Marty Mann Posted February 10, 2013 Share Posted February 10, 2013 Thanks...I was always a fan of WOODY WOODPECKER! mm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frozentundraguy Posted February 10, 2013 Share Posted February 10, 2013 [ That's one of my favorite Barks covers even though it's on a book without a Barks story. Nice pickup. Thanks, I really like this cover too. There is a point in the story where a large batch of these crocodiles have followed Donald and the boys to the airport. It's actually kind of frightening. It would have taken the old Duck Master himself to pull off that scene and have those crocs look friendly, like the big fella on the cover IMHO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmg3637 Posted February 11, 2013 Share Posted February 11, 2013 Checking out that Wizard of Oz FCcomic, is that a "first appearance" in comics or did the Classics Illustrated Jr come out first. Also, anyone know why certain Four colors are more difficult to get than others? Another question. Anyone have a list of issues that have variant back covers and would provide some commentary on why that happened and which ones are difficult to find etc. Probably a bit of proprietary info if you happen to hunting those but I'd sure like to hear opinions/info about it. Ed Ed I am not an expert on Four Colors, but I did stay at a Holiday Inn express. I only adressing the variants and leave your other questions from what I know there was a major variation starting somewhere in the 600's where some issues had ads on the back cover and others had an issue related back page. Not sure the why's and where's or how many's of these variants, but i think there were hundreds of issues published each way with all Dells of the late 50's early 60's there were a variety of price variants 10 and 15 or Still 10 etc somewhere there is a thread on that situation. Jim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnT Posted February 11, 2013 Share Posted February 11, 2013 This is one of my favorite FCs. Love Fess Parker. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
comicjack Posted February 11, 2013 Share Posted February 11, 2013 Love the purple covers and Fess also very easy going actor,great stuff! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scrooge Posted February 11, 2013 Share Posted February 11, 2013 Funny. These days I am only slowly adding new FCs to the collection but I grabbed this one within the last month or so. Completed my Fess Parker set in FC. The cover and title never fails to remind me of the Bark race story as well. The Davy Crockett show was on full-on rerun when I was in grade school so the title song is engraved in my memory Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Transplant Posted February 11, 2013 Share Posted February 11, 2013 The Davy Crockett show was on full-on rerun when I was in grade school so the title song is engraved in my memory Rerun? Who are you trying to fool? You went home and watched after grabbing a soda from the diner on your way home. Rerun. Pfffttt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scrooge Posted February 17, 2013 Share Posted February 17, 2013 Received this one recently (December maybe?). Don't know why I haven't posted it yet since it was the last Bugs Four Color issue I needed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrmyst Posted February 17, 2013 Share Posted February 17, 2013 Love Bugs! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4GEMWORKS Posted February 19, 2013 Share Posted February 19, 2013 Checking out that Wizard of Oz FCcomic, is that a "first appearance" in comics or did the Classics Illustrated Jr come out first. Also, anyone know why certain Four colors are more difficult to get than others? Another question. Anyone have a list of issues that have variant back covers and would provide some commentary on why that happened and which ones are difficult to find etc. Probably a bit of proprietary info if you happen to hunting those but I'd sure like to hear opinions/info about it. Ed Ed I am not an expert on Four Colors, but I did stay at a Holiday Inn express. I only adressing the variants and leave your other questions from what I know there was a major variation starting somewhere in the 600's where some issues had ads on the back cover and others had an issue related back page. Not sure the why's and where's or how many's of these variants, but i think there were hundreds of issues published each way with all Dells of the late 50's early 60's there were a variety of price variants 10 and 15 or Still 10 etc somewhere there is a thread on that situation. Jim Certain FC's certainly are more scarce. What is not ofetn discussed is how scarce some "common" issues are in higher grade in particlar. Bugs Bunn is almost impossible to find in VF or better. Mickey Mouse is toughto find in VF. You can find thses in low grade all day long, but you almost never see high grade copies, ever. Other issues like the Wizard of Oz almost never show up in any grade. In fact most FC's over 1200 are pretty tough to find in high grade, or at all. I think that FC's were the classic fold the book and put it in your back pocket book. The more universal in likeability, the more it got hammered. Also there is a whole slew of early books that were "3-D". That is you were supposed to gut slits in the cover and cut pieces out of the back. How many comics did that send to ruin? Also Tillie the Toiler was a cut out magazine. Jack's Diary is a later issue that was full of cut out activities. A lot of these books were meant to have fun and I think that is just what happened. There are plenty of back cover variants and to this day i have not paid as myuch attention as maybe I should have. As far as Price variants, I know there were some. I have a copy of Four Color 4 (Donald Duck) with a 15 cent cover. The only one I have ever seen. You can see it on my collector society page. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BB-Gun Posted February 19, 2013 Share Posted February 19, 2013 Funny. These days I am only slowly adding new FCs to the collection but I grabbed this one within the last month or so. Completed my Fess Parker set in FC. The cover and title never fails to remind me of the Bark race story as well. The Davy Crockett show was on full-on rerun when I was in grade school so the title song is engraved in my memory I picked up the sheet music for Davy's song and watched the show from the very first chapter. We never missed Walt's TV show back in the fifties and the Wonderful World of Color in the sixties. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marty Mann Posted March 1, 2013 Share Posted March 1, 2013 Picked this one up from the rack at W.T. Grant's...couldn't pass it by. mm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shark Posted March 1, 2013 Share Posted March 1, 2013 Picked this one up from the rack at W.T. Grant's...couldn't pass it by. mm Very nice. (thumbs u Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ciorac Posted March 1, 2013 Share Posted March 1, 2013 Picked this one up from the rack at W.T. Grant's...couldn't pass it by. mm I loved shopping at Grant's Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Transplant Posted March 26, 2013 Share Posted March 26, 2013 Picked up my first Canadian edition Four Color this weekend. Thanks, Bedrock. Not something I want to make a habit, but it was just too pretty and too cheap to pass up. Thanks Dale for this really sweet presenting early Four Color at a great price. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marty Mann Posted March 26, 2013 Share Posted March 26, 2013 Here's another one I picked up off the rack at W.T. Grants. mm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimbo_707 Posted March 26, 2013 Share Posted March 26, 2013 Four Color #56. I bought this comic almost 25 years ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sqeggs Posted March 26, 2013 Share Posted March 26, 2013 Four Color #56. I bought this comic almost 25 years ago. Very nice copy. (thumbs u Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Transplant Posted March 26, 2013 Share Posted March 26, 2013 Four Color #56. I bought this comic almost 25 years ago. Very nice copy. (thumbs u Understatement. That's gorgeous. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sqeggs Posted March 26, 2013 Share Posted March 26, 2013 Four Color #56. I bought this comic almost 25 years ago. Very nice copy. (thumbs u Understatement. That's gorgeous. Just noticed that it's a Gerber 8. Top census copy is an 8.5. Appears as if this copy would grade higher. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
