Pre-Golden Age (1933-38) - The Birth of the Modern Comic Book 0

[showcase4]

know what this is?

 

[selegue]

know what this is?

 

 

I'd guess a mouse, but they don't walk on two feet or wear clothing.

 

Seriously, it's a BLB cover (only?) with the cover art of the first Mickey BLB but the title of the second, right? The first "variant"?

 

Tell us the rest of the story!

 

Jack

[Theagenes]

This is the #731 Mail Pilot, I take it? Very cool!

The interior is actually the contents of the 1st MM BLB correct? Can you take of pic of the back cover?

[BangZoom]

know what this is?

 

 

It must be the mutant offspring of these two BLB's?

 

[showcase4]

This is the #731 Mail Pilot, I take it? Very cool!

Can you take of pic of the back cover?

 

 

[showcase4]

 

It must be the mutant offspring of these two BLB's?

 

 

Are these both your books Bangzoom? Insanely difficult to find BLB's this old in such a nice shape, especially the #717 "skinny" Mickey

Steve

[tb]

I'd only heard of the copy that sold at Hakes around 5 years ago for $6,000 or so. Where on Earth(?) did you find this??

[BangZoom]

 

It must be the mutant offspring of these two BLB's?

 

 

Are these both your books Bangzoom? Insanely difficult to find BLB's this old in such a nice shape, especially the #717 "skinny" Mickey

Steve

 

Thanks, Steve

 

 

I never even heard of your book until you mentioned it on another thread recently.

 

Congratulations on the purchase!!!

[showcase4]

I never even heard of your book until you mentioned it on another thread recently.

 

Congratulations on the purchase!!!

 

Thanks Bang!

This is page 280 of this years OPG showing the "top 20" Big Little Books. As you can see, the Mail Pilot #731 variation is #1 ( only three known copies based on an email I received last night from the Countires top BLB dealer ), and your #717 "skinny" Mickey is #3.....congrats to you!

 

[Theagenes]

Steve, just saw the other thread! Congrats on finding such a rare grail! What a great feeling it must be!

[showcase4]

yes.....1933 was a VERY key year for the developement of the modern comic book as we know it today.......

The great depression caused the price of comics to drop from 25 cents to 10 cents, and they split off into 2 different formats....comic magazines and Big Little Books. Pictured here are the keys from this evolution

 

 

The Big Little Book pictured was in this weeks Scoop....in case you did not see it and it intrigues you:

 

http://scoop.diamondgalleries.com/scoop_article.asp?ai=14860&si=121

 

 

 

PS....try finding these puppies at your LCS!

Steve

[Theagenes]

Just got another early Tip Top Tarzan cover. Too bad someone decided to use it as coaster for their coffee cup, because othewise it's a really nice copy, with great pages. This is a Foster cover BTW.

 

 

[Theagenes]

While I'm at it, here's a few more Tarzan Tip Tops that I've picked up over the last few months that I haven't posted. It's run I'd like to complete eventually, but I'm not in a real hurry and not being too picky about condition - they're just fun books.

 

 

 

 

 

[ciorac]

While I'm at it, here's a few more Tarzan Tip Tops that I've picked up over the last few months that I haven't posted. It's run I'd like to complete eventually, but I'm not in a real hurry and not being too picky about condition - they're just fun books.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Outstanding books!! I have often thought of chasing the Tarzan issues from Tip Top and Sparkler. One of these days I will.

[Theagenes]

Outstanding books!! I have often thought of chasing the Tarzan issues from Tip Top and Startling. One of these days I will.

 

Thanks, Bill! I think you meant Sparkler and yeah, I'd like to work on those next - some of those Hogarth covers are very cool.

[ciorac]

Outstanding books!! I have often thought of chasing the Tarzan issues from Tip Top and Sparkler. One of these days I will.

 

Thanks, Bill! I think you meant Sparkler and yeah, I'd like to work on those next - some of those Hogarth covers are very cool.

 

Haste makes waste......

Edited May 27, 2007 by ciorac

[Robert Beerbohm]

Tarzan?

 

Gimme Capt & the Kids

[Theagenes]

Tarzan?

 

Gimme Capt & the Kids

 

Actually, now that you mention it, I starting reading both Capt & the Kids and Lil Abner for the first time when I started picking up these Tip Tops a while back and I enjoy both of them quite a bit. Can't beat Foster Tarzan though!

[Robert Beerbohm]

nah, the ONLY way to collect Foster, in Tarzan or PV, is in Sunday FULL pagers - and i am only missing maybe 3 or 4 Tarzan Fosters to have the complete run - even the Maxons in front of Foster picking up in the Egyptian sequence in late 1932 -

[Socratic Wonder]

yes.....1933 was a VERY key year for the developement of the modern comic book as we know it today.......

The great depression caused the price of comics to drop from 25 cents to 10 cents, and they split off into 2 different formats....comic magazines and Big Little Books. Pictured here are the keys from this evolution

 

 

The Big Little Book pictured was in this weeks Scoop....in case you did not see it and it intrigues you:

 

http://scoop.diamondgalleries.com/scoop_article.asp?ai=14860&si=121

 

 

 

PS....try finding these puppies at your LCS!

 

 

Steve

 

 

Very nice Steve