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Post by Farrar on Mar 17, 2022 20:47:21 GMT -5
.... But bringing even that comparison back on topic...my real hero as a kid was Dr. J and never got serious consideration as "the greatest", but he was the coolest player I had ever seen. It was "right time right place" a bit, I was born on Long Island like him and a kid in the 70's so he was literally the hometown hero during those glorious Nets years. Oh, I loved the Nets! I liked the Knicks too but the Nets were cooler. My dad was one of the editors on Rick Barry's autobio. so I got a great autographed photo of Barry, but my favorite Net, pre-Erving, was Johnny Roche (and his Beatles mop-top coiffure )
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Post by berkley on Mar 17, 2022 23:55:09 GMT -5
We never got basketball on our tv channels in the 70s but I knew who Dr. J was from seeing posters - would there have been ads for them in comic books? Or maybe it was magazines or something. Anyway, I had a mental picture of him and he was probably the only basketball player I knew of at the time and to this day is probably the only one I have any nostalgic feelings about. Wilt Chamberlain, maybe a little, though he was more of a general celebrity to me than an athlete. I think he was probably retired by the time I became aware of him, which I imagine would have been the early 70s.
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Post by Cei-U! on Mar 18, 2022 4:52:32 GMT -5
We never got basketball on our tv channels in the 70s but I knew who Dr. J was from seeing posters - would there have been ads for them in comic books? Or maybe it was magazines or something. Anyway, I had a mental picture of him and he was probably the only basketball player I knew of at the time and to this day is probably the only one I have any nostalgic feelings about. Wilt Chamberlain, maybe a little, though he was more of a general celebrity to me than an athlete. I think he was probably retired by the time I became aware of him, which I imagine would have been the early 70s. You may be thinking of this ad for Spaulding basketballs that ran in '70s comics starring Dr. J and Rick Barry. It was drawn by the great Jack Davis.
Cei-U! I summon the slam dunk!
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Post by tonebone on Mar 18, 2022 7:03:02 GMT -5
I think that comics, objectively, are more diverse (in theme and subject matter)... Maybe. Possibly. I don’t know. When I look at Mike’s Amazing World Of Comics, specifically the “time capsule” feature (or whatever it’s called), I notice some diversity in the 50s and 60s, with humour, romance, crime, war, horror, sci-fi, fantasy and superheroes. I see that same variety today, although the Big Two probably get most of the airtime and column space. Would you believe that in the late 70's and early 80's, Harvey was publishing TWELVE monthly Richie Rich comics titles?!?!?
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Post by Prince Hal on Mar 18, 2022 8:25:12 GMT -5
Maybe. Possibly. I don’t know. When I look at Mike’s Amazing World Of Comics, specifically the “time capsule” feature (or whatever it’s called), I notice some diversity in the 50s and 60s, with humour, romance, crime, war, horror, sci-fi, fantasy and superheroes. I see that same variety today, although the Big Two probably get most of the airtime and column space. Would you believe that in the late 70's and early 80's, Harvey was publishing TWELVE monthly Richie Rich comics titles?!?!?I do, because I was the guy who had to put them up on the shelves at the book and magazine store where I worked. And they never sold.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 18, 2022 8:27:16 GMT -5
I saw some when I browsed Mike’s Amazing World of Comics. Seems like overkill (too mild a word).
When I’m World President, each character will get three titles maximum. More than enough for anyone.
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Post by Prince Hal on Mar 18, 2022 8:28:50 GMT -5
.... But bringing even that comparison back on topic...my real hero as a kid was Dr. J and never got serious consideration as "the greatest", but he was the coolest player I had ever seen. It was "right time right place" a bit, I was born on Long Island like him and a kid in the 70's so he was literally the hometown hero during those glorious Nets years. Oh, I loved the Nets! I liked the Knicks too but the Nets were cooler. My dad was one of the editors on Rick Barry's autobio. so I got a great autographed photo of Barry, but my favorite Net, pre-Erving, was Johnny Roche (and his Beatles mop-top coiffure ) Just remember, this is how the Nets started.
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Post by tonebone on Mar 18, 2022 9:27:47 GMT -5
Would you believe that in the late 70's and early 80's, Harvey was publishing TWELVE monthly Richie Rich comics titles?!?!? I do, because I was the guy who had to put them up on the shelves at the book and magazine store where I worked. And they never sold. As a kid, I don't remember ever buying (or asking my parents to buy) a single issue of a Harvey comic, but I had TONS of them, and loved them... I guess they came from hand-me-downs from relatives, etc.
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Post by Slam_Bradley on Mar 18, 2022 9:35:33 GMT -5
I do, because I was the guy who had to put them up on the shelves at the book and magazine store where I worked. And they never sold. As a kid, I don't remember ever buying (or asking my parents to buy) a single issue of a Harvey comic, but I had TONS of them, and loved them... I guess they came from hand-me-downs from relatives, etc. My Grandmother used to pick them up by the dozens at yard sales and put them in the toy closet for younger cousins to look at. I think they were pretty much an impulse buy by parents and grandparents to shut up young kids.
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Post by MDG on Mar 18, 2022 10:07:08 GMT -5
As a kid, I don't remember ever buying (or asking my parents to buy) a single issue of a Harvey comic, but I had TONS of them, and loved them... I guess they came from hand-me-downs from relatives, etc. My Grandmother used to pick them up by the dozens at yard sales and put them in the toy closet for younger cousins to look at. I think they were pretty much an impulse buy by parents and grandparents to shut up young kids. I've seen stacks of them at garage sales and flea markets for years (decades, really), and they always look well-read, so somebody's reading them.
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Post by badwolf on Mar 18, 2022 11:07:02 GMT -5
I had one issue of Richie Rich and I think that's it. I don't remember the issue number but the cover had Richie's dad shaving a dollar sign into his shaving cream. Why he would do this, I do not know.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 18, 2022 20:17:34 GMT -5
.... But bringing even that comparison back on topic...my real hero as a kid was Dr. J and never got serious consideration as "the greatest", but he was the coolest player I had ever seen. It was "right time right place" a bit, I was born on Long Island like him and a kid in the 70's so he was literally the hometown hero during those glorious Nets years. Oh, I loved the Nets! I liked the Knicks too but the Nets were cooler. My dad was one of the editors on Rick Barry's autobio. so I got a great autographed photo of Barry, but my favorite Net, pre-Erving, was Johnny Roche (and his Beatles mop-top coiffure ) So cool that you dad worked on that (and the autographed pic of course)!
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Post by tartanphantom on Mar 19, 2022 0:12:40 GMT -5
BILL RUSSELL... when you have more rings than fingers, there's no more argument. But to get back on topic... Yeah, it was a little inside joke to myself (except I really do believe Wilt over Jordan)...my dad grew up in their era and he was ADAMANT that Bill Russell was the greatest, and I would tease him all the time about Wilt. But bringing even that comparison back on topic...my real hero as a kid was Dr. J and never got serious consideration as "the greatest", but he was the coolest player I had ever seen. It was "right time right place" a bit, I was born on Long Island like him and a kid in the 70's so he was literally the hometown hero during those glorious Nets years. Same thing when Reggie Jackson came to town with the Yankees...he was no Mantle, Gehrig, Ruth, but he was Mr. October and his 3 home run game in the '77 World Series that I watched live was more magical to me than anything prior or since. Which brings the analogy full circle...is "formative/sentiment" really just another way of saying "you had to be there"? And that's why I guess I really do appreciate everyone being passionate about the slices of history they got to personally live (except those who truly do get carried away and uncool about it).
Said in my best "old curmudgeon" voice--
"Back in my day, we had a thing called the ABA"... I was a big Kentucky Colonels fan. The ABA re-envisioned professional basketball, by injecting a little of that pro wrestling "flair"... the 3-point shot, the red-white-blue ball (which looked great in motion), etc. Funny thing was, if you didn't live in an ABA market, you usually didn't see the games unless you had some sort of cable with a super station, like WOR.
As a kid growing up in Alabama, I used to listen to Colonels games on AM radio skip signals after dark. Also listened to the Memphis Tams/Sounds and St. Louis Spirit games the same way, and picked up the occasional Indiana Pacers and Virginia Squires game as well. My only other tangible connections to the ABA were following the standings in the newspaper, and my vast collection of ABA basketball cards (I had NBA cards too).
About the only ABA games that were carried on network TV were the All-star and Championship games.
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Post by wildfire2099 on Mar 19, 2022 10:43:07 GMT -5
no argument there.. modern basketball owes alot to the ABA. And I LOVE the ball.. I even had one as a kid when I was shooting hoops. 'Loose Balls' is a great book to read if you're a fan (if you haven't already) has lots of good stuff in it.
I hope to get those card some day (been spending my money on comics lately).. a love the vertical ones with the white border (not sure what year those are... 75-76 maybe?)
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Post by tartanphantom on Mar 19, 2022 11:03:00 GMT -5
no argument there.. modern basketball owes alot to the ABA. And I LOVE the ball.. I even had one as a kid when I was shooting hoops. 'Loose Balls' is a great book to read if you're a fan (if you haven't already) has lots of good stuff in it. I hope to get those card some day (been spending my money on comics lately).. a love the vertical ones with the white border (not sure what year those are... 75-76 maybe?)
Like this? That was the 74-75 set. There's also a primitive but information-packed fan website, HERE. I spent hours plowing through all the info and stories there. Very comprehensive.
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