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Post by Confessor on Nov 14, 2018 13:14:20 GMT -5
I know it was part and parcel of US postal history and publishers probably didn't care...but I still can't get over the fact that comic book subscriptions were sent folded in half. And readers would fold the covers back when they read them! And roll them up and put them in their back pocket! And leave them on the front porch! And throw them under the bed! And cut out coupons and value stamps! And pull out the centerfold to and use it to protect the table when they painted models (true story)! And cut out covers and pin-ups to put on their walls! And read them over and over and over 'til they fell apart! And never put them in a bag! Obviously, these people hated comics.
Ha! So true. ![:D](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/grin.png) I think the key thing to remember here is that, when those old comics were published, they were almost exclusively bought by little kids. To read. You stored them any way you could, carried them any way you could, cut out the pin-ups to put on your wall, and even coloured them in (especially if you were in the UK, where most comics were black & white anyway). It was the same with gum cards... I used to carry them in my back pocket, chunky elastic band around the middle, blunted corners and bends and all! Not to mention clothes-pegging them to my bike forks, so that my wheel spokes would hit them and it'd sound like I was driving a motorbike. We had no concept of these things being collectible one day, or wanting to preserve them for posterity. They were just things bought for our entertainment with whatever pocket money we had available. Those comics were loved, cherished and re-read umpteen times, yes, but they were not fetishized over. To be honest, the really beat up, creased and sometimes coverless comics that I still have from when I was a kid are some of the most prized bits of my collection, simply for their sentimental value.
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Post by tarkintino on Nov 14, 2018 13:21:11 GMT -5
these covers spring to my memory as some of the books that I received. ![](http://i.imgur.com/c8Lybv3.jpg) ![](http://i.imgur.com/9FtGCpu.jpg) ![](http://i.imgur.com/NhXW3h0.jpg) The cool thing was that she bought the sub and then the cover price jumped to 25 cents. Thank you Ms. Leonard. Wow, what a great haul. I would have loved to see those issues shipped to me back in those days.
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Post by beccabear67 on Nov 14, 2018 13:21:46 GMT -5
I subscribed to Marvels a couple of times in the early '80s, Micronauts and Ka-Zar when they went direct sales, and they came then in a brown paper wrapper open at the top and bottom and folded down the center. I think the mailman could well have been the folder though. Later I ordered the first bunch of Cheryl Blossom comics from Archie and those did come flat in plastic. When I was younger I would cut pictures out of the front covers of comics and glue them like poor people stickers to school books or even furniture. Mostly funny-animals, but I remember cutting up a Fun-And-Games Marvel once, and I remember my brother cutting up the back of a Superman treasury tabloid to make a diorama thing. Not quite up there with ripping a coloring contest page from Action Comics #1 though, so I don't feel too bad. ![8-)](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/cool.png)
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Post by tarkintino on Nov 14, 2018 13:29:19 GMT -5
I know it was part and parcel of US postal history and publishers probably didn't care...but I still can't get over the fact that comic book subscriptions were sent folded in half. And readers would fold the covers back when they read them! And roll them up and put them in their back pocket! And leave them on the front porch! And throw them under the bed! And cut out coupons and value stamps! And pull out the centerfold to and use it to protect the table when they painted models (true story)! And cut out covers and pin-ups to put on their walls! And read them over and over and over 'til they fell apart! And never put them in a bag! Obviously, these people hated comics.
Hahahaha! I do remember two kinds of kids in the early 70s in relation to comic books: the kind who treated comics like homework they wanted to forget while doing something else, so they would be tossed anywhere, rolled up, had plates of food or soda bottles on them like coasters, etc., and the other kind who read the comics, but carefully stacked them away, or used random boxes or crates to store them. I fell into the latter category (in the days when my brothers and I were too young to go to the 2 stores in Hollywood and the valley that actually sold legitimate comic boxes and bags), and protected them like they were gold. The one thing both sides had in common was that we loved reading them as much as possible, and could drop everything and discuss titles with passion. So, the first group may have beat up their comics, but it was not due to disrespect for the medium. So many great memories from "back in the day."
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Confessor
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Post by Confessor on Nov 14, 2018 19:20:13 GMT -5
I wasn't as finicky and picky when I was small. I remember reading a Marvel Treasury and sat on the pavement with the book opened on the road. Most likely I got sherbet all over it too. [/div][/quote] I had a Spider-Man treasury and a Walt Disney's Black Hole poster book once, but my little brother puked up over them both when he was sick once. I was livid! But I didn't throw them away... Mum just sponged them down (causing the pages to go all wavy), got rid of all the sick and hey presto, good for another few years of reading enjoyment. ![:)](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/smiley.png)
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Post by Roquefort Raider on Nov 14, 2018 20:26:55 GMT -5
To be honest, the really beat up, creased and sometimes coverless comics that I still have from when I was a kid are some of the most prized bits of my collection, simply for their sentimental value. Beat up and creased comics are the ones I love buying the most. They’re like abandoned puppies and if I don’t buy them, they’ll just be thrown away!!! (They’re also much, much cheaper).
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Post by comicsandwho on Nov 14, 2018 22:18:34 GMT -5
I wasn't as finicky and picky when I was small. I remember reading a Marvel Treasury and sat on the pavement with the book opened on the road. Most likely I got sherbet all over it too. [/div][/quote] I had a Spider-Man treasury and a Walt Disney's Black Hole poster book once, but my little brother puked up over them both when he was sick once. I was livid! But I didn't throw them away... Mum just sponged them down (causing the pages to go all wavy), got rid of all the sick and hey presto, good for another few years of reading enjoyment. ![:)](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/smiley.png) [/quote] Retaining puked-upon comics? Wasn't that how the 'Super flu' first started in Stephen King's 'The Stand'?
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Post by Confessor on Nov 14, 2018 23:59:49 GMT -5
I had a Spider-Man treasury and a Walt Disney's Black Hole poster book once, but my little brother puked up over them both when he was sick once. I was livid! But I didn't throw them away... Mum just sponged them down (causing the pages to go all wavy), got rid of all the sick and hey presto, good for another few years of reading enjoyment. ![:)](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/smiley.png) Retaining puked-upon comics? Wasn't that how the 'Super flu' first started in Stephen King's 'The Stand'? Hey, what's a little bit of barf between brothers? ![:D](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/grin.png)
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Post by The Captain on Nov 21, 2018 9:30:40 GMT -5
Retaining puked-upon comics? Wasn't that how the 'Super flu' first started in Stephen King's 'The Stand'? Hey, what's a little bit of barf between brothers? ![:D](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/grin.png) Heck yeah! When I was 6 or 7, I puked on a pile of comics next to my bed in the middle of the night. My mom, after cleaning me up, calmly took the affected books (an issue of Godzilla and either a Micronauts or Shogun Warriors issue), cut the covers off, and put them back on the pile so I could continue to enjoy them, even if they never did smell the same going forward.
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Post by Confessor on Nov 21, 2018 10:11:48 GMT -5
Hey, what's a little bit of barf between brothers? ![:D](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/grin.png) Heck yeah! When I was 6 or 7, I puked on a pile of comics next to my bed in the middle of the night. My mom, after cleaning me up, calmly took the affected books (an issue of Godzilla and either a Micronauts or Shogun Warriors issue), cut the covers off, and put them back on the pile so I could continue to enjoy them, even if they never did smell the same going forward. Awww...good ol' Mum, eh? ![:)](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/smiley.png)
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Post by Icctrombone on Nov 22, 2018 9:34:50 GMT -5
Every time I think I want to give up on buying new comics, something really good comes along to keep me visiting my LCS. I just love what BMB is doing in the Superman Titles.
There I said it.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 22, 2018 9:58:05 GMT -5
Every time I think I want to give up on buying new comics, something really good comes along to keep me visiting my LCS. I just love what BMB is doing in the Superman Titles. There I said it. I like Action > Superman but both are good. From DC I also like Hawkman, Terrifics and think Morrison's Green Lantern will be good. Crossing my fingers for Shazam. At Marvel Immortal Hulk is incredible (pun intended). Daredevil is still great. I also have been enjoying Valiant's X-O Manowar. And based on one issue I think Spencer's Archie will be as good as Waid's recent run. I like Dynamite's new volumes of Lone Ranger and Project: Super Powers.
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Post by Icctrombone on Nov 25, 2018 10:13:41 GMT -5
But the will settle for 900k.
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Post by Icctrombone on Nov 25, 2018 15:57:58 GMT -5
It looks like the Dc label might have been stuck on at a later time.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 25, 2018 18:02:05 GMT -5
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