ciorac Posted October 15, 2012 Share Posted October 15, 2012 I was thrilled to find and secure this book from Richard Muchin. It probably doesn't mean much to most Boardies, but I've been hunting for this book for well over a decade. It has been a saved search of mine on eBay for as long as I can remember. The search is over!!! And for you, it was a quest because......... Well, a few reasons. I really liked the cover when I first saw it in the Gerber Photo Journals, it is extremely rare, early (Feb 1937), and is a nice bookend to my Funny Picture Stories #1. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aardvark88 Posted October 15, 2012 Share Posted October 15, 2012 Going from memory, I think Western Picture Stories may have been 1 of the very 1st western comics circa 1938 perhaps with art by Will Eisner(?). No Overstreet in front of me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheetah Posted October 15, 2012 Share Posted October 15, 2012 I was thrilled to find and secure this book from Richard Muchin. It probably doesn't mean much to most Boardies, but I've been hunting for this book for well over a decade. It has been a saved search of mine on eBay for as long as I can remember. The search is over!!! And for you, it was a quest because......... Well, a few reasons. I really liked the cover when I first saw it in the Gerber Photo Journals, it is extremely rare, early (Feb 1937), and is a nice bookend to my Funny Picture Stories #1. Very cool. I had never seen the cover before nor knew anything about the book. Congrats on finding it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ciorac Posted October 15, 2012 Share Posted October 15, 2012 Going from memory, I think Western Picture Stories may have been 1 of the very 1st western comics circa 1938 perhaps with art by Will Eisner(?). No Overstreet in front of me. 1937, but yep it has Eisner art in it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markseifert Posted October 15, 2012 Share Posted October 15, 2012 Going from memory, I think Western Picture Stories may have been 1 of the very 1st western comics circa 1938 perhaps with art by Will Eisner(?). No Overstreet in front of me. The Mahon/Cook Comics Magazine Company "Centaurs" are a recent interest of mine also. This book is part of a small burst of titles that began in Nov '36 as they tried to turn their single debut title (The Comics Magazine) into a line -- and they became the second publisher to have a line of original-material titles, after DC. Comics Magazine Co. editor William H. Cook filed for bankruptcy the month after Western Picture Stories #1 hit the stands. The precise chain of events isn't clear (there are a few people trying to piece this together, fwiw), but due to the timing it's hard to escape the conclusion that the line expansion didn't do as well as they'd hope and for some reason he was personally on the hook for some of the bills. Just a few months later in late summer '37, the titles would be in the hands of Ultem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sardo Numspar Posted October 18, 2012 Share Posted October 18, 2012 Two fun pickups from NYCC - sorry about the poor scan quality Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BB-Gun Posted October 19, 2012 Share Posted October 19, 2012 (edited) I have been trying to collect science and microbia comics for my article about superheroes versus the microscopic world. Skyman was a tough one to get. Edited October 19, 2012 by BB-Gun Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BB-Gun Posted October 19, 2012 Share Posted October 19, 2012 (edited) I have been trying to collect science and microbia comics for my article about superheroes versus the microscopic world. Skyman was a tough one to get. I shouldn't have forgotten this one. It is hiding in the Harvey box, I think. Apparently the germ warfare story is based on a real attempt to develope anthrax and plague weapons during WWII. Edited October 19, 2012 by BB-Gun Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheLiamSturgess Posted October 27, 2012 Share Posted October 27, 2012 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cat-Man_America Posted October 27, 2012 Share Posted October 27, 2012 I shouldn't have forgotten this one. It is hiding in the Harvey box, I think. Apparently the germ warfare story is based on a real attempt to develope anthrax and plague weapons during WWII. [font:Times New Roman]I'm thinking about moving my copy over to the Timely box, ...or rather the scan of it over to the Timely thread. You can't get more Timely-esque than that killer germ warfare cover, and it pre-dates Schomburg's famed Death-ray cover (MM#66) by a year![/font] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbcomicbox Posted October 28, 2012 Share Posted October 28, 2012 Going from memory, I think Western Picture Stories may have been 1 of the very 1st western comics circa 1938 perhaps with art by Will Eisner(?). No Overstreet in front of me. The Mahon/Cook Comics Magazine Company "Centaurs" are a recent interest of mine also. This book is part of a small burst of titles that began in Nov '36 as they tried to turn their single debut title (The Comics Magazine) into a line -- and they became the second publisher to have a line of original-material titles, after DC. Comics Magazine Co. editor William H. Cook filed for bankruptcy the month after Western Picture Stories #1 hit the stands. The precise chain of events isn't clear (there are a few people trying to piece this together, fwiw), but due to the timing it's hard to escape the conclusion that the line expansion didn't do as well as they'd hope and for some reason he was personally on the hook for some of the bills. Just a few months later in late summer '37, the titles would be in the hands of Ultem. One of my "pet theories" is that the numbering of the first issue of Amazing Man as #5, continued on from the numbering of WPS #4 (June 1937).......check out the first issue of Keen Detective Funnies as #8..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BB-Gun Posted October 29, 2012 Share Posted October 29, 2012 (edited) The Gerber guide says Captain Battle 4 and 5 have a scarcity index of 8. I seem to have found two of issue 5 but only coverless 1 and 2. Edited October 29, 2012 by BB-Gun Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnkurJ Posted October 29, 2012 Share Posted October 29, 2012 Bought this at a local show this past weekend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbcomicbox Posted October 29, 2012 Share Posted October 29, 2012 The Gerber guide says Captain Battle 4 and 5 have a scarcity index of 8. I seem to have found two of issue 5 but only coverless 1 and 2. Here are the 1, 2, 3 and 5, My belief is that there is NO #4. Note that issue #3 was produced by Chesler and his work horse, Gus Ricca. (The #2 is the Rockford and #5 is the Pennsylvania cop).....#2 is a wonderful Binder cover........jb Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
comicjack Posted October 29, 2012 Share Posted October 29, 2012 That Captain Battle 3 and artwork is something to lust after being a Ricca work of art.Nice ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cat-Man_America Posted October 29, 2012 Share Posted October 29, 2012 That Captain Battle 3 and artwork is something to lust after being a Ricca work of art.Nice ! [font:Comic Sans MS]+1[/font] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc Joe Posted October 29, 2012 Share Posted October 29, 2012 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ciorac Posted October 30, 2012 Share Posted October 30, 2012 Gorgeous copy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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