It's been 60 YEARS...show us your books from 1956!

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Mmmmmm! I like those Yellow Claws and that's a really good copy of a brutally tough to find comic.

The one I sold to Andy was the "one that got away"...... it had a light date stamp and super pages....... Bunky has a stunning mid grade on his site..... it was mine once, as well..... and drips gloss..... GOD BLESS....

-jimbo(a friend of jesus)

Here's a scan of the only comic in my collection cover dated May 1956:

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Inspired by BAF’s unwavering committment to the obscure and forlorn '50s funnybooks from Atlas, I went to the LCS at lunch and picked up my first Sgt. Barney Barker.

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Inspired by BAF’s unwavering committment to the obscure and forlorn '50s funnybooks from Atlas, I went to the LCS at lunch and picked up my first Sgt. Barney Barker.

 

That's such a cool cover. Don't have that one.

I pulled it along with a Spellbound #32 from a stack that hadn’t been priced yet last week. Didn’t have the dough for both and since I prefer the horror/fantasy to the humor titles, went home with the Spellbound. However, thoughts of Barney continued to haunt me through the week, culminating in a dream last night in which I went back to buy it and found it marked down to $9 as well as just one copy of several that were in stock. I took this as a sign to hustle my down there before it sold.

I think they can be tough to come by. All Severin stories except for one, and Barker is like a cross between Phil Silvers and Stan Lee.

That's cheap. Are you saying they have more copies of that comic? Hook a brother up!!!

Reading your post again.....it was a dream.

I pulled it along with a Spellbound #32 from a stack that hadn’t been priced yet last week. Didn’t have the dough for both and since I prefer the horror/fantasy to the humor titles, went home with the Spellbound. However, thoughts of Barney continued to haunt me through the week, culminating in a dream last night in which I went back to buy it and found it marked down to $9 as well as just one copy of several that were in stock. I took this as a sign to hustle my down there before it sold.

 

I think they can be tough to come by. All Severin stories except for one, and Barker is like a cross between Phil Silvers and Stan Lee.

It's a scarce title, no question.

They let Severin loose about this time.

and this one - killer in black

but don't forget the other service

Severin cover but all Syd Shores work inside this book - one last hurrah

No perusal of 1956 would be complete without some DC romance. And their trademark "orange swirl" background. Trippy.

Colletta really hitting his stride in '56. Strong inking - as always.

My wife really really loves the Lovers 81 - out of all the romance I've had this is her fave. Vinnie C was outstanding at portraying with ease the joyous nature of relationship. Basically a happy guy, larger than life but not in a Steranko way. He really dug women, and it shows.

The romance books are lovely

Falling in Love 5

Lovers 81

......GOD BLESS...

-jimbo(a friend of jesus)

They let Severin loose about this time.

and this one - killer in black

The Sergeant Barney Barker title, John Severin and fifties Atlas comics in general are all fabulous! And you have some beauties.

The romance books are lovely

Oh man! Are they ever!