AJD Posted August 30, 2022 Share Posted August 30, 2022 Australian one-shot (Four Color #967) I'm starting to wonder what proportion of the series appeared here under various publishers. Galen130, Robot Man and OtherEric 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robot Man Posted August 30, 2022 Share Posted August 30, 2022 I don’t collect Four Color comics as a series. I have great admiration for those who do though. A very tough but rewarding endevor. That being said, I do have MANY of them in my collection though. Over the years I have become a sucker for those matte cover issues. From maybe 1947-1948 maybe. The ones with the little round Dell logo. The matte covers really make the color jump and are usually very rich. Also seems like some of the best issues of all characters are in this era. Just love them no matter what the character. OtherEric 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Galen130 Posted August 30, 2022 Share Posted August 30, 2022 On 8/30/2022 at 10:12 AM, Robot Man said: I don’t collect Four Color comics as a series. I have great admiration for those who do though. A very tough but rewarding endevor. That being said, I do have MANY of them in my collection though. Over the years I have become a sucker for those matte cover issues. From maybe 1947-1948 maybe. The ones with the little round Dell logo. The matte covers really make the color jump and are usually very rich. Also seems like some of the best issues of all characters are in this era. Just love them no matter what the character. It’s such a massive series too…would be difficult to complete the entire run these days. Personally, I look for any being sold already slabbed…like a cover I really enjoy. I don’t really collect them raw because I don’t sub anymore. A few here and there, but barely a drop in the bucket. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robot Man Posted August 30, 2022 Share Posted August 30, 2022 On 8/30/2022 at 9:34 AM, Galen130 said: It’s such a massive series too…would be difficult to complete the entire run these days. Personally, I look for any being sold already slabbed…like a cover I really enjoy. I don’t really collect them raw because I don’t sub anymore. A few here and there, but barely a drop in the bucket. You do realize you can still collect them raw as well. They look so purty in a nice clean mylar too… jmg3637, Galen130 and AJD 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OtherEric Posted August 30, 2022 Share Posted August 30, 2022 I'm certainly not trying for the full run, way too big a project. But I do enjoy grabbing cheap issues when I spot them, for no reason other than they're part of the four color series. And there's lots of issues I want for various reasons. Maybe I should figure out how many Looney Tunes related books there are other than the basic Bugs Bunny and Porky Pig runs, and start trying to get those. That seems like a large but not insane project... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Galen130 Posted August 30, 2022 Share Posted August 30, 2022 On 8/30/2022 at 10:42 AM, Robot Man said: You do realize you can still collect them raw as well. They look so purty in a nice clean mylar too… Yeah, I'm trying to reduce my entire raw collection as much as possible. I only keep a few comics that I really want, like cool 4-color covers. I don't want to increase my collection with the complete Four Color comic run. That's a lot. AJD 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robot Man Posted August 30, 2022 Share Posted August 30, 2022 On 8/30/2022 at 9:49 AM, OtherEric said: I'm certainly not trying for the full run, way too big a project. But I do enjoy grabbing cheap issues when I spot them, for no reason other than they're part of the four color series. And there's lots of issues I want for various reasons. Maybe I should figure out how many Looney Tunes related books there are other than the basic Bugs Bunny and Porky Pig runs, and start trying to get those. That seems like a large but not insane project... At this point in my life, I feel fairly complete with what I want. I have written of a few books like Suspense #3, COC #19, Crime Patrol #15 and several others. Still very close on FH and Schomburg Nedors that aren’t out of the realm of possibility. No way would I take on a big run like the FCs. But I do buy a few here and there just for fun. Just last week, I ran into a few pretty high grade Spin & Marty and a couple TV show issues for 3 for $10. Just fun & nostalgic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OtherEric Posted August 30, 2022 Share Posted August 30, 2022 On 8/30/2022 at 11:36 AM, Robot Man said: At this point in my life, I feel fairly complete with what I want. I have written of a few books like Suspense #3, COC #19, Crime Patrol #15 and several others. Still very close on FH and Schomburg Nedors that aren’t out of the realm of possibility. No way would I take on a big run like the FCs. But I do buy a few here and there just for fun. Just last week, I ran into a few pretty high grade Spin & Marty and a couple TV show issues for 3 for $10. Just fun & nostalgic. Most of the ones I grabbed at ECCC were in the $1-$3 range. The only one over $10 was the Daffy Robot Man 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scrooge Posted August 30, 2022 Share Posted August 30, 2022 On 8/30/2022 at 2:45 PM, OtherEric said: Most of the ones I grabbed at ECCC were in the $1-$3 range. The only one over $10 was the Daffy Aahhhh ... if only that was still the case. I remember when that was possible but the ones I have left won't come that way unfortunately. As for your other question, when I started on the run, I made the following chart indicating how many issues of each title are buried in the second series. If you want the whole list, PM me and you can quickly get an idea of how many Looney Tunes related issues there are. From the list below, you are looking at 28 Bugs, 26 Porkys, 16 Elmers, 3 Daffys, 3 Tweety & Sylvesters, etc. Name Count Mickey Mouse 30 Donald Duck 29 Bugs Bunny 28 Zane Grey 27 Porky Pig 26 Oswald the Rabbit 20 Duck Album 17 Francis The Famous Talking Mule 17 Santa Claus Funnies 17 Andy Panda 16 Elmer Fudd 16 Woody Woodpecker 16 Goofy 15 Zorro 14 Johnny Mack Brown 13 Roy Rogers 13 Little Beaver 12 The Little Rascals 12 Tillie the Toiler 12 Frosty the Snowman 11 Little Lulu 10 Pluto 10 The Brownies 10 The Two Musketeers 10 Chilly Willy 9 Fury 9 Raggedy Ann & Andy 9 Silvertip 9 The Little People 9 Uncle Wiggily 9 Buck Jones 8 Daisy Duck's Diary 8 Flash Gordon 8 King of the Royal Mounted 8 Popeye 8 Smokey the Bear 8 AJD, PopKulture and OtherEric 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scrooge Posted August 30, 2022 Share Posted August 30, 2022 (edited) ... and, yes, I have all the 17 Francis, the talking mule comics Edited August 30, 2022 by Scrooge OtherEric, damonwad, AJD and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adamstrange Posted August 31, 2022 Share Posted August 31, 2022 On 8/30/2022 at 7:51 PM, Scrooge said: ... and, yes, I have all the 17 Francis, the talking mule comics It's out on Blu Ray. https://www.amazon.com/Francis-Talking-Mule-Collection-Haunted/dp/B09TTYZPZT/ref=sr_1_6?crid=18847Y9XZYETW&keywords=francis+the+talking+mule+complete+collection&qid=1661915883&sprefix=francis+the+%2Caps%2C143&sr=8-6 Not that I knew that before looking it up just now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AJD Posted August 31, 2022 Share Posted August 31, 2022 Australian Hi and Lois 22 1966 (Four Color #955) kaculler, OtherEric and PopKulture 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AJD Posted August 31, 2022 Share Posted August 31, 2022 On 8/31/2022 at 9:51 AM, Scrooge said: ... and, yes, I have all the 17 Francis, the talking mule comics But do you have the Australian edition of Four Color #953? Scrooge and OtherEric 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmg3637 Posted September 1, 2022 Share Posted September 1, 2022 It has been quite a project to try and collect all of the four colors, especially through trading. In the early days of the quest I would take most any condition in a trade as long as it filled a hole. At least a Place Holder AS i brought the missing issues to under 100 I added maybe 200 hundred books (2.5 or below) to the want to upgrade section. Now the missing books is closer to 60 and I upgraded nearly 100 of my worst copies so I added quite a few more by raising the upgrade level to 3.0 OtherEric, AJD and kaculler 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Popular Post kaculler Posted September 2, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted September 2, 2022 Two more issues arrived today - Four Color #64 and #251. The Hubert issue doesn't show up very often, though there is another decent copy on eBay now that was just listed. I have 54 issues left - 33 from 1-99, 9 from the 100s, 8 from the 200s, and 1 each from the 300s, 500s, 600s, and 800s. OtherEric, Mmehdy, damonwad and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scrooge Posted September 4, 2022 Share Posted September 4, 2022 On 9/2/2022 at 2:33 PM, kaculler said: Two good gets. Esp. that Smokey Stover. Here's my copy of the Hubert. It's in a little rougher shape. kaculler, damonwad and OtherEric 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post AJD Posted September 4, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted September 4, 2022 Great stuff @kaculler. I'm trying to work out which issues have an Australian equivalent. As far as I can tell, neither of those do. But Four Color #600 does - this is my latest pickup. Scrooge, OtherEric, damonwad and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmg3637 Posted September 4, 2022 Share Posted September 4, 2022 On 9/2/2022 at 11:33 AM, kaculler said: Two more issues arrived today - Four Color #64 and #251. The Hubert issue doesn't show up very often, though there is another decent copy on eBay now that was just listed. I have 54 issues left - 33 from 1-99, 9 from the 100s, 8 from the 200s, and 1 each from the 300s, 500s, 600s, and 800s. I went the opposite way. I have been focusing on higher grades for the later issues and mainly focusing on anything acceptable in the under 200 categories. As such I only need 8 issues below 100 and only missing 110 from that range More recent additions during the Pandemic years kaculler, PopKulture and OtherEric 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmg3637 Posted September 5, 2022 Share Posted September 5, 2022 finally updated my thank you list which recognizes where each book in my collection came from. Working towards having BOLD for every books that is either Graded or high grade. Will probably also have italics for all 200 books that could use an upgrade. I do not think I have published this in a few years MusterMark 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
