Robot Man Posted May 15 Share Posted May 15 On 3/28/2024 at 5:45 AM, AJD said: I just bought a small collection of Australian Disneys, which included a few 'Australian Four Colors'. Here's some from the Film Preview series, with the original photo covers replaced - presumably by locally sourced art or adaprted from interior panels. FP28, reprints Four Color #1101 FP34, reprints Four Color #1179 FP35, reprints Four Color #1156 Cool books. Makes me remember when I was young and watched The Wonderful World of Color Sunday nights on TV. All those Disney live action shows. I bought a lot of those US version comics and still do from time to time. A few years later I was watching Ed Sullivan waiting for the British Invasion rock bands to come on and pizz off my dad… AJD 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Scrooge Posted May 15 Popular Post Share Posted May 15 IIRC, I decided to collect the Four Color run circa early 2009. It helped that I had found a honey hole that had a good portion of the run in the back of the shop and I could buy them in buckets so long as I took the time to dig through the completely disorganized backstock. Along the way, I started to track my progress. I gave myself 10 years to complete the set and occasionally took snapshots of my progress. Here's an early one from February 2010. Thanks to the honey hole, I was past 50% completion that early on. Fast forward to May 2018, pre-COVID, and I tracked pretty well with my original goal - Here's where I am at today, well past the 10 years original goal, May 2024, with many completed "100's" (in red) and several just one issue away from completion and still chipping at the run. I'll say that there were some years in there where I probably did not add much, if anything, to the run, my attention elswhere. The quest goes on Hepcat, adamstrange, Badger and 8 others 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adamstrange Posted May 15 Share Posted May 15 On 5/15/2024 at 12:25 PM, Scrooge said: IIRC, I decided to collect the Four Color run circa early 2009. It helped that I had found a honey hole that had a good portion of the run in the back of the shop and I could buy them in buckets so long as I took the time to dig through the completely disorganized backstock. Along the way, I started to track my progress. I gave myself 10 years to complete the set and occasionally took snapshots of my progress. Here's an early one from February 2010. Thanks to the honey hole, I was past 50% completion that early on. Fast forward to May 2018, pre-COVID, and I tracked pretty well with my original goal - Here's where I am at today, well past the 10 years original goal, May 2024, with many completed "100's" (in red) and several just one issue away from completion and still chipping at the run. I'll say that there were some years in there where I probably did not add much, if anything, to the run, my attention elswhere. The quest goes on Amazing accomplishment! Have you had the chance to read them all or is there a backlog? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kaculler Posted May 24 Share Posted May 24 I decided to upgrade my copy of Four Color #134. The old copy has pieces out of the cover, though I got it pretty cheap so it served for a while. Scrooge and Marty Mann 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmg3637 Posted May 25 Share Posted May 25 On 5/15/2024 at 9:25 AM, Scrooge said: IIRC, I decided to collect the Four Color run circa early 2009. It helped that I had found a honey hole that had a good portion of the run in the back of the shop and I could buy them in buckets so long as I took the time to dig through the completely disorganized backstock. Along the way, I started to track my progress. I gave myself 10 years to complete the set and occasionally took snapshots of my progress. Here's an early one from February 2010. Thanks to the honey hole, I was past 50% completion that early on. Fast forward to May 2018, pre-COVID, and I tracked pretty well with my original goal - Here's where I am at today, well past the 10 years original goal, May 2024, with many completed "100's" (in red) and several just one issue away from completion and still chipping at the run. I'll say that there were some years in there where I probably did not add much, if anything, to the run, my attention elswhere. The quest goes on You and I seem to be tracking well against each other. I started my Four Color TRADING Quest about the same time you started, however mine are almost entirely from my original dealer stock which had way less honey than yours ( less than 100 issues) . My goal includes not only the main series, but the First series AND the missing Four Colors as well. I recently completed another trade with MCS and have 6 more books on the way including 2 each from regular series as well as First and Missing's. With the FS5 and 15 I am only down to #'s 4 and 7 to complete that run and only 31 from the main series. Badger, Scrooge and AJD 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scrooge Posted May 25 Share Posted May 25 On 5/24/2024 at 8:34 PM, jmg3637 said: and only 31 from the main series Yep, quite well tracking as you said: I am down to 29 needed for the main series. Congrats on keeping at it! Badger 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AJD Posted May 25 Share Posted May 25 Australian G74 (1957) - reprints Four Color #736 Marty Mann, Point Five, Badger and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AJD Posted May 28 Share Posted May 28 Australian OS (One Shot) #39 from 1952. Reprints the cover story of Four Color #371 Film/TV Preview #54 (1964) reprints Four Color #920, without the photo cover. The cover image is a combination of two interior panels. Some really good Toth art in this one. Scrooge, Marty Mann, OtherEric and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hepcat Posted May 28 Share Posted May 28 (edited) On 5/15/2024 at 10:50 AM, Robot Man said: A few years later I was watching Ed Sullivan waiting for the British Invasion rock bands to come on and pizz off my dad… Yes, absolutely! I still clearly recall the time I was watching a clip of the Rolling Stones playing "I'm Alright" from the T.A.M.I. Show on TV in the living room while my father was making himself a cup of coffee in the kitchen. He leaned into the living room for a quick glance and with a look of utmost disgust expostulated "Like s--- you alright!" But he also watched in complete silence with nary a comment as the Doors played "Light My Fire" (despite Jim Morrison's leather pants) and Vanilla Fudge played "Some Velvet Morning" on the Ed Sullivan Show. I think by then he had noticed there was real musicianship involved. Edited May 28 by Hepcat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post OtherEric Posted May 30 Popular Post Share Posted May 30 My most recent addition: kaculler, Scrooge, AJD and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post jmg3637 Posted June 1 Popular Post Share Posted June 1 my most recently scanned addition. A nice upgrade from an LCS Spero's Heroes The newest trade with MCS came in, but has not been scanned yet. Topnotchman, Marty Mann, Scrooge and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmg3637 Posted June 2 Share Posted June 2 I am inserting the "missing Four Colors into my tracking spreadsheet. When I first started collecting FOur Colors I was still using the inventory pages from The Bag Man ( with the intentional errors for his protection) . Each page could only handle 400 so it too four pages. Well over a decade ago I first started excell tracking and my compressed nomenclature could give me fairly complete information on only 1 page (double sided) I included italics normal and Bold type face to represent low, mid or high grade copies From this thread ( which also started my trading quest) I learned of the missing four colors. On one of my programing updates I figured out which numbers were missing , and how to exclude those issues from my automatic statistical analysis. Would not want to get the % completed for the 1200's to not exclude 1217, 1228, 1277 or 1292. At first I stuffed the first series to the bottom of the sheet after the stats, but figured out it worked better placed beginning at 1371-75 Over the years added logic be able to enter grade, and price paid for each book , and later to analyze average grade paid for each issue in and HUNDRED, or in any issue # ( what is the average grade for my issues ending in 18, recognizing that there are no 1218 or 1318's ). With the help of another board member, I was able to add in names for all of the issues and then to incorporate names along with numbers to make identification and confirmation of issues much easier I made the spreadsheet be able to quickly adjust to print the actual issue with titles for not only each of the 33 issues I do not have ( in my numerical order) but to also have the ability to select the books that are "upgradeable" along with the logic to select those based on a combination of both low grade and low price paid. After 4GEM started posting the actual books likely to be the "missing Four Colors" . I added those to my collecting goals, but on a separate page. I am now in the process of adding the missing books back into place in the spreadsheet, and programming the special exceptions, so everything can be on one page for taking to an Actual Comic Con, or give to a LCS Here is the list I came up with. I used the order based on month of issue with 207 being July of 1962. I kept filling beyond the usual 1353 stopping place with other books that fit the mold of a series that had started in Four Color and had spun off into it own series, but that series had not yet established its own system such as the 210 issue of Bonanza or the Untouchables. For the last issue I included The Twist, because who doesn't want The Twist with this series? There are a few more possibles like Voyage to the Deep,Cain's Hundred(2),Space Man, drift marlo and Johnny Jason Teen Reporter, but I had to stop somewhere. I do now have 29 of these 39 issues, mostly from MYComicShop For ease of Identification I am Starting the name with the 207 So for ID the name of this issue 1327 is 207 Untouchables 1217 207 Ken and Barbie 1228 207 Bonanza 1277 207 Mother Moose 1292 207 Cain’s Hundred 1314 207 Donald Duck Album 1315 207 Follow the Sun 1316 207 King Leanardo 1317 207 Laramie 1318 207 Leave it to Beaver 1319 207 Lolly and Pepper 1320 207 Man From Wells Fargo 1321 207 Marge’s Lulu and Tubby in Japan 1322 207 The Prince and the Pauper 1323 207 National Velvet 1324 207 Pixie Dixie and Mr. Jinx 1325 207 The Real McCoy’s 1326 207 The Twilight Zone 1327 207 The Untouchables 1329 207 Ben Casey 1331 208 Blue Phantom 1334 208 Dazey’s Diary 1338 208 Fury 1339 208 Rawhide 1340 209 Beany and Cecil 1342 209 Brenda Lee’s Life Story 1343 209 Bullwinkle 1344 209 Drift Marlo 1345 209 Famous Indian Tribes 1346 209 Jungle War Stories 1347 209 King Of Diamonds 1351 209 The Magic Sword 1352 209 Ponytail 1353 209 77 Sunset Strip 1355 210 Bonanza 1356 208 The Three Stooges Meet Hercules 1357 210 Mickey Mouse Album 1358 210 National Velvet 1359 210 The Twilight Zone 1360 210 The Untouchables 1361 210 Walt Disney’s Goofy Scoutmaster 1362 207 Gyro Gearloose 1364 209 The Twist OtherEric, Badger and Marty Mann 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AJD Posted June 3 Share Posted June 3 (edited) We've had this discussion before, but I think there's some ambiguity about missing FC 1329. My copy of the Gyro Gearloose below, which I think is the one you list as 1362, has this in the indicia: Walt Disney's GYRO GEARLOOSE, No. 01329-207, May-July 1962.... so I think this is actually missing FC 1329. The serial 01-329-207 also suggests that. Edited June 3 by AJD Point Five, OtherEric, Marty Mann and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OtherEric Posted June 4 Share Posted June 4 Today's addition: AJD and Marty Mann 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AJD Posted June 5 Share Posted June 5 G118 (1958) reprinting FC #920 This is the same Zorro story as in the reprint above, but this earlier one has the photo cover. OtherEric and Marty Mann 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post OtherEric Posted June 6 Popular Post Share Posted June 6 In today. 2nd Bugs Bunny Four Color, and the next to last one I need for all the Looney Tunes related issues of FC. The problem is, the one I still need is the 1st Bugs Bunny, and it won't be easy... Marty Mann, jmg3637, PopKulture and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OtherEric Posted June 8 Share Posted June 8 In today: AJD, PopKulture and Marty Mann 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmg3637 Posted June 9 Share Posted June 9 another of the "missing Four Colors" that I was missing. 1318 Beaver-207 It popped up on MCS so i added and rejugggled my carts. It is in my "missing Four Color "section right behind the recently added 1317 Laramie-207 I did not want to place an order for a $% book so lost out on a Dazey's Diary -309 Of course I am frugal so lost out on a Very Nice Slabbed Popeye 26 as well OtherEric, Marty Mann, PopKulture and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post OtherEric Posted June 13 Popular Post Share Posted June 13 In today: Marty Mann, kaculler, AJD and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marty Mann Posted June 19 Share Posted June 19 OtherEric, kaculler and AJD 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...