Pat Calhoun Posted December 20, 2014 Share Posted December 20, 2014 Thanks, Michael! On the international SF front, this came up while web searching for something else, and struck me as an interesting interpretation… 1930s(?) Norwegian(?) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrBedrock Posted December 20, 2014 Share Posted December 20, 2014 That is cool! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vaillant Posted December 21, 2014 Share Posted December 21, 2014 This gives me an idea… we could really have a Science-Fiction (and "mainstream" literature at large) thread to show the best editions, with illustrated covers of particular originality, of the various authors, both from the 20th century and earlier. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flex Mentallo Posted December 21, 2014 Share Posted December 21, 2014 Great idea. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corben Fan Posted December 22, 2014 Share Posted December 22, 2014 I do not know when this was written, but did you know that this issue contains the first published Carl Barks? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vaillant Posted December 22, 2014 Share Posted December 22, 2014 You mean the swedish Burroughs? How’s that possible? @Michael: I’ll see if I can start something like that during the Christmas holidays. It would be interesting if it has some (loose) guidelines… (thumbs u Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BangZoom Posted December 24, 2014 Author Share Posted December 24, 2014 Hello folks. I've been away for a few months but have returned home just in time to spend the holidays here on Earth. My thanks to the Moonbeam Rocket Company for their speedy flights. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BangZoom Posted December 24, 2014 Author Share Posted December 24, 2014 I was watching Dobie Gillis recently and thought their newsstand was worth a closer look. Atomic Archie China Patrol Arnold Nooper Those are some far out comics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G.A.tor Posted December 24, 2014 Share Posted December 24, 2014 a bangzoom sighting Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BB-Gun Posted December 24, 2014 Share Posted December 24, 2014 (edited) I was watching Dobie Gillis recently and thought their newsstand was worth a closer look. Atomic Archie China Patrol Arnold Nooper Those are some far out comics. Back just in time for Christmas. By the way, that Space Adventures issue looks like #33 with the Steve Ditko origin story of Capt. Atom. Edited December 25, 2014 by BB-Gun Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BangZoom Posted December 25, 2014 Author Share Posted December 25, 2014 By the way, that Space Adventures issue looks like #33 with the Steve Ditko origin story of Capt. Atom. Yep. And the Adventure Comics appears to be #262 (July 1959). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flex Mentallo Posted December 25, 2014 Share Posted December 25, 2014 Welcome home BZ! Merry Christmas to you and our fellow contributors! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moondog Posted December 26, 2014 Share Posted December 26, 2014 Welcome back, BZ! Merry Christmas to you and your family! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BangZoom Posted December 26, 2014 Author Share Posted December 26, 2014 Other Eyes Watching by John Russell Fearn, Pendulum 1946, cover by Bob Wilkin This is something of a pre-mushroom-jungle rarity. Harbottle and Holland begin the era with 1949. Since the novel had appeared in the Spring 1946 Startling it’s a pretty quick trip to this first book publication, apparently in May. Although the cover isn’t the splashy SF art we see later, I think – given the title – that it’s an effective image. The cover price is 6 pence higher than the 1’6 that would prevail. I paid a lot, but Pat and Startling go way back, and I’ve read a few Fearns on my MJ quest and have been pleased. Included is philsp’s pic of the SS and particular bright it is. At just under 6” is the shortest PB in my collection, but is almost 5” wide, with standard being approx 7” x 4-1/4”, even the ‘40s pbs were almost 6-1/2” tall (x 4-1/4”). Thanks for posting updates to your collection. I love seeing vintage books from other countries. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BangZoom Posted December 26, 2014 Author Share Posted December 26, 2014 Here are a few more American pulps with Polton Cross (John Russell Fearn) stories. Were these stories initially published in Great Britain? Amazing Stories (June 1939) Amazing Stories (August 1939) Fantastic Adventures (November 1939) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BangZoom Posted December 26, 2014 Author Share Posted December 26, 2014 Welcome home BZ! Merry Christmas to you and our fellow contributors! Thanks, Michael. I hope you're having a happy holiday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BangZoom Posted December 26, 2014 Author Share Posted December 26, 2014 Welcome back, BZ! Merry Christmas to you and your family! Thanks, Gary. Happy holidays to you and your family. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BangZoom Posted December 27, 2014 Author Share Posted December 27, 2014 Ah...Christmas. The most wonderful time of the year. The season of spreading good cheer, spending time with your family, and of sharing, caring and giving. And...the Klan!!? Wide World (December 1934) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BangZoom Posted December 27, 2014 Author Share Posted December 27, 2014 Speaking of Christmas... One fun aspect of Christmas is receiving gifts. Here are a few that I received. Funny Books by Michael Barrier The 100 Greatest Looney Tunes Cartoons edited by Jerry Beck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BangZoom Posted December 27, 2014 Author Share Posted December 27, 2014 I also received a bunch of non comic type books which will be providing me lots of reading material for the upcoming weeks. Ralph Peer and the Making of Popular Roots Music by Barry Mazor The Bristol Sessions Writings About the Big Bang of Country Music by Charles Wolfe and Ted Olson Do Not Sell At Any Price The Wild Obsessive Hunt for the World's Rarest 78 rpm Records by Amanda Petrusich Living Country Blues by Harry Oster Alan Lomax The Man Who Recorded the World by John Szwed The Country Blues by Samuel Charters Anyone else want to share with us what you received this year? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
