Robot Man Posted January 9 Share Posted January 9 On 1/9/2024 at 8:40 AM, Tri-ColorBrian said: Exactly..."Cheap" is the word... Doubt I ever paid more than $2. For one even in nice shape. Fun reads. Tri-Color Brian 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobpfef Posted January 9 Share Posted January 9 (edited) On 1/9/2024 at 10:34 AM, Robot Man said: I’m with @Tri-ColorBrian. I remember that show fondly. Now, I have no need to collect the comics but have been known to pick up some cheap when flea marketing. I enjoy the Spin and Marty epidoses on Mickey Mouse Club. (Much better than the Annette serial at least). I think the comics are fine. There is some nice Dan Spiegle artwork in some of them. I even have the Spin and Marty theme song single. I like wierd stuff I guess. I remember a few years back I was at a convention and pulled out a bunch of Spin and Marty comics and when I gave them to the dealer to check out he asked why I bought those. I said, "I just like Spin and Marty" and he said, "I've never heard that before" Edited January 9 by bobpfef Tri-Color Brian, PopKulture, AJD and 1 other 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tri-Color Brian Posted January 9 Share Posted January 9 On 1/9/2024 at 10:08 AM, bobpfef said: I enjoy the Spin and Marty epidoses on Mickey Mouse Club. (Much better than the Annette serial at least). I think the comics are fine. There is some nice Dan Spiegle artwork in some of them. I even have the Spin and Marty theme song single. I like wierd stuff I guess. I remember a few years back I was at a convention and pulled out a bunch of Spin and Marty comics and when I gave them to the dealer to check out he asked why I bought those. I said, "I just like Spin and Marty" and he said, "I've never heard that before" Yeah, szav hasn't heard of them either...He calls them "Spin and Morty"... AJD 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scrooge Posted January 11 Share Posted January 11 On 1/9/2024 at 1:16 AM, AJD said: Spin and Marty isn't something I ever recall seeing, despite watching a lot of Disney stuff in the late 60s and 70s, so for me it was really a completist thing. We watched it with my kids a couple of years ago when they were the right age, right around the first time they went to sleep-away camp. Was quite fun. AJD 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scrooge Posted January 12 Share Posted January 12 Was filing a few books this week and scanned this one - and its nice back cover - Thanks to the name associated with the back cover, I was able to quickly find the source for the drawing - and here larger - if you study the face of Ada-ki-yazzi, you'll see how well the artist captured the likeness. I thought from the text and dress that the person was from a previous generation but in the magazine, as they discuss the cover, it's clear that this is a contemporary photo (1950 / 1951) and the artist just cribbed and cobbled a few pieces of information from the magazine. Ada-ki-yazzi's day job was as caretaker for a Hollywood permanent movie set erected near Monument Valley. adamstrange and AJD 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scrooge Posted January 12 Share Posted January 12 On 1/9/2024 at 12:08 PM, bobpfef said: I enjoy the Spin and Marty epidoses on Mickey Mouse Club. (Much better than the Annette serial at least). I think the comics are fine. There is some nice Dan Spiegle artwork in some of them. I even have the Spin and Marty theme song single. I like wierd stuff I guess. Bob, you and I like the same stuff. I also collected the non-FC issues of Spin & Marty. Easy, short and fun run. Been thinking of you lately, I just picked up a complete set of the Lone Wolf & Cub trades and started a re-read. bobpfef 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scrooge Posted January 12 Share Posted January 12 On 1/8/2024 at 12:39 AM, AJD said: do you Four Color completists groan inwardly (even a little) and question the very reason for your existence when you have to buy comics like this one? FWIW, for me, it's not so much buying a Spin & Marty meet Annette that makes me question sanity but having to buy FC 545 which is only a partial reprint of FC 92, especially since the new cover is not a selling point for the reprint - Earlier issue - OtherEric, adamstrange and AJD 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AJD Posted January 12 Share Posted January 12 Speaking of partial reprints... this Australian O.S.41 (1952) reprints only the title story of Four Color #379, in black and white OtherEric and Get Marwood & I 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OtherEric Posted January 12 Share Posted January 12 On 1/11/2024 at 4:46 PM, Scrooge said: FWIW, for me, it's not so much buying a Spin & Marty meet Annette that makes me question sanity but having to buy FC 545 which is only a partial reprint of FC 92, especially since the new cover is not a selling point for the reprint - Earlier issue - I love the original Pinocchio with the Walt Kelly artwork. It's one of the very few times when an animator who worked on the movie then did the comic adaptation; Kelly was one of the animators on the scenes inside the whale. AJD and Malacoda 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OtherEric Posted January 12 Share Posted January 12 Two in today, including the antepenultimate issue: AJD and Get Marwood & I 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tri-Color Brian Posted January 12 Share Posted January 12 On 1/11/2024 at 5:01 PM, szav said: Thought you could sneak this one by me just because I never look in this thread now did you? Bwahahaha... AJD 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OtherEric Posted January 12 Share Posted January 12 (edited) On 1/11/2024 at 4:46 PM, Scrooge said: FWIW, for me, it's not so much buying a Spin & Marty meet Annette that makes me question sanity but having to buy FC 545 which is only a partial reprint of FC 92, especially since the new cover is not a selling point for the reprint - If you think that's bad, you should see my collection of Ace D-S-G books. Here's a couple of the worst examples: The original, the school book club edition, and the later reprint. Or, since those are all at least semi-distinct, these two, where the only difference at all is the number: Edited January 12 by OtherEric Scrooge and AJD 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobpfef Posted January 13 Share Posted January 13 On 1/11/2024 at 6:12 PM, Scrooge said: Bob, you and I like the same stuff. I also collected the non-FC issues of Spin & Marty. Easy, short and fun run. Been thinking of you lately, I just picked up a complete set of the Lone Wolf & Cub trades and started a re-read. Yeah, I like those nice little adventure stories. Being able finish a comic and get an entire story is a nice change from the extended story lines in modern comics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adamstrange Posted January 13 Share Posted January 13 On 1/11/2024 at 7:12 PM, Scrooge said: I just picked up a complete set of the Lone Wolf & Cub trades and started a re-read. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OtherEric Posted January 13 Share Posted January 13 I remember when Dark Horse first released the tiny books of Lone Wolf & Cub. I bought the first one to see what the big deal was, but knew there was no way I was going to read through all 28 volumes. By about book #8 it was on the top of my reading pile every month all the way to the end. I should dig them out and re-read them one of these days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Get Marwood & I Posted January 13 Share Posted January 13 Why, is this a pence copy I see before me! AJD and OtherEric 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OtherEric Posted January 13 Share Posted January 13 On 1/13/2024 at 11:55 AM, Get Marwood & I said: Why, is this a pence copy I see before me! I do enjoy seeing how creative they had to get to find a spot where the pence price would be visible Get Marwood & I 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Get Marwood & I Posted January 13 Share Posted January 13 On 1/13/2024 at 7:58 PM, OtherEric said: I do enjoy seeing how creative they had to get to find a spot where the pence price would be visible I'm convinced that some issues didn't get the pence treatment solely because they couldn't find anywhere visible to put it! OtherEric 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OtherEric Posted January 13 Share Posted January 13 Two in today. First up, the last Four Color issue of Walt Disney's Zorro I needed. Not that I have any of the pre-Disney Zorro 4C's yet. I hadn't bothered with this one before because unlike the other six, Toth didn't do any art in this one: kaculler 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OtherEric Posted January 13 Share Posted January 13 And, more importantly, Four Color #1354. I don't think it's actually a particularly hard to find issue, but there's definitely something of an aura about it as the end of an era: PopKulture, AJD and kaculler 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
