shaxper
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Post by shaxper on Sept 28, 2014 22:26:50 GMT -5
In related news, More Fun Comics #16 was the first issue in its run to include an issue # on the cover:  |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 28, 2014 22:26:51 GMT -5
Probably less for hunting down back issues and more for knowing when the new one comes out. "Action #14! I don't have that yet!" Or possibly for kids whose parents went to the newsstand for them, easier to let the parents know what the kid is looking for. Or maybe it was just a simpler form of cover date. I think magazines back then would have had the long form cover days like "December 1939". For the kids maybe "#5" was good enough. Maybe the distribution system for comics made offering a cover date less workable. Maybe there was no guarantee the Late Spring, 1936 issue would arrive in stores in the Late Spring? That makes sense too. Especially today |
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