The GA "Short Bus" Thread Post your unpopular books! 2 2

[TheEyeSees]

"Will Rogers' plane crash occured in 1935!!!"

 

"running up to 1953 despite Tom's death in a car accident in 1940

 

 

... proving that cowboy's should stick to horses.

[Jayman]

Zombie Will Rogers said: You can teach a man to fish...THEN EAT HIS BRAINS!!!

[shiverbones]

Zombie Will Rogers said: You can teach a man to fish...THEN EAT HIS BRAINS!!!

 

[selegue]

Funny Stuff 64, Jan-Feb 1952.

Very nice DC funny animal book (esp. for a buck).

 

The Dodo and the Frog by Otto Feuer (probably), but I like Bo Bunny by Sheldon Mayer even better.

 

Jack

 

 

 

 

[Paratrooper]

Posted already in my trooper thread...but really do think this one belongs here too...never even seen this series before (and probably with good reason)

[mica]

The insurance must be very costly to operate such a business.

[selegue]

I'm always looking for an excuse to jump-start the Short Bus!

 

Here's a dirty book from a recent purchase. I don't expect much for it on the cigar thread.

 

Feature Book 34 from David McCay.

1939-40 Chic Young Blondie reprints, plus a biography of Young inside the front cover. Does anyone know the publication date? It's not in the book.

 

Jack

 

 

[selegue]

Here's another from the same purchase.

 

Goofy Comics, Standard, Aug 1947.

Very nice funny animal book for a couple of bucks!

 

I'm pretty sure that the lead Uncle Pigly story is by Ken Hultgren -- characteristic scalloped panel borders. Stories signed by Lynn Karp, Ken Champin (fun robot story) and Jack Bradbury. Two text story illustrations IDed at GCD as Frazetta. Interesting "silent" story of Adam the monkey by anonymous.

 

Jack

 

 

 

 

 

[BangZoom]

Does anyone know the publication date? It's not in the book.

 

Overstreet says 1940 and The Photo-Journal says 1942.

[selegue]

Does anyone know the publication date? It's not in the book.

 

Overstreet says 1940 and The Photo-Journal says 1942.

 

Lessee

 

*carry the one, divide by two*

 

must be 'bout 1941.

 

Thanks,

Cipherin' Jack

[skypinkblu]

Does anyone know the publication date? It's not in the book.

 

Overstreet says 1940 and The Photo-Journal says 1942.

 

Lessee

 

*carry the one, divide by two*

 

must be 'bout 1941.

 

Thanks,

Cipherin' Jack

I thought it was only another Jack who spoke in the 3rd person (to himself;)

 

Answer your email;) Nice books!

[selegue]

All aboard the Short Double Decker!

 

Cheezy British reprints just posted to the General Cigar thread. Does anyone have information about these? I'm trying to index them for GCD. There is some definite Short Bus material in the Spectre books. I'll try to scan some selections as time allows, but squarebounds are never easy.

 

Jack

 

Blackhawk 17 1956 Strato Publications, British, 68-pp. squarebound,

B&W w/ color cov., reprints Blackhawk 120 and DC (only?) science fiction

anthology stories

 

 

Race for the Moon 4 British, horror reprints including Ditko

(Atlas?) and probably Jack Davis, squarebound, B&W w/ color cover,

1950s?, 68 pp.

 

 

Spectre Stories 4 John Spencer & Co. Ltd., British, B&W w/ color

cov., crude artwork, horror stories, 1950s reprints?

 

 

Spectre Stories 5 John Spencer & Co. Ltd., British, B&W w/ color

cov., crude artwork, horror stories, 1950s?, all original, printed in

Italy

 

[shiverbones]

Funny Stuff 64, Jan-Feb 1952.

Very nice DC funny animal book (esp. for a buck).

 

The Dodo and the Frog by Otto Feuer (probably), but I like Bo Bunny by Sheldon Mayer even better.

 

Jack

 

 

 

 

hooray for Funny Stuff! The Sheldon Mayer issues are that much better.

 

that goofy is swell too!

[shiverbones]

All aboard the Short Double Decker!

 

Cheezy British reprints just posted to the General Cigar thread. Does anyone have information about these? I'm trying to index them for GCD. There is some definite Short Bus material in the Spectre books. I'll try to scan some selections as time allows, but squarebounds are never easy.

 

Jack

 

Blackhawk 17 1956 Strato Publications, British, 68-pp. squarebound,

B&W w/ color cov., reprints Blackhawk 120 and DC (only?) science fiction

anthology stories

 

 

Race for the Moon 4 British, horror reprints including Ditko

(Atlas?) and probably Jack Davis, squarebound, B&W w/ color cover,

1950s?, 68 pp.

 

 

Spectre Stories 4 John Spencer & Co. Ltd., British, B&W w/ color

cov., crude artwork, horror stories, 1950s reprints?

 

 

Spectre Stories 5 John Spencer & Co. Ltd., British, B&W w/ color

cov., crude artwork, horror stories, 1950s?, all original, printed in

Italy

 

 

there was a shop nea rme in NJ when I was growing up that had about a hundred of theesse, many with pre-hero marvel reprints, but I never bought any.

[selegue]

All aboard the Short Double Decker!

 

Cheezy British reprints just posted to the General Cigar thread. Does anyone have information about these? I'm trying to index them for GCD. There is some definite Short Bus material in the Spectre books. I'll try to scan some selections as time allows, but squarebounds are never easy.

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Spectre Stories 5 John Spencer & Co. Ltd., British, B&W w/ color

cov., crude artwork, horror stories, 1950s?, all original, printed in

Italy

 

 

there was a shop nea rme in NJ when I was growing up that had about a hundred of theesse,

 

 

Omigosh! Now I understand why Pickle! talks like that

 

many with pre-hero marvel reprints, but I never bought any.

 

You didn't miss much. Blackhawk and Race to the Moon are generally sharp B&W reproduction from good sources so you can appreciate the linework, but the lackluster cover of Spectre 5 is better than the mediocre artwork in those two. (Who is Michael Jay?)

 

Jack

 

 

[selegue]

Hey, Short Bus fans!

 

New DC celebrity books on the Golden Age cigar, DC 10¢ and 12¢ Silver threads!

 

Here's one of the better covers of the bunch, Adventures of Bob Hope 90 Jan-65.

I like the lookalike robot and the robot dog.

Mort Drucker pencils and inks.

 

 

Jack

[skypinkblu]

LOVE the Robot, Jack! is that one of your's?

[selegue]

LOVE the Robot, Jack! is that one of your's?

 

Yes! I got a stack of nice vg to fn range Bobs, Deans and Jerrys from rcsage on ebay. Unfortunately fell short on Bilkos and Uncle Milty.

 

Thanks,

Jack

[adamstrange]

Are we sure that's Drucker? He'd been fired several years earlier by Kanigher and I hadn't heard he did subsequent work for them.

[selegue]

Are we sure that's Drucker? He'd been fired several years earlier by Kanigher and I hadn't heard he did subsequent work for them.

 

Are "we" sure? I'm not.

Drucker credit is from GCD, which probably means Steven Rowe, Jerry Bails' Who's Who and other experts. It could be an error. Do you think it's Oksner? I'll send a question to GCD if you do.

 

Jack