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Post by MDG on May 15, 2019 15:58:44 GMT -5
If we're ready to start talking about the '64 World's fair, Life with Archie #31 takes place at the fair, and in a very unusual move for Archie, it crosses over with Josie #9, which also takes place at the fair.   I'll have to look for those (though no dealers ever organize Archies). Does the Josie issue have a World's Fair story or just the cover gag?
BTW, the Roy Thomas JSA had their HQ in the Trylon and Perisphere:
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Post by Deleted on May 15, 2019 16:00:39 GMT -5
If anyone has those Flintstones issues, well do want me as a roommate? I'll do the dishes every night in exchange for reading those comics!
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Post by Crimebuster on May 15, 2019 16:57:47 GMT -5
If we're ready to start talking about the '64 World's fair, Life with Archie #31 takes place at the fair, and in a very unusual move for Archie, it crosses over with Josie #9, which also takes place at the fair. I'll have to look for those (though no dealers ever organize Archies). Does the Josie issue have a World's Fair story or just the cover gag? Yes, i think it's a full-issue story about them going to the Fair. These issues cross over only in a loose sense - the characters each show up in the background in the other title, but the groups of characters don't interact. |
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Post by beccabear67 on May 16, 2019 16:05:11 GMT -5
Here's another '64 NY Fair comic... starring Elsie the Borden milk cow!  I'm thinking the two NY World's Fairs got the most action due to the number of publishers headquartered there. Runner up would be Chicago I suppose and there are a few newspaper comic strips tying in with their 1933-34 Century Of Progress World's Fair. P.S.: You can read the Josie comic mentioned above here: eepomigosh.blogspot.com/2009/11/josie-9-worlds-fair-issue.html |
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Post by beccabear67 on May 16, 2019 16:22:00 GMT -5
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Post by MDG on May 16, 2019 16:35:25 GMT -5
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Post by Crimebuster on May 16, 2019 16:45:28 GMT -5
The most amazing thing about that Superman Day in 1939 is that color film footage of the parade actually exists:
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Post by Prince Hal on May 16, 2019 16:49:13 GMT -5
The most amazing thing about that Superman Day in 1939 is that color film footage of the parade actually exists: A lot of those kids (before the arrival of Superman) were faster than speeding bullets. What a find! |
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Post by beccabear67 on May 16, 2019 18:16:24 GMT -5
I think that was in 1940, not 1939. Also the French flag colors people are wearing seems to fit in then as it was when France was being attacked or actually invaded/occupied. A commentary at Youtube says "there is even some brief footage of Jerry Siegel the creator of Superman."
Great to see this however! I have a lot of color footage of the Fair spread over two DVD-Rs, roughly four and a half hours, and you see almost everything that was there in 1939. By 1940 there were things that weren't there (including many European countries' buildings).
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Post by shaxper on May 17, 2019 15:24:56 GMT -5
 Granted, five decades later. |
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Post by Farrar on May 18, 2019 10:49:22 GMT -5
I collect stuff from the 64-65 World's Fair, so would love to find a cheap copy of this:  I would love to have a copy too! My cousins--the ones whose huge DC collection of superhero comics introduced me to pre-1967 comics--went to the 1965 WF (this was immortalized in my aunt and uncle's home movies, which were shown at our family gatherings for many years  ). Just checked eBay and looks like there are copies available, at various prices. |
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