1977 Sparta Press Tour Film Footage. Get a glimpse how comic books were made.

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Check this out, I stumbled upon this on Youtube after much talk in the GA Forum about Batman 1, and a misplaced period.

I wonder how much the process changed from when they printed all the sixties comics.

Fascinating to see how they made the plates and just how many covers and interiors were just sitting there, stacked, and stacked , and stacked!! DC, and Marvel alike.

Talk about Pressed Comics! j/k

The comic footage of the tour starts around the 7:25 mark.

Very cool video!

An Action Comics!

Very cool. Man how the printing industry has changed with technology. How many people who worked in this plant were made obsolete by computers?

It would be interesting if one of those printers kept the original plates of a famous book

and had a stack of old paper started making copies how would that effect our hobby?

That video is only 3 years after Hulk 181...

Very cool video...thanks for sharing!

Nice old-style tats on the tour guide's forearms. Must be ex-Navy. I also liked the cardigan and pipe on the proofreader near the end of the video.

That was great. Thanks for posting it Ze-Man. Amazing; 40,000 comic books could be produced there per hour.

I thought the same thing about the tour guide Looked ex-Navy. If that is so, given the date, he was probably a WWII vet.

What blows me away is the department that created all the printing plates was comprised of 17 people using what I think he said was a "brand new process"

17 people responsible for plating EVERY comic that came through Sparta?

How many covers a year is that between DC and Marvel?

Nice old-style tats on the tour guide's forearms. Must be ex-Navy. I also liked the cardigan and pipe on the proofreader near the end of the video.

I think that is Phil Seuling? Or at least the host of the vid said to look for

Also look for rare film footage of comics fandom pioneer Phil Seuling.

Nice old-style tats on the tour guide's forearms. Must be ex-Navy. I also liked the cardigan and pipe on the proofreader near the end of the video.

 

I think that is Phil Seuling? Or at least the host of the vid said to look for

 

Also look for rare film footage of comics fandom pioneer Phil Seuling.

I think he was talking about the guy in the room that was talking about the color plates.

What blows me away is the department that created all the printing plates was comprised of 17 people using what I think he said was a "brand new process"

 

17 people responsible for plating EVERY comic that came through Sparta?

 

How many covers a year is that between DC and Marvel?

 

Printing plates.

Nice old-style tats on the tour guide's forearms. Must be ex-Navy. I also liked the cardigan and pipe on the proofreader near the end of the video.

 

I think that is Phil Seuling? Or at least the host of the vid said to look for

 

Also look for rare film footage of comics fandom pioneer Phil Seuling.

 

I think he was talking about the guy in the room that was talking about the color plates.

Sorry, that was who I meant, in the carnival vest. He had the Tats

What blows me away is the department that created all the printing plates was comprised of 17 people using what I think he said was a "brand new process"

 

17 people responsible for plating EVERY comic that came through Sparta?

 

How many covers a year is that between DC and Marvel?

 

 

Printing plates.

 

 

What is done with these? I'm surprised that these don't sell like original art does.

I don't know. I've got two of them.

Of the same issue.

Usually they were melted down and reused. Some have obviously survived - I have an old Nestor Redondo Swamp Thing plate from the early 70s.

The teacher/chaperone in the white pants looks like she might of been a fox.

The teacher/chaperone in the white pants looks like she might of been a fox.

The girl in the red?

I was thinking the same thing. She was pretty cute looking.

The narrator sounds like Ed Norton. I was waiting for him to not talk about Fight Club.

I realize now Phil Seuling was at the beginning of the footage in the gym.

Going off about people not respecting the material. Bending pages and throwing comics all around.

He was pizzed.

What blows me away is the department that created all the printing plates was comprised of 17 people using what I think he said was a "brand new process"

 

17 people responsible for plating EVERY comic that came through Sparta?

 

How many covers a year is that between DC and Marvel?

 

 

Printing plates.

 

 

Pffft...newsstand drek...