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About The Comic Books We Have => Comics Uploaded => Topic started by: narfstar on July 02, 2008, 02:44:22 PM
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Since so many of the regulars have started their own upload thread here is mine.
Look to next week when I am back on DSL to get my previousy mentioned scans as well as LASH Larue #6 from Fawcett. Cover to cover western goodness. I have had trouble with my Fawcett scans Lash and Soldier because they put the staple so close to the story but tried to make sure I got all the words.
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Those close to the story staples certainly complex the scanning procedures,
especially when coupled with panels cockeyed to the tops of the pages.
Add in nonparalell panelsides per the original layout and you have a challenge on your hands. ;)
Since so many of the regulars have started their own upload thread here is mine.
Look to next week when I am back on DSL to get my previousy mentioned scans as well as LASH Larue #6 from Fawcett. Cover to cover western goodness. I have had trouble with my Fawcett scans Lash and Soldier because they put the staple so close to the story but tried to make sure I got all the words.
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Could these pesky publishers have designed 'Anti-Scanning' comics as long ago as 60 years ?? :(
Perhaps Marvel might like this secret !!! :P
-Nigel
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I know some here are masters at removing the stapels and scanning but I did not like that method. "Fortunately" the books were very low grade so I bent and stretched and did not care but a couple pages barely get all the words visible.
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I won my BangUp #1 look for it next week. JIM
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A precursor to the CDcopy infringement techniques.
The arts always have an uphill battle
Could these pesky publishers have designed 'Anti-Scanning' comics as long ago as 60 years ?? :(
Perhaps Marvel might like this secret !!! :P
-Nigel
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Here is a start in my FTP scans this time
Humphrey Harvey21 left some ads ad how many times can you see a pimple popper?
Lash larue 6 Fawcett C2C
Soldier 6 Fawcett C2C
Terry and the Pirates 26 Charlton C2C
And yes SPARKMAN cover to cover gotta love it
Thanks to Even Stevens posting elsewhere are the 2 Charlton Long John Silver comics
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Very Cool stuff!
Sparkman is a keeper! Wow, what a costume! LOL
And paper scans too! BONUS!!
:) :D
Thanks for the great haul Narfstar!
;D
Going up shortly...
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Hi Narfstar. I'm really enjoying your posts here, especially of late. I'm one that hopes you'll continue to carefully put 'em up on the scanner and consider retiring the photo method, but HEY, whatever you do, keep 'em comin'. Everything's appreciated! And they're your books after all.
I have a request though. Would you check your Terry & the Pirates #26 please? My copy when I had one had 36 pages. When I checked the download here I could only account for 35. An oversight perhaps? It's sure nice to see this one again after over 40 years!
Thanks,
Lofty
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Correct Lofty
The missing page has been added and put in my FTP
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Fixed version now up.
:)
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Bang up being scanned now. Are we nuts or what? This scanning is a pain. My nephews scanner was faster and easier. Sorry for those who do not like pics but for lesser books I will be using digicam. Pedro 2 from Fox, Penny 4 from Avon, Fugitives from Justice 2 St John will all soon be in my ftp. Bang up and Sparkman where worth scanning. BTW What did ya'll think of the Sparkman?
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Sparkman was very cool.
I'm sorry to hear you wont be using the scanner full time Narf.
Might I suggest you steal your nephew's scanner? ;) They look so much better than fiche or digital camera scans. Quality over quantity, etc.
Ah well, thanks for the fun books it was a lovely flood!
:)
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What the Yocster say goes for me also Jim, better to have a few definitive scans then loads of 'Fotoscans' which will ultimately want redoing by yourself or others in the months/years to come.
Still I'm the last person to look a gift horse in the mouth so at the end of the day it all comes down to what best suits you.
I only ever used a camera on one book, Adventure Comics_040 but that was after i'd just sold it for BIG money and although I still had the book I no longer regarded it as mine and felt that I had no right to risk it on a scanned.
AFAIK no one else has ever scanned that book since then and looking at those photo pages now I wish that I had taken a chance at scanning it after all !
-Nigel
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Bang Up is scanned and in my FTP now. I guess I am one of the few on the other side who prefers quantity to quality. If in the future I get a better/faster scanner (especially one that would do my fiche of Wham, Superworld, Green Giant, Hyper Mystery, Colosus I have tried every scanner I got around with no luck) I may scan them. It is just way easier to take the pics now.
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More crime on the way!! Just got Crime Detective 11 from Hillman and Fight Against Crime 3 from Story
Anyone snagged Bang-Up yet? Got some neat stuff there.
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I haven't add Bang Up yet Narf.
Frankly it's so large I think it best if it were added in two parts.
I'll look after it but it will take a little while.
-Yoc
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Sorry I did not notice the size until after. Everyone has said they want nice big scans.
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Perfect Crime 20 c2c SCANS in ftp
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Fugitive From Justice #2 C2C digital cam From St John shows up on cover of issue 3
Pedro #2 from Fox
Penny #4 from Avon
Sorry about the cam pics but time is hard to come by. There are a lot of other things my wife would rather me be doing :-\
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If a set of scans is over 100mb then please split it in two before uploading them Narf.
It makes it a bit easier on those folks who are still not on a high-speed connection.
Thanks!
-Yoc
Sorry I did not notice the size until after. Everyone has said they want nice big scans.
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Hillman's Crime Detective #11 SCANS no ads
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Great work on the BangUp.
Makes me look foreward to the time when the TV will double as the computer monitor and one will be able to sit back at the end of the day in their recliner with a wireless laptop and view large clean scans like that on the 56" screen. ;D
Is that your own book?
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No ads?!? Were they missing? Are they damaged? Why would anyone do that to innocent ads? A comic without ads is like... like... like...
A reprint :(
Cimm
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Bang-Up is mine recently acquired.
No Cimm not a reprint. No ads because unless the ad is something special, it just takes up time and space. How many pimple poppers do you need to see?
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Are the battle lines being drawn here ? :D
Where's those " T.L.C." Agents when their REALLY needed ? ;)
-Nigel
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All of Narfstar's latest uploads are now up including the sadly missing the ads books.
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Thanks Narf!
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Thanks for all these crime books, narf. :) Happy to see another ish of The Perfect Crime, gruesome cover.
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I always like to look at the number of downloads a book gets. Superhero are always popular some more than others. I was surprised by how popular Lash Larue was. It seems there is a lot of interest by different groups on western and crime and horror as well as the superhero. Humor seems to be the least popular followed by romance unless they are something special
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Thanks again for taking the time to share your books Narfstar. I wonder if I could add my own fond wish with the others, and that if you're willing to share, please share ALL of the book, ads and all. Every page, if available, is appreciated.
--Lofty, card-carrying member of The League of Completists (TLC for short)
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I just found a copy or Rangers 63 laying around. It is a missing issue I will SCAN later
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To Narf and all,
If you'd like to zip me the large scans of any beatup books you plan on posting I'd be glad to play doctor on them first for you and see that they get to the site or send them back if you'd like.
They won't be cimmeron quality but prettied up good enough for human consumption.
I just found a copy or Rangers 63 laying around. It is a missing issue I will SCAN later
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Thanks for the offer. I think the next books on my agenda are a copy of Indians and the Ranger 63. I will put the raw scans in my ftp and you can get them from there to edit. Feel free to edit any of my already uploaded scans rez. As you probably noticed except for what I considered the important Bang-up and Sparkman I do not bother to crop them. I still have a ton of books to do so do not like spending extra time on any. I figure that if anyone needs them cropped they can unarchive and crop for themselves. Besides my GA I would like to do many of my pd Charltons to make available elsewhere.
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Love and Marriage 3 Superior
IW reprint SCANS in FTP NO ADS
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Hi Guys,
If you do start to work together could you perhaps arrange things in PM's with each other first?
And then when the edit is done let us know here that it's ready to be added to the site.
Or if not that label the file on the FTP as "****-raw.cbz" and "****-done.cbz" or something so that Aussie and I know when a book is ready be added?
I'd hate to have us accidentally add a book before it's ready.
Thanks!
-Yoc
Thanks for the offer. I think the next books on my agenda are a copy of Indians and the Ranger 63. I will put the raw scans in my ftp and you can get them from there to edit. Feel free to edit any of my already uploaded scans rez. As you probably noticed except for what I considered the important Bang-up and Sparkman I do not bother to crop them. I still have a ton of books to do so do not like spending extra time on any. I figure that if anyone needs them cropped they can unarchive and crop for themselves. Besides my GA I would like to do many of my pd Charltons to make available elsewhere.
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Sure if it is raw I will put it in a folder with individual jpgs instead of as a cbz
Now entering FTP is the IW reprint of Toby's Tales of Horror 5
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Good plan!
Rez, be sure to upload a finished .cbz file when you are done your edits, thanks!
Sounds like a great idea guys. I've been working with Rolster and Loftypilot for over a year now and things are working pretty good between us.
Your new scans should be up on the site shortly.
:D
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In FTP
digipics missing ads
Tex Farrell #1 DS
Navy Task Force 4 Key publications
BTW besides Toby we need a Key Publications area because it includes Stanley/Stanmore/Gilmore
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l cannot remember how long it has been there but there is a Key Publications section. ???
Thanks for the digiscans narfstar. :)
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Like a big dummy I was looking under s for stanmore even though I knew it should be Key.
You got my Rangers now you can get Indians #14 SCANS not digital camera. Sorry still think ads are a waste of time unless they are special.
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Thanks Narf,
I'll never agree with you about the ads but I'm happy to see the Rangers book all the same.
We already have Indians14 c2c on the site. Rangers now up.
Glad I was wrong about what I sent in my PM to you btw.
-Yoc
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Let's Predend #2 C2C SCANS
Rez if you would like these need cropped and brightened up. Let me know if you would like to do that before they are put on site.
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Here is another for a busy day
SCANS no ads Black Cat 62 and Silver Kid Western 5
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Thanks Narf, they're now up.
Holy Cats what a busy day for scans!
It's gotta be some kind of record.
You gotta love it!
;D
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:D
Thanks Narf, they're now up.
Holy Cats what a busy day for scans!
It's gotta be some kind of record.
You gotta love it!
;D
Even Loki's evil hand is sorely vexed by the onslaught of golden apples which hath fallen from the Scanner's Tree this day. Yea, verily, so speaketh Boox (because Thor was busy and couldn't make it)!!!
Gee...I'm having a nerd Thor day... ;D
B.
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Thanks to the GCD title search (I hope everyone will contribute to make it even more useful) I identified my coverless comic as Jungle #41 I am currently scanning it and will upload shortly. NOW available in ftp
Cover from GCD no ifc or ibc or bc. Enjoy 64 pages of Fiction House goodness.
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Sounds great Narf, did you find a cover?
-Yoc
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Cover from GCD if you want to replace it with a Heritage that would be fine with me
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Sitting lonely in my FTP ready to leave
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:'( I got it and it is missing the centerfold. No ending to the M'Sieu Lepee story :( But wait to you see Miss Shady :-* I will still be scanning and uploading this. Pretty far along on my at least one issue from each GA company project with this oddity from E.R. Ross out of Wilkes Barre, PA
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Sorry I couldn't get you a better cover Narf. I'm usually out and about on Fridays.
Thanks for the new scans!
-Yoc
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I really hate that it is missing the centerfold but here it is had to make it available tonight in my FTP.
Ya just gotta check out the Shady Lady nice splash page.
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Been setting lonely in my FTP
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Now up, sorry for the delay Narf!
:D
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Scans in FTP
I do random acts of scanning. I have noticed not a lot of rhyme or reason behind what I scan, when. This book just caught my eye so I did it. Not a particularly note worthy books but a nice little obscure offering. And I am Mr. obscure. BTW I am thankful for an understanding wife. She can not relate, but accepts that an old man will buy and take the time to scan comic books for others to read. Gotta lover er! :-*
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True Confidences #3 Canadian Edition which only has a different cover even the indicia is the same as the Fawcett. Scanning would have detached the cover so this is digital camera but it is cover to cover.
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It's now up
:D
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They do not show up ???
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Languishing away unloved in my FTP :-[
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Yoc is on vacation; so we're waiting for a week or so to get moved over. Don't think you're either being singled out or unappreciated!
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Languishing away unloved in my FTP :-[
Here's some karma -- feel better. Yoc'll be back soon.
B.
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He-Man was lonely so War Battles #6 joins in with some Pre-code Harvey war SCANS
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Languishing away unloved in my FTP :-[
Thanks narfstar, l will download them just to check, the file size on the War Battles seems very small, surely it did not have that many adds? Speaking of which, would it be possible to scan the adds as well, to save us searching for a c2c copy later, please. :)
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C2C digital camera with Wild Bill Pecos
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Westerner is still waiting and now joined by Cover to cover scans of ACG Soldier of Fortune #5 so come and get it
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Arrived today ;D :o :D
Hope to get it scanned at 300dpi as well as scaning issue 2 to bring it up to standard.
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Arrived today ;D :o :D
Hope to get it scanned at 300dpi as well as scaning issue 2 to bring it up to standard.
What mysteries doest this gem hold?
B. ;D
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Both Green Turtle and Jun-Gal have different artist and I think the Writer on Turtle is different. Otherwise looks the same as the others.
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Yes it is real! ;D The fifth issue of Blazing Comics with another Green Turtle and the same cast as the other books. I am pretty sure Turtle was not written or drawn by the same guy as the others and Jun-Gal had a different artist. Come and get the Cover to cover 300dpi SCANS!!!
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;D ;D
Blazing #5 and #2 rescanned, Cool!!
Really looking forward to these Narf!
:D 8)
-Yoc
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SCANS in my ftp without ads
Sorry about the second text page but the staple basically went into the story.
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Thanks narfstar.
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Hey Narf,
I wanted to thank you again for the extra special attention you put into Blazing Comics #5!
Thanks for bringing this to everyone here.
One day I'd love to collect the entire series in an archive if my partner Phabox felt like doing it.
Take care,
-Yoc
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Correct me if i'm wrong but as I understand it at this moment in time we're still short a good chunk of Blazing Comics_001 so until the missing stories from this issue are located we would not be able to undertake a full 'archiving' of this titles stars.
Still we do appear to have a complete set of Green Turtle and Jun Gal adventures so I guess thats a start.
-Nigel
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The Blazing 5 was a very fortuitous find as I was unaware that it existed. Well worth the $30 bucks I paid for it for the value it brings here. Finds like that and an affordable copy of Bang-up that I was able to scan make for a good year in GA scanning. Top that off with the wealth of stuff so many others have been contributing and the joy can hardly be contained.
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Scans for the funny animal fans. In my ftp minus ads sorry Aussie
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Thanks narfstar, most of it is better than nothing. :)
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Not that I'm trying to complain, but I notice you usually also skip the indicia. Since that's often a good research tool (checking the dates, obviously, as well as addresses and publisher names), is there any chance you could start cycling those relevant pages in?
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If the indicia is on the ifc I will try to remember to scan it. I often work from coverless copies so they are not available to me.
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Thanks for the scans Narfstar and yes, the indicia would be of help to all those researchers out there.
:D
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That's fair. I only pointed it out in case it was an accidental omission. Sometimes those little buggers can be all but hidden.
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Currently at 9:27 uploading to my ftp. C2C in 300 dpi goodness. Everyone has asked for it now here it is.
In a few minutes it will be followed by 300dpi scans of Yellowjacket and King of Beasts from Jack in the Box 11 enjoy.
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Just Wonderful New Narfstar!
And I know another Yellowjacket should be available not that far off in future here.
The Yellowjacket Collections slowly creeps closer to complete. Fingers crossed we see them all one day.
I'd sure love to do an Archive for them sometime after that.
And a Complete Blazing would be a fun project as well!
-Yoc the excited
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Throw some more Karma because I just uploaded the once before requested IFC IBC and BC of my Man of War #2
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With the Duke of Darkness story that had to have inspired Doc Strange's villain Nightmare and his realm.
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Bonus!
Thanks Narf, you da man tonight!!
;D ;D ;D
+1 karma!
Throw some more Karma because I just uploaded the once before requested IFC IBC and BC of my Man of War #2
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Triple Threat is in my FTP. Cover to cover (I have been corrupted) scans
and Invisible Scarlet Oneil #2 also C2C scans. I went that far but they are uncropped but anyone who wishes to improve upon my uploads is welcome to crop and straighten them.
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With the Duke of Darkness story that had to have inspired Doc Strange's villain Nightmare and his realm.
RE: http://goldenagecomics.co.uk/forum/index.php/topic,705.msg4248.html#msg4248
I am looking forward to seeing this entire book, so thanks Narf old pal!
At that link, you can read up on my take of the Duke, btw.
You know, I could see a one-shot featuring The Spectre, Mr. Justice, and The Duke of Darkness -- DC could put out Bastardized Son of Final Crisis Revisited: The Three Dead Guys.
B. ;D
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All of them are now up gang... ENJOY!
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Ooh, Scarlet ONeil. One of the best series from Famous Funnies; it's too bad the Famous Funnies themselves are off limits. Thanks!
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After months of watching and hoping the price would go down, I decided it was not going down. I used the buy it now and purchased Slapstick #1 for $40. Look for it to appear here in the future. Another step closer to my one book from every GA publisher goal.
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Never heard of it but the cover looks like fun on GCD.
Looking forward to it Narf.
:D
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Got a bunch of great junk. Coverless, cfo, bits and pieces CHEAP. Here are some choices I will probably be scanning on Thursday. We have parent night and I will probably just stay at school till it starts. Then sad to say I have the low math students and few if any of their parents will bother to show up. Can we say correlation? I will have scanning time. I have begun scanning a Hillman Punch and Judy but got some more choices in the mail today. Here are your chioces: Justice Traps the Guilty 83,84,90 Headline 46,76 Police 113 cfo but two complete stories, Bobby Benson 3,16 Jack in the Box 12 cfo but complete stories, Cowboy Love 10 cfo missing end of a story. then All True Detective Cases 2 stories only. First come first serve or most chosen so vote now. Forgot to add something different in Mickey Finn #3 from 1942
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I vote:
Justice Traps the Guilty 83,84,90
Police 113
Thanks for the offer to share pal!
B.
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I'd like to see the Headline Comics issues myself but i'm sure that i'll enjoy whatever you end up scanning.
-Nigel
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Headline gets my vote as well followed by the Justice Traps the Guilty and All True Detective Cases. Nice haul Narf!
:)
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It seems we have a bunch of criminals here :-X
I will try and get the Headline and Justice done.
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I do not know if anyone is interested by here is Hillmans Punch and Judy V2#7 C2C scans. I liked Earl the Rich Rabbit. Also we have Justice Traps the Guilty 83 from a coverless copy scanned with no ads. The cover on GCD was no good so if anyone can add a Heritage cover it would help.
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Thanks Narf,
no covers for that Justice83 on Heritage, sorry.
:)
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The only cover for that issue I could find was this one so far:
(http://img526.imageshack.us/img526/1843/240944ar1.jpg)
Sorry it's so small and fuzzy.
Geo
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Thanks for the try but it looks like that one came from the GCD. Would rather leave it coverless until something better comes along.
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Well these may get lost in the overflow but in my ftp are Headline 46 and ME's Dan'l Boone #8 both scans without ads
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Thanks Narf!
It's been a busy couple of days for new books but don't you worry, your books are always noted and enjoyed!
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Thanks for the Prize book with your unique NFO scan. ;)
-Yoc
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Cover to cover scans of this book you probably never heard of let alone held. And I have one nah nah nah ::)
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Thanks Narf, it's now up.
Hey gang, this one is a real oddball humour title you gotta check out! There was a Jack Cole type mind behind this one. Nice choice of book Narf!
:D
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Famous Authors #6 from a coverless copy
C2C Superior Stories Illustrated from Nesbitt with Pete Morisi art on Pirates of the Gulf
two more from my one from every GA company mission
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Thanks narf,
What's the total number of GA publishers on the list?
Famous Authors #6 from a coverless copy
C2C Superior Stories Illustrated from Nesbitt with Pete Morisi art on Pirates of the Gulf
two more from my one from every GA company mission
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Now up, thanks for the scans narf!
:D
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With Frazetta art and many religious stories for those who were asking.
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Now up!
:D
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You might be Narfstar if.... you upload stuff others may never have seen.
Here is a 1944 Chesler digest Riggin Bill #1. Some risque humor for our sailors at war.
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Thanks narfstar.
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scanned without ads
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Fantastic!
Thanks so much for this one Narf!
Gang, this book has a strip by Dick Ayers (Atlas/Marvel fame) doing a character I've loved since I was oh, 14 or so. The western version of GHOST RIDER!
When you look at this book you'll notice Ayers' work jumps out at you beside the rest of it.
Ayer's ME Ghost Rider deserves an archive of his own IMO.
Thanks again Narf!
;D :D
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I agree Yoc. My favorite Ga western character and may be Dick's best work. Immediately grabbed my eye when I scanned it above any of the other features in the book.
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These are not the most sought after but I had it handy to scan.
Cover to cover from Parent's Magazine
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Look for these to appear here.
Sad Sack Goes Home
New Frontiers (about barb wire)
Dick Tracy The Case of the Purloined Sirloin (from Esso)
Joe Palooka Fights His Way Back
Here's How America's Cartoonists Help to Sell U.S. Savings Bonds! (my favorite of the lot)
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Sounds great Narf.
But please ask Aussie in a PM about Sad Sack.
I'm worried it might not be public domain.
:-\
-Yoc
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Might there also be a problem with Dick Tracy ? :(
-Nigel
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Sounds great Narf.
But please ask Aussie in a PM about Sad Sack.
I'm worried it might not be public domain.
:-\
-Yoc
Both the Sad Sack and Dick Tracy seem OK, although some issues have been renewed, Sad Sack will not be permitted after 1955, l am still working on the Dick Tracy problem, any one has a nice easy way to search for renewals of serials l am all ears. The only list l could find that includes serials includes everything, serials, periodicals, books and pamphlets the list is extremely long arranged in order of renewal and it seems impossible for me to manage to search.
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Calling All Kids 26 is now up, thanks Narf!
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Sad Sack Goes Home now up c2c scans from Harvey
New Frontier 1958 barbwire c2c scans
Here's How America's Cartoonist Help to Sell Savings Bonds c2c scans
Dick Tracy The Case of the Purloined Sirloin C2c scans
Joe Palooka Fights His Way Back scans of coverless copy
I guess we will see if there is any interest in these
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Neat stuff! Thanks, Narf. I love the barbed wire comic :)
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Well Darwin I have not had a chance to read it yet myself :) Been too busy scanning. Dick Tracy was in the best condition how bad the others were can be seen in the scans. Most had virtually no spine. I did read the Sad Sack. In case you did not notice I added a Joe Palooka
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Thanks Narf!
Hey, if you or any other scanners out there have a coverless book let me know and I can look around on Heritage for a front and hopefully back cover for you. It doesn't take me any time. I can then post a direct link to the Very Large cover scans they share if I find one.
Just let me know before you've uploaded the book as once it's on the site there's no easy way to add a cover into a scan already on the FTP.
I didn't add the other books until I got the Ok from you Narf. Take care,
-Yoc
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That is the last of them they are ready to be added.
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Yoc do you know if Buffalo Bill Jr from Dell is OK I found several scans of the character that could be added
JIM
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Hi Jim,
Sadly I'm as much in the dark on most of these issues as you and the average fan is.
Aussie is the only one I trust to decide on these matters.
I suggest you send her a PM with a list of it and any other suspect books you might be unsure of and wait on a reply. But remember, Aussie has been very under the weather the last while so don't expect a reply right away. Real life will always have to come first.
Thanks for the other goodies, I'll have them up shortly,
-Yoc
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Well dang it! :-\
That fun 'Here's How America's Cartoonist Help to Sell Savings Bonds' contains Archie and Walt Disney material Narf. :'(
I'd better wait until Aussie decides on this one. Please mention it's in your folder on the FTP marked 'Do Not Add'. She can make the call on this one as well. A darn shame as it's full of various strips but that might well be it's downfall as far as GAC is concerned.
-Yoc
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I first thought this book was strips written specifically for it and they did not appear elsewhere. I think that they may have all appeared in newspapers in May of 49 as a promotional month then been collected. If they appeared in the papers first then they were probably renewed but if made just for Harvey they would probably be OK. I created a folder in my ftp named Check if PD. Everyone can check it out and give their opinion before it is added to the site. I will put the Buffalo Bill Jr in until Aussie decided also. Buffalo Bill Jr are Even Steven scans/uploads.
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Picture Progress V3#2 from Gilberton scans now in ftp and Buck Jones
2 and 5 from Doc Orion
3 and 7 from Even Steven
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Dell from Even Steven
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I suspect Camp Comics 1 and 2 are not going to be allowed here, although 3 is probably OK. But this is one I've wanted to see for a _long_ time, thank you!
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True War Harvey 2 and 3 uploaded by SillOnTheEdge
Check for PD of Buffalo Bill Jr from Even Steven
Feature Book 54 with Rip Kirby
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Thanks Narf!
:)
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C2c scans from St John
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A new one to me... ah it's nothing to do with Fawlty Towers... bummer.
;)
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Charlton from Even Steven 4 and 5
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How could any comic book hope to capture the best of John Cleese. The first time I watched Fawlty Towers it was followed by Good Neighbors. I needed the more sedate humor of GN to come down after the the Towers high
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I could see Atlas doing a series where Manuel and his talking rat were the star with sexy Miss Polly a backup feature done in the Dan DeCarlo style. Sounds good to me!
;)
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Would have to be by Dell
coming into the ftp are two issues of Cowboy Western one from Leegs one from Even Steven
Jim the other site raider ::)
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I'm not sure if a comic could ever capture the spirit of John Cleese.
I do know that, Sadly, True Brit didn't....
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Lots of stuff in my ftp. Many thanks to original scanners and poster
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No ads but 300dpi good scans from ACE
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Thanks narfstar and no the Margie was not PD.
It is interesting that Harvey's Little Dot seems to have no copyright renewals for issues 1- 21, will have to look into that one day just to be sure.
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Baffling Mysteries 26 was mine but more raided books are coming into my ftp
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Dang Narf, you're keeping darn busy here! :o
Thanks for all the uploads!
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Thanks for new TIS scans.
These raided or yours? ;D
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Here are three more raided that I did not have time to get up this morning. Plus 3 of my own with Kid Cowboy in 300 and 150dpi from a coverless and Return of the Outlaw from Toby all 300dpi no ads though and The Outlaws 12 from Star. Pretty darn sure The Outlaws contains reprints the first story has the title written above the top of the page rather than a splash. Splash page with title was probably dropped off the original. Not sure what this is a reprint of.
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GCD is down so no way of checking your Star book for contents.
Thanks for the uploads as always Narf!
-Yoc
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I checked before it went down and nothing there. Maybe when we get more of Jim's books up we someone will recognize where they come from. Maybe a Toby Billy the Kid?
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Thanks YOC for the nice cover. Unfortunately this was also cfo so it is missing the center page, ifc, ibc and bc. The good news I am using a different scanner that I brought to school and get some scanning done before and after school. Easy to use and while it is scanning I crop and brighten. Even use 300dpi frequently, what do you think of BB? Those darn close to the staple pages are still a problem.
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Even an incomplete book is better than none Narf.
Someone like DarkMark might find a fiche scan and complete the missing pages.
But it's your call on the matter. Good luck with the new scanner too!
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I say make it available
Here is Frisky Animals #46 no ads
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Thanx Narf, both are now up.
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Kilroys 17 no ads but 300dpi
BTW in Frisky Animals the bleed through of the page behind the other is evident in my actual copy it is not a scanner problem.
Personal Love from Prize no ads early Joe Orlando story
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Tnx Narf!
:)
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Tried checking all these to make sure they were not already here. A-1 is a difficult series with two possible names. I think poor overworked admin needs to make sure all of these scans contain both names.
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Oy!
There's a headache and a half!
I know I was just looking at that section not that long ago and thinking the same thing!
But what to list them under? The more obvious cover name or the A-1 number?
-Yoc
'trying to avoid the job as long as possible'
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GCD had the same problem. All were listed under both names. I think A-1#34 Ghost Rider #4 would be my choice. Some A1 are in my ftp with a bunch of Little Angel uploading now. Others to come as I gotta go to bed for church in the morning. As always much thanks to the original scanners and posters.
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Many thanks to original scanners and posters. I tried to check and make sure that none were already here.
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Thanks Narf.
This is a project and a half. I'll hold off adding yours latest uploads until I can get a handle on the ones already there.
Wont happen today though,
Take care,
-Yoc
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12 of different companies listed on the main page have my scans as the last download and 4 others not my scans but raids. Never let it be said that I have a one track mind. Oh wait it seems I do, hooked on comics. I think that I have files in all the others.
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From a coverless copy
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Ok Narf,
You kept me busy for a while on these but I've gotten most of them up.
The A-1 books are still on hold for now.
Question - just who published the Terry_and_the_Pirates_009 book?
Harvey?
Thanks for all the goodies!
-Yoc
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Ok Narf,
You kept me busy for a while on these but I've gotten most of them up.
The A-1 books are still on hold for now.
Question - just who published the Terry_and_the_Pirates_009 book?
Harvey?
Thanks for all the goodies!
-Yoc
Harvey is listed as the publisher of that book Yoc, April 1948 Vol.1, No. 9.
Geo
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Thanks Geo.
The book is now up.
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Cover to cover at 300 dpi
A reprint of Captain Fearless #1 which we do not have here so this is your chance to read his origin. Also includes Citizen Smith and Mr. Miracle.
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Cool, thanks Narf!
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C2C at 300 dpi scanning in ftp soon. Reprints Crash Comics Adventures 5 with a very different Cat Man. We have 1-3 in Fiche. I have been using 300 dpi for books that I think Roy Thomas might need something from int the future for alter Ego as that is what he prefers.
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Nice job Narf!
:)
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From a coverless, coverless added from GCD
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Thanks Narfstar for this one, we're almost done with that series now, only two issues left (#1 and #2). Nice scans by the way too. I may have lead on those two missing issues in a few days and if I can get my hands on them to finish up this series.
Geo
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Thanks Narf.
And I enjoyed how you hid your name in the Blue Bolt you recently uploaded.
Sneaky, very sneaky!
;)
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And what can you say about the person observant enough to find it ::)
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What can you say, hmm, perhaps that I'm not colour blind?
That purple stands out - not a GA colour that one.
;)
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Guess what my favorite color is?
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Plaid?
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dang I thought I would have fooled you 8)
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Speaking of complete series only issue two is needed now to complete this two issue series.
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Now up!
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From a coverless, coverless added from GCD
Narfstar,
For those of us anal enough to want them ctc including ads, I wonder if you can do me a favor. I'm almost positive that Commander Battle #6 has the same ads as Hooded Horseman v2n21 since the other contemporay issues match. That would make the ads as follows, can you confirm?
ifc "How Black Beauty ..."
page 7 "Kids be the first to send for this new plastic Aircraft..."
page 15 Giant Kiddie Play House / "In just 30 days ..."
page 23 Reversible Auto Seat Covers / Free Famous People on Stamps
page 29 Complete new Playsuit Sensation (Superman costume)
/ Thrilling New Time Teacher & Bank
page 34 New Heavy Plastic Giant Circus Tent
ibc "In ten minutes of fun a day I changed myself
bc "Men Women Boys Girls Prizes given"
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my copy is coverless but the other ads are the same
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Great -- I've never seen an ACG that had different cover ads and the same interior ads so I think it's safe. I'll zip the ads & upload
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Alice on Monkey Island C2C to make everyone happy. If the only ads on on the covers I usually include them. This is from Pentagon Press with quirky art by George Muhlfield. I remember someone being a big Alice fan. Hope they see this. The spine just crumbled away as I scanned.
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Henry Peters (HP) is the big Alice fan -- I'll let him know it's here. Thanks Narfstar.
One more favor, could you tell me where the ads in Commander Battle #6 go. I assumed they'd be on the same pages as in Hooded Horseman, but I see these comics were prior to that standardization and ads were located only between stories.
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Commander Battle is at school so it will be Monday when I can let you know Jon
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Adventures of Alice is still waiting in my FTP must have been overlooked.
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Now up
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Counting covers 2 different
page 7 "Kids be the first to send for this new plastic Aircraft..."
page 15 Giant Kiddie Play House / "In just 30 days ..."
page 21 Reversible Auto Seat Covers / Free Famous People on Stamps
page 25 Complete new Playsuit Sensation (Superman costume)
/ Thrilling New Time Teacher & Bank
page 34 New Heavy Plastic Giant Circus Tent
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Thanks, Narfstar.
Jon
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Here is another from my quest for one from every GA company. Good Comics with art by Edmond Good. And in my effort to please everyone it is cover to cover.
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Thank you Sir, Believe me that extra effort on your part IS appreciated.
-Nigel
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Thanks Narf, never heard of this one before.
C2C is always nice though!
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C2C from a crappy copy
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Now up
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This is the IW/Super reprint Master Detective. Since IW did not have proper copyright it is good to go. No Ads
Funny Fables #1 c2c scans from Red Top Decker which latest buzz indicates may not be related to Ajax/Ferrel like once thought.
Dizzy Duck 33 from Standard/Better C2C scans
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Thanks Narf!
I've put Funny Fables in unsorted for now. Let me know if it ever needs to be moved into Ajax.
GCD doesn't list what the original issue number of Old King Cole was used in IW's Master Detective so it's added as 'nn' or no number.
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Thanks Narf!
I've put Funny Fables in unsorted for now. Let me know if it ever needs to be moved into Ajax.
GCD doesn't list what the original issue number of Old King Cole was used in IW's Master Detective so it's added as 'nn' or no number.
Yoc, this is all I could find on it: Master Detective #17: Criminals on the Loose (V4 #2 Young King Cole), Young King Cole #? McWilliams art (second story).
Geo
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Geo where did you find the info for the crimininals on the run reprint? Nothing on the GCD except unk. Does anyone have any more of Criminals or YKC to scan?
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Why you scan of course. And you all benefit. As I sat scanning I thought of the otehrs of you out there who are/have done the same. Then I think about the fact that my scans may be the only thing some see of the comic a hundred years from now. Pretty cool. And who knows what might be popular then? They may think superheroes are stupid and Funny Animal books are da bomb.
Mickey Finn 03 Eastern Color from coverless
Bobby Benson 16 c2c
Dark Mysteries 23 IW reprint no ads
Tales of Horror 02 IW reprint no ads
Justice Traps the Guilty 90 from coverless
I sure spent a lot of time at the scanner for only 5 books. Oh well time to go home.
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Geo where did you find the info for the crimininals on the run reprint? Nothing on the GCD except unk. Does anyone have any more of Criminals or YKC to scan?
It came out of the Overstreet Price Guide, 2005 edition. What is strange is when I looked up the original series it didn't show a version 4 series, only a version 3 series as the last one, so the data maybe false or it was originally from one of the other series. I have some more info on the original series if you want. I'll put it up if you want, just ask.
Geo
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Yes Geo I would like info. Any info is welcome. I can enter in the GCD to be there for all.
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thanks narf!
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Yes Geo I would like info. Any info is welcome. I can enter in the GCD to be there for all.
This is all they have listed:
Young King Cole (becomes "Criminals on the Run")
Fall 1945 (V1, #1) though V3, #6 July 1948
Premium Group/Novelty Press
V1, #1 Toni Gayle begins
2-6
V2, #1-6
V3, #1-6
Note: Toni Gayle covers - V2,#1, 3, 5, V3, #1, 6.
Nothing on who wrote the stories or did the art, sorry, so this probably won't help much/any.
Geo
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Thanks for the effort Goe
Many of the YKC have Al McWilliams art may have been why it was fairly popular.
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Thanks to upload by Even Steven
from Dell should be pd with no special characters
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More Walt Kelly! Thanks Narf! :)
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Hey I only raid the best. Well actually I just grab anything I find we do not have here. I was not even aware that it contained Kelly as I have not looked at it yet. Guess I will take a peek.
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Is the whole book story and art Kelly? If not what parts?
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Here is my guess on what is done by Kelly in Tiny Tots #1 (1943):
Cover and back cover for sure,
3 Little Pigs - maybe but I'm leaning toward not,
3 Blind Mice for sure,
The Billy Goats - maybe again
The End for sure.
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Overstreet says there are two Kelly stories; if that's correct (and I'm not sure that it is) I would go with the pigs and the mice. I think it's more than possible he had help on the 3 little Pigs, though. The wolf is the only bit that screams Kelly at me for sure in that story.
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Thanks for the info guys
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You're welcome, keep in mind that's still just my guess.
(After making my original assessment, I started to wonder what exactly qualified me to pick out the Kelly art. A quick & dirty calculation showed I have somewhere around 8000 pages of Kelly in my collection. Which may not make me an expert, but I don't think anybody would argue that it at least gives me some frame of reference. ;D )
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Speaking of Kelly collections. I remember many years ago dropping my son off at summer camp in Maine. One year my wife and I stopped at all the lighthouses on the shore on the way back. Another year we stopped at all the used book stores in the little towns. One guy had about 20 Simon & Schuster Pogo paperbacks. Including all the ones I needed. I grabbed them all for real cheap and didn't realize until I got them home they were all first printings. The sad thing is they looked unread. :-(.
I can assure you, they no longer do.
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My collection is very much a mix of printings and conditions; I'm just happy that it is (other than the 70's omnibuses) complete.
I'm really looking forward to the Fantagraphic collections; I hope they find the rest of the Sundays they need soon. (Those are going to be the highlight of the books for us hardcore collectors; the first several years of dailies have been reprinted several times.)
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FTP full of stuff from elsewhere. Thanks to original scanners and posters
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Oh my .... cripes Narf, you've been busy!
Thanks, I'll sort and add them soon.... ish!
;)
Narf, there are a couple here I'm unsure about being public doman.
Orphan Annie and Large Feature Comic Series II 001 Dell - Mar1942 - Peter_Rabbit
I've moved them into the Check if PD folder for Aussie.
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Raiding is a lot easier than scanning. ;) I wondered about Orphan Annie but it was 1927 so I figured it might be good.
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1922 or earlier is the cutoff date for "nothing published from here back in the US is still copyrighted". So 1927 will need to be specifically checked.
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Since the topic came up I just went through some of my boxes and here is what I have on hand.
Black Diamond 27, 24-25coverless
Teen Town Comics 48 a Canadian repackaging of Latest or B29
All Top 8 from Green reprints an unk Patoruzu
Farmers Daughter ? coverless GGA
Crime Smashers 15
Vicky the no number Feb 49 issue
Ozzie and Babs 13
Love Problems 12
Ken Stuart 1 and only
Rod Cameron 18 missing cover and first wrap start of first story end of last
Romantic Secrets24
Pawnee Bill 2
Little Max 33
Marty Mouse 1 IW unk Monkeyshines reprint perhaps by posting we can find out
Pinky the Egghead IW reprint of Noodnik 3
Kid Koko IW rep of Koko and Kola 4
Tom Tom the Jungle Boy 2 IW rep unk Koko and Kola
Speedy Rabbit IW reprint of Peter Cottontail #1
Western Fighters v2#12
Rocky Lane 9
Mister Universe #2 coverless
Do-Do #7
Cavalier Comics #2
Surprise Adventures #3
Nick Haliday #1
GI Joe 26. 37
GE Adv Series #2Jet Propulsion #6 Into the Past #7 Electricity (previously posted #1 was popular enough)
Any requests for what to do first?
I will probably do Rocky Lane first as someone just requested some movie westerns then maybe Farmer's Daughter to treat all the guys.
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How about Mr. Universe? I have a perverse love for that comic.
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You did pipe up as one of the Christians right :-\ OK Mr U will be one of the earliest.
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Any St.John books are always welcome to me.
And the Crime Smashers book. Trojan crossed the line of good taste quite often.
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Mr.Universe (Professional Wrestler) from 1951?
This I gotta see!
snorK*
You did pipe up as one of the Christians right :-\ OK Mr U will be one of the earliest.
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I also dug up Kerry Drake 30 and an unscanned coverless Police. It is 127 post Plastic but still goes to completion of the run.
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Ohh, that Police issue jumps to the top of my requests.
I checked Heritage but no luck with getting a cover there. :(
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Great to see Police #127 -- one of the post-Plas issues I'd never been able to find.
Jon
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Raided from elsewhere. Here are some giveways of all types starting with
Johnny Surge selling milk machines -gotta love it.
If the A Bomb Falls - government so you know it is not copyright low quality (just like our government)
In Tune With fun- a 1950'2 book about accordians
Trapped- 1951 about drug abuse
H Bomb to follow the A bomb
And a MLK book that may or may not be PD so is in check for PD folder
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The one everyone wanted is now up. From a coverless copy at 300dpi with inside ads for those who care about such things. This book seems to be a little more scarce than Gerber 5. It was one of only 4 not indexed at the GCD. I am indexing it. If there are any of you who are physical copy Police Completest make me an offer.
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Now in FTP from 300dpi from coverless contains inside ads
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Thanks Narf!
MLK books doesn't show on the copyright site (AFAICT) so it's added as well.
-Yoc
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from coverless and missing a center page and ads
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In regards to Police Comic 127 there is an image of the cover here:
http://members.fortunecity.com/holeymoley/pages/police/police9.htm
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Thanks George
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I do not know the issue number since it is coverless but full of good girl art by Howie Post according to Jerry's Whose Who.
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Looks cute, thanks Narf!
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Cover to cover now in ftp
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Thanks to Bill K for this one
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Charlton scans no ads
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all up now, thanks Narf!
:D
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Farmer's daughter I uploaded is number 2
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I had to get something from Nationwide and Captain Atom usually sold for too much. I got a Do-Do cheap so here it is from cover to cover.
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Cover to cover at 300dpi. The other Jesse James were pretty popular so here is another. Also a western for the western fans. I scanned what was requested so now I am just scanning what is handy. BTW beside the Jesse James I found a Blazing West 7 and IW reprint of Silver Kid 2
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Thanks Narf, both are now up. :)
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narf-
Thanks for taking the time adding your comments in the description line on your scans.
I should start adding that feature.
Cheers
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That was me Rez. I just pull them from the posts here when Narf adds some info on a book. Please feel free if you have something you'd like added to the comments section of any books you've uploaded. Artist info is always a nice thing when there is someone special in a book!
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Well cool. I always appreciated having the fiche copies labeled. The comments with what the book contains like a genre is a handy thing.
That was me Rez. I just pull them from the posts here when Narf adds some info on a book. Please feel free if you have something you'd like added to the comments section of any books you've uploaded. Artist info is always a nice thing when there is someone special in a book!
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I reuploaded this the other was missing the cover and first three pages
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Newspaper reprints Great art and story by Keats Petree
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Thanks Narf, now up!
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Battle Cry 07 from Stanmor minus ads
Battle Fire 06 from Key minus ads
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And now up! Thanks Narf. :)
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Black Cat 44 in ftp
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BC - always a welcome site! Thanks for the scans Narf!
NOTE - Black Cat Mystery #63-65 are NOT public domain so please don't add those if you find them. :(
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I do have them but they are SA reprints anyway
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Wouldn't all the stories reprinted in these no longer be PD?
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True Narf but those issues were copyrighted. To scan and share them here, ever though the contents were reprinted from earlier issues not renewed, would still be against the law. If one were to scan the original issues we could post those but not those last few compilation issues.
I guess one could think of it like those K-Tel compilations. They didn't own the songs but they did own their compilation.
GAC member JCOLAG has agreed to help with questions like these. Perhaps if he sees this he'll comment.
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I think you got it. Reprints are often changed (re-inked or updated) for various reasons, so even though the story is the same, the reprint could be different enough to warrant its own copyright. And even if it's identical down to the cover and the ads, the renewal still gives Harvey the right to file a DMCA request or sue. Even if they lose the case in the end (I don't know the UK's rules, but the US requires the loser to pay the winner's legal fees in copyright cases so that there's no long-term economic downside to suing or being sued as long as you're in the right), who wants to put Serj through that mess just for a reprint?
Again, the IW reprints are almost always OK, because Waldmann used the printing plates as-is and didn't file for copyright. Microfiche collections are fair game, because they're just pictures of the out-of-copyright book (though the collection itself could carry a copyright for the presentation). Any other reprints definitely need a case-by-case check, and I think we'd all be happier erring on the safe side and just trusting that copyright registrations are valid if they're in the system.
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I think you read my post backward. I was thinking that we may not be able to carry the original stories that were reprinted because their copyrights would have been renewed with the reprint.
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Oh, yes. That's definitely fine. You can copyright as many new versions of a book as you like, but the original version can't go back into copyright without a really good reason. In the United States, this usually involves something like wartime military service during the renewal period (and that list is published annually, though I doubt it involves us, since we're mostly talking about corporate-owned properties).
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Heroic #82 C2C scans
Has a Boy Scout Jamboree PSA by the legendary Frank Frazetta!!!
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Thanks narf, the new book is now up gang!
:)
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Heroic 74 c2c
Marmaduke Monk 14 a reprint of an unknown Monkeyshines without ads
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Tnx Narf! Now up!
:)
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Thanks to Even Steven for the upload
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Now up!
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Justice Traps the Guilty 84 from coverless No ads from coverless. Coupon torn out of page 13 made a hole in page 14 so I put my NARFSTAR there.
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Those darn kids and their coupons! >:(
Thanks Narf, the book is now up.
:)
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Narf might not have noticed yet but he's been made a Moderator by the admins today.
Congrats Jim! :)
Please read the tutorials in the Staff Room. Any questions feel free to PM me directly.
-Yoc
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Two new oddball titles. Ken Stuart a one shot and Vic Verity with CC Beck art. What you come to expect from narftar.
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Thanks Narf!
But say, if Ken Stuart has Columbia ads and noted GCD indexer James Ludwig says it's a Columbia book perhaps we should put it with the others in the Columbia folder? I've found James to be a dependable indexer in the past. ;)
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My problem with that is if you did not have the cover you would have not know that it had anything to do with Columbia. Surrogacy gives me a headache. This books was one of my one from every company effort. I forgot that the GCD listed as Columbia (probably because of the ads.) I will move it to Columbia if no one objects. Since you get to view the actual scans with the Columbia ads everyone will understand why.
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Makes sense to me. And give my regards to Jim too. ;)
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Keeping up with trying to average a book a day. Here we have two Black Diamond 24 and 25 as well as a giveaway. More Fun With Your 22 Rifle should be pre-1950. Mine has no date so it was not copyright and a 4th edition is 1955. Mine may be a first edition.
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Ooh, Wolverton in the Black Diamonds. Looking forward to those!
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I am a Bing Bang Buster fan and Wolverton in general. Great sense of humor.
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Wolverton eh? Cool! :)
Narf, I've tweaked your listings for these to mention the Wolverton content.
I'm sure the download number will get a bump knowing this info.
Anyone uploading books - please mention when someone or something special is in them to encourage readers to give them a try. I'm not a western fan beyond ME's Ghost Rider and wouldn't have downloaded these if Eric hadn't mentioned Wolverton.
So my thanks to Narfstar for the scans and Eric for getting me to download them. :)
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I guess that I was too familiar with this book and thought everyone knew BBB by Wolverton was in them. I would like to see a BBB archive after we get all of them.
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Hey, if you want to write the copy I might be willing to do the graphics of such a collection Narf!
But be warned, I'm already committed to two more volumes of Phantom Lady and another 'mystery character' with my usual writing partner Phabox.
And I have a personal ambition to see a YellowJacket Collection done as well!
:)
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Looks like it starts at 16 and stops at 27 or 28. I have 27 next in my scan pile. 28 is not yet indexed so do not know if it has BBB but 29 does not. Stories are only 3 pages each.
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Overstreet shows 28 as being the last Wolverton issue. If I recall correctly, most if not all the Black Diamond Westerns were on JVJ's list, so with any luck we'll see the full run before too long.
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Black Diamond Western was one for the runs I hoped to ask for next time, but if someone else beats me to it, that's fine, too.
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Adventures in Electricity 07 and Adventure Into The Past from the GE adventure series with George Roussos art now ready for your downloading pleasure.
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Oh, Odd-Ball Giveaways alert!
Thanks Narf! :)
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I've got "Bing Bang Buster" from BDW# 17,21,24,26,27&28 if that helps to put together a "BBB" set!
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More scans of your modanim?
Feel free to collect them all into a file and I can upload them to the BDW folder.
:)
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Adventures in Jet Power is another GE adventure series book. Teen Town Comics is a Canadian remaindered copy of Bee-29 or Latest Comics cover to cover. Notice how some of the ads have no coupons printed.
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Hey Jim... thanks for sharing Teen Town... from what I can see, it's not a remainder (where the original cover is ripped off and a new cover applied), it's a reprinting from the original plates... but the Canadian publisher intentionally damaged or blanked out parts of the plates so the coupons wouldn't print. I notice one page still has the info from the red plate on the bottom of the page, but the black plate with most of the info is gone. I've seen a few Canadian reprints like this. Do you mind if I update your index at the GCD? (Still don't know what it is a reprint of, though)
Peter
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Thanks Peter. I went ahead and changed it to save you the trouble. Neat book hope we can get the original indexed to compare.
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Weird Terror 1 and 8 as well as Black Fury 16 all from Even Steven uploads.
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GI Joe 37 some nice Dan DeCarlo art. You can look to see if you recognize any of the names from the 90 Pen Pals.
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Two IW reprints
Speedy Rabbit 14 reprint of Peter Cottontail 1 Ben Brown art
Pinky The Egghead 1 reprint Noodnik 3 art by Frank Roberge
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thanks Narf!
:)
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Another one from coverless and in pretty bad shape. Preserved now forever ;D
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I deleted my old Police 127 but added iZone covers to my scans and put up a C2C version
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While teaching at my former school some computer nerds wanted to start a club.
I suggested the Nebulous Abstract Reality Federation because "we are out there"
and that was the official name of the club. Unofficially it was referred to as Nerds Are Really Fun. We all had nifty names like The Warlord of Narf, my son was The Scepter of Narf and I was the Elder of Narf. My screen name however was narfstar and thus a legend was born. We actually gained membership online across the country and world back in the BBS days. narf
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I always assumed you were a Pinky fan!
:)
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And I want to rule the world
narf
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from coverless missing ifc, ibc and bc
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Thanks for your continued work on such a wide variety of titles, Narf. I noticed the cover image was a bit small on this one, so I grabbed an image from Heritage and cropped it and the like and stuck it in my folder on the ftp if you want to upgrade it. It's through one of those cursed plastic jobbers but is still decent enough. ;)
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Cover to cover you all have co-oped me into the cover to cover clique.
Here is an unusual book containing reprints of Argentina's most popular character.
"Patoruz
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Two new no ad books up. I also created categories for them Western Fighters is Hillman and Little Max is Harvey
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Thanks to Twobyfour for First Romance Magazine 31 and Even Steven for the Rex Allen coming up.
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Thanks to Jim we now have the centerfolds to Red Band 3/4 and Hi-Lite Comics. Red Band 3 and 4 have the same contents as do 1 and 2 (forthcoming). Thanks to Jim we now have the long awaited Yellowjacket #9 from cover to cover. All scanned and edited by me so you would not have to wait. Scanning to tiff does seem to produce a better result. I think almost everyone will be pleased. Not Cimm quality but I think YJ look pretty darn good.
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Thanks to Jim we now have the long awaited Yellowjacket #9 from cover to cover. All scanned and edited by me so you would not have to wait.
Beautiful scans, Narf! Thanks so much for this one! ;D
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Excellent work Narf - another one off my 'must read' list! :D
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Looks GREAT, narf,
especially considering what my comic looks like - as anyone can see from the inside covers. I'd only comment that some of the pages could have been straightened more. Some of the page turns were pretty jumpy - if that's the right word. What software are you using? (and if I should know the answer to that, just humor me and tell me again, okay? Thanks.)
And, most importantly, is it possible to include the index card art IDs with the scans? My hope is that someone out there is going to know something new about these comics and we'll be able to find out. Plus, the info can be then transferred to the GCD by someone with the inclination. I'm going through the trouble of reviewing most of these cards before sending you the comics and you'd make me very happy by adding a scan of the cards at the beginning or the end of the issue. Thanks.
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Not putting the cards was an oversite in my rush to get this one up. I have the cards together to do all at once and they are not done yet. I will be adding all the info to the GCD and already did Mad Hatter.
I used Lexmark photo editor. I still have the tiff files that I will pass on tonight to Rez if he wants to take a stab at straightening and improving them. Most came out pretty straight and those that did not a click of another degree looked too much the other direction to me. The Hi-Lite and Red Band are mixed new and old scans. I did brighten some of the old scans up with paint.net
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Hi Narf,
Any chance of you including the artist info cards in each scan as well? Not everyone getting these will know about the GCD.
Thanks again for getting these new book to us so fast!
-Yoc
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Continued from Red Band we have Merry Comics and Zoom Comics now available for download.
These are raw scans that you can get now without waiting. After the Tiff files are edited I will replace these with the better copies. Cover to cover thanks to JVJ's contributions.
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I send a card scan with the tiffs of Yellowjacket so Rez can include it with the edited version.
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Thanks Narf! :)
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When I got JVJ's box of comics I got a few of my own that day. Here is one of them c2c from Gillmor.
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BREAKER BREAKER 19. You got yer ears on narf? What c2c?
Whhhheeeerrrres the Beef?
by the way will you send me the inside back cover of zoom without the index card on it? Thanks
When I got JVJ's box of comics I got a few of my own that day. Here is one of them c2c from Gillmor.
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bump
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Sent you a PM rez
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Harvey from coverless so no ifc, ibc or bc.
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It is now HERE. Unedited scans until the edited ones are ready. Also the IW reprint of Avon's U.S. Paratroops 5 without the ads. Enjoy them as they are now available onsite to be downloaded. Blazing is a JVJ book with my raw scans to tied everyone over until the edited ones are ready.
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Zooms up.
be up, up, and away
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Thanks Rez looks good and now available. Picked the toughest one to start with. This one was the lowest page quality. Yoc just couldn't wait to get his hands on it and has started the edits on Blazing. Blazing has a waterstain that will present some problems.
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These raw scans look pretty good in my opinion. Mad Hatter may have had a split spine barely holding on by one staple but it has pretty nice page quality as you can see. Jim's books are much better than he gives them credit for compared to some of the stuff that I have. It was the first book I just had to read when I got the JVJ box. Now you can read it to nice stuff. Tiffs have been passed on to rez for future editing. His nice looking Zoom is available also. ;D
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Thanks guys!
So Rez, don't worry about Blazing 1, I'll take care of it Ok?
-Yoc
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I remembered to send rez a pm
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Looks to be plenty of books to keep one busy for a goodly spell. Go YOC! Set them Blazing ;D
The Yellowjacket 9 edit is now loaded to the FTP.
Folks, I'm not too content with my scanning operations and seeing the arrival of the Photoshop disk from JV I believe it may be a while before any active scanning projects as I get my feet wet with an introduction to the new processes.
Also, I think it only right to work with 300 minimum instead of 150 as after the amount of time delegated to a book I feel it should be of greater detail for better use in future technologies as hinted at in other earlier conversations.
Cheers
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Rez,
I've had VERY little experience with Elements, but I have installed it on my computer so that I can refer to it should you have any questions. Other Elements users in the group can chime in here, but the section I found most useful was the "Edit and Enhance Photos" which resembles the Photoshop interface. It lacks a few useful tools like [Select][Color Range], but there's actually a LOT of the power of the full Photoshop program here.
Best of luck with your lessons.
Peace, Jim (|:{>
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Raw scans for those who can not wait. I will put the tiffs up tomorrow.
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Thanks Narf, I've added RAW to the names to show they are different from the edits still to come from Rez
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Also, I think it only right to work with 300 minimum instead of 150 as after the amount of time delegated to a book I feel it should be of greater detail for better use in future technologies as hinted at in other earlier conversations.
a 300dpi tiff comic is nearly 500meg. I scanned Great at all 300dpi. Seems we can have 300dpi jpg or 150dpi tiff coverted to jpg but 300dpi tif will be too big.
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I'd say that's pretty big yeah. LOL
I believe PNG files are lossless like a TIFF file but a bit smaller. You might as Jim, he's likely more up on file formats than most.
-Yoc
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Another JVJ c2c book scanned by narfstar. Raw scans to check out before the edits. This one is all 300 dpi
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The 300 ppi jpegs are going to be good enough for what we see on our screens, folks.
Seriously, your monitor only displays from 72 to 96 ppi, so, if you could put a 300 ppi tiff file into your display, it would show up as 3 to 4 times the size of the actual comic book. NOT very readable. Might be great for looking at original art, but not so very pleasant when viewing a cheaply printed comic book.
PNG files are not lossless, unlike tiffs which are, and they allow for transparency, like tiffs (and GIFs).
(GIFs have only 1 bit of transparency, while PNGs have 8 bits, which means 255 levels of transparency.)
Unlike tiffs, PNGs are displayable on the web, and unlike jpegs they allow for transparency, something that isn't really of much interest to the GAC group as far as I can tell.
PNGs also display more consistently across the Mac/PC platforms.
PNG is "probably" the wave of the future - who knows what new format will be conceived tomorrow, though? Still, storing your scans on DVD or a hard drive as 300 ppi tiffs should suffice for the nonce.
and it is PPI, guys, not DPI. DPI measures a half-tone screen for offset printing. It is a physical thing you can measure with a ruler. PPI is how something is displayed on your monitor. It is completely dependent on the user and the software. It cannot be measured with a ruler and your 300 ppi tiff file, narf, can be displayed on my monitor at 150 ppi and look twice as large. i.e. your 1 inch of 300 pixels, I can view as 2 inches of 150 pixels. A 155 dpi screen will always have 155 DOTS in 1 inch, no matter who's looking at it.
Any other questions?
Peace, Jim (|:{>
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Corrections noted, Jim. You've ALMOST got me to using PPI but I've gotten used to the incorrect term.
I'm not sure the GAC group isn't interested in transparency; I don't think we know what it can do for us. Just from the name I'm not sure it is terribly important to scanning old comics, but given everything you've already taught us you may well know some wonderful use none of us have though of.
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See, I told you Jim would know more than me! :)
So Jim, any suggestions for Eric and Narf who want to produce the best raw scans they can but don't want to have to upload 500mb per a book?
-Yoc
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See, I told you Jim would know more than me! :)
So Jim, any suggestions for Eric and Narf who want to produce the best raw scans they can but don't want to have to upload 500mb per a book?
-Yoc
Well, I knew a little bit about PNG, Yoc,
but for the nitty gritty details I just Googled it.
As for transparency, Eric, I can't see much need for it here at all.
As for resolution, I'd simply recommend you keep doing whatever it is you guys to do display the scans on-line. Think of the 300 ppi (come on, Eric, you CAN do it!) tiffs as your "masters" that you can return to when the need arises. Store them somewhere (on DVDs seems to the most economical) and in five years (or so, or whenever the next display technology breakthrough occurs) you'll be able to bring them into the latest editing/conversion software and turn them into whatever the latest display format happens to be.
Nothing needs to change in the post-cleaning process that I can see. Scan in tiff, edit in tiff, convert to jpeg and display. See, I don't even know what resolution jpegs you're downloading NOW. Whatever it is, it's certainly been satisfactory so far. Just consider the original/cleaned scans as being insurance (against loss, damage, or innovation).
Of course, transferring the tiff files to someone for cleaning adds a certain level of "overhead" to the process. That I have no answer for, since I don't really know what happens after the files are edited. How are the files "packaged" for display? In what format? Using what "tool"? At what resolution? I have zero experience with the process and can't comment or make suggestions from such a position of ignorance.
Peace, Jim (|:{>
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Jim, I hate to bother you about this but I've wondered about it for quite a while. I have read in several old computer books and you have stated a few times that "your monitor only displays from 72 to 96 ppi." Now, I can change the resolution of my screen, based on my relatively old graphics card, from 800 by 600 pixels up to 1280 by 1024 pixels, all within the same 19 inch screen. Wouldn't this indicate that the pixels per inch would have a wider range than 24 pixels?
I tried saving a picture in Photoshop today to use as wallpaper. I saved it once as 1024 pixels high and 100 ppi and another version as 1024 pixels high and 300 ppi. As my screen resolution is set at 1280 by 1024, the 300 ppi covered it nicely top to bottom. The 100 ppi tiled nine images in the same area. This would seem to me to indicate that my monitor is showing 300 ppi.
Of course, math was always my worst subject in school and I could be completely wrong. I have asked other people about this and gotten a dazed and confused stare in response.
Sorry if this is getting off-subject, narf, but this has been pestering me for some time.
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It's a very logical question, rm,
What happens when you change your screen resolution from 800 x 600 to 1280 x 1024? If your monitor is like mine, the displayed picture (and the icons and the text) all get SMALLER. In the case of this example, they get distorted vertically as well, since your display card is mapping the contents of the horizontal pixels at a 160% ratio and the vertical ones at a 170% ratio.
For example: If you're running Windows (which I am, so you have to accept MY example): I can set my icon display size, in pixels, in the Settings area of the desktop. So, let's say my icons are set at 40 pixels wide. At the original 800 x 600 setting, each desktop icon is going to be 40/800, or 5% of your screen width, i.e. BIG. Your display drivers are mapping each pixel to the resolution you set. At the 1280 x 1024 setting, each icon is only a little over 3% of the screen width. Same size PHYSICAL display, finer resolution = smaller picture.
But I have been remiss in my statements, because I have been referring in every instance of "72 - 96 ppi" to the WEB. The web serves up images at a standard resolution of 72-96 ppi. If you have any web authoring software, try the same experiment with your wallpaper in that software. You'll find that the 100 ppi image will fill your browser window and the 300 ppi image will show only 1/9 of the picture. Here's something I found on the web at http://www.workdance.com/Downloads/Tutorial2/tutorial2a.html
PPI: Pixels per inch
This is your display resolution, i.e., what you see on-screen. Usually referring to a monitor or digital camera.
It also greatly affects file size and image efficiency - more on that later.
This is the most often encountered resolution term, and it alone can be confusing because the term relates not only to the on-screen display of any image, but also to the image file itself.
A side note: Whether you're on a Mac or PC does have some bearing here, since Mac screen resolution is 72 ppi, and PC screen resolution is 96 ppi. For PC users, exchange 96 ppi for 72 ppi in the math, and you'll get the result for your system.
You can read more at the link if you want. But what I've been saying (or NOT saying very well) is that ON THE WEB you're getting files served to you that are being displayed by your browser at those resolutions BECAUSE that's what the HTML standard expects. Of course, NOW we're getting all kinds of plug-ins and add-ons and Flash and other display modifiers that allow for higher resolution and zooms and all those bells and whistles that plain old HTML didn't have, but that's not relavent - YET.
But if your graphics card and monitor/display are capable of showing your icons at 800 x 600 or 1260 x 1042, they aren't changing the number of pixels in your display, they're simply mapping more or fewer of them to the pixels of the icon (or the picture you downloaded). Whoever created the icon or the picture did it in pixels at some specific resolution (as you did your wallpaper) and you can tell your display (up to its supported resolution) how to show them to you. Your web browser will simply appear larger or smaller based on what you choose, but just as you can't zoom into an HTML-displayed image to make it bigger, you can't enlarge the browser display without lowering your screen resolution.
What format and resolution the files that you download from GAC are in could matter a lot if the software for viewing them isn't based on HTML. That part I don't know.
Is all that of ANY help?
Peace, Jim (|:{>
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Hi Jim, let me rephrase my original question.
What lossless image format produces the smallest file size when scanned at say 300dpi?
ie which is the most efficient I guess?
Once I get them to edit I'm working in TIFF as is until saving them as a JPG trying to get each page between 700-900kb.
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Efficiency only comes with compression, Yoc,
which by it's very nature ISN'T lossless. Which part of the process are you asking about? "Most efficient" for what? For transferring from scanner to editor? For posting on the web? For archiving?
I don't think you're going to get much smaller than 20 MB per page without compression. At 10" x 7" you have 70 square inches and at 300 ppi you're going to end up around 21,000,000 pixels (300 x 70). And at 1 byte per pixel, you're close to 20 MB.
The answer to your question is that I don't think you're going to get much smaller than a tiff file without loss. I just saved the PL ifc in several different formats and here are the file sizes:
.tif - 2,023 KB
.tif with .lzw compression - 1,977 KB
.tif with .zip compression - 1,660 KB
.tif with 100% jpg compression - 1,072 KB
.jpg at 100% - 998 KB
(since this started life as a .jpg from the web, it's much smaller than a 300 ppi scan)
Everything except the .tif and .lzw is a lossy compression of sorts, and as you can see, .lzw doesn't help much. Now as to what the LOSS is in each format, I can't say. I don't know that much.
When I did the same save with a full 300 ppi scan, I got VERY comparable results:
.tif - 19,238 KB
.jpg at 100% - 10,233 KB
SO, again, I need to know WHAT it is that you want to do with that 700-900 KB file in order to answer the real question that you haven't asked yet. :)
Peace, Jim (|:{>
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Thanks for the explanation of screen resolution, Jim.
You have amazing patience with all our questions and it is much appreciated.
Best,
Richard
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Thanks Jim.
I was talking about 'For transferring from scanner to editor'
I believe you've answered the question - TIFF it is.
-Yoc
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In principle you could get huge lossless compression for b&w (ifc ibc) or even gray scale. All that it would require that the image be largely white (or largely black but that would be less common). The compression scheme would be something like this, pixel 50% black (one byte), the next 300 pixels white (two bytes), etc. That way there would be much less than one byte per pixel.
But this of course require preknowledge that the page is mostly white, and does not consist of randomly placed dots.
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Please move this discussion to the clean up thread it is hurting my poor bald head ;) Now I know why I let others edit scans. I need a decision here. Should I upload 150 ppi Tiffs to be edited or 300ppi jpgs to be edited ???
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Narf,
I would LOVE to answer that question, but in order to do so, I need to know what file type and resolution eventually goes into the .cbr files that are actually downloaded for viewing. So far, no one has given me that information and my answer relies up me having it.
And I agree 100% that some of the posts in this thread belong very much in the How Much Clean-Up? or some other thread. We should stop abusing your hospitality.
Peace, Jim (|:{>
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I think 300ppi jpg is the optimal for the cbr. But the tif have to be 300 to make 300jpg and 300 tif are too big to pass along.
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I'm not so certain that 300 ppi jpegs are the rule, Narf,
OtherEric says that most .cbr files contain 150 to 200 ppi jpegs, and that's what they turned out to be when I extracted a few pages from one and bought them into Photoshop. So the answer I gave Eric and will give you is that it is quite reasonable to pass along 150 ppi tiffs, and keep the 300 ppi tiffs as archives. When the correx are made, THEN they can be turned into 150 ppi jpegs, assembled into .cbr packages and posted.
Seriously, that makes the most sense and should cut down considerably on the transfer "overhead".
Peace, Jim (|:{>
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I think most of the files are only 150 ppi but I was suggesting that most think that 300 is the best. If everyone is happy with 150, I know I am, we can transfer 150 ppi tiffs to 150 ppi jpgs.
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The simplest thing would be to create a .cbr file using 300 ppi jpegs and see what size it ends up and how it displays. I think the only advantage you're going to get is that you will be able to display the file at a larger size. But I could be wrong about that. Does anyone know of any files on the site that ARE 300 ppi? If so, we can do the test without any additional effort.
Curious minds want to know more.
Peace, Jim (|:{>
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I know some scanners like to have their covers at 300 dpi while the insides are at 150.
150 seems to be the norm but I feel for any truly special, one of a kind books a bump to 300 is worth it. BTW, any scans used in Alter-Ego are requested at 300dpi.
-YOc
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I think ALL of the SCANS should be at 300 ppi, Yoc,
the 150 ppi should relate ONLY to the jpegs that get posted for uploads. It is plenty of resolution for display on a computer screen.
Again, I'm going to pound on this again and again, because it really is important that people understand it: there's a BIG difference between Ppi and Dpi. Roy Thomas's desire for 300 ppi scans has absolutely nothing to do with GAC DISPLAY needs.
But, you're absolutely right that future printing needs are another reason to nudge us toward 300 ppi SCANS. Roy Thomas wants 300 Ppi scans so that he can reproduce them at 150 Dpi (or Lpi [lines per inch]) on a printing press as half-tone screens in Alter Ego. The general rule of thumb is TWICE the print screen resolution for scanning resolution. So 300 ppi scans can be made available in the future as Roy or anyone else needs them.
(In all honesty, though, since Roy GENERALLY reproduces comic book pages at 1/2 size, the 150 ppi scans would suffice. All we'd have to do is change the resolution of the scan from 150 to 300 ppi and we'd get a half-size 300 ppi scan that would be exactly what he'd need and use.)
I'll ask again if anyone has actually put 300 ppi jpegs into an upload file on GAC, and if so, which one(s)?
Peace, Jim (|:{>
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I know I've seen those higher resolution covers but darned if I can recall who did them.
Sorry I can't be of more help.
-Yoc
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I have done a few in 300dpi. Here is Blazing #5
http://goldenagecomics.co.uk/index.php?dlid=5928
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Thanks, Narf,
I downloaded it and the first thing I noticed is that it's fully twice the KBs of most of the other files I've downloaded. Not a problem, but what are you providing the end user for all the extra overhead? What is the advantage you see in the higher resolution files?
From my perspective, there's certainly the ability to display the pages larger. I can't even reach the limit of enlargement on my 17" laptop screen. Is this an advantage for end user? Certainly if you want to scrutinize the printed page at high magnification it is. But for reading the book and looking at the pictures in a normal fashion, I can't see what it is that we're getting for the extra overhead.
Here, again, I'm not the target audience for the scans, so I don't really know what other people want. Comparing the scan of Animal Comics #1 which appears to be done at 150 ppi with Blazing #5 at 300 ppi, I can't imagine ever looking at EITHER of them at their highest resolution.
Here's an analogy that I think is VERY apt:
When I prepare artwork for my magazine, I've asked the printer what resolution he wants. He's told me 400 ppi is what he needs, so that's what I give him. IF I were to give him 500 ppi CYMK files in my files, he's actually just going to reduce them to 400 ppi when he renders them for the file that goes to make the printing plate. That extra 100 ppi doesn't get used and merely makes my files larger.
In the case of Blazing #5, when the display software that readers use to view the downloaded comics puts the image on the screen, it, too, reduces (downsamples) your 300 ppi jpeg to whatever settings are default in the reader. Since I have VERY limited experience with this, I'm extrapolating MY own experience with CDisplay to other readers, so this might not be universally true. But with CDisplay if I have it set for [Options][Configure][Image Sizing Options][Fit Height (C + H)], I see the entire page on the screen. From there I can copy the image to the clipboard and paste it into a new file in Photoshop.
Animal Comics #1 turns out to be displayed full page at 11.444" x 8.139" at 72 ppi.
Blazing Comics #5 displayed full page at 11.444" x 8.083" at 72 ppi.
None of that extra "overhead" is visible or usable at full page on my screen.
So I set my display configuration to [Fit Width (C+W) ] and then copied to the clipboard and brought into a new file in Photoshop.
Animal Comics #1 displays at 28.083" x 20" at 72 ppi (or 13.5" x 9.6" at 150 ppi.)
Blazing Comics #5 displays at 28.292" x 20" at 72 ppi (or 13.58" x 9.6" at 150 ppi)
The resolution of my monitor is 1440 pixels, so a full-width display is quite large.
My point is that BOTH files have plenty of resolution for a reasonably-sized monitor display and that all that extra ppi that's in the Blazing file is largely going to be unused and probably never even NOTICED by the people downloading the file EXCEPT when they look at the size of the file and see how long it's taking to download it.
It's equivalent to me sending 800 ppi files to my printer. He really is only going to notice it while he's in the process of transferring the files from my disc to his system where he's going to throw away all that extra data that he doesn't need. My files will be bigger than everyone else's and they still won't be helping either me or him.
Play with what gets displayed on your viewing software and see if it makes some other difference that I'm unaware of.
I think I'll shut up now.
Peace, Jim (|:{>
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Thanks Jim, I think you just let us know that more is not always better. I think it was a general "perception" that 300ppi had to be much better than 150. I will stick to providing 150ppi tiffs to Rez and using 150jpg for display. Saves time scanning.
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Cowgirl Romances #5 is available in Fiction House from the IW reprint. Today we have Ozzie and Babs 13 from Fawcett c2c scans
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It depends a bit on the file; some books I'm MUCH more likely to use the zoom on the comic reading software. I find this particularly likely on early comic strip reprint books; but it also comes up on Lev Gleason books a fair bit. Those I'll go for 200 PPI rather that 150 normally; I know it makes a difference on some of them. But on lots of books it's not necessary.
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That'll work, narf,
but I still would urge you to scan at 300 ppi tiff, save that file for posterity, then convert it to a 150 ppi tiff to send to rez. The extra few minutes of scanning MIGHT pay off big in a couple of years. (They might NOT, too, but having a 300 ppi archive record of a book is IMHO a good thing. YMMV.)
For instance: what if in 2012 it actually becomes economical to print on demand and someone will offer a service to recreate your comics for you, in color, two-sided, saddlestitched, for 25
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I can't speak for Narf, but that's what I'm doing now. I have folders on both my computers marked "JVJ raw scans" with 300 PPI raw TIFF's in case we need them later.
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I agree that for printing is is worth to have a 300 ppi file version stored somewhere.
But for digital comics books filesize is an issue and
the best format for me is 200 ppi saved as jpg quality 50-60.
That gives files sizes of about 500-600 KB per page, or 18-20 MB for a cbz
is the ideal size for a 36 page comic book.
There are many comics around there over 1MB per page, in total 40-50 MB or more is too much.
Very hard to download with a slow connection (for instance many fiche).
Also it takes more time and physical memory to your reader program to load the file
(specially if it is stored on a DVD).
So I use to reduce the size of many of those files to almost one-half,
since on the screen you are not able to see the differences.
JVJ: thanks for providing so many comics scans from your collection. Sure I'm going to enjoy them.
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You're welcome, citaltras,
and thanks for the file size info. Can you tell me why you chose 200 ppi instead of 150 ppi? I'm not certain that it makes much of a difference when viewed full page or full width.
Peace, Jim (|:{>
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On screen there is not much difference between 150 dpi and 200 dpi, but the
latter has more pixeles and in theory allows the reader to make safer
modifications to the images if needed.
But be 150 or 200 ppi, at the end the quality or resolution of the final digital files
for reading should be determined by these 2 factors
1-File size not exceeding 600 or 700 kB per page. 500 KB is better.
This can be achieved by saving as:
200 ppi jpg quality 40-50 or less
150 ppi jpg quality 60-70 or less
2- Image quality for reading, should not be deformed by too much compression.
Cit
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A pre-code gem. This panel would never have made it after the code.
(http://rapidshare.com/files/172531172/frosted.jpg)
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As always thanks for all the work, Narf. In particular, I'm thinking of Love Problems and Advice Illustrated 12, gracias.
A quick chime in on the dpi issue. Working at the pixel widths that we use (typically 1280) there is almost no file size difference between 300dpi and 150 dpi. Most scanners these days just leave their files at 300 dpi. There is a school of thought that reducing the dpi at the last step can help eliminate moire, but I don't think that is neccesarily true. The more times you alter and resave a jpeg, the more compression artifacts you will get. A lot of files that are trimmed for size considerations by scan collectors and reshared show much more "blockiness" and other compression artifacts than the original scan. There are plenty of scan collectors out there that like to take scans and resize them, run them through jpeg cleaners, etc. out of concern for filesize, neatness, order, and so on and so forth (some collectors might be said to have clinical personalities, heh heh). Having a target size for a .cbr does not take into account the varying complexity of comics and printing processes. A digitally produced modern comic scan for instance will have far less pixel information typically than the same sized golden age page that has aged, is on textured paper, and was printed with by different mechanical processes. I share larger files (by the current standard, in three years I very much doubt it) of 1680 width at 300 dpi jpegs at 8 quality. I sometimes feel sheepish about 40MB files, but you can zoom in on any panel of one of my scans and see the art with crisp lines. There are already tons and tons of comics out there that were scanned in the days of dial-up that are being or will be rescanned. Scan lovers just aren't satisfied with some of the smaller scans out there. When it comes to golden age comics, every rescan means possible damage to a valuable item, so I don't think it's a bad idea to think ahead a few years...
Anyways, I'm rambling here...
Cheers,
Darwin
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Of course the final size of the file depends on its contents, but I still think 1MB per page
is too much for the average golden age comic book. If you are not going to zoom in, just
read it on screen there is no noticeable difference between a large 300 ppi file and
a 200 ppi saved as jpg quality 50, with almost half the size.
Note that I am not speaking about 150 ppi, but about 200 ppi, which should be the
next step on the standard digital comic resolution.
The quality of the final scan is potentially very good, if the original scan is so.
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Lucky Comics #1 and Key Comics #2 raw scans from the JVJ collection. Who thought the Key was a good idea for a hero? Who thought he should be the lead feature? My idea of the second dumbest "super" power after the Buzzard. By issue three he became just a narrator. Issue one promised his origin in two but it was not there. Uploading now be there shortly. 200ppi scans
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JVJ Bee29 the Bombadier now available in unsorted.
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Nice :)
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Thanks to Bill K for another great book and willingness to share.
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This one's an unexpected treat in that the Black Cat story gives us Harvey's first superhero team, the Black Cat, Shock Gibson, Captain Freedom, and the Girl Commandoes, known in later text stories as America's Star Heroes. :D This was the only time they appeared in an illustrated story, though. Thanks, Narf and Bill.
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I tell my non-net friends about GA-UK an their mouths drop open!!! :D
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Two JVJ books from Cambridge. They did not put out much. Why in the world did I request these comics when who ever heard of Navy Heroes or Hurricane? EXACTLY! it is their obscurity that made them appealing to me. So you get to see Navy Heroes and the single long humor story in Hurricane. For good measures we have Marty Mouse an unknown funny animal book. If anyone can identify this please let me know. These are all raw scans.
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Two JVJ books from Cambridge. They did not put out much. Why in the world did I request these comics when who ever heard of Navy Heroes or Hurricane? EXACTLY! it is their obscurity that made them appealing to me. So you get to see Navy Heroes and the single long humor story in Hurricane. For good measures we have Marty Mouse an unknown funny animal book. If anyone can identify this please let me know. These are all raw scans.
The Marty Mouse is a reprint of an issue of Ace's Monkeyshines Comics from circa 1948. The earliest issue with a Pat and Mike lead-off story that I have is issue #17 (Nov. 1947). Up to issue #15, the lead feature was Marmaduke Monk (it WAS titled "Monkeyshines" after all). So, it's not #17, 19 (which, BTW, has one of the only two Ace Frank Frazetta story that I know of - the other is probably in issue #18), 20, 21, 23, 24, 25, or 27 (which is the last issue). That leaves #s 18, 22, or 26 (or an unpublished #28) as possibilities.
Since the Pat and Mike strip appears more similar to the later issues (and because I MAY have issue #18 reprinted in one of the 100 page issues of Fun Time in 1953), I'm opting for issues 22 or 26. Anybody have them to check?
Peace, Jim (|:{>
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Thanks Jim the GCD does not have any Monkeyshines indexed. I also posted Marmaduke Monk 14 a reprint of an earlier Monkeyshines. Any ideas as to which issue it is?
http://goldenagecomics.co.uk/index.php?dlid=6871
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Thanks Jim the GCD does not have any Monkeyshines indexed. I also posted Marmaduke Monk 14 a reprint of an earlier Monkeyshines. Any ideas as to which issue it is?
http://goldenagecomics.co.uk/index.php?dlid=6871
It IS and it ISN'T issue #13 from Feb. of 1947, narf. There are 14 pages excerpted between the end of the Harry the Horse story and the beginning of the Tuffy Bear story, and a two-pager excerpted after the Pete the Peke story. So the guts were RE-printed by IW and were not old books with new covers.
Peace, Jim (|:{>
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Courage Comics continues the non-super scanning of JVJ books. now up in unsorted for your perusal.
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Hey, narf,
did you ever read my plea for instructions on how to work offline for the GCD? You mentioned some utility or program that I could download and install and then upload a tab- (or was it comma-?) delimited file to be incorporated into the GCD. Well, I'd like to learn more about it, any I guess you've been targeted as the one who can help me.
Please...?
Peace, Jim (|:{>
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PeterC is another indexer if that helps Jim.
Narf, Peter, you gotta get Jim here squared away, please!
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I sent a copy of the ud tool to your regular email Jim. I am not techie enough to know exactly how a tab delimited text works. All I know is if you open the text file in a spreadsheet the proper cells get filled in. It will work with any spreadsheet that can handle tab delimited files and then save them back as tab delimited. If it did not come in let me know and I will try again.
Hey, narf,
did you ever read my plea for instructions on how to work offline for the GCD? You mentioned some utility or program that I could download and install and then upload a tab- (or was it comma-?) delimited file to be incorporated into the GCD. Well, I'd like to learn more about it, any I guess you've been targeted as the one who can help me.
Please...?
Peace, Jim (|:{>
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So everything is reprinted from MS 13 but 16 pages are missing in the reprint? narf
It IS and it ISN'T issue #13 from Feb. of 1947, narf. There are 14 pages excerpted between the end of the Harry the Horse story and the beginning of the Tuffy Bear story, and a two-pager excerpted after the Pete the Peke story. So the guts were RE-printed by IW and were not old books with new covers.
Peace, Jim (|:{>
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I am not techie enough to know exactly how a tab delimited text works.
It just means that you hit the tab key between important pieces of information. That is, the tabs shows the reader the "limits" of each field. As you point out, most spreadsheets automatically do this behind the scenes for you.
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I figured that would probably indicate next field but what about next line? To understand where the info would go it looks like you would have to recognize where a tab was used. Some text readers will show that.
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Oh. Oops. The next line just goes on the next line.
Think in terms of a web form. Tab gets you to the next fill-in field. Enter almost always activates the Submit or OK button. Both of these (plus spreadsheets) are based on old "green screen" terminal programs...because most of us are still using the same databases that were in use in the '60s or competing products that want to be compatible, which is the reason I bring it up. It's less technical than historical and arbitrary.
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I sent a copy of the ud tool to your regular email Jim. I am not techie enough to know exactly how a tab delimited text works. All I know is if you open the text file in a spreadsheet the proper cells get filled in. It will work with any spreadsheet that can handle tab delimited files and then save them back as tab delimited. If it did not come in let me know and I will try again.
I seem to remember something about that, narf. Sorry, my brain is like a steel sieve these days. I'll look into it and get back to you. I'm in the process of upgrading my server for our home network and it just HAPPENED to arrive and I set it up coincidentally with my isp doing an upgrade on their software that blew out my internet access. Not knowing this, I've spent three days trying to figure out what I did wrong. Nothing, of course, and things are back to "normal" now, but I lost a little sleep over it, I assure you.
All that is just to explain why something I got a couple of days ago may have slipped my mind. Thanks for your efforts.
Peace, Jim (|:{>
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What kind of crazy person hangs around after work and scans three 52 pagers and a 36? Must be nuts. And aren't you glad I am. Up now are 3 cover to cover Frisky Fables and Jace Pearson is in the suspect files until confirmed not PD. Enjoy
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Thanks for being crazy Narf! ;D ;D ;D
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And tonight we have the long awaited Top Spot with the wonderful Duke of Darkness. In a few minutes it will be joined by Key Comics #4 to complete the series. It contains one of my other odd little favorites Will O The Wisp. Issue 4 and 5 have just great Wisp stories by Altman.
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And tonight we have the long awaited Top Spot with the wonderful Duke of Darkness. In a few minutes it will be joined by Key Comics #4 to complete the series. It contains one of my other odd little favorites Will O The Wisp. Issue 4 and 5 have just great Wisp stories by Altman.
Very much appreciated! I can go back and reread the three DoD stories in order now.
B. ;D
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Interesting, the Top Spot also has a text story by Bruce Elliot. Who is best known as Walter Gibson's replacement as "Maxwell Grant", the Shadow author. I've always felt he got a bum rap, his run on the Shadow was a lot better than their reputation would suggest. They may not be good Shadow stories due to editorial wishes, but they're often quite good pulp fiction.
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I have seen Bruce Elliot's name on other text stories in comics.
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I have seen Bruce Elliot's name on other text stories in comics.
You want to hear an AMAZING coincidence, narf? I hadn't given Elliot a thought for months. Do you remember the "Bubble Artist" from Fairy Tale Parade? Well I was talking to Hames Ware less than an hour ago about the issue of FTP #6 I downloaded and telling him that the Bubble Artist was in it, too. He reminded me that we'd seen that artist somewhere else and together we pieced together a trail that led to Narrative (connection to Holyoke and, perhaps, Rural Home) and their Power Comics. Sure enough, in Power #3 there is a Dr. Mephisto story that sort of resembles that artist, and in issue #4, THERE is the SAME "Bubble" colophon as in FTP on that issue's Dr. Mephisto.
Now that's pretty coincidental that things would loop around like that, but here's the kicker: on a tombstone in the story in #3 is a name, barely legible, where the last five letters spell out "toile" which "almost" spells Elliot backwards. AND the Bubble Artist's signature MIGHT be a stylized "E". Now it's most likely NOT Bruce Elliot as writer OR artist, but the coincidence of the timing is a little bit eerie, wouldn't you say?
Peace, Jim (|:{>
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Man! I love those kinds of stories!
Thanks for sharing Jim.
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Jim you have just entered the Twilight Bubble Zone do do do do
BTW: Key Comics 4 is available for all. This was one of the best condition books. Cover was firmly attatched with supple pages. I did not have to struggle to keep it together and it scanned up real nice. I do not think it needs any edits but I'll let others decide if they want me to put up the tiffs for edit or leave it as is. Looks real good to me.
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Nice scan, narf.
Thanks.
Jim you have just entered the Twilight Bubble Zone do do do do
BTW: Key Comics 4 is available for all. This was one of the best condition books. Cover was firmly attatched with supple pages. I did not have to struggle to keep it together and it scanned up real nice. I do not think it needs any edits but I'll let others decide if they want me to put up the tiffs for edit or leave it as is. Looks real good to me.
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Jim you have just entered the Twilight Bubble Zone do do do do
Don't I just know it. If you REALLY want to read about an incredibly strange and wonderous week, check out my week in Paris with Bud Plant and Anne Hutchison;
http://www.bpib.com/paris/October/October-15-22.html
Talk about a WOW! experience...
Peace, Jim (|:{>
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I got some scanning done and have some more to do tonight. I began writing this in my head while scanning and sat down and wrote it a few minutes ago. The poem was longer than I thought but I got my version done.
Twas the night before Christmas and all through the room
not a sound could be heard but the scanner going zoom.
The comics were stacked by the computer with care
as I sat so long on a hard metal chair.
My wife was cuddled all snug in our bed
as I scanned the comics that will one day be read.
Before I could lay down for the long nights nap
I must finish the stack of comics arest on my lap.
While some comics may be all a tatter
It really for enjoyment was of no matter
Comics that would have cost much cash
Copied off for all to enjoy in a dash
For the value of each we do know
Is in the story and art that they show
Upon the monitor the images appear
Visions of characters we hold so dear
Scan away scan away scan away quick
The comics chosen that I did pick
Artists and characters of varying fame
We know many we know them by name
Yellowjacket, Green Turtle and Iron Fist
as well as so many others make my list
To the top of the pile along the wall
I will scan them scan them scan them all
As dry brittle pages before my eyes fly
The stack is now no longer so high
Away to the ftp folder they flew
Everything old and nothing new
From here to there the files go poof
While the dog in the back yard gives a woof
As throughout the room I did look around
The pile was no longer there upon the ground
No longer there under my feet
As I sit upon my hard metal seat
A bundle of comics now I did lack
I came to the bottom of my stack
Others may soon have a day very merry
Downloading all that their hard drives may carry
Huddled up inside while outside is snow
Upon each face may be a happy bright glow
A smile grinning with a show of teeth
For the joy they feel in heart beneath
The files they will not be musty and smelly
as the books that had once sat on my belly
Now I can be as happy as an elf
I might get to read some books myself
A wink of the tired eyes in my head
Soon I will be going off to my bed
Having finished all my scanning work
Upon the boards too tired even to lurk
This is all and as far as it goes
Upon my feet I finally rose
Off I go not quite like a mistle
Off to bed not even a whistle
As I walk away and turn out the light
I exclaim to all happy holidays good night.
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Very cute Narf. +1 karma for the Christmas cheer!
I particularly liked-
Others may soon have a day very merry
Downloading all that their hard drives may carry
Huddled up inside while outside is snow
Upon each face may be a happy bright glow
Our thanks to you and OtherEric for making life on GAC easier for Aussie and I.
And of course thank-you to JVJ and all his scanning 'elves' for making the last few months like an early Christmas on GAC! (http://www.clipartof.com/images/emoticons/xsmall2/361_smiley_face_and_christmas_tree.gif) (http://www.clipartof.com)
Have a very Merry Christmas everyone!
-Yoc
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More importantly to go along with the poem are the mentioned scans. Up for your enjoyment and completing the series are.
Jeep comics 1 and 3
Eagle Comics 2
Blue Circle 3
Red Circle 2 centerfold added and scans edited.
These are all scan and edits by narfstar
I have the tiffs if my edits are not sufficient just let me know
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More importantly to go along with the poem are the mentioned scans. Up for your enjoyment and completing the series are.
Jeep comics 1 and 3
Eagle Comics 2
Blue Circle 3
Red Circle 2 centerfold added and scans edited.
These are all scan and edits by narfstar
I have the tiffs if my edits are not sufficient just let me know
First off, bless you Narf!
Secondly, the "Blue Circle Comics 003 c2c JVJ-narfstar" is actually Blue Circle #2.
http://goldenagecomics.co.uk//index.php?dlid=7583
B.
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The file name is #2 but the comic is #3 check the cover and indicia. I accidently had #2 on the file after doing red cirlce #2. I will delete and redo it
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Thanks Narf, they look good to me!
Happy Holidays,
-Yoc
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yer a Champ! ;D
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The file name is #2 but the comic is #3 check the cover and indicia. I accidently had #2 on the file after doing red cirlce #2. I will delete and redo it
Thank you sir! ;D
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Uploaded more presents for today. Lucky Comics 2-5 finishes the series and Spook Comics #1 as the last of my JVJ comics except 8 issues of Camera Comics in a few days. Lucky 2 and Spook look pretty good already. Lucky 3-5 tiffs are available in the need edited ftp.
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Nice work Narf!
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I uploaded Black CAt 29 that I picked up elsewhere for everyone's enjoyment.
BTW Yoc we are visiting my wife's family in Charleston, SC and went with her cousin to see the Stingray's play and win last night. My wif'es first hocky game and she really liked it. My dad took me to some Johnstown Jets(now Chiefs) games when I was a kid. I have been to some of my 15 year old nephew's games. He is the star player on his team and makes the traveling team. You may get to see him play some day if he makes the big time.
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Thanks for the upload DM. And it's nice to hear you and your wife enjoyed the local hockey games. It's not a sport for everyone and I certainly don't claim the NHL couldn't be run better but as a life long player I've made some of my best friendships participating in it learning many life lessons - perhaps the most important being team-work and appreciating your own strengths and weaknesses without taking it personally. I'd always rather play the game than watch it but that's just me.
Good luck to your nephew! Take care,
-Yoc
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Attaway, Narfstar! Now that's the last chronological issue of Black Cat, and we only have 2 to go! (#2 and 26, that is.) Need I say it's one of my favorite GA titles?
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From a coverless copy so missing ifc, ibc and bc now available.
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Hi, narf,
just inquiring as to the progress you're making with scanning my books and when you might expect to be finished? Please don't think of this as pressure, just curious...
Peace, Jim (|:{>
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I only have Camera Comics to go Jim and have two of those scanned and starting the third.
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From the JVJ collection and as a bonus Rod Cameron Western #18 unfortunatly missing the ifc,ibc,bc and first outwrap.
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Thanks Narf. I slightly renamed your Rod Cameron Western #18 listing to reflect the missing pages better.
Thanks to you and Jim for all the great scans!
:)
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Camera comics 2,3 and 4 now up. 5-8 are scanned and I am editing them. That completes my JVJ collection and I hope to get them in the mail tomorrow. BTW I have the tifs if anyone thinks that they need further editing. BTW Yoc the Rod Cameron was mine using my auto feed scanner. I will be starting back to school Monday so will be taking a scan break after 40 from JVJ plus several more of my own that I have done since Thanksgiving. I will be looking for some crappy books to cut off the spine and autofeed. I have already done an issue of Cowboy Love that was missing the centerfold. Hope to get it up plus the other Camera Comics tonight.
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Thanks Narf.
I could use that autofeed feature. I just found some 70s sci-fi fanzine type mags of my dad's that likely haven't been scanned that would be perfect for the feeder!
-Yoc
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Well if you do not mind the damage cut out the spine or individual pages and send them to me. I will scan them and send you the scans for editing. They will need to be straightened and cropped at least. The auto feed is a snap. With the crap I have scanned I sure wish I had thought of it a long time ago. BTW Yoc I have the remaining issues of Camera Comics uploading now. I am going to bed so if you want them onsite be my guest.
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Hey, thanks for the offer Narf but considering their magazinr size and the cost to mail them from Canada to the USA, it's not really worth it. I'll just add them to my immense 'to do' pile.
But thanks anyways, :)
-Yoc
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It would probably be cheaper to buy a scanner with auto feed. Which if you do not have a lazer printer it would be a good upgdrade. I have had my scanner for awhile now and am still on the half toner cartridge that came with it as opposed to a dozen inkjet cartrdidges. They pay for themselves.
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I'm confused, Narf.
What does a toner cartridge have to do with a scanner, or is your scanner part of a multi-purpose device? I can figure out how toner or ink cartridges relate to printing and copying, but not to scanning.
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I just found some 70s sci-fi fanzine type mags of my dad's that likely haven't been scanned that would be perfect for the feeder!
-Yoc
Now you're making me feel OLD, Yoc. I was creating fanzines in the 60s! Yikes! Happy New Year(s)...
Peace, Jim (|:{>
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I'm confused, Narf.
What does a toner cartridge have to do with a scanner, or is your scanner part of a multi-purpose device? I can figure out how toner or ink cartridges relate to printing and copying, but not to scanning.
Yes it is an all in one.
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Thanks to Bill K for offering Speed Comics 34 and making it available to any and all.
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Thank you Bill K! ;D You are helping to make many people happy with these.
B. ;D
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A Fawcette Western Romance but unfortunately it is from a coverless missing the center fold.
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Thanks to Bill K for offering Speed Comics 34 and making it available to any and all.
Thanks Narf and Bill K. Always great to see more Speed Comics show up on the site. ;D
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The Wonder Horse is uploading now. You get this thanks to auto feed. I had decided to take a break from scanning after the JVJ books but auto feed has set me free. My scanner is working dilegently without my assistance on several SA Charlton's to be posted elsewhere. For here I have a book I may never have gotten to. A 100 page Charlton Giant #3 already scanned waiting for some cropping. For books that you do not really care about condition this is GREAT.
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100 pages of Charlton humor from Atomic Mouse to Timmy the Timid Ghost and many more. Cover to cover but it is missing the top half of the ifc because I had to use a stripped copy.
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100 pages of Charlton humor from Atomic Mouse to Timmy the Timid Ghost and many more. Cover to cover but it is missing the top half of the ifc because I had to use a stripped copy.
Narf, thanks so much! This issue has a "Happy, The Magic Bunny" story in it! Happy transforms into his Big Bunny Blue super-persona by saying the word "Alizam".
Hmmm...I'm trying to figure out who this character reminds me of...wink wink...
B. ;D
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A Charlton romance from cover to cover for your enjoyment.
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Narf, thanks so much! This issue has a "Happy, The Magic Bunny" story in it! Happy transforms into his Big Bunny Blue super-persona by saying the word "Alizam".
Hmmm...I'm trying to figure out who this character reminds me of...wink wink...
Check the sleeves for a clue. Give up? It's...Phantom Lady!
Does anybody know offhand if the Happy/Hoppy story is a reprint or previously unpublished? I'm not sufficiently motivated to try to find a match, but if anybody does know, I'm kind of curious.
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Story of railroad police
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Camera comics 2,3 and 4 now up. 5-8 are scanned and I am editing them. That completes my JVJ collection and I hope to get them in the mail tomorrow. BTW I have the tifs if anyone thinks that they need further editing. BTW Yoc the Rod Cameron was mine using my auto feed scanner. I will be starting back to school Monday so will be taking a scan break after 40 from JVJ plus several more of my own that I have done since Thanksgiving. I will be looking for some crappy books to cut off the spine and autofeed. I have already done an issue of Cowboy Love that was missing the centerfold. Hope to get it up plus the other Camera Comics tonight.
Books arrived today, narf,
Thanks for the "extras" - always appreciated.
Peace, Jim (|:{>
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c2c Dynamic Adventures 9
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Thanks Narf.
:)
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Help needed to identify these or just enjoy them as they are. Think one is a Happy Rabbit issue and the others Goofy Comics but since they may have interchanged characters I do not know for sure.
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Bob Colt 4 and 7 from coverless
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from coverless missing center page and half of another.
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I pulled this Taffy Comics from my unscanned pile and provided it for your enjoyment. c2C unedited if anyone finds it worth fooling with.
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Thanks Narf.
:)
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From the prolific poster Even Steven comes Sherlock Holmes #2 and Strange Suspense Stories 40 from Charlton
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Picked up elsewhere
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Picked up from elsewhere posted by Dr Oldschool
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Thanks Narf!
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Moved to suspect folder; I thought we were only allowed Famous Funnies 1, 2, and 191-208 due to Buck Rodgers in the other issues. Nice scan, though!
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Good catch Eric, thanks.
I don't follow the Famous Funnies line at all and missed it.
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Thanks to Twobyfour in Charlton
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I figure that there are only a few people here who would be interested in downloading this book. Then I figure that there are even fewer people who have the book and willing to scan and post it. So while this may not be on anyone's want list, it is now put into digital preservation. Well I am pleasantly surprised that within minutes 6 people downloaded the book. I just got both issues of Puzzle Fun with George Carlson art throughout. Also arriving today Jack the Giant Killer a rarity from a one comic company Bimfort. JVJ will probably want to download this one when I get it scanned and posted. He does not have it and the art is pretty good.
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Now in unsorted Give it a try. Maybe JVJ can identify the artists
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Now in unsorted Give it a try. Maybe JVJ can identify the artists
Cover and first two stories are by H.C. Kiefer and the one signed "Gantz" is by David Gantz. I don't know who did the last story.
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Thanks Jim
I got the Gantz and when you say Kiefer it seems obvious. I can recognize him pretty well in Headline Comics when I am looking and expecting.
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Missing page added to Jack the Giant Killer. Puzzle Fun all George Carlson #1 today and number 2 to come.
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Gem comics with bright new edits by dhfh.
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Thanks guys!
:)
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Western Tornado 49 (formerly Young King Cole) 1950 from Bell.
ARAGON MAGAZINES NAVY TASK FORCE (1955) (#4-8) (ARAGON) #8 VeryGood
Argo Press ALLEY OOP (1955) #3 Fair
Bernard Bailey CISCO KID COMICS (1944) #1 Good
Charlton COWBOY WESTERN COMICS (1948) #62 Fair
Dell Publishing ANGEL (1954) #15 Fair
FAWCETT PUBLICATION ANIMATED FUNNIES FEATURING WILLIE THE WORM #1 Fine
HARVEY COMICS LITTLE MAX (1949) #24 Fair
HARVEY COMICS LITTLE MAX (1949) #66 Good
I.W. ENTERPRISES DARING ADVENTURES (1963) (#8-9) (I.W. ENTERPRISES) #9 VeryGood
I.W. ENTERPRISES DREAM OF LOVE (1958) #2 VeryGood
I.W. ENTERPRISES HUMAN FLY (1963) #1 IW REPRINT VeryGood
K.K. Publications POLL PARROT (1950) #14 Good
LEV GLEASON PUBLISHING BLACK DIAMOND WESTERN (1949) #47 Good
MAGAZINE ENTERPRISES COWBOYS 'N' INJUNS (1949) (#6-8) (MAGAZINE ENTERPRISES) #7 IW REPRINT VeryGood
PINES COMICS SUPER MOUSE (1956) (#35-45) (PINES) #39 Fair
PINES COMICS SWEETIE PIE (1956) (#3-15) (PINES) #15 Fair
PARENTS' MAGAZINE INSTITUE SPECIAL AGENT (1947) #1 Fair
Quality Comics BUSTER BEAR (1953) #9 I.W. REPRT Fine
Quality Comics BUSTER BEAR (1953) #10 I.W. REPRT Good
SUPER COMICS. INC. BLAZING SIX-GUNS (1964) #18 VeryGood
STAR PUBLICATIONS STAR COLORING BOOK: SAFETY FIRST STORIES FOR CHILDREN (1953) #2 Good
Super Comics MUGGY-DOO, BOY CAT (1963) #12 Fair
Super Comics PINKY THE EGGHEAD (1963) #14 Good
Superior Publications LOVE AND MARRIAGE (1952) #2 IW REPRINT Good
Superior Publications UNITED STATES FIGHTING AIR FORCE (1952) #5 Good
TIMOR PUBLICATIONS ALGIE (1953) #15 SUPERREPRT Good
Toby Press MONTY HALL OF THE U.S. MARINES (1951) #9 Fair
SLICK CHICK COMICS #3 Good Comics
CALLING ALL KIDS #12 Fair Comics
FOXHOLE #15 SUPERREPRT Good
MERRY-GO-ROUND COMICS #2 Fair
BLACK FURY #3 Good
BLACK FURY #7 Fair
Just spent over a hundred bucks primarily for scanning. Is there a cure for this addiction? A twelve step program? I did get some unlisted SA books just for me but I earned em. I invite some more of you to go to milehighcomics.com and try and find some of their bargains. If you like romance they had several.
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Thank you, Narf. Looking forward to the books.
I'm not the person to ask about a 12-step program. I've spend over a hundred bucks on A book primarily to scan.
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I also got this one
Bingo from Howard another eclectic oddity for narfstar
http://www.comics.org/covers.lasso?SeriesID=13472
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A bunch of FW from elsewhere. Aussie approved up to 1960 which is issue 84 so lots more now onsite.
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Does 1960 apply to Advs into the Unknown as well? I can upload those.
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The end of 1959 is the usual time limit on posts Jon.
Hope that helps.
-Yoc
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Western Tornado 49 (formerly Young King Cole) 1950 from Bell.
Hey Jim... I have a feeling this is an Atlas/Timely reprint... Bell was doing a lot of them at this time and it looks like one where he took a splash page and made it into the cover. I would be interested if it has new stuff on the inside covers, sometimes Bell had Adrian Dingle do new stuff (presumably because he didn't buy the plates for the covers)... of course I've also seen some inside covers that look like an untalented 8 year old did them...
Cool stuff, can't wait to see it all!
Peter
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If it's really from 1950, Peter,
it's unlikely to be a Timely reprint, but I'll withhold judgment until I see it.
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Thanks to PJWhoopee for posting this elsewhere Rocky Lane 1 and 2 with 36 pages now onsite
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Uploading to ftp onsite in a minute.
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cover to cover now onsite as well as Headline Comics 63 posted by foxmuld38 elsewhere
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Thanks Narf!
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I bought these for about $6 apiece to scan and post and dadgum I'm gonna post 'em. If admin wants them removed I will remove them. I suspect they will be allowed. I thought they might be more comic oriented but they are not. The Star Coloring book has the size and numbering and even the ads of a comic book. It does not have any stories though. It is a rhyme for each letter of the alphabet to promote safety. The book is actually a hoot (as they would have said in 1953). Especially love page 32. Animated Funnies actually must be animated by you. This is something to the flying Marvels stuff from Fawcett so it might be appreciated. I was hoping they were more comic but hey.
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I don't have a problem with them Narf. Fawcett oddball scans have been up here for ages.
-Yoc
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Jack the Giant Killer with missing page uploaded
Avon Wild Bill Hickok 18 from the IW reprint #10
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Thanks Narf!
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now up cover to cover
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No I am not talking about the Lets Make a Deal guy being a good guy. Sweetie Pie 15 is in the Better Section. I added /Pines on the end. Standard did not cease publication in 1956 they just took on the name of the parent company Pines. Monty Hall 9 is up in the Toby section. Also tonight I created a Youthful/Trojan category. I believe it was just a name change someone can let me know if I am wrong.
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Also tonight I created a Youthful/Trojan category. I believe it was just a name change someone can let me know if I am wrong.
I am SO glad I'm going away tomorrow, Narf! I really don't want to play in the Youthful/Trojan sandbox. It is MORE than a name change. For instance, Youthful published Attack 1-4 in 1952. When Trojan took over (in Jan. 1953) and published Attack issues 5-8, simultaneously, also beginning Jan. 1953, Youthful published issues 5-8 of Atomic Attack. There was something very weird going on. When I get back, if Jon or Eric or jc or bc or someone (ANYONE!) else hasn't documented the indicia/address differences and the Ownership Statement differences, I'll rejoin the fray. I hope I'm not needed.
Peace, Jim (|:{>
JVJ signing off for a couple days' transit... I'll resurface sometime around Tuesday at
JVJ Publishing / Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr.
125 rue Legendre / Paris 75017 France
Ph. 01 42 63 99 93 ou 06 80 96 46 79
jim@bpib.com www.bpib.com/images.htm
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Missing 2 centerfolds in Dell. BTW flattery is the sincerest form of praise. I liked Yoc's altered cover so I started to do some. Has it been a chuckle or waste of time? Jack the Giant Killer has one Narfstar of the US Marines #9 er Monty Hall that is and now Angel and some others.
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LOL, cute Narf. :)
You sir need to get a copy of PhotoShop or PaintPro from somewhere.
Those MonkeyNFO covers I've made actually take quite a while to do but I've always enjoyed them more than the actually scans so they are my reward for a job. I never do them before the rest of the book is finished.
*sigh*, it's been a while since I've done any edits and I've got a pile of things on hold here... [Costello]I'm a baaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaad Monkey![/Costello]
-Yoc
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Missing 2 centerfolds in Dell.
One of the (very very) few things I find annoying about this site is finding out I have scans that I thought were not PD but are apparently OK to upload which could have saved someone some work. I have scans of the entire Angel series most of them scanned by me or Dell4C. I will upload these now. There is no issue #1 it was Four Color 576 which I will also upload once I check to see if it's needed.
Would some nice moderator make a subgroup for Angel under Dell, please.
So while I'm thinking about it, what's the PD status of Little Iodine also all scanned?
And before anyone scans a Dell comic, I'd suggest some work might be saved by checking
http://www.cbarchive.com/Dell/DellChecklist.htm
to see if it's already been scanned. I should be able to post any PD Dell that that list says is scanned.
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I am SO glad I'm going away tomorrow, Narf! I really don't want to play in the Youthful/Trojan sandbox. It is MORE than a name change. For instance, Youthful published Attack 1-4 in 1952. When Trojan took over (in Jan. 1953) and published Attack issues 5-8, simultaneously, also beginning Jan. 1953, Youthful published issues 5-8 of Atomic Attack. There was something very weird going on. When I get back, if Jon or Eric or jc or bc or someone (ANYONE!) else hasn't documented the indicia/address differences and the Ownership Statement differences, I'll rejoin the fray. I hope I'm not needed.
All issues of Beware I've seen give a Trojan Magazines address of 125 East 46th Street NY in 1953-5
Ditto for Crime Smashers #15 (1953)
Crime Mysteries by "Ribage Publishing Corp. (Trojan Magazines)" according to Overstreet lists 480 Lexington Ave, NY in 1953
Fantastic #8 from Youthful lists 1 Appleton Street in Hoyoke Massachusetts as its address but gives 105 East 35th St NY as the address of the editorial office.
Redskin #11 (Aug '52) from Youthful lists 420 DeSoto Ave St. Louis as it's address with the same editorial office address as Fantastic.
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I did not check the pd status of Angel. I will move it to the suspect folder until status is approved by jcolag or Aussie.
Missing 2 centerfolds in Dell.
One of the (very very) few things I find annoying about this site is finding out I have scans that I thought were not PD but are apparently OK to upload which could have saved someone some work. I have scans of the entire Angel series most of them scanned by me or Dell4C. I will upload these now. There is no issue #1 it was Four Color 576 which I will also upload once I check to see if it's needed.
Would some nice moderator make a subgroup for Angel under Dell, please.
So while I'm thinking about it, what's the PD status of Little Iodine also all scanned?
And before anyone scans a Dell comic, I'd suggest some work might be saved by checking
http://www.cbarchive.com/Dell/DellChecklist.htm
to see if it's already been scanned. I should be able to post any PD Dell that that list says is scanned.
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Mine take very little time and are just meant for a laugh. I am not really interested in making them look good just silly.
LOL, cute Narf. :)
You sir need to get a copy of PhotoShop or PaintPro from somewhere.
Those MonkeyNFO covers I've made actually take quite a while to do but I've always enjoyed them more than the actually scans so they are my reward for a job. I never do them before the rest of the book is finished.
*sigh*, it's been a while since I've done any edits and I've got a pile of things on hold here... [Costello]I'm a baaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaad Monkey![/Costello]
-Yoc
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Jim,
I thought I'd posted this already but BIP Comics has an entire section devoted to this -
Publisher Insignia and Indicia Data - http://www.bipcomics.com/showcase/logos/index.cfm
That should be of some help.
-Yoc
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And before anyone scans a Dell comic, I'd suggest some work might be saved by checking
http://www.cbarchive.com/Dell/DellChecklist.htm
to see if it's already been scanned. I should be able to post any PD Dell that that list says is scanned.
Informative link. Thanks.
And seeing Dell was one of the publishers not accounted in the tabulation attempt to arrive at a rough estimate of the total number of books published pre 1956 might you know off hand the last year of Dell's publication in comics? Thanks
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I don't know of Dell's last year publishing comics off hand, but it was way after the Golden-Age cutoff date. Before 1962, Dell distributed Western's output. Beginning in 1962, Western began to prduce under the Gold Key and later Whitman labels. Dell continued to limp along for about another decade.
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Thanks Jon,
I see a road map in that Dell site if someone were to spend the time isolating the issues with an Overstreet. Would have made a nice wintertime project when snowed-in.
Some might think desiring to know a total number to be a bit on the extreme side but seems to me more along the side of a necessary bit of data to assist in the ongoing compiling work.
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Hi Narf,
Given how many small and obscure publishers existed at the time I have doubt any exact number will ever be known but I wish you well in your quest.
-Yoc
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I did not check the pd status of Angel. I will move it to the suspect folder until status is approved by jcolag or Aussie.
In case my Private Message went awry somehow, and so any interested parties can file the information as they like, I found an Angel series that appears to have run in about the same years with the same issue numbers (most notably starting with issue #2), renewed, but by the Chicago Sun-Times Syndicate. Assuming there weren't two books that were so similar, then the syndicate currently owns the Angel copyrights and they're not public domain.
To my limited knowledge, they're not directly related to Dell, but if they're the same series, it could indicate a corporate connection or a character license.
On the other hand, if someone knows anything about two books with similar profiles on the market, that would probably mean that the series is in the public domain and I found something unrelated.
Clear as mud, as they say.
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The Angel comics that Dell produced were copyrighted by the Chicago Sun-Times Syndicate. Or at least #2 was, I didn't check them all. They do not appear to be reprints of newspaper strips, but they undoubtedly star a newspaper strip character. The Dell series starts with #2 since the first issue was in the Four Color series, and Overstreet list only one series by the name of Angel, so the Dell series is undoubtedly the one whose copyright was renewed by Chicago Sun-Times.
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Thanks for the clarification, Jon. The issue I grabbed at random had a Dell indicia, I thought, but that definitely answers the question.
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True stories some pretty interesting.
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Say thanks to Roy Thomas. He needed better scans than my digicams. So now uploading in 300 ppi goodness
Ready in a few minutes.
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Thanks Narf!
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Super Funnies seems pretty obscure so my scans may be the only thing most ever see. I should have done em right the first time. I know better now.
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Thanks Narf, just got the new scan now. Lovely!
And you're right, many of these rare books of yours are likely the only ones to be scanned so this rescan is most welcomed.
:)
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I forgot to put tiffs in the need edit folder. I rushed these to get them to Roy and I am not the best straightener. So I will put them up to be edited
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DHFH seems to enjoy helping with edits - you might send him a PM when you've got something waiting Narf.
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From Here to Insanity #10 from Charlton thanks to Even Steven
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Hey guys,
Narfstar has just made some new postings, but I'm afraid I must report that two of them are mislabeled: Exciting Comics #59 & Exciting #71 are in fact Thrilling Comics #59 and Thilling #71.
Both still Nedor material...Nedor material is always good to see...More Nedor material is a must...But these two aren't the Nedor material advertised....Just thought you'd want to know...
'Night All!
DHFH
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I figured something was amiss considering Exciting Comics only goes up to #69 (I think).
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Thanks guys good catch.
I've deleted both as we had them already.
-Yoc
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Guess I get too "excited" and jump the gun when I find some promising acquisitions elsewhere. Need to start checking files first.
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NP Narf.
If you are getting them from DC++ I always double check. I can't begin to count the number of misnamed files I've found on the hubs. *sigh*
-Yoc
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Cover to cover in 300ppi goodness and found two places. I put this in unsorted from Able Manufacturing and in Harvey because this issue is Harvey reprints. Shock Gibson from Speed 27, Steve Case Crime Reporter from All-New Short Story Comics#1, Winnie the Welder from War Victory Adventures and some other unidentified reprints.
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Thanks to Even Steven for an upgrade to 26 and new 27 cover to cover in Charlton
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Thanks Narf, I've added your info on Super-Dooper 7 to the download descriptions.
This series seems like a great source for old Centaur and Harvey material.
-Yoc
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How come Sooper-Dooper is posted twice?
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It is from Able Manufacturing in unsorted as a company that reprinted a variety of publishers and under Harvey because this particular one is Harvey reprint
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Now available Young Love 62 and Operation Peril 16 both from coverless so missing ifc, ibc and bc as well as Boy Meets World 22 missing several center pages.
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Thanks Narf!
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I got a copy of Hi-School Romance 68. A reprint of #10 or is it? Some story pages have been left out which made for some editing of the other pages. I will use the already scanned pages and be adding the changed pages. Interesting to look at how things were changed so I advise getting both issues and comparing for the heck of it.
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Sweethearts 40 and 44 now available in Charlton as well as an update of Boy #7 from Dark Freddy :P
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Sweethearts_044_c2c appears to be a failed upload. It's only 11.03 MB. Can we get a resend?
Thanks!
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Your wish is my command it has been replaced
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Great! Thank you!
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Now available. Interesting to compare 68 with what it reprints #10 and see the editorial changes.
I got a copy of Hi-School Romance 68. A reprint of #10 or is it? Some story pages have been left out which made for some editing of the other pages. I will use the already scanned pages and be adding the changed pages. Interesting to look at how things were changed so I advise getting both issues and comparing for the heck of it.
Well it is even more different than I thought. I scanned the pages I thought were different but found that most have wording changes. So I have to scan the whole book for posting. Then you can compare the two books to see what the editor changed.
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Now available issue 10 come and get her in 300 ppi goodness. Charlton color registry really sucks though
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jcolag checked and these appear to be PD. Several available from elsewhere
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Cool, thanks Narf and JC
:)
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Here is a rare gem either Australian or New Zealand with no identifying info. It has black and white reprints from Qualities Buccaneer title. How many of these are still around Mr. Gerber?
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Check the latest 100 for several Charlton and others from Even Steven
http://goldenagecomics.co.uk/stats2.php
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Thanks Narf, Nickle was a repreat of one we had so I dumped it.
I'm not sure that post 1949 Lou Fine reprint is kosher either... :-\
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Nickle was listed as an update it may not have been any better did not have a chance to check it. I never heard of the strip so thought it unlikely that it was renewed.
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I checked the Nickle against my copy, it was not adjusted in anyway. No biggy. The file size being the same was a clue. ;)
I was more worried the Fine strip looks like came from a modern reprint. Originals of PD material are ok but I've heard Aussie and John C warn about reprints to be very wary of adding any here.
-Yoc
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Charlton
Unusual Tales 8 15
Lawbreakers suspense 13
Never Again 1
\\
DELL
Life Stories of American Presidents
Adam Ames is listed as coming from an original art site. Since they are unaltered they would still be OK here as the reprints would have been from public domain. The problem with most reprints is if they have been uncolored to Black and white or recolored that would not be public domain any longer
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Thanks for clairifying things Narf.
When you are adding these books please try to follow the same naming scheme as existing titles on the site ok?
This way the read in numerical order and the risk of duplicating uploads drops dramatically. I usually double check the folders of books I've uploaded to be sure they appear in proper order.
Thanks for the latest goodies,
:)
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Thanks for clairifying things Narf.
When you are adding these books please try to follow the same naming scheme as existing titles on the site ok?
This way the read in numerical order and the risk of duplicating uploads drops dramatically. I usually double check the folders of books I've uploaded to be sure they appear in proper order.
Thanks for the latest goodies,
:)
What did I miss. I generally try to change them on the ftp so the file name and display name are all proper?
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Well I cannot see the comics mentioned here but Life Stories Of American Presidents was removed as it is not public domain, hardly any of the later Dells will be PD so please be very careful to check before uploading a Dell title not already on the site and do not upload anything after 1955 before having it checked.
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I guess they could change their minds but I think current Dell has claimed no record of ever having done comics.
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True enough Narf and they could do that anytime they want and we would be in the wrong.
'Better safe than sorry' is always a good idea.
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Yeah, and it's not just "safe," it's a matter of being right, since every book that slips through the cracks here makes us seem a less reliable source. Something isn't in the public domain just because we might not get caught.
It's one thing if the properties were sold to an entity that no longer exists, but if Dell still owns the properties, it's entirely in their rights to do nothing with them and pretend they don't exist. "Abandonware" is exactly the idea that got the Blackmask guy into trouble, remember. He decided that the Doc Savage stories MUST be in the public domain because Conde Nast hadn't used them and didn't acknowledge them.
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US Marines 7-8 now in ME section
Thanks to Guest User we now have Bobby Benson 18, Terry and the Pirates10, and Hoppalong Cassidy 41 as well 22 paper pages that I added to Brain_Dead's fiche scans of Marvel Family 72
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Those are *my* scans of Marvel Family #72, and I'm uploading an improved fiche + paper version to the FTP right now.
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Sorry DM it had Brain_Dead as the author
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I guess they could change their minds but I think current Dell has claimed no record of ever having done comics.
They file a renewal it is not PD, does not matter what the current companies stance on comics is, the comic is still copyright protected unless Dell actually states they have made it PD. Any comics that have their copyright renewed is not PD, and that includes nearly all the later Dells.
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More government pamphlets available in unsorted. This is Ann is not really a comic but should still be interesting to some. Have some books in Suspect Folder to be checked by the experts. I think Mox and Leatherhead should be OK but they may have been renewed.
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Ready for download
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I believe we have the complete Navy History and Traditions now. GCD lists a 1778-1782 because those years are missing from the series. Does anyone know if this issue exists? Also added is Quaint Cartoons of my birth state PA. By the downloads it seems that these government giveaways are pretty popular. I am glad because, while it was much easier than scanning them myself, it did take some work to get them ready for this site.
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I've enjoyed the Navy comics.
Mile High lists a 1778-82 but has none for sale and does not show a cover so it's not conclusive.
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I just checked LoneStar with the same results. One listed but none for sale and no cover.
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The newest is Funny Wonder at 1915 while there are two Ally Sloper's Half Holiday even older.
A little more normal is Happy Comics 39 in Better. All scans from elsewhere
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Nice avatar Narf!
Say, isn't that what Pinky would yell in 'Pinky & The Brian'?
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Pinky said narf as well as other things. It also stood for our school club Nebulous Abstract Reality Federation. Often called by others Nerds Are Really Fun our slogan was we are out there.
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Dizzy Duck34 in Better
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Thanks to Rez we have a clean up Key #2 now available
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Thanks to Even Steven for uploading these elsewhere for me to swipe
Cowboy Western 47, Marvels of Science 1-3 only issue 4 to go, Mysteries of Unex Worlds 8 and 11, My Secret Lfe 19 and 47, Public Defender 9, Space Adventures 28 and 30 and Strange Suspense 27
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Great job ES and Narf! Lots of holes filled with these.
:)
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Now in Better thanks to L7
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Thanks Narf
:)
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Glad you guys are enjoying the 50s books. :) In the process of editing After Dark #6-8, Informer #5, Pop-Pop Comics #1, Billy The Kid #9, Cheyenne Kid #12, and Zaza The Mystic #11. And of course Marvels Of Science #4 to finish the series off. ;)
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You've been going great guns Fett! Many thanks.
Sadly not all of them are making it up here.
Tigger and Narf have gotten a good start so far. But anyone seeing Fett's scans floating around and noticing they are not up on GAC, please upload them for the members here.
-Yoc
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Better yet Fett just post them here yourself PLEASE ;D
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I have problems half the time uploading to the ftp (usually disconnects), and one of you mentioned somewhere that you were short on time having to rename all the files uploaded to fit the format you wanted, so I stopped uploading here. Don't really have time to rename all of my scans just to upload them here. All are posted to abpc or on certain comics hubs in their original and unaltered form. :)
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The FTP will disconnect quite frequently but it usually will automatically reconnect and resume the upload Fett.
It does with FlashFXP anyways. In a perfect world your files would reflect our file name format but it that's the main reason for not uploading PLEASE don't worry about it. It helps us but it's not impossible to change your file names before they are added or even after.
-Yoc
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I posted some GA newspaper strips today. Something different hope you enjoy
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Thanks Narf!
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I think I want to check out some of those cowboy comics. I've never read any but they might be interesting.
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Just got in the mail today so scans will be coming soon. Did not expect art by Dick Ayers. Humorous art that I would never have recognized as Ayers but it is signed and I checked whose who and it list Ayers.
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- Ella Cinders 19260621-19260918
- Ella Cinders 19260920-19261120
- Captain Easy 19550718-19550919
- Secret Agent X-9 19511018-19520223
- Captain Easy 19491210-19500204
- Ella Cinders 19261122-19270212
- Captain Easy 19491017-19491209
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I enjoyed the Captain Easy strips. I have a collection of Wash Tubbs dailies from 1943-44 by Crane and Turner which is on pink paper. Would this be admissable to the collections? There seems to be six daily strips on each page. The comics seem to be holding up better than the scrap book that they are pasted in.
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Narf, thanks for the shares. Now are you sure these are all PD?
I don't collect strips at all.
-Yoc
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I checked with John and only put the ones that he thought should be OK left the others out
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Thanks Narf, good to know.
:)
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For the lover in us now up is Romantic Secrets 22
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For the lover in us now up is Romantic Secrets 22
:o :o :o!!!!!170.65 MB!!!!! :o :o :o
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WOW
I guess I messed a zero by not thinking it would be there. I guess I better shrink and reup
Smaller version now available
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The extra zero is how they keep it a secret, of course.
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Issue 4 and updated 7 to replace my digital camera crap
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... to replace my digital camera crap
narf, has it come to that?
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Thanks Narf!
Some of your early Digital scans would be very welcome as paper if you felt inclined and had the time.
:)
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Another big batch up thanks to Even Steven
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And Fast Fiction #5 all in one cover to cover to cover. Famous was an exact reprint of Fast Fiction number 5 even said Fast Fiction on the top of the pages. Looks like the same color plates were used. Only the cover,ifc and ibc were different and are included here so you get two complete books in one.
Thanks to elalamo who gave me these books to scan for my help with his Foreign Legion documentary.
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Narf, you didn't add this correctly. It's not on the site and the 'Last 100' link is screwy again.
I'm betting you forgot to tell the site which publisher to add it under right?
I'll add it again properly but the last 100 list can't be fixed. At least not by me anyways.
-Yoc
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Thanks Yoc. It was bed time and I was rushing to get it done before conking out.
I have Mirth of a Nation scanned and working on editing to upload. First books I scanned in a while.
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Ok narf,
perhaps next time you just leave it until the morning.
Gl with the new scans.
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Hot Rods 10 and Lash LaRue 68 picked up elsewhere
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A crime comic Wanted #29 my scans for your enjoyment. If you liked Riggin' Bill here is another digest made for soldiers The last page lets you know that narfstar always gets his man ::)
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Thanks Narf
:)
Mirth of a Nation has some tasty GGA art in there and this is the first time I've read ALL of the Solomon Grundy rhyme.
Great choice for scanning!
-Yoc
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You are very welcome Mr. Yoc
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Loved the Mirth of a Nation scan, Narf, some smokin' girlie art in there and lots of laughs. ;D
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I like to provide things that are different. Mirth and Super Circus fit the bill. Glad Mirth is being enjoyed
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Found some left over bad file names. I reuped CMJ 51 and 64 is on its way.
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Good job Narf, thanks!
:)
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Got scan happy today. Added the missing ad pages to my Crime Detective v1#11 and cropped the pages. Scanned and uploaded Horse Feathers 3 as well as Blazing Sixguns IW reprint of The Rider #1
go get em gang
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Thanks Narf!
:)
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Anyone want to edit. I have uploaded the book to the need editing folder. c2c but needs a lot of straightening and some scans are a little dark. If anyone wants to do a little please do or I will put it onsite as is soon. Like to get the books out there
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Thanks to Kingfaraday for the complete Love Clinic and this is one of the two Fago issues of Atom Age Combat thanks to jodyanimator. I went ahead and put it with the St John since there are only two issues and we do not have a separate Fago section. Any objections?
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Narfstar, I've FTPed the other Fago Atom Age Combat (#2). The #1 currently on site is the issue from volume 2, the one that Fago continued. Can you rename the Fago issues and that #1 to vol 2 please?
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Thanks Jon I renamed them with the date since the indicia on both have listed as vol 1
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Up now is my c2c GI Combat 24 as well as a partial #18 I picked up from elsewhere. I have also replaced the bad Atom-Age Combat #2 and renamed the series with the series date
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I like Stamp Comics good reading. Makes history come alive. These are now available for all. Stamps 4 and 7 are from elsewhere but 1 and Rangers are mine. As always feel free to edit my scans they are pretty raw.
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First in the Charlton category issue 10 from the weird collection of narfstar
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Thanks narf!
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I missed snagging this elsewhere before but found it today so passed it on to us here.
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Now in Toby snagged from elsewhere. Since Tales of Horror 10 reprints #2 the title is pretty much complete.
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Thanks Narf!
:)
I've add that info about Purple Claw 02 being reprinted in Toby's "Tales of Horror #10" too.
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Headline is missing the ifc,ibc and bc while Cheyenne is only missing the ifc
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G-I in Battle v1#6 replacing my old digicam crap.
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Thanks for redoing it Narf!
:D
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Superior Stories with Pete Morisi art. Unfortunately Tom Tom is missing 2 story pages.
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Billy The Kid 9 from Charlton now available thanks to Teddyk
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Things may be going kinda slow with the log in not working so gotta provide something. Here are some of my own scans of Rex Allen 10 with 16 to come soon. It is funny that I do not really collect this title but have provided most of the scans. They come pretty cheap so I pick em up to scan. Hope to keep you western fans happy.
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Did anyone notice all the Dell westerns popping during the downtime? Do not know how I missed these from elsewhere before. Still have a few more. Also I got Madhouse #1 the 1957 in the mail yesterday. It is upcoming.
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Yes, I did see those - thanks for adding them Narf.
Madhouse - cool!
:)
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Bunch of Gene Autry now up from elsewhere and thanks to Even Steven a copy of Pudgy Pig 1 with some other books to come. Uploaded by the robber baron narfstar 8)
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Great job Narf, thanks very much!
:)
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Ajax Madhouse 1 the 1957 version is now up. I finally got around to it :P
Perseus you are welcome to edit it if you want.
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Cool!
Tnx Narf.
:)
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Several Charltons thanks to Even Steven posting elsewhere
In Love 6
Rocky Lanes Black Jack 24
Unusual Tales 7
Pudgy Pig 1 and 2
Funny Animals 91
Just Married 4
and a 4Color western for good measures
#404 Range Rider
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Excellent work Narf!
:)
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Gotta keep the site as fresh as possible while waiting the bug to be fixed soon I hope
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Fingers crossed but no news from Serj yet.
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Two Charlton
Jim Bowie 16 and Atom the Cat 13
Pines Supermouse 38
Purloined from elsewhere 8)
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Tnx Narf.
:)
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Narf Hood robs from the KL and gives to the GAC
Tex Ritter 25 and Rex Allen20
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Good eye Narf, thanks for the uploads.
:)
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Sold five for a Dime with 4 other books seen on the back cover. Download this as a curiosity it is a
shrunken, re-colored, renamed Atoman origin from Atoman #1. The original looks so much better.
Please consider contributing to the JVJ postage fund because where else can you find these rarities?
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Because I wanted here it is for everyone. Now available in small press unsorted
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Sold five for a Dime with 4 other books seen on the back cover. Download this as a curiosity it is a shrunken, re-colored, renamed Atoman origin from Atoman #1.
As this is a reprint of ATOMAN #1 and the GREEN JET is a reprint of a GREEN LAMA comic, are the other three comics pictured reprints of features that ran in Spark publications? I'm particularly interested in the source of the TALULLAH comic. Does anyone have any information about it?
--Ken Q
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Looking through Spark books the only thing I could find was a single western in Atoman that does not fit. Nothing looks like any of the others either.
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Wonderful uploads Narf! Thanks very much to Jim and yourself for sharing these super rare books!
:D :)
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My plans may be changing. May not get much more done over break. Just got news my mom in PA had an unexpected stroke and heart attack and is not expected to make it. Just talked to her for a long time over the weekend and all seemed fine. I may be flying up tomorrow am awaiting word. My mom is a very dedicated Christian woman with no doubts about where she will go but of course it is really hard on the family. I would appreciate the prayers.
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My plans may be changing. May not get much more done over break. Just got news my mom in PA had an unexpected stroke and heart attack and is not expected to make it. Just talked to her for a long time over the weekend and all seemed fine. I may be flying up tomorrow am awaiting word. My mom is a very dedicated Christian woman with no doubts about where she will go but of course it is really hard on the family. I would appreciate the prayers.
I was going to thank you for checking into the Spark books for me, but in light of your sad news, let me say I will keep your mother and your family in my thoughts. I've been there, too. Take care.
--Ken Q
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I lost my mom when I was 21; even 18 years later it still hurts sometimes. I'll send you both all the good wishes I can.
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Oh man, I'm truly sorry to hear about your Mom.
Don't worry about the scans, you've got a lot on your mind now.
You and your family are in my thoughts.
-Yoc
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My plans may be changing. May not get much more done over break. Just got news my mom in PA had an unexpected stroke and heart attack and is not expected to make it. Just talked to her for a long time over the weekend and all seemed fine. I may be flying up tomorrow am awaiting word. My mom is a very dedicated Christian woman with no doubts about where she will go but of course it is really hard on the family. I would appreciate the prayers.
Narf you have my most sincere prayers for your mother.
B.
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Thanks guys my online friends mean a lot to me. I buried myself in scanning today. Western Picture Stories 4 is up with one being edited by hoover. Funny Picture Stories v2#11 is up. Hyper Mystery and New World are up as well as both issues of Great with Choice 1.
Last I heard from home was that the last doctor did not see evidence of a stroke or heart attack but looks like some kind of infection. Not out of the woods as she was still unable to breath on her own last I heard from family. The docs said that they could not do anything for he so she is in God's hands. Still praying that she pulls through but if it is her time I will have to accept it. She was wild in her younger days but has lived an exemplary life since becoming a Christian some 37 years ago.
She loved me even when I was a very unlovable kid and even into adulthood I was not the nicest person. I did not grow up until I was about 35. My mom and my wife's dad were two of the sweetest people in the world while my dad was a jerk and my wife's mom was a bitch. My mom and her dad would have made a fantastic couple. As horrible a mom as my wife's mother was she still misses her and wishes she could see her again so I know it will be hard. I hope she has a full recovery or God takes her peacefully.
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It feels lazy and cliche to come in late in public with nothing more than "me too," but best wishes from me as well.
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I've lost both parents, Narf, so I can empathize. My prayers go with your Mom and yourself.
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I'm also late catching up with these post but needless to say both you and your mom will be in my thoughts also.
-Nigel
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It's so darn hard for me to know what to say to people who go through times like this, no matter how people I've lost in my life or how many times my friends have lost people they love. Everything I think to say sounds so cliche & hollow, but my thoughts are with you during this difficult time.
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I know how you feel because others have faced loss and I did not know what to say. I consider many of you friends that I never physically met. I am leaving in the morning for PA. They are just keeping her comfortable. Hardest thing I have ever gone through and I know it will be harder when I am with family. I would rather mourn in private but know that I need to be there. I will be out of touch for a week as no internet at my mom's where I will be staying. Thanks for the concern guys it means a lot.
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Hang in there Narf. Whatever happens good or bad.
The GAC gang will be here for you when you return.
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It is up to the one and only YOC to keep the postings coming. Serj, Serj come back Serj! Since this is a not so young bunch most can probably recognize where that parody line came from.
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I had thought that I posted here that my mom had passed. I feel that "she" had gone on when she went to sleep Sunday night and had the stroke Monday morning. Her body was kept functioning n a ventilator until myself and two more grandchildren had a chance to say goodbye.
She will live on in our memories of course and all usable organs were used. Something I strongly believe in and if you feel the same let your family know. I look forward to receiving the letter from C.O.L.A to find out how many were helped. It makes me feel good knowing our loss will go for some good. The memorial service was nice. My cousin who is in between my age and my mom's told a story that makes me cry everytime I think of. When she just little and my mom was a teen, my mom was getting to go with the school to an amusement park. My cousin kept begging her don't go Jeanie don't go and my mom gave in and stayed with her. My cousin told some other stories then ended by saying "this is one time I really wanted to say 'don't go Jeanie don't go." Just typing this has me sitting here crying. My mom was one of the sweetest Christian women you would ever meet. If my mom could not get into heaven I am afraid most of us are in a lot of trouble.
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Well, there's just not much to say, I guess. I'm probably speaking for everybody when I say that you have my condolences, your family will be in my thoughts as they heal, and I'm very sorry to hear that's the end of the story.
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I had thought that I posted here that my mom had passed. I feel that "she" had gone on when she went to sleep Sunday night and had the stroke Monday morning. Her body was kept functioning n a ventilator until myself and two more grandchildren had a chance to say goodbye.
She will live on in our memories of course and all usable organs were used. Something I strongly believe in and if you feel the same let your family know. I look forward to receiving the letter from C.O.L.A to find out how many were helped. It makes me feel good knowing our loss will go for some good. The memorial service was nice. My cousin who is in between my age and my mom's told a story that makes me cry everytime I think of. When she just little and my mom was a teen, my mom was getting to go with the school to an amusement park. My cousin kept begging her don't go Jeanie don't go and my mom gave in and stayed with her. My cousin told some other stories then ended by saying "this is one time I really wanted to say 'don't go Jeanie don't go." Just typing this has me sitting here crying. My mom was one of the sweetest Christian women you would ever meet. If my mom could not get into heaven I am afraid most of us are in a lot of trouble.
Narf it pains me to learn of your loss. I just returned from my hometown and of the two most treasured visits I made while there was seeing my own mother and a friend's mother who turned 100 last Sunday. You, your family, and your mother are in my thoughts.
B.
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You have my sympathy and my empathy, Narf. I wish I had something wise to say; the closest I can come is to let you know that you are not alone. The loss of a loved one is unique in ever case and I don't know _exactly_ what you're going through; but I and others have had a similar loss and you are not alone.
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Welcome home Narf.
Thank-you for sharing your cousin's story. I'm not ashamed to say I'm quite teary-eyed myself. That was a lovely speech. I guess in the end all we can hope for is to be remembered well and there's no doubt your Mom is that.
Take care,
-Yoc
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NarfStar,
We have just met, and have shared a couple messages, so I don't know you as well as some of these good folks, but I just passed the 1 year anniversary of having lost my father, and feel like I understand some of what you feel. It has been a solemn year, and its odd how our perception the world changes in the aftermath of a parent's departure. Hang in there, and thanks for the advice and kind words of encouragement.
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All the support is really appreciated. I have uploaded our first file since coming back online. From JVJ is a scann of his photocopy of Star Ranger Funnies v2#5 now available.
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I'm late catching up again as a result of the forum being down and have just read the sad news.
What can I say Jim ? other then the fact my heart goes out to you, I lost my own mother in 1993 so know what you've been through.
-Nigel
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Very sorry to hear about your loss, Nafstar. I've been there too...
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Now available from my printer's document feeder and Prize Comics
All For Love v1 #5
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Now available from my printer's document feeder and Prize Comics
All For Love v1 #5
Interesting late Joe Orlando art on the cover and Take Me As I Am - FWIW.
Peace, Jim (|:{>
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Again thanks to my document feeder since I do not have time to sit and scan
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Now available thanks to JVJ please consider contributing to the postage fund to keep them coming
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Uh oh--two pages are missing in Choice Comics #2!!! Pages 50 and 51 are not included. It's easy to miss a couple of pages when scanning a Golden Age comic book...
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Nice catch Cat, I'm sure Narf will try and fix it asap.
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Nice catch Cat, I'm sure Narf will try and fix it asap.
As said--it's all too easy to miss a spread, or a single page, when scanning one of these big boys. I'm happy to be able to see and read comics such as this one--so off-beat that they would never turn up anywhere else!
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I agree. It is doubtful I would ever have gotten to hold a copy of any of these books without JVJ. Then getting them shared to all by scans is so cool. The room with my scanner is currently inaccessible. My son's best friend is staying with us for awhile or he would have become homeless on minimum wage. He works till close so is not up yet. I do not understand places that will hire and work several people at just a few hours when they could give an adult 39 hours a week regularly so they could try to make a living. I know they do not want to pay benefits but he needs hours. I will get those pages when he goes to work later.
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Fixed issue coming but here are the two pages for those who just want to add them.
(http://narfstar.cwahi.net/images/2choice052.jpg)
(http://narfstar.cwahi.net/images/2choice053.jpg)
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Cool, thanks for posting the two pages for those of us that already had the rest of the book Narf.
:)
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We were off school Monday because of icy roads. TN has very little road clearing equipment. I was off so I scanned.
Amazing Mystery Funnies v2#3, World Famous Heroes 2 and Picture News 5 all for you.
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WOW!
Now that what I call a busy day! ;D
Thank-you Very Much Narf :D
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I hope you don't mind but I've also uploaded a merged copy of Amazing Mystery Funnies v2#3 adding the incomplete colour scans to the b&w version. Both are now up.
Thanks again,
-Yoc
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They are no longer mine so they are always up for improvement. I did not check the site or would have added them myself
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Oh-Oh,
Narf, I just noticed Ontology already had scans for Picture News #10 on the site.
If you had anymore to scan we only need #5-8.
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Robbed this from elsewhere
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Thanks Narf!
:)
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Narfstar what is the file try?
http://www.edutainmentworld.com/index.php?dlid=11347
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A test file Ausse, see the 'Last 100 link' topic for info.
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I deleted it, perhaps next time adding a test file to a less public area would be an idea.
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Aussie, it's all public when any uploads show on The Last 100 Link.
Narf was very close to his mother and I'm sure we all feel for him and his family.
No harm was done and we certainly appreciate all he's done for the site in these difficult times for him and GAC.
Take care all,
-Yoc
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I to am sorry for Narf's loss since it seems it was related to that. However there was no explanation what the file was, it did not actually work if you tried to download it and it was in the Small Press Unsorted section, and was not related to GA comics. While I appreciate Narf's hard work if he wanted to post a memorial for his mother the forum would be more appropriate.
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You know Aussie that memorial suggestion sounds like a good idea if Narf wanted to do one. He's a very important member of the GAC family and if he felt like sharing I wouldn't mind. His message about the funeral had me choked up when he made it.
The upload feature still is buggy gang. Best wait for us to say when it's good to start uploading again. Sorry.
-Yoc
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The file was only meant as a try file. I was not and am still not able to upload larger files. I was not sure that I could delete the file since I had no admin cp. I guess I should have tried. I was able to download it once. Yoc's idea is like the one we have for pets. If there was an interest in a memorial thread that others would like to post to we could get the kleenex out.
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Narf, I have no problem at all with the idea if you wanted to start a Memorial thread.
The Pets and Us topic is very popular and I enjoy leaning a little bit more about the people behind the names here.
-Yoc
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Narf,
wanted to let you know that I am through the second Picture New ish, #6, which I uploaded. Any feedback on the first one? You look at a lot of these, so I would trust your eye.
I will jump on #7 next. onward....
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Thanks for the great edits BB the book is now up for all especially Yoc who requested the series.
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Yep, looks just fine BB, thanks for helping with this long forgotten series.
:)
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Narf & Yoc,
Picture News #7 is up...hope you like it. The printing job on this one was nice & clean...I have come to appreciate this more & more on these vintage books.
My thanks to you gentlemen...following my natural tendencies, I would have overlooked a series like this. I have enjoyed reading the series as I have worked on them. Expanded my horizons, as they say.
# 8 next on the cue...and it looks as if that will complete the series, non?
BB
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Prime User has supplied some Dan Brand and Tipi scans from Durango Kid 9-11 and a Billy the Kid 13 in Toby
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Thanks BB and Narf!
And thanks to Prime as well.
:)
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Narf & Yoc,
I had independently come across the same scans that Prime found for the Frazetta work in Durango Kid (goldenagecomicbookstories.blogspot.com), issues 1 - 16, and had pulled the covers from Heritage to go with them.
All this before I realized that Prime had already posted Durango Kid 1- 11. I don't want to offend Prime by uploading something that he/she had just done, but I have already edited and compiled issue #1. I am going to go ahead and upload it, and you guys can tell me if I should keep going or not.
I don't want to thread-jack, but this seemed related to the post.
-BB
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Hi builder,
Actually I found the same scans and even manged to get JVJ Jim to scan the one missing page from a later issue.
I plan on uploading them all as a 'collection' once I pull together a cover.
So don't worry about it. Glad you brought it up.
-Yoc
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Yoc,
I have a sweet collection of cover scans for Durango Kid issues 1 - 16 of the series, and can up them for you if you like.
I have posted the last of the Picture News issues, #008, completing the series. Nice! I noticed that the book was immediately available for download...was that a glitch or a vote of confidence?
Either way, thanks for the opportunity to be of service. I will move on to Funny Pages 10 and Funny Picture Stories 09 next.
-BB
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Narf's scans of Funny Picture Stories v2 009 is now edited and up for review...hope you like. There are some nice pieces inside. I always liked Dick Ryan's animal pieces. I think Tony Millionaire's modern Sock Monkey title borrows heavily from Ryan.
Great stuff...thanks for the opportunity to be of assistance.
-bb
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I believe that Yoc configured it that JVJ project scanners get self approval. So make sure they are numbered correctly for sorting and being put in the right place. Which you have done fine. thanks
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For the first time anywhere a Henry Brewster comic. All Bob Powell story and art. This may be the first MF Enterpise comic ever scanned. Since I can not put in onsite here it is at rapidshare until then
http://rapidshare.com/files/369343684/Henry_Brewster_2.cbz
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For the first time anywhere a Henry Brewster comic. All Bob Powell story and art. This may be the first MF Enterpise comic ever scanned. Since I can not put in onsite here it is at rapidshare until then
http://rapidshare.com/files/369343684/Henry_Brewster_2.cbz
Sorry, buddy, I beat you to it by a year...
http://www.trickcoin.net/2009/03/jumbo-size-henry.html
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There can only be one first and it was not me. I wish I had Known I would have scanned a different issue
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Actually, your scans are better than mine. The scanner I used, at a friend's house, simply wasn't very good.
Do you have other issues of HENRY BREWSTER? I've only ever seen this second issue. It's a pretty cool teen comic--very out there in its techniques!
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I am proud to say I have all seven issues
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That's impressive! The only one I ever see is that darned issue #2... never any of the others!
You have yourself a major piece of cult comix there...
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Henry Brewster is now onsite. I have the rest if people want more
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The first issue of Dell's New Adventures of Pinocchio no in the Silver Age
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The first issue of Dell's New Adventures of Pinocchio no in the Silver Age
Nice scan - and it's a lot of fun.
I believe this was the first comic based on a Rankin/Bass program.
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I loved these books and still do. Fatman is in the Silver Age Sidestreet
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Fatman 1-3 are all available
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I upped a couple on behalf of narfstar...Quality's G.I. Combat #'s 4 & 20. #4 is already up, and I just resent #20 (must have blown it on the first go...couldn't find it anywhere ???)
Narf has been kind to let me share in some editing...his books and his scans. His copies were coverless, and I couldn't find any HQ scans on the web, so if any of you come across some and would like to share, I will upgrade the files.
- builderboy (for narfstar)
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I upped a couple on behalf of narfstar...Quality's G.I. Combat #'s 4 & 20. #4 is already up, and I just resent #20 (must have blown it on the first go...couldn't find it anywhere ???)
Narf has been kind to let me share in some editing...his books and his scans. His copies were coverless, and I couldn't find any HQ scans on the web, so if any of you come across some and would like to share, I will upgrade the files.
- builderboy (for narfstar)
Thanks much! ;D
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Fixed issue coming but here are the two pages for those who just want to add them.
(http://narfstar.cwahi.net/images/2choice052.jpg)
(http://narfstar.cwahi.net/images/2choice053.jpg)
Gee Narfstar couldn't you have waited till after you scanned the page before working the crossword puzzle? ;)
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(http://www.bpib.com/jvj/2choice052.jpg)
Your wish is my command, Captain Audio.
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Here's the other page cleaned up a bit for you too:
(http://img20.imageshack.us/img20/8198/2choice053a.th.jpg) (http://img20.imageshack.us/i/2choice053a.jpg/)
Click it, then hit "zoom" for a full size version and then remove the "a" I added to the file name
or just use this link below (click on the picture for a "full" size version and remove the "a" from it):
http://img20.imageshack.us/img20/8198/2choice053a.jpg.
Geo
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Gee, Geo,
you took out my little penciled ID of Alex Blum. I thought that added a rather personal touch...
sigh...
edit: Here, I put it back and did some edits myself, just to show that I'm not JUST a pretty collection...
(|:{>
(http://www.bpib.com/jvj/2choice053-JVJ.jpg)
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More from narfstar, who has found the joys of a document feeder on his scanner...I will never keep up with him now!
First up, and already on the site is Superior's US Fighting Air Force #23. Hot on it's heels will be a second coverless, and hence unidentifiable issue number of the same run of Fighting Air Force.
That, and many others...soon to come!
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More from narfstar, who has found the joys of a document feeder on his scanner...I will never keep up with him now!
First up, and already on the site is Superior's US Fighting Air Force #23. Hot on it's heels will be a second coverless, and hence unidentifiable issue number of the same run of Fighting Air Force.
That, and many others...soon to come!
Builderboy I can hardly keep up! Our scanners are so good to us that I need to sort through the mountain of goods recently uploaded and announce them. On to that! ;D ;D ;D
B.
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Another narfstar offering...Merry-Go-Round #02 by Better Publications of Canada, cover-to-cover 52 pager, from April 1948. Funny animals for your reading enjoyment! It's be under misc. Canadian publishers, as that is my best guess for filing.
- builderboy
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Another narfstar offering...Merry-Go-Round #02 by Better Publications of Canada, cover-to-cover 52 pager, from April 1948. Funny animals for your reading enjoyment! It's be under misc. Canadian publishers, as that is my best guess for filing.
- builderboy
Thanks Builderboy! Thanks Narf! ;D ;D ;D
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boox909, could you do me a favor? In my haste to post, I failed to change the default in the 'author' field from my name to narfstar...could you edit that for me?
I don't want to grandstand the Big Guy...wouldn't do :-[
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boox909, could you do me a favor? In my haste to post, I failed to change the default in the 'author' field from my name to narfstar...could you edit that for me?
I don't want to grandstand the Big Guy...wouldn't do :-[
The only way I know to successfully do this is to delete and reup the file...leave if for Narf to check out -- you did credit him properly and if he wants he'll make edits.
Don't worry about it, its all good.
B. ;D
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The only way I know to successfully do this is to delete and reup the file...leave if for Narf to check out -- you did credit him properly and if he wants he'll make edits.
Don't worry about it, its all good.
B. ;D
You can do this if you're logged on as a moderator. Go to the page where you would download the file. In the upper right click on "edit." when the editing page comes up, make the changes you want. Click on "preview" and be sure to click on "confirm."
I've just made the requested change to narfstar.
Jon
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The only way I know to successfully do this is to delete and reup the file...leave if for Narf to check out -- you did credit him properly and if he wants he'll make edits.
Don't worry about it, its all good.
B. ;D
You can do this if you're logged on as a moderator. Go to the page where you would download the file. In the upper right click on "edit." when the editing page comes up, make the changes you want. Click on "preview" and be sure to click on "confirm."
I've just made the requested change to narfstar.
Jon
Ah...thanks for that info Jon. ;D
B.
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There are a lot of little things you can do as mod boox. Even without being logged in on the admin CP you have that edit function for regular filels.
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one more from the weekend: narfstar's scan of Prize's Cool Cat 003 (v9 02)...some hipster way-cool Daddy-O reading. BB edits. 8)
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one more from the weekend: narfstar's scan of Prize's Cool Cat 003 (v9 02)...some hipster way-cool Daddy-O reading. BB edits. 8)
I love these odd funny animal characters! Thanks you two! ;D
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Coming soon! I almost have AM17 and 20 scanned so the fiche can be released soon in favor of paper scans
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Yikes! I went on an editing break as my daughter's graduation approaches...I have a lot of narf's scans awaiting editing, and it sounds like I need to jump back in with both feet!
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Yikes! I went on an editing break as my daughter's graduation approaches...I have a lot of narf's scans awaiting editing, and it sounds like I need to jump back in with both feet!
Congrats to your daughter! ;D ;D ;D We can wait, enjoy this period in your child's life.
B.
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family first
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Not in the order promised, but some of narfstar's scanning goodness coming later tonight: Amazing Man #9, a paper scan of 62 of 68 pages (AM #'s 17 & 20 still forthcoming!), to compliment the fiche copy already on site. This is one sweet looking book with early work by Everett and Burgos.
Also coming from narf: Comic Page v3 #6. Hold onto your hats!
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Not in the order promised, but some of narfstar's scanning goodness coming later tonight: Amazing Man #9, a paper scan of 62 of 68 pages (AM #'s 17 & 20 still forthcoming!), to compliment the fiche copy already on site. This is one sweet looking book with early work by Everett and Burgos.
Thanks for bringing this live! This looks fantastic!!! Everyone -- go download it now!!! ;D ;D ;D
B.
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Not in the order promised, but some of narfstar's scanning goodness coming later tonight: Amazing Man #9, a paper scan of 62 of 68 pages (AM #'s 17 & 20 still forthcoming!), to compliment the fiche copy already on site. This is one sweet looking book with early work by Everett and Burgos.
Thanks for bringing this live! This looks fantastic!!! Everyone -- go download it now!!! ;D ;D ;D
B.
Yep, they DO look good...but I'm afraid I feel it important to point out this is actually not Amazing Man #9, but #6--of which we already had an uncleaned-up paper copy on site.
So yes, grab it because the images have been very nicely edited, but not because you want to replace a fiche copy.
Also, the cover thumbnail image on the dowload page should be changed to reflect it being a new copy of #6 instead of #9.
Cheers!
DHFH
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Yep, they DO look good...but I'm afraid I feel it important to point out this is actually not Amazing Man #9, but #6--of which we already had an uncleaned-up paper copy on site.
So yes, grab it because the images have been very nicely edited, but not because you want to replace a fiche copy.
Also, the cover thumbnail image on the dowload page should be changed to reflect it being a new copy of #6 instead of #9.
Cheers!
DHFH
Dang. :-\ Jon or Narf will fix it shortly I'm sure. ;D But they do look good!!!
B.
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Gotta let JVJ know about this
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Dang! What happened? Did I attach the wrong file? I knew that I was short some pages, so I had downloaded Darkmark's fiche version of #09 and done a page-by-page comparison to find the missing pages.
I am at work now, but will investigate later.
btw, thanks all for the gracious comments on the editing. I am pleased that you are pleased, and happy to contribute. I WILL staighten this out.
-bb
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I just DLed the Amazing Man #6 and #9 scans on site. They are clearly different comics. The fiche CF addition to the #9 scan clearly belongs in this comic as well based on the story. I can't guaranteed that both scans are absolutely correct, but they clearly aren't wrong in the manner indicated. Can you please recheck and if you think there is a problem be more specific.
Thanks,
Jon
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I just DLed the Amazing Man #6 and #9 scans on site. They are clearly different comics. The fiche CF addition to the #9 scan clearly belongs in this comic as well based on the story. I can't guaranteed that both scans are absolutely correct, but they clearly aren't wrong in the manner indicated. Can you please recheck and if you think there is a problem be more specific.
Thanks,
Jon
Yep,
Everything's right. Something went screwy when I went to look at them this morning.
Sorry about the false alarm!
DHFH
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Whew! ;)
Alrighty, then! On to the next one: up for your viewing pleasure, narfstar's scan of JVJ's Comic Pages v3 #6. Narf was VERY excited about this one in his PM's to me before I got the scans, and I see why.
A beautiful book in great condition, narf did it great justice scanning it, and the editing was a pure pleasure. Hope you like it. JVJ, thanks again for sharing. narf, thanks for letting me in on the delivery.
Soon more Amazing Man paper scans. The parade of Centaurs continues... ;D
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Whew! ;)
Alrighty, then! On to the next one: up for your viewing pleasure, narfstar's scan of JVJ's Comic Pages v3 #6. Narf was VERY excited about this one in his PM's to me before I got the scans, and I see why.
A beautiful book in great condition, narf did it great justice scanning it, and the editing was a pure pleasure. Hope you like it. JVJ, thanks again for sharing. narf, thanks for letting me in on the delivery.
Soon more Amazing Man paper scans. The parade of Centaurs continues... ;D
I can't get the smile off of my face over this one!!! Centaurs are always welcomed!!! ;D ;D ;D
B.
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And how much would all love to see an actual parade of Centaurs?
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An all picture version from Whitman the parent company of Dell. Enjoy gang it was a pain to scan
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An all picture version from Whitman the parent company of Dell. Enjoy gang it was a pain to scan
Nice -- you did a lot of work on this one! ;D
B.
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Where did this one land, narf? I can't seem to find it on the site...is it FTP only?
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It is in the small unsorted category
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You never know what to expect from narf ;D Now available in Lev Gleason
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In the small press section we now have Jo-Joy and a Present for Santa and Clear the Track. Parents Magazine brought us Special Agent issue 8 missing the first two pages. Better/Pines now contains Supermouse 39. These are all my raw scans PLEASE feel free to edit and replace them. I use my time for scanning since I have the books. I pass them on if you do not like the raws please FIX EM. More editors needed if any newbies want upgrades to VIP.
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No not Fawcett or even Marvel but MF Enterprises. One of my very favorites books when I was ten. I liked this guy better than Thor, Batman or Superman. I thought he was great and still think these books are a lot of fun or I would not have gone through all the trouble of scanning a square bound book. I never realized that for more than twice the price you did not get more than twice the book. To me they always seemed bigger than two regular 36 page comics. But they are only 52 pages. They really were a big rip-off. I still love and hope you enjoy my efforts to preserve these SA gems.
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Thanks for this Narf! Awesome stuff to see! ;D
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More narfstar action: Amazing Man #17
This one is from the legendary box of Centaurs loaned by JVJ to narfstar to scan. As it was coverless and missing the cf, the project has other sources: Heritage for the fc and bc, and Darkmark's fiche edition of the same book for the ifc, ibc, and centerfold pages.
Thanks to all for making the c2c edition possible.
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Reddy Goose from the shoe company
Submarine Attack 12 with my favorite war cover.
Hector 2 from Key teen humor
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Thanx for the Submarine Attack 12, Narf! Love the Charlton navy stuff. Cheers, Jeff
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Thanks to Pyramid c2c scans in silver side street
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Thanks for all of the goodies Narf! ;D ;D ;D
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Thanks! ;D
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Two offerings from Narfstar: Westerner #40 in the Small Press and Unsorted Files section &
Special Agent #1 in the Parents Magazine Institute section.
Thanks Narf! ;D ;D ;D
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your welcome boox. The Westerner is a digital camera replacement
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Now up: narfstar's scans of JVJ's Amazing Man #20!
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Now up: narfstar's scans of JVJ's Amazing Man #20!
Actually...somehow...I made the file disappear when I went to edit the name of it so the menu would be in order.
We'll have to wait on builderboy to re'up this one folks.
Apologies all around.
As I was saying, All Hail Narf, Builderboy, and JVJ!!!
Tons of thanks for this one gang, and its now live for downloading (due to Builderboy's kung fu)! ;D
B.
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Not in the order promised, but some of narfstar's scanning goodness coming later tonight: Amazing Man #9, a paper scan of 62 of 68 pages (AM #'s 17 & 20 still forthcoming!), to compliment the fiche copy already on site. This is one sweet looking book with early work by Everett and Burgos.
I just grabbed this book. A while back I had rescanned this one from fiche but never got around to editing it. I can provide much better fiche scans of the missing centerfold pages if anyone's interested. The color doesn't match the book, but the scans are much sharper and clearer.
Pmack
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pmack,
that would be GREAT! Truthfully, my editing experiences with the fiche pages failed to provide a lot of satisfaction. I did get them to size and rotated, and deepened the colors somewhat, but they were still washed out and fuzzy. Any tips on your technique? :)
It is the first two wraps under the cover AND the centerfold that are edited fiche pages.
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Any tips on your technique?
The biggest difference is that I use a different scanner. Most fiche scanners use a flatbed scanner, I use a 35mm film scanner, so I get more detail on the initial scan
I'm confused about the needed pages, though. The copy I downloaded (from the hubs) only had a fiche centerfold.
I also don't know the best way to do this. Should I just upload the pages to the site, or do you want me to send them to you direct? Do you want me to upload a fully fixed file?
So many questions!
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Narf,
Just noticed that Westerner #40 is in the Small Press and Unsorted section. Should be in Orbit or Our or at least in Rural Home with the Patches and Toytown and other Westerner and Wanted issues.
I put a replacement page in your ftp directory for your final signature page in that issue. Hope you like it.
Peace, Jim (|:{>
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Here's a list of the comics in folders, narf.
Tell me which ones you want.
Candy 3
Champ 19
Dynamic 23
Fighting Marines 3
Front Page 1
Liberty Scouts 2
Master 42
Military 19
Mystery Men 11,26
Power Comics 1
Rangers 18,21,43,46
Red Seal 14
Santa Claus Funnies 2
Skyrocket 1
Super Mystery V2:3
Thrilling 36
Toyland 3
True Comics 1
Wings 13
I have some others, but they are either Street & Smith or Timely.
Peace, Jim (|:{>
ps. did you ever check out the Westerner page I did for you?
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Hi, JVJ. I've already posted of version of Skyrocket Comics 1. However, mine only has two stories, is yours complete? I'd be happy to upload some of the things you have that narf does not "want". I have a particular fondness for Red Seal 14, Champ 19, and Dynamic 23. just put them on send space or something and give me by link so I can grab and post them. In any case thank you for wonderful offerings.
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I should get your box sent out tomorrow. Some of the books are already on GAC the ones that are not I will gladly scan. Would not mind the Street and Smith to read as I only have a few Air Ace and Supersnipes myself.
Champ 19
Dynamic 23
Fighting Marines 3
Front Page 1
Liberty Scouts 2 Cent
Master 42 Faw
Military 19 Qua
Mystery Men 11
Power Comics 1
Rangers 18,21 FH
Red Seal 14
Santa Claus Funnies 2
Skyrocket 1
Thrilling 36 b
Toyland 3
Wings 13 FH
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Hi, JVJ. I've already posted of version of Skyrocket Comics 1. However, mine only has two stories, is yours complete? I'd be happy to upload some of the things you have that narf does not "want". I have a particular fondness for Red Seal 14, Champ 19, and Dynamic 23. just put them on send space or something and give me by link so I can grab and post them. In any case thank you for wonderful offerings.
The problem is that they are not scanned, Mindshadow. I only have the actual comics. Narfstar is going to do the scanning. That's the whole point of this project, to GET the books scanned so that we can share them. And, yes, I believe that my Skyrocket is complete. Looks like narf has requested all the issues you have a fondness for, so now all we need is patience...
Peace, Jim (|:{>
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I should get your box sent out tomorrow. Some of the books are already on GAC the ones that are not I will gladly scan. Would not mind the Street and Smith to read as I only have a few Air Ace and Supersnipes myself.
Champ 19
Dynamic 23
Fighting Marines 3
Front Page 1
Liberty Scouts 2 Cent
Master 42 Faw
Military 19 Qua
Mystery Men 11
Power Comics 1
Rangers 18,21 FH
Red Seal 14
Santa Claus Funnies 2
Skyrocket 1
Thrilling 36 b
Toyland 3
Wings 13 FH
I'll get them ready, narf.
We probably have enough to deal with on the PD titles. That's really what I signed up to provide, after all.
Peace, Jim (|:{>
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That is fine they were just for my selfishness. I was not planning on scanning and distributing the Street and Smith just reading a couple :) Doc Savage and Shadow comics usually cost more than I like to spend. Supersnipes are not cheap but I have managed to pick up a few as well as some Super Magicians. I enjoy Supersnipe and some of the Super Magician stories. It is too bad S&S had bad experiences that seem to make them really protective even though it appears they will never reprint any of the comics themselves. I sent a request for permission to post them at GAC but got no reply. Oh well their property their choice.
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Check out the Silver Age Side Street for issues of Tower's longest running title.
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Check out the Silver Age Side Street for issues of Tower's longest running title.
I hate being the kiljoy, but some of those files didn't load into the system correctly. OY! :-\
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Wings 13 FH
Woo hoo. Once I finish my yet-to-arrive box from JVJ and this gets scanned, all of Wings will be scanned c2c except 17 and 58. All will be scans from paper except 1 2 5 6 9 12
--- I think I don't promise until I've done it and checked.
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I deleted the bad files. These were not my scans. The file name had Tippy's and did not load properly until I removed the apostrophy. The files deleted are up with the apostrophy gone should work fine
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Moondoods edits for narfstar scan
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Funny Pages v2 #4 (paper) c2c JVJ-narfstar
Thanks guys! ;D ;D ;D
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Here's my offering to Narf, for all his efforts on our behalf.
(http://www.bpib.com/test/GAC/Westerner-narf.jpg)
Thanks, Jim, (|:{>
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Way cool thanks Jim
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Complete run of Undersea Agent as well as a few more issues of Six Gun. I guess series that continue into the silver from the gold can be kept in gold.
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Thanks Narf!!! ;D
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Thanks for adding my issue 75 of Six-Gun. I could not get it to upload.
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I had to use ftp
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Check the latest downloads for a bunch of new Charltons. Many thanks to the original scanners. If you see one of your scans let me know and I will add your name.
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http://goldenagecomics.co.uk/stats2.php <---- Latest 100 or so uploads to GAC! ;D
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I am surprised that no one else has upped all these SA Charltons to get VIP status. I gave them plenty of time since opening the Silver Age Sidestreet. So I upped them myself. There are a lot more out there if someone is willing.
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I was wondering the status of the missing issues myself, narf. No PD issues? If nobody else steps up, I can always do some. I have many of these on my hard drive, but don't want to deprive anyone looking to join in on the fun.
BTW, several of those uploaded already either fillled holes or upgraded issues that I already had...very cool.
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Not sure if all issues are the same it looks like the 1968 cover dates start having copyrights so are not pd. I check the indicia to make sure. Maybe someone will get the idea and join in.
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Not sure if all issues are the same it looks like the 1968 cover dates start having copyrights so are not pd. I check the indicia to make sure. Maybe someone will get the idea and join in.
I will be uploading/downloading Saturday and I promise to check the indicia of every Charlton you've uploaded. ;D
B.
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No need to check them all. Only end of 67 start of 68. Fun stuff though
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No need to check them all. Only end of 67 start of 68. Fun stuff though
:o You uploaded so much stuff!!! :o
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Lots more just made available for your enjoyment.
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Lots more just made available for your enjoyment.
:o :o :o
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A JVJ Project book for you tonight, scanned by narfstar, edited by yours truely:
Centaur's Star Ranger Funnies v2 #1, the first in color on the site. 51 of the 68 pages. If'n any of you have access to fiche for the missing pages, that would be wonderful.
It's loaded with western humor. Check 'er out.
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A JVJ Project book for you tonight, scanned by narfstar, edited by yours truely:
Centaur's Star Ranger Funnies v2 #1, the first in color on the site. 51 of the 68 pages. If'n any of you have access to fiche for the missing pages, that would be wonderful.
It's loaded with western humor. Check 'er out.
May The Lords of Comics Uber Geekdom Bless You Sir!!! ;D ;D ;D
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Ready in the Silver Side Street. Picked up from elsewhere with thanks to the original scanners and posters. Can you guess I am a Charlton fan ::)
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Atomicmouse and Sheriff of Tombstone in Charlton with Space War in Silver Side
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Atomicmouse and Sheriff of Tombstone in Charlton with Space War in Silver Side
Love those Charltons! ;D
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with a single tear in my eye, I announce the last Centaur from the JVJ-narfstar batch...and it's a goodie....
Up today for your reading pleasure, Funny Picture Stories v2 #07, a c2c 68 page beauty! Take a look at one of the last stories, Rattlesnake Gulch. I had never heard of the writer/artist Maurice Kashuba before, but...WOW! I like this piece a lot!
Thanks to JVJ and narf for including me on this batch of Centaurs...it was a labor of love.
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with a single tear in my eye, I announce the last Centaur from the JVJ-narfstar batch...and it's a goodie....
Up today for your reading pleasure, Funny Picture Stories v2 #07, a c2c 68 page beauty! Take a look at one of the last stories, Rattlesnake Gulch. I had never heard of the writer/artist Maurice Kashuba before, but...WOW! I like this piece a lot!
Thanks to JVJ and narf for including me on this batch of Centaurs...it was a labor of love.
YES!!! A new Centaur is always a celebratory event!!! ;D ;D ;D
Thank you BB! :)
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Thanks for these Narf!!! ;D ;D
War and Attack #1 (1964) (c2c) (Charlton)
Atomic Mouse #37 (c2c) (bchat scans) (Charlton)
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Boy that Boox is fast. It must be his psychic powers and he already knew what I was going to put up before I did.
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Boy that Boox is fast. It must be his psychic powers and he already knew what I was going to put up before I did.
I try...I'm also going to try and upload a few items before bed tonight! ;D
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Had to finally get one up at least. From Harvey
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Finally put up is Western Picture Stories #1. Lost in ftp (remember this was during the time of my mom's passing) it is now available. Great eye popping edits by Hoover. Also a lot more Charlton picked up elsewhere and put here. You just have to get Go-Go. This should have been a big hit
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Finally put up is Western Picture Stories #1. Lost in ftp (remember this was during the time of my mom's passing) it is now available. Great eye popping edits by Hoover. Also a lot more Charlton picked up elsewhere and put here. You just have to get Go-Go. This should have been a big hit
A Centaur comics? What a nice after nap surprise, Narf! ;D ;D ;D
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Finally got a book done and it is a good one. In 300 PPI goodness
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Holy Heck, narf...I'm gonna get me some of that when I get home today....looks sweet from the cover! 300 DPI? Are you upping the ante? I've got to get me a faster scanner....at 200 DPI, my scans take me FOREVER!
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Don't think I've heard of Power Comics before. Looks good. Can't wait to get home and download it.
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Holy Heck, narf...I'm gonna get me some of that when I get home today....looks sweet from the cover! 300 DPI? Are you upping the ante? I've got to get me a faster scanner....at 200 DPI, my scans take me FOREVER!
Builder, I do all my scans a 300 dpi and it takes 3 minutes per page with my scanner, that's with a pre-scan, for adjustments, straightening pages, etc.
Is that slow?
Geo
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Holy Heck, narf...I'm gonna get me some of that when I get home today....looks sweet from the cover! 300 DPI? Are you upping the ante? I've got to get me a faster scanner....at 200 DPI, my scans take me FOREVER!
Bb, for comparison, my Epson GT 15000 does two comic pages at 300 ppi in less than one minute and it's pretty quiet. It's not especially cheap, but there are other Epsons, like my V500 which cost less than $200, is instant on, practically silent, uses an LED scanning array and scans up to 6400 ppi. Only 8.5" x 11.7" but easily does one comic page at 300 ppi in about 45 seconds.
And I KNOW I'm anal about this, but it's PIXELS per inch or Ppi. Dots per inch (Dpi) really makes no sense when you're talking about digital scans. If you work with pixels and think in pixels, it's better to TALK in pixels, too.
Peace, Jim (|:{>
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Heya Jim! How is France treating you? Any highlights from your trip to Les Invalides?
Regarding scanners, I have been on the lookout for a scanner that had a larger bed, but do the vendors list the bed size on their advertisements? Heck, NO! That would be too easy.
I do some art on the side and wanted to be able to get 11 x 17 originals scanned for digital color. I suspect JVJ's scanner is that size, but for the most part, they want big bucks for them. I was hoping I could get one used on Amazon, but can't figure out how to get a list of model numbers to shop for.
Geo, I did try a 300 ppi scan (thank you Jim...dpi is a printer spec term, not a digital image spec) after your comment (on my puny HP all-in-one). It did take marginally longer...close to 2 minutes for positioning, pre-scan, scan, crop-and-straighten. That wasn't so bad as the file size. Previously, edited images were around 18 Mb...now they are 42 Mb! Yikes! A 68 page book would weigh in at over 2 Gb!!!!
Another drama will be the finish product size. I find that at compression time, I need to go down to 15% to get the jpeg under 1 Mb! A 68-page book will end up over 60 Mb! Does that worry anybody?
I do recognize that these books aren't getting any younger, and opportunities like what JVJ are providing might not come again, so this is a 'no compromise' situation. So...there it is. I'm stepping up my quality. I am converting to 300 PPI, and now have to figure a way to archive these monsters to DVD to get them off my hard drive after publishing.
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Builder, here's a couple of shots of Jim's scanner, it's bigger then it look in the pictures by the way.
(http://img697.imageshack.us/img697/6306/jimsworkarea.jpg) (http://img697.imageshack.us/i/jimsworkarea.jpg/)
(http://img171.imageshack.us/img171/2270/jimsworkarea2.jpg) (http://img171.imageshack.us/i/jimsworkarea2.jpg/)
Also I'm sorry too about the dpi instead of ppi Jim, my bad.
I guess my scanners pretty slow too, or it's just me doing all those adjustments.
Geo
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Here's the report on our trip so far, bb,
http://www.bpib.com/paris/2010-Fall/part-one.html (http://www.bpib.com/paris/2010-Fall/part-one.html)
well, the first two weeks, anyway.
This Wednesday we went to the Moebius: Trans-Form
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Moebius has never been my cup of tea
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I got my introduction to Moebius through Heavy Metal. (Richard Corben and Simon Bisley as well). I liked the quirkiness of the tone, and the anti-superhero-ness of the art. When Moebius did the Silver Surfer 2-part for Marvel, I thought he brought a grace to the character that most befitting him.
I had always seen the Blueberry series out there, but had never picked up any of it for a read...a Western...is it not?
Charles Vess exhibit...very cool, JVJ. Vess' work holds a special place in my heart. Right up there with P Craig Russell and Barry Windsor Smith. I love the Invalides shots. Wonderful stuff.
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...and p.s. - found that I can buy the Epson GT 15000 for $300, so I am saving my scheckles. Thanks for the model # JVJ.
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I looked at the Epson prices online also. There appears to be a large and regular size bed. If you are wanting to do two pages at once make sure it is the larger size. I would love to have one also
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I looked at the Epson prices online also. There appears to be a large and regular size bed. If you are wanting to do two pages at once make sure it is the larger size. I would love to have one also
You are right, narf. While 4 vendors are offering the Epson GT 1500, describing it as an 11x17 manual scanner, Epson's site gives the specs for the GT 1500 as a smaller platten device with a document feeder. Jim has the 15000, not the 1500. Sounds like Epson poor choice of similar model #'s has led to confusion among the vendors.
Damn.
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They may actually be selling the GT 15000, bb,
you might want to contact them and ask for a clarification. Epson offers a refurbished unit for $760, so you should be able to find one elsewhere for much less than that. It's a great scanner for comics, and comes with a "lite" edition of Photoshop - at least mine did.
Peace, Jim (|:{>
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Liberty Scouts 002 upgrades only
Liberty Scouts 002 paper
Narf,
I don't understand, of course I haven't downloaded either yet, but is one mainly paper, while the other is mainly fiche? ???
B.
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Liberty Scouts 002 upgrades only
Liberty Scouts 002 paper
Narf,
I don't understand, of course I haven't downloaded either yet, but is one mainly paper, while the other is mainly fiche? ???
B.
One is paper and one is a fiche copy boox. But the problem seems to be that the paper copy is missing at this time from the downloading site, we only have the fiche available at this time. I added a note on this to the paper copy as to being unavailable at this time.
MY BAD THE PAPER COPY IS UP, MISSING THE FC, ISFC, ISBC AND OSBC, THE FICHE COPY IS MISSING. Sorry about the confusion on this, I just checked with the fiche/paper copy we have on DCM.
Geo
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Liberty Scouts 002 upgrades only
Liberty Scouts 002 paper
Narf,
I don't understand, of course I haven't downloaded either yet, but is one mainly paper, while the other is mainly fiche? ???
B.
One is paper and one is a fiche copy boox. But the problem seems to be that the paper copy is missing at this time from the downloading site, we only have the fiche available at this time. I added a note on this to the paper copy as to being unavailable at this time.
Geo
Okay, I knew something was off...Narf will get to it. OY!!!!! ;D
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Liberty Scouts paper is cover to cover with only 6 pages of fiche. The upgrades only are the paper copies of the old fiche only. This way if someone already has the old paper/fiche issue they can just get the upgrades.
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Narf, with your JVJ book scan on it, did Jim have a info card that went with the book? By the way I'll add the file to DCM, with adding in the missing pages from the old file we have. Just add your name to it as the uploader and scanner along with JVJ if that's ok with you.
Geo
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Full copy is currently uploading to DCM. No card
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Full copy is currently uploading to DCM. No card
Then I'll be on the lookout for it Narf, thanks.
Geo
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Narf, with your JVJ book scan on it, did Jim have a info card that went with the book? By the way I'll add the file to DCM, with adding in the missing pages from the old file we have. Just add your name to it as the uploader and scanner along with JVJ if that's ok with you.
Geo
Everything on the updates is signed, Geo.
No one needs my help on this one.
Peace, Jim (|:{>
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Narf, with your JVJ book scan on it, did Jim have a info card that went with the book? By the way I'll add the file to DCM, with adding in the missing pages from the old file we have. Just add your name to it as the uploader and scanner along with JVJ if that's ok with you.
Geo
Everything on the updates is signed, Geo.
No one needs my help on this one.
Peace, Jim (|:{>
Thanks Jim.
Geo
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Liberty Scouts 2 link fixed
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Now available cover to cover !!!! For those who had the previous versions upgrade only files are available.
Skyrocket not only has the obscure Alias the Spider and Dr Vampire but The Desperado was not a western character but a masked hero also.
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You have more issues of Wham, Superworld, Hyper Mystery, and the only issue of Green Giant Comics? Put them up! What is "Colosus"?
PS. Sparkman is not PD. http://goldenagecomics.co.uk/forum/index.php/topic,1591.0.html (http://goldenagecomics.co.uk/forum/index.php/topic,1591.0.html)
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We have both issues of Wham up. I wish the other books were available.
This is Colossus
http://www.comics.org/issue/707/
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Do you have any more issues of Power Comics, or Treasure Comics? Do you have more Chesler's or other rare comics?
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This is what remains in my JVJ box
Champ 19
Master 42 (Faw)
Military 19 (Qua)
Mystery Men 11
Rangers 18,21 (FH)
Red Seal 14
Santa Claus Funnies 2
Thrilling 36
Toyland 3
Wings 14
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narf, sounds like a basketful of choice goodies. I am set to post my latest tonight, Wings #9 (just need to compile and post). After editing the piece, I have a deeper appreciation of those early Fiction House books. Just gorgeous.
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Dynamic Comics 23 now cover to cover thanks to JVJ
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In all this bringing back the old here is a new. Thanks to citraltras for the edits
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Master Comics 42 cover to cover paper. Mystery Men 11 has only ifc,ibc, bc and last ad in fiche the rest paper.
All thanks to the one and only JVJ
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Scans and edits by narfstar of a JVJ book missing only the ifc. A really nice looking offering if I do say so myself. Also coming up is Red Seal 14 replaces the IW reprint. I included the IW covers and ads at the end to preserve them.
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NarfStar I've added a better cover to Ranger Comics #21, it's on the ftp in my folder ready for uploading to the main site.
I've already added it with the new cover to the DCM site by the way and thought I'd offer it here to.
Nice scans by the way.
Geo
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Fightin' Air Force 11 thanks to jodyanimator and a smaller version of Mystery Men 11 now up
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From the JVJ collection with scans and edits by narfstar
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Another JVJnarf classic for your enjoyment
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Another JVJnarf classic for your enjoyment
Thanks! ;D
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Unedited JVJ gems from Narf!
Champ 019-ifc-ibc-bc
Toyland 003 needs edits
Military 019missing 4pgcenterfold needs edits
Rangers 018needsedits
You just know edited versions are on the horizon, so download if you can't wait. ;D
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For your reading enjoyment. I am putting these up some are raw scans no time to edit as I wanted tdo get them all scanned. If someone would like to edit them it would be much appreciated.
Toyland 3 needs edits
Rangers 18 needs edits
Military 19 needs edits
Champ 19 scans and edits by narfstar
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Thrilling Comics #36 (JVJ_narf)
Thanks to Narf and Jim!!!
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Charlton
Atom the Cat #12
A Narf-LoftyPilot offering! ;D
Thanks guys! :D
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This sucker is 100 pages of funny animal fun. Thanks to my scanners document feeder. I know we had someone who requested funny animal books this should hold them for awhile.
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I have uploaded a comic with all the insides of an Uncle Charlie's Fables. It is however none of the 5 known. My comic is coverless so can not be identified that way. If anyone has any ideas please let me know. It is available in the Lev Gleason section. File also available on mediafire
http://www.mediafire.com/?cbvi37gix3saq6s
Book identified as Adv In Wonderland 1. Oh well
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Woodland Adventure of Sue the Magic Manikin in Small Press
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That coverless Uncle Charlie's Fables is quite a mystery, Narfstar. I hadn't read your post, but tried to compare it to my five issues, and found out it was none of those. Overstreet and GCD only list five. I can only speculate that there was a sixth no one knew about till now. Quite a find!
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Hey Doc. My book was identified. It is actually Adv in Wonderland #1 Which must have used left over material. No great find :)
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Well, I was referring to the coverless Uncle Charlie which was uploaded at the same time. Alice is fun too, though!
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Well, I was referring to the coverless Uncle Charlie which was uploaded at the same time. Alice is fun too, though!
No, doccomix, it is what narfstar said it is, Adventures in Wonderland #1. Contents of that issue are identical to the strips in Uncle Charlie and probably were initially intended for an Uncle Charlie #6 that was shelved when the title was canceled. I own all of the UCs and the AiWs, so there's no need to speculate. Narf knows whereof he speaks.
Peace, Jim (|:{>
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Check the Canadian section for Captain Hobby with Lofypilot edits from a narfstar book and scan
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Check the Canadian section for Captain Hobby with Lofypilot edits from a narfstar book and scan
Awesome! Thanks guys! ;D ;D ;D
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Thanks to edits by Loftypilot another western is available. Tom Mix 44 in Fawcett
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Ajax-Farrell
The Rider #5
A nice gem from the generosity of Narfstar and the editing polish of Loftypilot!
Thanks guys!!! ;D ;D ;D
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A Standard Publications humor/western now available with narfstar scans and edits in the Better Section.
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Once again because loftypilot was willing to do the edits you get to download Tony Trent 4 with great Mart Bailey art. The spine did not lay well so lofty did a good job making it look good for all. I think Mart liked the Plurtotles story as I think he put more love in it.
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Once again because loftypilot was willing to do the edits you get to download Tony Trent 4 with great Mart Bailey art. The spine did not lay well so lofty did a good job making it look good for all. I think Mart liked the Plurtotles story as I think he put more love in it.
Nice!!! Thanks guys! ;D ;D ;D
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cover to cover thanks to Mannysquirt posting it elsewhere
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cover to cover thanks to Mannysquirt posting it elsewhere
Thanks Narf! My hope is to one day be able to paste all of the Nyoka's together for a mass reading. ;D
B.
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Now available in the Silver Age side street narfstar all the way
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No not one book but two SA Charltons now up. Teenage Hotrodders 8 and Teen-Age Confidential Confessions 9
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Stanley was the man behind the various Key comics. He also published many black and white reprints of horror stories. With the comic boon brought on by the Batman TV he tried his luck in the field with two giant size reprints of war stories in Battle Heroes. For those who may have downloaded and read some of them you may be able to identify where these stories came from Battle Heroes 1 is now available and 2 eventually.
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Narf,
Should Battle Heroes maybe more properly go in the Silver Age Sidestreet category since it is a 1960s title (even if made up of 1950s reprints)?
Curious
Joe
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I consider it in the category of IW/Super. No copyright and GA material
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In the Silver Age Side street narfstar scan and edit enjoy
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Here is a comic I had never seen a copy of before. Hope you enjoy this with narfstar scans and edits.
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Now available in Fawcett with thanks to lofypilot for great edits as usual
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First two issues with Eisner art now available in Government Pamphlets. Monte Hale86 in Charlton for good measures.
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First two issues with Eisner art now available in Government Pamphlets.
Great job Narf. The first two issues! IIRC, these were produced concurrently with the last year of the original run of The Spirit. I consider Eisner's work on these P.S. Magazines to be his "lost years" as they have been seen by only a small segment of the public over the years. Very nice that we can host them here on the site.
If they keep rolling in we may have to create our first separate file in the Government Pamphlets category.
Best
Joe
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Lots more available I just have not gotten around to them yet so the category is needed
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File created and ready to load up.
BTW, if you run across any issues of Army Motors you might snag them too as this is the precursor to PS Magazine which Eisner worked on during WWII while he was in the service.
Best
Joe
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More PS magazines available
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Your upload of Monte Hale Western (Charlton) 086__1955___c2c___Sooth_ is a broken archive, with only 15 pages that are good or in the file at this time, (also looks to be a pretty small file for a c2c at a little over 12 megs). Check your backup Narf to see if it's good or not please.
Thanks.
Geo
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Oddball that is narfstar caused me to get an obscure little item called Red Ball Comic Book. Shoe store giveaway comics must have worked as there were several. This one only lasted two issues. The first is now available with narfstar scans and edits.
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Two new issues of Young Love and one Young Romance in the Prize section. These are some you won't see on DCM since they are post 1960 Prize comics.
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Narfstar scans and edits. I wonder if O. Whitney ever lent a hand ghosting or inking Tony Trent. This issue Trent feature has a lot Whitney looking panels to me.
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Billy the Kid 12 in Toby and Peter Rabbit 7 in Avon it's a twofor both cover to cover all narfstar
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Now ready in the Silver Side Street
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Two new issues of Young Love and one Young Romance in the Prize section. These are some you won't see on DCM since they are post 1960 Prize comics.
I looked at those Young Love issues over the weekend. Both have a couple of Bob Powell stories each in them but they are quite different looking from the work Powell was turning out just a few years before. It's much simpler looking style. Backgrounds are sparse or non-existent in many panels.
I wouldn't be surprised if he was just penciling bare-bones layouts and doing much of the drawing with his brush when he was inking. I also wouldn't be surprised to learn that he had shifted his working methods to accommodate a lower per page rate. All just speculation on my part, of course.
Check 'em out and compare for yourselves.
Best
Joe
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Zany 3 is ready to download in the Small Press section
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Now available in Charlton thanks to Pyramid
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Narf, to bad the download site is now down to get it or any other books we have.
"Warning: #LANG.WARN_LANGPACKMISSING# lang_global
Warning: #LANG.WARN_LANGPACKMISSING# lang_warn
Warning: #LANG.WARN_LANGPACKMISSING# lang_error"
Geo
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Cover to cover pain in the butt to scan so everyone read it :D
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Cover to cover pain in the butt to scan so everyone read it :D
Very cool! The flip book part is awesome!
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Interesting. Was this a superhero created especially for the BLB market or was it adapted from some comic book source?
Curious
Joe
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according to biglittlebooks.com
" MAXIMO, THE AMAZING SUPERMAN Victor Appleton (pseudonym). Artist: J. R. White. COLLECTOR'S NOTE: This book was written and drawn specially for the BLB format. It was Whitman's response to the popularity of Superman." There were actually two before the one I posted. The first was renewed not sure about the second. I do not have them.
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Magic Agent 1-3 are now onsite and ready for downloading pleasure
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An odd little period piece featuring corny gag cartoons.
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Narf,
You do find some of the oddest things!
Keep 'em coming!!
Best
Joe
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Smaller version of Captain Marvel 24 is now available. Alter-Ego is once again available with the acceptance by Roy Thomas who does own the trademark. Talullah 2 cover to cover is also up. Does anyone know anything about this book? Metropolitan printed six books. Talullah 2 was printed with Boots and Saddles 1 then they were cut apart. My guess is that all six books were printed on large newsprint then cut apart. Talullah was with Boots because part of that cover can be seen with it. The interesting thing about Talullah is that it is the only known second issue. The other five were series one and distributed together in a five pack for a dime. A second series was planned. So was Talullah 2 ever distributed? How rare is my issue?
Could it be a Gerber 9. These books do not appear in Gerber.
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These books are not available they were sitting in FTP
Battle Attack 7 and Strange 4 now fixed
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thanks to Pyramid for Nov 3rd 1940 Spirit section
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George Tuska and Al Luster files have been put in the artist showcase. These are small single stories to get things started. Two stories from Art Saaf. More to come. Please feel free to collect your favorite artists work from books in the public domain and post them here.
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available in Silver Age Charlton
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Nice going Narf.
Keep them uploads rollin'!
Best
Joe
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They are cool ... at last the artists showcase has some content, rather than the crying woman appearing !!
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COMING SOON: After they arrive and I get them scanned that is. I ride bicycle. I have wanted these books and now they are coming: Shwinn Bicycle Book and Bike Comics. Along with the lot there are some little obscure gems, and everyone knows how much I love obscure. "Everyday's a Holly DAy", Three who Came Back", "Osterizeer the new Modern Meal Maker", and the one I am curious to see MISS CURITY COMIC Book with coloring stories. None of these are indexed at GCD so I do not know what to expect which is half the fun.
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Sounds like a group of books totally up your alley Narf!
;D
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Not only is the Miss Curity book not indexed, it is not even on GCD. I've been outbid on the Bike books before so when this lot of oddballs came up I sprang for the $25 since I think the biking books have usually gone for over $10 each. I have a 100K bike ride for Habitat for Humanity coming up this Saturday. I did it last year and both look forward to it and dread it.
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Wow! That's a lot of riding there Narf. :o
Be careful you hear?
(These smilies are pretty small, my old eyes can barely tell the difference.) ???
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I am sure that there are a lot of tweeks Mark will be making
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Bike Comics is now available. Al Plastino art as well as others.
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Two odd little books now available in small press. Osterizer the blender and Everyday's a Holly Day the story of US holidays brought to you by Holly Sugar.
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Narf,
Again you've dug us up some great little oddities.
I remember my Kubert School teachers telling me that these commercial/promotional giveaway comics were often sought out by some artists because they generally paid better (sometimes much better) page rates than regular comic book publishers.
They might not always have been as cool of an assignment but when it came to putting food on the table for your family they were definitely something desirable.
Best
Joe
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Don't know who the artist is on Osterizer but Rosenberger on Holly Days and Plastino and others on Bike Comics gives some name brand stuff. I think of the talent on Buster Brown comics and figure it must have paid well
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I also noticed that Bike Comics had art by Dow Walling, best known for his 1932-1952 comic strip Skeets, and Vic Herman, who did quite a number of short comic fillers in comics, lots of gag cartoons in magazines, and a good number of these promotional comic books; but who is probably best known by many comic fans for having created Little Dot for Harvey Comics.
Best
Joe
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Is all Narf. Now available in SA Charlton. In the cbz file the NARF cover appears last but in the preview it appears first. Just a little fun that actually took me hours.
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Thanks for that little bit of Black-sploitation or would that be Narf-ploitation?
;D ;D ;D
Joe
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He who says that little old bald headed man pictured is really me?
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Time for a little love in Comic Media now available
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A reprint of number 1 now available in St John. How do I know it is a reprint of #1? Because I have both.
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Can we say Little Lulu ripoff! Sheesh, this is as blatant as something Martin Goodman would churn out.
Anyone know who wrote or drew this one. Nothing on it at GCD.
Curious
Joe
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Well Joe how about a couple more. These are both reprints of earlier issues but which ones?
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Narf, I see #23 is up but no #28. Instead there has been another copy of issue #17 added. Did you accidentally upload the wrong issue yesterday?
Curious
Joe
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Thanks for pointing that out Joe now everyone knows I am not perfect and I had em all fooled 8)
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Forgot to mention that I uploaded a little oddity from the Consumer Protection Agency called Sprocket Man in the Odds and Ends Gov section.
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narfs been busy. Little Eva was reprinted in Eva The Imp #1 it has a few different ads and the gag pages were switched. Also up is Little Eva 28 and US Fighting Air Force 24 and 27 in Canadian Superior
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in the Harvey section
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Thanks Narf, I see you're keeping busy. That Mazie is a nice example of the teen genre.
Best
Joe
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I have made a start on my Charlton scans. 27 new books now up. A couple GA but most are brand new never before seen on the internet narfstar original scans in the SA. BTW: the link to the last 100 uploads in my signature STILL WORKS. So go get ya some.
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more from DCM now up
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Thanks for the tip about the link, Narf.
Lots of good stuff coming on board this past week.
Love it
Joe
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Recent DCM uploads snagged and put here
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Quack! Quack!
Thanks Narf!
Joe
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DCM grab from tilliban and JVJ
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Several JVJ Blue Beetles with
Rangerhouse scans+Fan777 edits
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Giant book that came with Cannonball thanks to contributions by Talia and Nobby. Book does need editing to straighten pages if anyone is interested. I will be putting up a smaller split version later.
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That is one big comic book Narf.
Must have taken a while to scan.
Thanks
Joe
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I think Jim was trying to break my viewer. I know it is rugged, but I did not design it for 132 page comics and would have bet quite a bit that it would have crashed.
Results:
Jim's comic : Fail
Viewer: Pass (with distinction)
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so does my comic now download?
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BTW the max onsite upload is not marked with the max size. I tried it and it would not go so I had to ftp it
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Well almost at least it is the IW reprint Blazing Six Guns 17
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Two new Charlton scans for the first time anywhere. CK is 1967. If you notice on the ifc it says International Copyright secured 1967 HOWEVER it does not say to whom. So it still does not carry a proper copyright and is PD :D They were however getting there and the later issues are not PD :-\ Would very much appreciate someone stepping up as an editor. You may notice many of latest scans crooked and uncropped. I have been a scanning machine without time for editing.
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These books and a paper replacement for Whiz 18
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Romantic Story 90 is now in SA Charlton. Also from Tilliban over at DCM and the JVJ collection is True Love Confessions 4 in GA small press. Several Kit Karson from Snard
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all narfstar in SA Charlton romance
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I can barely keep up with all you're uploading Narf.
Keep 'em coming!
Best
Joe
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It is called having a document feeder and being willing to tear your comics apart to feed it. Most of the books I do this to cost less than $2 and my time saved is worth much more than that. I still have several more already scanned awaiting editing
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now uploaded
Battle Attack 008 (c2c)
narfstar scans
movielover edits
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Now uploaded in SA
Army War Heroes 016 (c2c)
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Nice tag team work guys.
Keep 'em coming.
Best
Joe
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now uploaded
Li'l Rascal Twins 012 (c2c)
narfstar scans
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Really glad to have ML helping out as I have several more to go.
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Thanks to The Quill for some awesome edits. He and Movie Lover have made my scans look better than the originals
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Teamwork guys.
Makes it easier for all concerned.
Best
Joe
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Sure makes it easier for me. I will be getting to the books that I am not going to tear apart so it will take awhile to scan them by hand not the document feeder
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now uploaded, two SA offerings.
Westerner 015 (c2c)
First Kiss 039 (c2c)
narfstar scans
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now uploaded.
two narfstar scans from DCM (unedited)
all for love v2n3
all for love v3n3
narfstar scans
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Both approved and ready for downloading.
Thank you gentlemen.
Joe
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You make my books look so much better ML thanx
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Some crazy old man sat if front of a scanner for 36 pages then edited them so you could have the first ever Captain Jet scans with issue 3. All by narfstar
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Narf, give my thanks to the crazy old man for another nice goodie for the library.
Best
Joe
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Old man was busy again this time with the IW reprint of Double Trouble 1 from St John
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Sounds like you're keeping the old man chained to that scanner.
Much to our benefit!
;D ;D ;D
Joe
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The whip helps. He isn't done yet as Ribtickler 7 and Indian Braves 4 are onsite with Ride the High Iron and Buster Bear 4 scanned and soon to be upped.
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Now onsite in Key, Quality and Giveaway
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Whipped out two more IW reprints
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Besides feeding the beast I have uploaded the first two issues of Maverick Marshall and issue two of Spunky the Smiling Spook. Interesting that inside the book Spunky is not a spook but a kangaroo.
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Now available in SA Charlton with Pete Morisi art
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now availble
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Now in Toby
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Keep them wonderful lil' obscurities coming, Narf.
Best
Joe
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Here is the most obscure and bizarre comic of all. The first issue of a new publication called Member Modified Magazine. I took the last story in Mysterious Stories 4 and whited out the words without reading it. Then I
used the pictures to write my own story. Then I read the original and actually liked mine better 8) I included the blank version first in case anyone else wants to try it. Then my story and then the original are there. I hope several will give it a read and try their own. You can use my blanks or better yet take a story from another comic and do the same thing.
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Holy Smokes, Narf.
You're already tops at finding those obscurities and now you're creating some of your own!!!
;D ;D ;D
Joe
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Now, that is a really cool idea! I am going to see if I can do summat with the blank, but I am not sure I will be able to.
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The viewer did not recognize underline for ordering so I reupped with better page numbering so the
cover comes first then the blanks, then my story then the original. Fizul actually had plans for this. He even had a little program for removing the word balloons but it was similar to most photo editing programs so I just use one of those.
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I had not put up one of my books in awhile so here you go. Some SA Charlton love
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Second issue now up. I hope someone is reading them. They are fun to make but a lot of work.
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Horace and Dotty Dripple 40 all narf
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Thanks Narf. This was based on a comic strip that I remember reading as a kid. Haven't seen it in years though.
Best
Joe
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Hey you may not be able to read it but you can look at the pictures.
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Well done. I can sort of read some languages but this is way beyond me. Great stuff. Our foreign language section continues to grow.
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check out the pulp section for several titles added. Also more new newspaper strips some interesting stuff.
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Coming Soon Boots and Saddles. I was sniped on Tallullah >:(
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Please check the pulps and new newspaper strips to help confirm that all should be PD. Not always an exact science.
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Another Charlton war comic all narfstar now ready
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all narfstar now in giveaways
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Now available give it a look.
https://comicbookplus.com/?dlid=27439
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True one shot only title only issue from the publisher
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A variety of comic strip style ads now available in classic newspaper comic strip ads
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Sparky was a newspaper strip before appearing in Big Shot. Now you can see these strips in the comic strip section
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now available
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More of Boody Rogers' Sparky Watts and Ogden Whitney's Skyman are always welcome in my book.
Thanks Narf
Joe
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The Skyman stories are best if they do not continue or we have the whole story. That is why I just can not read most of the UK anthologies. I like a whole story. Maybe I can look for some runs and find some complete stories. BTW I have another issue of Big Shot to scan :D
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I thought My Pal Dizzy was already here but it was not. Just uploaded Boots and Saddles. I lost the bid for Talullah 1. We only need that and Green Jet 1 which is a reprint of Green Lama
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Thanks for tracking down some more of those obscurities, Narf.
Best
Joe
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Fatman 1-3 are all available
Please, where?I can't seem to find them anywhere.
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Fatman is here and we love him.
https://comicbookplus.com/?dlid=11850
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Not much scanning since school started back. Got a good one tonight with Big Shot 93
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Thanks Narf.
More Sparky Watts and Skyman are always welcome in my book.
Best
Joe
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Sharing a little love in Ajax
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Lots of fun and Bikini Luv in Go Go 4
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Boy is this one a flashback to the 1960s!
Thanks Narf
Joe
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snagged from www.archive.org Wonders of Wire Rope and Military Courtesy
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Interesting little oddities,
Thanks Narf
Joe
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We know these have to be PD :) several Popular Magazine plus All-Story and Detective
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A number of nice additions to the pulp section there, Narf
Thanks
Joe
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King Features but it does not show up on the renewed list
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All seven issues coming up. This mag does not show up as being renewed. The publisher Black Shield Productions no longer exists and the name is now used by a different group.
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Out of nowhere a narfstar scan appears before Thanksgiving. I found this laying around so off to the scanner it went. Some of the worst color registration, but enjoy it for its GA goodness.
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Thanks to Project Gutenberg I obtained some pulp stories that should be of interest.
Included is Constance Dunlap in One Shots and Black Star in Detective Stories and several Craig Kennedy stories in his own section. These are zip files that contain a text file.
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Narf,
They are causing a minor problem so I have moved them to the admin section. That is just until I work out how we accommodate them. I really like the idea of having text stories, so they will be back!
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I got permission from Jeff Nevins to carry the three Captain Mors stories from his site. Also the first 12 issues of the Spider are public domain.
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I put Adrift in Space into image then cbz format so everyone can enjoy it.
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First five issues are now available. If anyone has 6-12 we would love to post them here.
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Narf I have the cover to # 5 here is a thumb of it
Richard
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Well I was disappointed to find that this was a reprint of Gunsmoke 5 which we already have. But uploaded here is the book for those who want to see the differences.
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An unauthorized Charlton Gold Medal Book Tarzan novel by Barton Werper now available to download in the pulp section. First scan anywhere as far as I know.
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You are sure that's PD Narf?
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Was Gold Medal division of Charlton sold? They were unauthorized and I think they are now orphaned.
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I would stay away from these for now, as well as the Tarzan comic book series that Charlton published back then. There was a period in the 1960s where it was believed that a number of Burroughs books had fallen into the public domain. It had something to do with the Burroughs estate failing to renew copyrights on a number of his books. Ace Books began reprinting a number of the books. Then the Burroughs estate found out that the books were still protected by the copyrights filed when the stories were first published in the pulps and reclaimed the copyrights.
Since then a number of Burroughs' early novels have finally fallen into the public domain.
There's a book that looks at the whole convoluted matter of Burroughs' copyrights that would be worthwhile for us to look at.
http://www.amazon.com/Copyright-Ownership-Status-Fiction-Burroughs/dp/1936720221/ref=sr_1_cc_1?s=aps&ie=UTF8&qid=1358769033&sr=1-1-catcorr&keywords=THE+COPYRIGHT+AND+OWNERSHIP+STATUS+OF+THE+FICTION+OF+EDGAR+RICE+BURROUGHS
Best
Joe
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I removed it for now. I hope it is allowed to be released
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Calling All Kids 23 missing 2 pages I think the last.
Confidential Diary 17 C2C in Charlton
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Chipping away at this long running title with Sky Man and Sprarky Watts and more.
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Thanks Narf, always enjoy seeing more Sparky and Skyman.
Best
Joe
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You can help Fight Against Crime.
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Toby's lack of print quality was about as bad as Charlton's.
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True War Romances 14 in Quality
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Interesting to see Ogden Whitney (Skyman, Herbie) tackling a romance story.
Thanks Narf.
Joe
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now available
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More Milehigh scans now available.
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I have All Good Comics that is missing the last few pages. But it does have the first pages so you now can add color to The Bouncer and Rick Evans.
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Thanks to my Milehigh order and document feeder I have just put up a bunch of Charlton comics. The ones marked RAW are just that. They are completely unedited so they need a lot of help.
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Thanks, Narf.
You're the best at rounding up those stray Charltons that we need for the site.
Best
Joe
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Because you can usually get them cheap :P
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This is now available in pulps. I started making the pages black and white. It was more work and I thought the natural pages looked better.
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Nice job!! And great file size for the number of pages
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now available it is cover to cover but a has a few clipped panels
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The Charlton Action Heroes are now available at CB+. Thanks to Charlton's sloppy antics they were never properly copyrighted. Too bad Hercules only had the first issue published before they got it right. I am glad I have the full run, just too bad I can not share it here.
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great job narf...been waiting or these.any chance we will see the cheyenne kid books with aparos wander back up stories?? ;)
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Would love to Wiley but 1968 was when Charlton started putting on a proper copyright :(
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I found that I had some issues of Film Fun on my HD that were not onsite so I uploaded them.
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Thanks Narf. Film Fun was a long running British title of which we can always use more examples. Your uploads today nearly triples the numbers in the meager collection that we had up til now.
Best
Joe
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Now uploaded
Blazing West 017 (inc) (edited)
scanned from a coverless. FC from HAG, no IFC,IBC or BC
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Super Duck 027 (inc)
scanned from a book missing its centerfold
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Peter Rabbit 025 (c2c)
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Another pulp that I bought just to scan is now available onsite, enjoy.
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Super Green Beret 2 now completes all the Lightning comics output. Too bad the promised Captain Shazam never materialized.
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Now available with more Charlton to come.
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No issues of Bonanza but several other new Dells are now up. Since the comic book arm of Dell was gone before the renewals came up nothing unlicensed got renewed. Good for CB+ and our members. If someone wants to research what issues of the licensed stuff was original and not a show adaptation it would be much appreciated. I suspect that most were original so they would be usable at CB+. The other thing is if someone can track the chain of ownership for the comic book properties. There are a lot of post 1963 books that would be great to offer here.
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I could not wait until tomorrow to put these up since everyone was clamoring for them. The rest of the pre 1964 Dells that are PD should be up tomorrow. Give a big thanks to Dell4c for uploading these to me to give to you.
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Dell may well have been the publisher of the highest quality comics of this time. Painted covers and some of the most sophisticated humor and war stories on the inside. I am glad to have rediscovered these. I forgot how good they really were. The rest of the PD Dells to 1964 are now onsite. Please thank Dell4c for getting the pages to me. I then had the task of converting them all to cbz files to put onsite. If we find the rest of Dell's run to be OK we will post them also. Be warned the quality took a huge nose dive. Dell did not end on a high note. Sad when compared to what they were doing in the early 60's and before.
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I expected Kona to be popular and he appears to be. Linda Lark looks to be the next most popular. Could the come hither look of a cover like this be the reason https://comicbookplus.com/?dlid=33358&b=i
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Alan Light published a newspaper strip reprint weekly in the seventies. While it contained copyright strips like Superman and Dick Tracy, it also contained a variety of PD strips. Don Dixon, Tailspin Tommy and Terry and the Pirates are just few that look great. This contains the PD strips from issues 4,15-18. Originally titled Golden Funnies 1-15 the name changed to Vintage Funnies with 16. I have six more issues to scan. It is a pain to scan newspaper size then stitch the files together.
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All narfstar book scans and edits
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Batch of unedited Charlton designated raw after the issue number have just been put up. These will be edited by Cabnted so I will replace the raws when the edits come in.
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this is most likely Zoo Funnies V2 #4 or5
all narf
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Since no has the copyrights to these they are now available. Lots of fun stuff. I love the Dell Monster Heroes.
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Besides all the new Dells are some narfstar Charlton scans. Narfstar must be on summer vacation :o
PLEASE if you see a scan marked raw you are welcome to provide edits. Capnted has a bunch to do so he can not get to all of them. So someone is welcome to jump in on the last two Submarine Attacks and Freddy
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I'll take a run at the submarine attacks. Yeah, i know, I'm crazy
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Thanks ML. We share crazy. Why else would I spend hours scanning these crazy things and you spend hours editing them. I just put up an already edited Cheyenne Kid 63. I found the scans sitting on my hd do I edited them and now they are available
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now uploaded
Submarine Attack 052 (c2c)
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Submarine Attack 027 (c2c)
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thank ML
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Cutie Pie 3
Buster Bear9
Red Rabbit 14 all cover to cover ready to read
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22 new comics all up. Three are edited 19 are not. Edited are Junior Partners, Wild West and Fight to save America's Waters.
Raw and in need of editing are:
BLACK FURY (1955) #23 - edited
DOTTY DRIPPLE (1946) #14 - edited
DOTTY DRIPPLE (1946) #16 - edited
DOTTY DRIPPLE (1946) #17 - edited
FAWCETT'S FUNNY ANIMALS 73 - edited
FLAT-TOP (1953) #3
FRISKY FABLES VOL.5 (#4)
GABBY HAYES WESTERN (1948) 12 - edited
GIGGLE COMICS (1943) (#1-63) (CRESTON)#43
GIGGLE COMICS (1950) (#64-99) (ACG) #89 0
HA HA COMICS (1952) (#71-99) (ACG) #78
HORACE AND DOTTY DRIPPLE (1952) #42 - edited
JOE PALOOKA (1945) #46 - edited
LITTLE MAX (1949) #61
MONTE HALE WESTERN (1948 #82 - edited
PETER RABBIT (1947) #34
SIX-GUN HEROES (1954) 60
SUBMARINE ATTACK (1958) #18 - edited
TOM MIX WESTERN (1948) #33 - edited
Still to come
BLACK FURY (1955) #26
BLACK FURY (1955) #53
FLYING CADET (VOL. 1) (1943) #6 - edited
LITTLE ROQUEFORT (1952) #8 -Non PD
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I'll edit the Tom Mix, Submarine Attack and Gabby Hayes.
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Thank you sir. Anyone else care to help please do.
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now uploaded
Submarine Attack 018 (c2c)
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Gabby Hayes Western 012 (c2c)
scanned from a book with a torn FC. Untorn FC from HAG.
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Tom Mix Western 033 (damaged) (c2c)
scanned from a damaged book. Undamaged FC and BC from HAG
narfstar book and scans
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If nobody else helps, I'll get to them, just not today. :D
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Dell had some of the coolest comics during the sixties before their demise. Check out those Ghost Comics covers. TONS of new Dell stuff thanks to Dell4c and a letter from Penny Press that said they bought Dell puzzles but not their comics.
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It's great that you're putting up these Dell titles that came out after Western Publishing took away so much of their stock and trade.
It just happens that a blog I'm working on right now touches on a few of these titles, so I'm glad to have these for reference (that blog will probably be ready to post in a couple weeks).
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Since I don't know if anybody else is editing, I'll take the 3 Dotty Dripple's, the Horace and Dotty and the Monte Hale with this go around.
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now uploaded
Dottie Dripple 014 (c2c)
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Thanks ML, Catnted has begun work on the earlier batch of raws that I put up. War Heroes 14 now looks good.
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now uploaded
Dotty Dripple 016 (c2c)
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Dotty Dripple 017 (c2c)
narfstar book and scans
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Horace and Dotty Dripple 042
scanned from a book with damage to the FC and IFC.
narfstar book and scans
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now uploaded
Monte Hale Western 082 (c2c)
narfstar book and scans
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next batch I'll take for editing will be black fury, fawcetts funny animals, joe palooka and frisky fables
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ML I think you gobble up your favorites then work your way down. Glad you are helping out with these.
If you notice my other post I just ordered a big batch of mostly Charlton's from AtomicAvenue.
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Well, you gotta have a system ;D
now uploaded
Joe Palooka 046 (c2c)
narfstar book and scans
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Black Fury showed up edited on the DC++, so I won't be doing it. If it doesn't show up here I'll put it up.
Narf, with the next batch, if there is any you want me to edit, it might be easier to drop them into the ftp folder.
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Bill Battle 4 and
Little Roquefort 8 and Teen Secret Diary 8 now up as well as previously I put up Flying Cadet v1#6
They are all ALL NARF. Unfortunately Little Roquefort had to be removed because it was renewed :-[
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Timmy the Timid Ghost 042 (c2c)
narfstar book and scans
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Timmy the Timid Ghost 044 (c2c)
narfstar book and scans
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thanks ML
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now uploaded
Army Attack 040 (c2c)
narfstar book and scans
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Fightin Army 062 (c2c)
narfstar book and scans
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Flying Cadet has been moved to pulps. Just got scans of 5 more issues and they have little to no comics.
I just got hundreds of pulp scans. Look for dozens to show up here I just have to check what is PD.
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now uploaded
Joe Palooka 085 (c2c)
narfstar book and scans
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Strange Suspense Stories 59 all narf now up.
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Now uploaded, because the masses have been clamoring for it. ::)
Polly Pigtails 025 (c2c)
narfstar book and scans
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Thanks ML it is sure to be a big hit ???
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all narf railroad giveaway
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Thanks to Dell4c and there is more to come. PLEASE help me by double checking the copyright status of these. I have checked as best I can and did not find these particular comics. If they were adaptations then I did not find matching renewed episodes. I may have missed something so if there is anything you might suspect is not PD please double check for me.
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Thanks once again to Dell4c for providing these to me to post. PLEASE help me by double checking the copyright status of these. I have checked as best I can and did not find these particular comics. If they were adaptations then I did not find matching renewed episodes. I may have missed something so if there is anything you might suspect is not PD please double check for me. These are very time consuming. I must first download then take out the obvious non pd, then check for copyrights on the others then convert to cbz. I may miss a copyright so please help keep this site safe. We do not want to put up any books that are not public domain. We have one issue of Sugarfoot that was between others that were renewed. So you have a chance to see the title. I used to watch it alternating with Bronco Lane and probably some others that I do not remember right now.
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Just uploaded an edit of your FREDDY #26. Hope that was okay.
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Anytime and delete the old one.
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A couple more 4color and a Captain Flash archive
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Wow it has been awhile. Just uploaded two books I just got and scanned. Little Grouchy 2 the second and last issue completing the run and Action Adventure Comics 4 we only need #3. Still to come is another issue of the highly acclaimed series Polly Pigtails. Hey what can I say it is unscanned and I got it cheap. I can not imagine a less collectible series.
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And I've just uploaded one of your raws, edited!
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Next up is Fightin' Marines 38 unfortunately it is missing the first wrap which means four pages.
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A Fox book Western Killers 63 all narf now up. Check out all the words in the first story. More than in most graphic novels or a whole manga series.
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Fawcett's Funny Animals 46 all narf. Also Sparkman from Sparkler 47 with some other non-pd strips
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Enchanting Love 2 all narf now up
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Ha Ha 37 is now up. Needs edits so if anyone wants to help out...
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I will later on.
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thanks DM
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Just uploaded Ha Ha #3. I'm working on Merry-Go-Round, but it'll take a while.
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thanks DM
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Issue 1 is now available all narfstar
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Because no one demanded it. This is one of my least favorite GA titles. But in the effort to complete our public domain offerings here it is.
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Because no one demanded it. This is one of my least favorite GA titles. But in the effort to complete our public domain offerings here it is.
According to my mother, Margaret O'Brien was much beloved back in the day. She gives me a tooth-ache--and her performance in MEET ME IN ST. LOUIS threatens to destroy the film, but that movie is otherwise so great that even O'Brien can't kill it.
As classic comics have no video or audio, the O'Brien Effect is muted in this issue of POLLY PIGTAILS, which strikes me as the kind of mag my sisters would have loved when they were girls in pigtails.
Anyway, I don't think this site should be just for in-demand public domain comics. It should be for all public domain comics that can be found, without discrimination.
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Quite right, jimmm.
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Yes that is why I buy 'em and scan 'em and post 'em. All the books that are
fit public domain.
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I am not a fan of US comics like Sparkler or ACE that had just a couple of pages for each feature and they continue. Likewise I am not a fan of the British Story papers. BUT I collected the comic strip feature from Wizard from 549-665 for everyone's enjoyment.
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Excellent. But given some of the reading group comments on Rulah, this might also cause a bit of controversy ;) ::)
Actually the strip has been mentioned before on the forum. I'll try to find examples of Kabots Klowns and Casey Court to contrast with the great Spadger Isle. ;D
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Those Rulah comments are somewhat what spurred me on to collect the Spadger Isle. I figure things as a product of their times and how far we have come now.
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all narf needs edits
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I got 30 Charltons in the mail today. I got a book of cartoons called Everything is Ship Shape the other day and uploaded it today. Unfortunately it is not very funny. I will soon be uploading Gabby Hayes 56 edited. It will be followed by a lot more Charlton raw scans.
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Little religious magazine for kids. Has no copyright from 1959. Seems to be missing the center page.
Also another issue of Picture Progress v2 6
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Went to antique shops and found First Romance 38, The Kellys 24 and the Sinbad coloring book. I ask about this comic book rack, that was being used for books and magazines, and got it for $50
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That rack is so nostalgic and nowadays I never see them. But I remember all the comics I bought from racks just like that one.
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I thought $50 was a good price
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My favourite art book store is going out of business. Just a few doors down there was a comics and second hand books store that went out of business last fall.
The art bookstore has been picked clean. There were several books in there that I had been keeping my eye on for years--meaning to get them when they went on sale. In particular the books by Burne Hogarth, but those were all gone.
Most of the books I snatched up today will probably be presents for other folks, but I found this one book from D&Q. It's called NIPPER (1967 - 1968) by Doug Wright. This comic strip feature became DOUG WRIGHT'S FAMILY. I'd almost completely forgotten about this feature. It ran in THE CANADIAN MAGAZINE which was carried as a Sunday supplement in the newspaper for many years.
But I think where I saw it was at the dentist or the doctor, when I was a kid. Waiting rooms back in the '60s would have these books that collected local comic strip features like NORRIS and JASPER--and probably DOUG WRIGHT'S FAMILY.
Apparently D&Q has published a whole set of Doug Wright books, but this was the only one I found in the store.
I'll have to add Doug Wright to my CAN COM 101 blog [although I hate opening up that blog, because it's loaded with so many pictures and it's real touchy--one wrong move and I can throw the formatting off completely].
The pleasure of NIPPER (and DOUG WRIGHT'S FAMILY) is that it's all pantomime--no words.
The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation has a flashback feature on Doug Wright at the CBC Digital Archives: Doug Wright's family. (http://www.cbc.ca/archives/categories/arts-entertainment/visual-arts/the-comics-in-canada-an-illustrated-history/doug-wrights-family.html)
I don't know if it will play for people outside Canada--and if it does play you'll have to put up with some ads and you'll have to bear with the guileless manner in which Canadians speak.
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It plays for US citizens thanks
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Got the site but the video wont play. Ah well!
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Ah, too bad--I guess it doesn't play across the pond. It's just a slice of life visit with Doug Wright and his family and gives a bit of background on how the strip developed--from the old TV newsmagazine TAKE 30 that used to play in the afternoons on CBC.
They cut the end of the clip rather abuptly--I wanted to see the next profile on Betty Nickerson, to see if this was the same Betty Nickerson who was my creative writing teacher back in the early '80s.
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Battlefield Action 37 for another Charlton fill. I also found some comic strips to upload.
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From coverless and in need of editing to straighten and crop are issues 24, 28 and 29.
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Give us time, Narf, I just did another one of your Romantic Stories. ;-)
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The latest one is an ish of Strange Suspense Stories.
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Much appreciated DM
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Check your uploads...new Teen-Age Love uploaded.
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1904 you know it is PD ;D
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Narf: Have another Charlton for you and some edits on the damaged Captain Midnights. Check the uploads. Thanks.
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Also just did one of your Tex Ritters.
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gracias
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Yet another Tex awaits you!
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And the Texas Rangers, too!
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Lash Larue in Fawcett and in two issues of Six-Gun Heroes with a Fightin' Marines available.
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Just upped your Lash LaRue.
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thanks for all the edits
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I came across some comic scans on my hard drive that I had never uploaded. May be some more to come.
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Yes it is finally here. My search is over and I have obtained this hard to find "gem." Hey it is obscure and obscure is what I collect. So here it is for all to enjoy or not.
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We have not had any of these added in awhile. Here is a Wash Tubbs in Pandemonium. It is missing a few pages. My scans it needs straightening.
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Two new books by narfstar.
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US Air Force 24 all narf
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Super Cat 2 completes the series and FAF 52 gives the complete American Eagle to the site. I paid a little more than usual for these for that purpose.
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Only issue 3 needed now
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now ready needs edits
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Now up all narf from coverless copies
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all narf. Anyone else is welcome to buy some Reddy Goose. So far they are all mine. Deep Woods Danger coming up in the future.
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Reddy Goose 4 Deep Woods Danger
Li'l Tomboy 95-96
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enjoy
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Well I found a cache of scans that I did almost 3 years ago. So I got them together and put them up for all to enjoy.
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Hopefully many have noticed that I have been busy over my summer break. Lots and lots of Charltons and a few others.
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Thanks to my new scanner
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Zany 1 is finally scanned and uploaded. I also put up 4 new Charlton.
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Scanned and loaded a batch last night. Maybe comicwanderer will get to these and crop them up. Many thanks to comicwanderer for all the edits.
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Guess you noticed I have been a little busy. Still more to go. Mostly those of higher condition/value that I need to do by hand rather than document feeder.
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Yes it is finally here the book everyone has been looking forward to. It is an oddball book that probably no one has seen before. It is one big advertisement. It is not like the shoe store comics with stories and ads. The stories are stories but also majorly advertising. Enjoy
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Eight years ago I uploaded digital pics of less than half of Gold Medal. I hoped someone would have upgraded by now. Well I guess the book is fairly rare because no one did. I came across my copy and went to scanning. 128 page square bound book is no fun so I hope everyone enjoys it.
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School starts in a week so I have scanned and uploaded several fun things. With this we have the 100 pg Fun Time 1, Noodnik 5 and a fanzine offering Heroines Showcase and others.
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Teen-Age Love 48, an old Narfstar-DCP scan found in the Wild, Wild Web is up
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thanks
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tis not "active" yet
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An obscure newspaper comic with 31 available is now up.
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Well I was never really gone. I have been spending so much time with InDELLible Comics that I have gotten way behind on scanning. I have put up some books that have been sitting around for awhile. More to come
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Thanks Narf!
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Another series completed Lonely Heart by Ajax is now DONE. It does need edits if anyone is interested.
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Thanks for those uploads Narfstar. Both very interesting.
Lonely Heart by Ajax
Some person decided to rate it as a one. I rate books - between 8 and 10 if I think they deserve it. If I don't think they do, I just don't rate them. As I have said before, Rating the book helps it be found on Search Engines, which is why I do it. So I upped the rating on this one. It doesn't look like it deserved a '1'.
Cheers!
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Narfstar has just uploaded the Australian Captain Atom #1, 1948 published by Atlas. Art by Mather. The comic was sourced by Buddy Lortie, to whom many thanks. Thanks also to Narfstar for getting this important issue up for us so quickly.