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Post by dcindexer on Mar 4, 2017 18:44:49 GMT -5
I just picked this one up. 80 years old.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 4, 2017 18:52:53 GMT -5
That's awesome to pick up a Comic Book that's 80 years old. Thanks for posting it.
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Post by Hoosier X on Mar 4, 2017 19:50:43 GMT -5
I have a feeling there's not going to be a lot of old comic book fans talking about what it was like walking to the newsstand the late winter of 1937 to pick up New Adventure #14.
But I'd sure like to read it if there is! Fingers crossed!
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Post by Phil Maurice on Mar 4, 2017 20:52:17 GMT -5
How did "Swelegent" never catch on? It's one of the most perfectly cromulent terms I've ever earheard.
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Post by wildfire2099 on Mar 4, 2017 20:55:26 GMT -5
Everything old is new again... the last page of New Super-Man...
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Post by Deleted on Mar 5, 2017 1:32:19 GMT -5
I have a feeling there's not going to be a lot of old comic book fans talking about what it was like walking to the newsstand the late winter of 1937 to pick up New Adventure #14. But I'd sure like to read it if there is! Fingers crossed! I'm sure it would sound something like this... "Now see here sonny back in our day of buying comics off the stand in 1937 we had to walk a mile through a blizzard uphill both ways just to get to a newsstand that carried comic books and it cost us a whole thin dime that we had to work three weeks for just for the chance to read some New Adventure, yessiree I tell you, you kids don't know how you got it made with your new fangled..." or some reasonable facsimile of curmudgeonspeak we are all familiar with... -M
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Post by Ish Kabbible on Mar 5, 2017 2:14:27 GMT -5
I was annoyed that they re-booted New Comics into New Adventure Comics starting with #12. At least they kept the original numbering. But it wasn't all adventure strips. There was funny stuff , mystery stuff and educational stuff too. Who did they think they were foolin'?
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Post by dcindexer on Mar 5, 2017 2:33:28 GMT -5
I was annoyed that they re-booted New Comics into New Adventure Comics starting with #12. At least they kept the original numbering. But it wasn't all adventure strips. There was funny stuff , mystery stuff and educational stuff too. Who did they think they were foolin'? Well officially, the re-numbering didn't actually happen with #12. Here's the accurate assessment of numbering and title for this series: 11th issue: Cover (no #), Cover Title "New Comics", Indicia (Vol . 1 No. 11), Indicia Title "New Comics" 12th issue: Cover (no #), Cover Title "New Adventure Comics", Indicia (Vol . 1 No. 12), Indicia Title "New Comics" 13th issue: Cover (no number), Cover Title "New Adventure Comics", Indicia (Vol . 2 No. 1), Indicia Title "New Comics" 14th issue: Cover #14, Cover Title "New Adventure Comics", Indicia (Vol . 2 No. 2), Indicia Title "New Comics" 15th issue: Cover #15, Cover Title "New Adventure Comics", Indicia (Vol . 2 No. 3), Indicia Title "New Adventure Comics" So using indicia title as the official title the first issue titled "New Adventure Comics" was #15 The Vol. 2 numbering lasted through #22 (aka Vol. 2 No. 10). With #23 there was no numbering in the indicia. Numbering was maintained only on the cover.
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Post by Ish Kabbible on Mar 5, 2017 2:51:20 GMT -5
I was annoyed that they re-booted New Comics into New Adventure Comics starting with #12. At least they kept the original numbering. But it wasn't all adventure strips. There was funny stuff , mystery stuff and educational stuff too. Who did they think they were foolin'? Well officially, the re-numbering didn't actually happen with #12. Here's the accurate assessment of numbering and title for this series: 11th issue: Cover (no #), Cover Title "New Comics", Indicia (Vol . 1 No. 11), Indicia Title "New Comics" 12th issue: Cover (no #), Cover Title "New Adventure Comics", Indicia (Vol . 1 No. 12), Indicia Title "New Comics" 13th issue: Cover (no number), Cover Title "New Adventure Comics", Indicia (Vol . 2 No. 1), Indicia Title "New Comics" 14th issue: Cover #14, Cover Title "New Adventure Comics", Indicia (Vol . 2 No. 2), Indicia Title "New Comics" 15th issue: Cover #15, Cover Title "New Adventure Comics", Indicia (Vol . 2 No. 3), Indicia Title "New Adventure Comics" So using indicia title as the official title the first issue titled "New Adventure Comics" was #15 The Vol. 2 numbering lasted through #22 (aka Vol. 2 No. 10). With #23 there was no numbering in the indicia. Numbering was maintained only on the cover. Yes, it's all coming back to me now. Very confusing between the indicia and cover title and numbering. I think I wrote them some letters about that but they never answered or published them. Very rude. Had a good mind to go to their office in Manhattan but that would cost me another dime for round-trip tokens. Major Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson couldn't keep his bookkeeping in order and I was not shocked that he had to sell his company eventually. Federal Men by Siegel and Shuster was my favorite strip. Those 2 were going places
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Post by dcindexer on Apr 1, 2017 19:40:24 GMT -5
On sale 80 years ago this month? I've got this one with a gorgeous Flessel cover.
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Post by shaxper on Apr 2, 2017 7:51:25 GMT -5
I feel like we need Neal Adams to introduce some menacing background element the kids haven't noticed yet -- cursed pirates or something. The cover's beautiful, but it looks more like a nostalgic Saturday Evening Post cover than something that's going to make kids want to read what's inside.
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Post by Red Oak Kid on Apr 2, 2017 11:53:36 GMT -5
I feel like we need Neal Adams to introduce some menacing background element the kids haven't noticed yet -- cursed pirates or something. The cover's beautiful, but it looks more like a nostalgic Saturday Evening Post cover than something that's going to make kids want to read what's inside. I have to disagree. There is plenty of danger in this situation. Three young boys on a tiny homebuilt raft are adrift in the ocean. The boy who appears to be the captain is looking into an empty bottle. The boy responsible for steering the raft has only one eye. It would only take about a three foot wave to swamp them. This cover scares the heck out of me. And what's the deal with that sharp knife stuck in the raft? That's an accident waiting to happen, imo.
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Post by Ish Kabbible on Apr 2, 2017 13:45:09 GMT -5
I feel like we need Neal Adams to introduce some menacing background element the kids haven't noticed yet -- cursed pirates or something. The cover's beautiful, but it looks more like a nostalgic Saturday Evening Post cover than something that's going to make kids want to read what's inside. I have to disagree. There is plenty of danger in this situation. Three young boys on a tiny homebuilt raft are adrift in the ocean. The boy who appears to be the captain is looking into an empty bottle. The boy responsible for steering the raft has only one eye. It would only take about a three foot wave to swamp them. This cover scares the heck out of me. And what's the deal with that sharp knife stuck in the raft? That's an accident waiting to happen, imo. But Flessel undermined the suspense by drawing seagulls in the sky. That can only mean that land is nearby. However, the kids have no shoes so they are still in a perilous predicament
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Post by Slam_Bradley on Apr 2, 2017 14:25:56 GMT -5
I have to disagree. There is plenty of danger in this situation. Three young boys on a tiny homebuilt raft are adrift in the ocean. The boy who appears to be the captain is looking into an empty bottle. The boy responsible for steering the raft has only one eye. It would only take about a three foot wave to swamp them. This cover scares the heck out of me. And what's the deal with that sharp knife stuck in the raft? That's an accident waiting to happen, imo. But Flessel undermined the suspense by drawing seagulls in the sky. That can only mean that land is nearby. However, the kids have no shoes so they are still in a perilous predicament It's a lot harder to swim with shoes.
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Post by Ish Kabbible on Apr 2, 2017 14:44:26 GMT -5
But Flessel undermined the suspense by drawing seagulls in the sky. That can only mean that land is nearby. However, the kids have no shoes so they are still in a perilous predicament It's a lot harder to swim with shoes. True but they might step on some sharp seashells or pebbles or coral and get infected. I must buy this book to find out what happens next
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