comicdonna Posted November 23, 2006 Share Posted November 23, 2006 All I can say is wow. I've never even seen any of these magazines before. To see them in such nice shape is unreal. I second that! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tb Posted March 20, 2007 Author Share Posted March 20, 2007 V1#10. Most of the early covers are classic - this is another of my favorites. Pretty book, too: as beautiful at it appears in the scan. Here's a typical puzzle. Mickey Mouse Magazine was still almost entirely a children's book at this time. I am not sure where the inspiration for this page came from: -------- V1#11. This is a composite of 2 images that got a bit misaligned. The actual book has near perfect edges. Finding early books in this shape is what collecting GA is all about for me! Once again from Jeff Lotman's collection. Still only a few "comics". The contents were mostly text stories and puzzles. The story below was adapted from the 1935 Silly Symphony "Water Babies". This short had virtually no storyline - it was all about music and cute babies. I like these risky, artistic experiments and how they are reflected in the magazine. Thankfully this particular one had very little impact on the modern comic book format. -------- V1#12. The most "comic" comics page in the book: -------- This concludes volume 1 which is the hardest to find in nice condition. From V2 the quality of my set improves quite a bit - look forward to sharing those books later. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
selegue Posted March 20, 2007 Share Posted March 20, 2007 V1#10. Most of the early covers are classic - this is another of my favorites. Pretty book, too: as beautiful at it appears in the scan. I am not sure where the inspiration for this page came from: ... Very fun stuff. That page reminds me of early Dr Suess. Any chance that he had a hand in it. He was born in 1904, so the timing isn't impossible, although Bails' Who's Who doesn't have any comic-book credits for him. Thanks for posting these. Jack Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scrooge Posted March 20, 2007 Share Posted March 20, 2007 Always speechless when I see these books in this kind of condition! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ciorac Posted March 20, 2007 Share Posted March 20, 2007 Wonderful books TB! Wish I still had some in my collection. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
showcase4 Posted March 20, 2007 Share Posted March 20, 2007 a high demand Mouse Mag is being offered in the upcoming May Heritage auction....listed in the Plat section: http://comics.ha.com/common/view_item.ph...;hdnSearch=true Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adamstrange Posted March 21, 2007 Share Posted March 21, 2007 - look forward to sharing those books later. I look forward to seeing them! These are absolutely wonderful magazines and I especially appreciate you showing interior pages! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
50YrsCollctngCmcs Posted May 3, 2009 Share Posted May 3, 2009 TB, I am late to this party but thanks for sharing! Great stuff. I got turned onto this thread by the gang over in Show us your Ducks! Please continue, this is a great journey through a marvelous magazine that I have always wondered about. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
50YrsCollctngCmcs Posted May 3, 2009 Share Posted May 3, 2009 V1#10. Most of the early covers are classic - this is another of my favorites. Pretty book, too: as beautiful at it appears in the scan. I am not sure where the inspiration for this page came from: ... Very fun stuff. That page reminds me of early Dr Suess. Any chance that he had a hand in it. He was born in 1904, so the timing isn't impossible, although Bails' Who's Who doesn't have any comic-book credits for him. Thanks for posting these. Jack I would bet some serious money this is Dr. Seuss before he was the good Dr.! A quick perusal of Wikipedia shows that this work would have occurred during a period when Mr. Geissel was freelancing and taking on a wide variety of assignments. And to think that we saw it on Mickey Mouse Magazine! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vaillant Posted May 6, 2012 Share Posted May 6, 2012 It’s an old thread but… I just love that MMM issue 5. The whiteness of the paper is amazing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sqeggs Posted September 14, 2014 Share Posted September 14, 2014 It’s an old thread but… I just love that MMM issue 5. The whiteness of the paper is amazing. Let's bump it again! With apologies to tb for horning in on his thread ( ), here are mine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MusterMark Posted September 14, 2014 Share Posted September 14, 2014 Just gorgeous books, Sqeggs! And the earlier posts from tb too! Love these books. Thanks for reviving the thread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sqeggs Posted September 14, 2014 Share Posted September 14, 2014 tb's copies from Vol 1 are really sharp. They are tough books. Love to see him post his copies of the remaining volumes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uchiha101 Posted September 14, 2014 Share Posted September 14, 2014 love the covers and the colors on them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tb Posted September 14, 2014 Author Share Posted September 14, 2014 Thanks. I'd like to revive this project some day, but the internet technology that I am hoping for is still not there. Fun to see the books again. I've upgraded 6 of my V1 issues since then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Love Posted September 16, 2014 Share Posted September 16, 2014 There is no love like that of a dwarf for his Snow White. Just a gorgeous book, difficult for me to let it go by. My loss is mitigated by your ownership. A tad. 1950's war comics 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sqeggs Posted September 17, 2014 Share Posted September 17, 2014 I wonder how many Snow White covers there are, say, pre-1945? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pooroldman Posted September 17, 2014 Share Posted September 17, 2014 The only other one I can think of is Four Color 49. There are two other MM Magazine covers with the Seven Dwarfs (V3 #7) and Dopey (V3 #9) but no Snow White. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pooroldman Posted September 17, 2014 Share Posted September 17, 2014 Just out of curiosity I dug out some of the MM Magazines from around the time that the Snow White cover (V2 #5, February 1938) was published. Starting with the December 1937 issue there's clearly a tie-in with the movie, with interior pages showing Snow White and the Dwarfs around a Christmas-themed fireplace. In January a three-part serial of the story of Snow White starts, concluding in March. April and May issues have nothing substantive inside about Snow White, but there are still plenty of ads pushing various Snow White toys and whatnot-- MM Magazines were pretty relentless. By June there's not even any ads left; Snow White seems to have pretty much run its course-- but Dopey is still on the cover. Anybody know offhand when Snow White was playing in the theatres? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sqeggs Posted September 17, 2014 Share Posted September 17, 2014 Just out of curiosity I dug out some of the MM Magazines from around the time that the Snow White cover (V2 #5, February 1938) was published. Starting with the December 1937 issue there's clearly a tie-in with the movie, with interior pages showing Snow White and the Dwarfs around a Christmas-themed fireplace. In January a three-part serial of the story of Snow White starts, concluding in March. April and May issues have nothing substantive inside about Snow White, but there are still plenty of ads pushing various Snow White toys and whatnot-- MM Magazines were pretty relentless. By June there's not even any ads left; Snow White seems to have pretty much run its course-- but Dopey is still on the cover. Anybody know offhand when Snow White was playing in the theatres? Wikipedia indicates the movie had its premiere in Dec 1937 and went into national release in Feb 1938. My (limited!) understanding of movie releases in those days, though, is that movies typically were not released simultaneously across the country on the same day as they are now. So I would guess that Snow White probably was playing in theaters for most of 1938. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
