of "key" issues beyond #1. But I see that A Date with Judy was also a radio series that ran between 1941 and 1950. And a daytime A Date with Judy ran weekly on Saturdays on ABC from 2 June 1951 to 23 February 1952 and then a primetime version with a different cast ran on ABC from 10 July 1952 to 30 September 1953. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hepcat Posted May 17 Author Share Posted May 17 (edited) All 26 non-romance comics that DC released in April 1963 ran a version of this "The Swing is to DC!" ad: Each comic pictured a different mix of four titles and each of the 26 comics appeared in at least one ad. Since each ad featured different genres as well as titles, I can't find a single ad in which I have all four comics pictured. The best I can do is three. From the ad above I have these: Nice pre-1966 copies of the Fox and the Crow are incredibly difficult to find. Edited May 18 by Hepcat Larryw7, grendelbo, Dave2739 and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hepcat Posted May 18 Author Share Posted May 18 Here's another one in the same series of ads in which I can count three comics from my present day collection: Larryw7, Ken Aldred, grendelbo and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hepcat Posted May 19 Author Share Posted May 19 (edited) Here's yet another one in the same series of ads in which I can count three comics from my present day collection: Like I say, so many different genres that it's very difficult for any one collector to get a sweep. Edited May 19 by Hepcat Ken Aldred, grendelbo and Dave2739 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hepcat Posted May 20 Author Share Posted May 20 (edited) I can no longer remember where and when I first saw many of the house ads that left me longing to get my hands on that particular issue. It could have been in my superhero comic buying/collecting days as a kid in 1962-65 or it could instead be in 1979-81 when I first started re-acquiring the treasures of my formative years. Some of those comics such as this one I still haven't managed to add to my collection: Edited May 20 by Hepcat grendelbo, Dave2739 and ADAMANTIUM 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hepcat Posted May 20 Author Share Posted May 20 On 5/16/2024 at 6:12 AM, 1950's war comics said: ...redheads are evil.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hepcat Posted May 22 Author Share Posted May 22 (edited) This is perhaps one of the most attractive DC house ads ever because of the line art in addition to the cover picture: The ad has never filled me with longing though. Quite simply #4 was one of the first few Justice League of America issues I succeeded in acquiring by trade as a kid and I've had a copy as an adult since about 1980! Edited May 22 by Hepcat Senormac 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hepcat Posted May 23 Author Share Posted May 23 I didn't have any Aquaman comics below #11 as a kid but I was still somehow aware that Aquaman had appeared in several issues of Showcase. I must therefore have seen one or more of these house ads somewhere: I am very pleased of course to have copies of these issues in my present day collection: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken Aldred Posted May 23 Share Posted May 23 Impressive that you have so many original raws, though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hepcat Posted May 23 Author Share Posted May 23 (edited) I'm actually not the original owner of most of the comics I post. I acquired them mainly between 1979 and 2011 as an adult. Edited May 23 by Hepcat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hepcat Posted May 25 Author Share Posted May 25 (edited) Now this house ad for the mysterious Metal Men I certainly admired as a kid: I mean how could I not? That cover is absolutely wild! Fortunately I've now had a copy for over 25 years: Edited May 25 by Hepcat Senormac 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hepcat Posted May 28 Author Share Posted May 28 When I was a kid this house ad made me pine for a copy of Mystery in Space 75: I satisfied that desire only about thirty years ago: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Hepcat Posted June 3 Author Share Posted June 3 This one's a fabulous ad to be sure: Fortunately I've had a copy of Brave and the Bold 30 for some 25 years: I've been longing for a copy of Showcase 26 with the fabulous Joe Kubert cover art for nearly as long however. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave2739 Posted June 16 Share Posted June 16 I thought this was interesting. Here's a house ad for Showcase 59 that was actually in Showcase 59. ADAMANTIUM and Hepcat 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hepcat Posted June 17 Author Share Posted June 17 I recall passing on a really nice copy of Rip Hunter...Time Master 2 at a comic and card show in Pickering northeast of Toronto circa 1999 because the Rip Hunter title wasn't among my higher priorities and I'd already spent enough $ that day. I'm still regretting that decision because I've not stumbled across another one in such nice condition since that time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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