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Post by Duragizer on Sept 10, 2021 1:50:09 GMT -5
- Detective Comics #298
- House of Mystery #117
Those two have the most intriguing covers, so they're the ones I'd see myself buying.
Sorry to say, but I can't see myself spending much money on comics in this post-EC, pre-Marvel market.
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Post by dbutler69 on Sept 14, 2021 17:33:07 GMT -5
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Post by dbutler69 on Sept 14, 2021 17:36:50 GMT -5
Aquaman #1 Archie #125 Showcase #36 (with the Atom) Twilight Zone #1288 That darn Dell 15 cent price tag on Twilight Zone means I can't get any more! Kona, Monarch of Monster Isle #1256 looks interesting, though, as does the Strange Adventures and the Peanuts comics, but I guess tough choices must be made.  |
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Post by brutalis on Sept 14, 2021 17:48:25 GMT -5
I have 10cents extra from my last buy I didn't spend so I have 70cents this time!
Giant Batman annual 25cents
Giant Superman annual 25 cents
Archie's Madhouse 22 cents.
Went big with DC annuals and still have 8 cents in my pocket so penny candy here I come!
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Post by Prince Hal on Sept 14, 2021 18:05:30 GMT -5
I would have had to buy the Batman Annual: 25 cents
Would've given Rawhide Kid a try: 12 cents
Maybe Tales of Suspense, too: 12 cents
And Tomahawk: 12 cents
Total: 61 cents
(I would've used the penny change from the dime I brought to school for my milk money.)
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Post by berkley on Sept 14, 2021 18:24:15 GMT -5
How did we get to November already?
I'll pick:
Amazing Fantasy 12¢ - Ditko
Twilight Zone 15¢ - it's The Twilight Zone! What more reason do you need?
Sea Devils 12¢ - Russ heath artwork
Rawhide Kid 12¢ - Kirby art
These are mostly the things I'd most like to read now, though there's nothing there that I wouldn't have been interested as a kid as well. It's hard to play the "what would I have bought as a kid" game because, for one thing, what age are we talking about, exactly? By the time we started getting an allowance we were pretty big kids - probably around 12 or so. But if we're disregarding that and just thinking of our very earliest days as comics readers, I might have picked some tv-series comics like Sea Hunt or Rocky and Bullwinkle, since I remember liking those as a kid. Or maybe a Hot Stuff or something, I remember reading those a fair bit, though not buying them or asking for them, they just seemed to be around all the time, a bit like Archie comics. Also, I was more into WWII stuff and Westerns as a small kid than I am now, so it's possible I would have gravitated to some of those comics.
OTOH, I was into monsters and superheroes from an early age too, so my picks might not change all that much.
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Post by brutalis on Sept 14, 2021 18:51:31 GMT -5
This really isn't an accurate view of purchasing. Because in ye days of older we never really had access to a full months choices. We were limited by whatever store(s) we shopped and how long issues would remain on the rack and if I had % in my pocket or waiting for my allowance.
Example is I had 2 Korean markets which each had a spinner rack display by the register. If 4 new copies of a title came in it was a question of who got there 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th and who was 5th and after so missed out, hoping the other store had a copy. If not, my choices would change every day/week. Many a time I either never saw an issue I was waiting to buy or I missed out to someone who wad earlier and had money sooner.
You can only buy what is there...
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Post by tartanphantom on Sept 14, 2021 20:42:17 GMT -5
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Post by Rob Allen on Sept 15, 2021 1:34:02 GMT -5
I'll take...
Amazing Adult Fantasy #9 - Ditko.
Rifleman #10 - for the cover, an Oddball classic.
Showcase #36 - Atom by Kane & Anderson
Tales to Astonish #28 - Kirby/Ayers cover & 2 stories, plus Ditko and Gene Colan
Rifleman is 15 cents, so it adds up to 51 cents, and I only get four comics. But that cover is so classic. AAF, Showcase and TtA are books I bought in previous months, so I'm continuing to collect them.
If I'd seen that Diver Dan comic when I was six, I probably would have chosen it; I was a big fan of the show. But in November 1961 I wasn't reading yet; I was only four and in my third month of kindergarten.
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Post by Cei-U! on Sept 15, 2021 5:33:39 GMT -5
Contemporary me would pick: Aquaman #1 Green Lantern #10 Showcase #36 Tarzan #128 Four Color [Rocky and His Friends] #1275* Little kid me would pick: Batman Annual #2 Superman Annual #4 and spend the other dime on candy. Cei-U! I summon the Big Hunk!
* I'm pretty sure this is the comic my mother used to teach 3-year-old me how to read.
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Post by MDG on Sept 15, 2021 10:12:37 GMT -5
What a month! Tim Boo Baa and that Rifleman cover!
As a kid, I would've gone with:
Archie's Madhouse #17
Batman Annual #2
Life with Archie #12
Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen #58
Total: 61 cents. (I'm sure I could find a penny on the street.) (I'm trying to remember when those "Take a penny/Leave a penny" trays started to appear in stores. I don;t think it was before the mid-late 70s.)
Today, since I have that Jimmy Olsen, I'd probably replace that with Thirteen #2.
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Post by Slam_Bradley on Sept 15, 2021 11:41:47 GMT -5
Mad #68 (great Don Martin cover).
Four Color #1275 (Rocky & Friends) that cartoon was brilliant and I'd likely have given the comic a whirl.
Honestly the other 20 cents would likely go toward SF digests or used paperbacks.
Though I'd be tempted by Amazing Adult Fantasy #9. That cover rocks.
Man, Archie was really leaning in to the Monster and Alien zeitgeist. Which is cool and odd.
That Dell Giant #53 is also tempting. Duck Christmas is always a joy even without Barks.
All of this is contingent on what age I was because 9 year old me, 14 year old me and adult me would have completely different priorities.
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Post by Hoosier X on Sept 15, 2021 14:16:40 GMT -5
Amazing Adult Fantasy #9 because it’s one of the greatest comics ever.
Batman Annual #2 because I’m not stupid or crazy.
Gunsmoke Western #68 because I love Gunsmoke Western.
Which leaves eleven cents. If I can scrounge up a penny OR if my occasional babysitter Karen is at the register and let’s me have a penny credit, I’m getting Strange Tales #93.
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Post by jason on Sept 16, 2021 8:16:40 GMT -5
GL #10
Superman #150
Superman Annual #4
Reptisaurus #3
Hmm, this is getting trickier with prices going up.
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Post by Duragizer on Sept 16, 2021 23:36:30 GMT -5
- Sea Devils #3
- Twilight Zone #1288
I can't say no to a cover with a beautiful green-haired giantess with a pet sea serpent.
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