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What do you think Paw?

[mr_goldenage]

Any idea?

[mr_goldenage]

Paw, Did you want me to round up the Big Bill & Robin Hood Fantax issues that sport those two characters on the covers, or just the rest of the non Fantax issues that star other charcters on the covers in the original run that ends in 1961. Let me know.

RB @ work on a Saturday!

[paw broon]

The questions are mounting up, Richard, and I'm struggling to keep up.  Haven't a scooby who that is but it is an old striscia and at first I thought the comic might be an Italian version of Fulgor but having checked my small collection and the covers reproduced here:-
http://veiling.catawiki.nl/kavels/14661-fulgor-1953-1954
it definitely isn't.   So we have another unknown masked man.
Now Fantax.  Had I gone back to my previous research I wouldn't have asked such a daft question.  But, on looking closer at the info here:-
http://www.coolfrenchcomics.com/fantax.htm
I notice that the Italian reprint numbering is different to the original French issues. And the titles don't match the French ones in the later issues.  I have #1 to #26 of the Italian facsimiles, (which I used to think was a complete run!) #9 and #13 of the French originals and #s 2,7,8 of the small landscape 100 pagers.  By the way, the 100 pagers are not all Fantax content, there are a number of back-up stories and all are machine lettered.
Oddly this offer on ebay suggests the facsimiles only ran to 24:-
http://www.ebay.it/itm/FANTAX-COMPLETA-1-24-ED-DI-LEO-ANASTATICA-/110625139731?pt=Ristampe_Anastatiche&hash=item19c1c5ac13
And, you might want a look at this insertion:-
http://www.ebay.it/itm/FANTAX-ED-SPECIALE-10X15-ANASTATICA-SERIE-COMPLETA1-6-RARA-/150916756328?pt=Ristampe_Anastatiche&hash=item232356f368
I've been very wary of scanning Dutch and other lilliputs as there is a small company in Germany who is re-issuing many as facsimile editions. I bought a few last time we were in Cologne.  Remember that these comics were circulated in a number of European countries, having been translated into the appropriate languages.
Excuse the ramblings.

[mr_goldenage]

Well we will find out soon enough who he is. I bought the comic just to see who he is. I also discovered another "new" one called Zamorro see attachment.

AS far as Fantax goes, it's obviously a minefield. I just need # 5 of the Italian reprint and my set is complete, although mine runs through # 27 and I understand that there is a # 28 Italian one as well. I hope to complete the remainder of the Fantax whether it be the 28 through 43(?) or 41 in the French editions as there are no Italian editions beyond 28 that I know of.

I'm out of cash for the rest of this year unless I work more overtime. So that's it for Ebay for 2013, but what a splendid year it was. I envy you and those who can travel Europe and hunt the books in person that would be so much fun. Maybe someday......

RB @ Work

[narfstar]

If you added up all the postage you spent you may have been able to buy a plane ticket

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or more books!

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My point was that for the same money you could have gotten the same books and a trip to the UK 

[jimmm kelly]

For some unknown reason the caption settings and image size settings aren't working right, even though they look perfectly fine on the edit page. Hopefully Wordpress will fix it soon. Most of my pages can still be read, but the dimensions are off.

I'd hate to have to take down all my blogs and start all over again.

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You mean a trip to Italy and the books too? Unfortunately if it was possible I would have loved to have done that. Yes I am aware that I spent near $500 US in shipping out of the $2300 that I spent on Italian and French books this year alone. But, and here is the BIG but, I don't have the work time off to go. I only get 80 hours a year. Dumped on at one time on November 18th. And so I have to budget my vaction time off for the whole year in conjunction with my wife's vacation hours (and she has 300 plus vacation hours) so it isn't as simple as it sounds and keep in mind that my wife may not want to go to Italy (yes who wouldn't want to go I know.....) but I digress....So yes as it may seem that is the more sensible thing to do it wasn't the more feasible thing to do. So I did what I could do. Trust me, no one was more aware of shipping cost that I was, I tried to buy in batches from the same sellers to save on shipping when I could. The other options was to just download/capture covers and buy no books whatsoever. Which option should I have gone with? I know which one my wife wishes I'd gone with.....

Richard

O and let us not forget all the cool characters that wouldn't got discovered if I hadn't bought these books, like my new avatar and the one Paw and I were trying to figure out. Just a thought.

[narfstar]

All of your hard work has paid off for you and us. We really appreciate your sharing. You have to look forward to retiring even more than me. I can retire in TN after next year  Since my house is paid off it would be enough to live on but not enough to LIVE ON. I plan on collecting my retirement and working just a few miles across the Georgia border and banking a chunk. My wife wants me to go teach in Charleston, SC which would not produce much extra because we would have to establish living there while maintaining here to come back to. We shall see. Either way next year should be my last year teaching in TN. All this COMMON CORE crap makes me want out of teaching as soon as possible.

[mr_goldenage]

Check out this new turkish comics link:

http://teksastommiks2.tr.gg/

RB Leaving for work

[narfstar]

Great site thanks Richard full comics to read

[paw broon]

Great find, Richard.  Just exploring it now.  Most of the comics are Italian translations and I saw Blek, Kapitan Miki, Zagor (and some of the covers seem to be re-drawn), Piccolo Sceriffo, Tex, and others. I hope you all enjoy looking at the great Robot Archie story - aliens and all!

[mr_goldenage]

Not much of a "find" more of a "gift" from my new Turkish friends on Facebook. I have been fortunate to have been graciously invited into their world and I hope this trend continues where they reveal their world to us in the comic sense sort to speak. I went there looking for Turkish movies, and I am sure you of all people can appreciate my quest for those movies. Of course one thing led to another and I professed my love of comics from everywhere and countered the argument I always get, "but you cannot read them?" perhaps not but I certainly can enjoy the beautiful pictures and/or art is always my reply and that typically wins hearts and minds. I have another page or two to share soon. Enjoy this one from now. I have had several of the Turks join my International Golden Age media Facebook group and that is encouraging so let us see where that takes us eh?

Richard @ Work once again!

[narfstar]

The Robot Archie/Ali stories were some of the main ones to catch my eyes.

[mr_goldenage]

Glad you guys liked the site. I have another one I will post tonight when I get home that you might find of interest as well. Later..........

RB @ Work.

[mr_goldenage]

O yeah, I've gathered up a few of the Big Bill, Marco Polo and Robin Hood covers that I could find if you are interested in seeing them Paw let me know.

RB @ Work.

[mr_goldenage]

.....Just when you think you have mostly found them all......another one pops up......... .....Introducing Dario Bolide

[narfstar]

There will always be another

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And that is the beauty of this isn't it now......

[paw broon]

As Jim says, there seems to always be another. And that is the great thing about all this great work youare putting in. As for the other covers, bring them on.  I was having alook at my notes and I think the Robin Hood etc. titles might have been French. Marco Polo also intrested me as there was a reasonably long series of German comics of the same name.  As I have not seen interior art for the French/Italian comics, Idon't know if theyare the same.  So much still to be looked into.  Great, isn't it?

[mr_goldenage]

Another turk link to comics, then click on albums......;

https://www.facebook.com/mustafa.a.gurler/media_set?et=a.10151255214074074.484310.724789073&type=3

Great stuff.

RB leaving for work...........