rjpb Posted May 31, 2008 Share Posted May 31, 2008 Timely funny animal comics from the war era are certainly cool - I'll give you that - but as disturbing as CSS #22? I think your reaching Andy. Nice book though - I'm starting to get a real appreciation for funny animal WW2 covers - it's an odd mix - too bad Barks didn't do some (or did he and I haven't seen them) Maybe, but I figure that 7 and 8 year olds were reading funny animals, while something like CSS 22 was read by 12-15 year olds. To us the Comedy isn't as shocking, but I bet a story about a guy throwing a bomb into a grade school caused as many 7 year old nightmares as ECs did with older kids. Possibly - though I just tested this out on my 7 & 11 year old daughters - school bombing cat - not scary - in fact perplexed look from my 7 year old that anyone would think it scary. CSS#22 - even my 11 year old thought that was scary - we skimmed the pre-code thread - and the reaction from my 7 year old - animated skeletons/corpses and decapitation - Scary! Vampires and graveyards - not scary. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
october Posted May 31, 2008 Share Posted May 31, 2008 animated skeletons/corpses and decapitation - Scary! Vampires and graveyards - not scary. Vampires and graveyards - not scary. Well, fears are pretty individual. When I was 7 or 8 I wasn't afraid of much of anything....except vampires. They scared the hell out of me, so much that I used to sleep with a blanket wrapped around my neck to keep them from biting me. Real safe! Anyway, I said "disturbing", not scary. As in, seeing a comic about school bombings marketed to 7 year olds is as distrurbing to me as seeing a comic book about decapitations marketed to 12 year olds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scrooge Posted May 31, 2008 Share Posted May 31, 2008 Vampires and graveyards - not scary. The Buffy effect? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adamstrange Posted May 31, 2008 Share Posted May 31, 2008 so much that I used to sleep with a blanket wrapped around my neck to keep them from biting me It works worked for me so there must be something to it! Though boogie monsters required covers over the head. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adamstrange Posted May 31, 2008 Share Posted May 31, 2008 Timely funny animal comics from the war era are certainly cool - I'll give you that - but as disturbing as CSS #22? I think your reaching Andy. Nice book though - I'm starting to get a real appreciation for funny animal WW2 covers - it's an odd mix - too bad Barks didn't do some (or did he and I haven't seen them) Maybe, but I figure that 7 and 8 year olds were reading funny animals, while something like CSS 22 was read by 12-15 year olds. To us the Comedy isn't as shocking, but I bet a story about a guy throwing a bomb into a grade school caused as many 7 year old nightmares as ECs did with older kids. Possibly - though I just tested this out on my 7 & 11 year old daughters - school bombing cat - not scary - in fact perplexed look from my 7 year old that anyone would think it scary. CSS#22 - even my 11 year old thought that was scary - we skimmed the pre-code thread - and the reaction from my 7 year old - animated skeletons/corpses and decapitation - Scary! Vampires and graveyards - not scary. I don't think you can draw any conclusions about kids of WWII by looking at kids today. They received very different information from the world around them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
143ksk Posted May 31, 2008 Share Posted May 31, 2008 I know this is a short bus thread book to many, but I was very happy to pick up this very nice copy (with white pages!) of Young Love #1. Lots o' Simon & Kirby Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjpb Posted May 31, 2008 Share Posted May 31, 2008 I don't know that any GA S&K book qualifies for the short bus - nice copy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjpb Posted May 31, 2008 Share Posted May 31, 2008 Vampires and graveyards - not scary. The Buffy effect? They haven't seen the show - Andy is right - different things are scary to different kids. My younger daughter gets scared easily - recently she didn't want me to finish reading Rumplstiltskin once he came for the baby - she was afraid something terrible was going to happen to it - but then other things - like the giant spiders in the Harry Potter movie didn't even phase her. My older daughter loves scary stories and horror movies (though I don't let her watch the torture genre) - and enjoys getting scared by them - but is critical if they seem too "fake" to her. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silver Posted May 31, 2008 Share Posted May 31, 2008 Got my Superboy 10 in from Heritage today. I am not one to keep books in plastic, and I really want to read this. First appearance of Lana Lang: Very few of these early issue stories have ever been reprinted; I dont know if this one has. I was curious how they introduced her. She appeared on the first page of the first story. Here it is for those who like this kind of stuff: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Detroit MIke Posted May 31, 2008 Share Posted May 31, 2008 That Superboy is awesome! I'll have to add that to my wantlist. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
telerites Posted May 31, 2008 Share Posted May 31, 2008 Those pages look very nice on the Superboy. Nice pick-up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G.A.tor Posted May 31, 2008 Share Posted May 31, 2008 Got my Superboy 10 in from Heritage today. I am not one to keep books in plastic, and I really want to read this. First appearance of Lana Lang: Very few of these early issue stories have ever been reprinted; I dont know if this one has. I was curious how they introduced her. She appeared on the first page of the first story. Here it is for those who like this kind of stuff: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sardo Numspar Posted June 1, 2008 Share Posted June 1, 2008 Got my Superboy 10 in from Heritage today. I am not one to keep books in plastic, and I really want to read this. First appearance of Lana Lang: :applause: That is a great Superboy cover. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inaflash Posted June 1, 2008 Share Posted June 1, 2008 Got my Superboy 10 in from Heritage today. I am not one to keep books in plastic, and I really want to read this. First appearance of Lana Lang: Very few of these early issue stories have ever been reprinted; I dont know if this one has. I was curious how they introduced her. She appeared on the first page of the first story. Here it is for those who like this kind of stuff: I know you really wanted that book and it looks fantastic out of the slab. Ken Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Theagenes Posted June 1, 2008 Share Posted June 1, 2008 (edited) Three more Tip Tops courtesy of skypinkblu - Thanks Sharon! Have a #50 on the way from Jim Payette. The end is in sight! Edited June 1, 2008 by Theagenes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larryw7 Posted June 1, 2008 Share Posted June 1, 2008 Really nice books! Congrats! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G.A.tor Posted June 1, 2008 Share Posted June 1, 2008 Three more Tip Tops courtesy of skypinkblu - Thanks Sharon! Have a #50 on the way from Jim Payette. The end is in sight! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Theagenes Posted June 1, 2008 Share Posted June 1, 2008 They're going to make a great group shot when I'm done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G.A.tor Posted June 1, 2008 Share Posted June 1, 2008 They're going to make a great group shot when I'm done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreatEscape Posted June 1, 2008 Share Posted June 1, 2008 They're going to make a great group shot when I'm done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
