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Post by Deleted on Jan 10, 2024 21:24:25 GMT -5
The indicia in W&W #1 doesn't credit Dobie though....
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Post by Confessor on Jan 11, 2024 0:35:04 GMT -5
Bob Oksner has become one of my favorite artists in the last bunch of years. Oh yeah, his covers are great I'm a big fan of Angel & The Ape, which Bob Oksner drew (usually with Wally Wood inking), and am slowly building a full set of the short-lived series. I'd like to complete it this year, but issues are really scarce over here in the UK. Anyway, count me as another really big fan of Oksner. |
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Post by Cei-U! on Jan 11, 2024 5:43:45 GMT -5
The indicia in W&W #1 doesn't credit Dobie though....
Of course not. If they did, they might have to pay the owners of the copyright (Dobie Gillis was a TV sitcom starring Dwayne Hickman, Bob Denver, and occasionally Warren Beatty).
Cei-U! I summon the workaround!
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Post by EdoBosnar on Jan 11, 2024 6:00:16 GMT -5
The indicia in W&W #1 doesn't credit Dobie though....
Of course not. If they did, they might have to pay the owners of the copyright (Dobie Gillis was a TV sitcom starring Dwayne Hickman, Bob Denver, and occasionally Warren Beatty).
(...) Yes - you have to go to a source like the GCD (here's a link to the Windy and Willy listing) to find the reprint information. So the stories in Windy and Willy #s 1-4 reprint (with modifications, of course) The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis #s 18, 25, 20 and 17 respectively. The story in Showcase #81 is a modified reprint of #26. |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 11, 2024 12:58:05 GMT -5
I'd like to complete it this year, but issues are really scarce over here in the UK. Are your copies ink-stamped with 9d or 10d? Most of my UK sourced silver-aged DCs came that way, except for the 'Double Double' issues. I'm also expecting the more obscure books to be pricier there (oddly enough, current day variants are priced less in the UK...what cost me £12 per copy in UK is US$30 each in the States so even with £7 shipping for 3 books, I came out much better).
Here's one I never expected to see, a silver-age Archie with 9d printed on the cover, didn't know Archies had UK variants in the 60s.
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Post by Confessor on Jan 11, 2024 20:13:26 GMT -5
Are your copies ink-stamped with 9d or 10d? Most of my UK sourced silver-aged DCs came that way, except for the 'Double Double' issues. Yes, though I'm not sure they all are. I only have 4 issues out the 8, but at least a couple of them have an old 9d (9 pence) UK price ink-stamp on them. I have zero problem with that. I actually kind of like those old ink stamps. I also have quite a few 60s and 70s American Marvels that are UK price variant covers. You know, like where the British price is actually printed on the cover, rather than rubber stamped. It's just something you come across a lot if you're buying old Marvels in the UK. |
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Post by EdoBosnar on Jan 12, 2024 7:17:45 GMT -5
Yes, though I'm not sure they all are. I only have 4 issues out the 8, but at least a couple of them have an old 9d (9 pence) UK price ink-stamp on them. I have zero problem with that. I actually kind of like those old ink stamps. (...) So wait, the 'd' doesn't stand for something quaint and - to us non-Brits - nonsensical, like 'dash' or 'donny' or 'dimmer'? |
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Post by Confessor on Jan 12, 2024 8:28:16 GMT -5
Yes, though I'm not sure they all are. I only have 4 issues out the 8, but at least a couple of them have an old 9d (9 pence) UK price ink-stamp on them. I have zero problem with that. I actually kind of like those old ink stamps. (...) So wait, the 'd' doesn't stand for something quaint and - to us non-Brits - nonsensical, like 'dash' or 'donny' or 'dimmer'? It stands for denarius, which is the Latin word for penny. That was the abbreviation used before decimalisation in 1971, when we had pounds, shillings and pence. Many Imperial measurements had abbreviations taken from Latin back then, such as lb, which is from the word Libra, which is Latin for pounds (as in, weight). |
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Post by EdoBosnar on Jan 12, 2024 9:02:06 GMT -5
It stands for denarius, which is the Latin word for penny. That was the abbreviation used before decimalisation in 1971, when we had pounds, shillings and pence. Many Imperial measurements had abbreviations taken from Latin back then, such as lb, which is from the word Libra, which is Latin for pounds (as in, weight). Erm, yeah I know what it stood for, I was being a bit of a smart a**. Also, the word denarius doesn't mean 'penny' in Latin (it only took on that meaning/value in western Europe some time in the Middle Ages), rather it literally means ten of something, and originally in ancient Rome it was the standard currency unit which before subsequent devaluations consisted of - I kid you not - ten asses (sing. as). So me being a smart as is only appropriate... |
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Post by berkley on Jan 12, 2024 16:14:11 GMT -5
So wait, the 'd' doesn't stand for something quaint and - to us non-Brits - nonsensical, like 'dash' or 'donny' or 'dimmer'? It stands for denarius, which is the Latin word for penny. That was the abbreviation used before decimalisation in 1971, when we had pounds, shillings and pence.
As referred to in the Roxy Music song Three and Nine - which I didn't understand until I read Ferry talking about it in an interview, though in hindsight I should have been able to figure it out from the lyrics, even as a kid.
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Post by Icctrombone on Jan 26, 2024 18:49:02 GMT -5
I sort of cheated on this one and got the Onmibus instead of all the individual comics....which I loose track of everytime I try to think of them.
If I ever see this for a really good price , I'm pick it up. I have them all in single comics. |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 27, 2024 11:29:06 GMT -5
There's a more recent printing with this cover...reg retail is $150 so a good deal would be anywhere around half of that. (I rarely see an Omnibus go for less than 40% cover, even in an auction).
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Post by tarkintino on Jan 27, 2024 14:04:13 GMT -5
I seem to have straight runs on my missing list, rarely hit and miss numbers:
Life with Archie #s 8 - 19
Detective Comics #s 51 - 63
Eerie#s 104 - 107
Green Lantern (Silver Age) #s 16 - 21
MAD Super Special #s 2 -3, 16 - 18
Secrets of Sinister House #s 13 - 15
The Occult Files of Doctor Spektor #s 19 - 23 (I have the issues, but I want mint copies of each)
Screen Thrills Illustrated #s 6 - 8
The Phantom Stranger #s 11 - 13
There's more, but my focus is on the titles above.
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Post by The Captain on Jan 27, 2024 16:13:35 GMT -5
There are only two that I'm actively trying to complete.
I have the first Captain Marvel Omnibus (picked it up cheap because someone apparently dropped it and the bottom of the back cover has a nice dent in it), so starting with floppies after that book wraps up at issue #33, I only need six issues, all between 34 and 43. They're not hard to find, so I'm waiting until our best LCS has its anniversary sale in March/April and going to get what I can for 30% off, then will pick up the remainder here and there.
I also would like to pick up issue #2 of Nick Fury vs S.H.I.E.L.D., but it has proven elusive in the $1 and discount bins, which is where I grabbed the other five issues in the series from.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 31, 2024 9:59:03 GMT -5
What do Mile High Comics, Lonestar and newkadia all have in common? They all boast large (or the largest stocks of back issues) but all fall woefully inadequate with this series (which includes 2 reprints of #1 and #2). I think the first 2 stores only have 3 of the 14, and in lower grade. I'm in the process of assembling some of them but it takes a lot of co-ordination...
#3 seems to be the most cursed of the lot, I've come across several copies in the past couple weeks, all low grade.....grrrr
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