[paw broon]

Jon the scanner, my Roly Poly contains Steel Sterling and the Gruesome Twosome. This is the comic that is available on Mighty Crusaders Network.  The Invasion is in Miss Liberty 1945, so I'm sure that's the one you need because it is a Shield-Wizard comic.  I can scan stuff, save to a file and I can attach to emails but the rest about the file extensions etc. flummoxed me. 
That newsstand photo - there's a nice selection of pulps on the stand.
Thanks for the list of comics on the 1st photo.  Identified most of them myself. Dead chuffed.  Somewhere I have a couple of pics of British newsagents windows many years ago but as yet I can't lay my hands on them.  Most of you wont recognise a lot of the publications anyway but I'll keep looking.

[JonTheScanner]

Jon the scanner,  The Invasion is in Miss Liberty 1945, so I'm sure that's the one you need because it is a Shield-Wizard comic.  I can scan stuff, save to a file and I can attach to emails but the rest about the file extensions etc. flummoxed me.

Paw Boom, if you can scan your Miss Liberty and get it to me, I'll take care of getting it on site.  You can either attach the files to emails (probably would take more than one) and email it to me (I'll put my email address in a PM to you).  An alternative is to send it via one of the many file sharing services.  For example;

http://www.sendspace.com/

If you do that, you'll want to zip or rar all the files int a single file so you only have one upload.

If you've never scanned before, I'd suggest 150 or 200 dpi.

Thanks a lot in advance.

[Yoc]

Thanks for helping Jon.

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Here's another picture from my collection.  Sorry, I haven't been keeping track of the sources.


Enjoy,
-Yoc

[rez]

YOC! Yer killing me here!
Those are great photos. Thanks.

[Serj]

These are nice pictures. Had a great read on these and all the detective work you guys do lol

We should have a kinda gallery and keep a record of these, but if you want a gallery you will have to shout and then I'll install it as its a community led site.

[Yoc]

Sounds like a fun idea but lets see how many pictures we can come up with first.
I like that we are also generating some conversation as each one goes up this is why I'm only adding them one at a time instead of all in one go.

Take care,
-Yoc

[DOC]

I Agree! 

[bchat]

The thing I like about the pictures is seeing how the comics were prominently displayed by the stores to catch the attention of anyone passing by, not like today's newstands where you don't know that they sell comics until you're inside (and sometimes in the back of) the store.

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[Yoc]

And here's another pic from my collection.
Hopefully the real thing this time.



Scroll the picture left to see the comics.  Darn big pic, sorry.

-Yoc

[rez]

Oh Man! Clothespins!
Thanks for those.

[Yoc]

I see I've likely gotten a few of these from the Collector's Society Message Board HERE

Covers found in the above picture are said to be-
(left to right)
Hit 11
Big Three 2
Champ Comics 13
All-American #25
World's Best 1
Superman 10
Action 35
All Star Comics 4
Master Comics 13
Blue Beetle 6

[Yoc]

Ok guys,
Not sure if people are still enjoying this but I've got a few more to share.
Again, likely found on that Collector's Society link but why not share them here too right?
First up the full picture:

(Click thumbnail to see the full version - you might need to refresh the opening Imageshack page to see it)

Now the detail look of only the comics there:


We can identify the books from right to left:
Funny Picture Stories 2/11
Star Comics #16
Adventure #32
Comics on Parade #9
Keen Detective Funnies #11
Super Comics #7
Funny Pages 2/12

[rez]

Hey, I knew spidey was around back then!

[Yoc]

Hehe, that would be The Spider, Master of Men pulp but you knew that didn't you?   

And here are a couple more cool pics.  Not exactly about comics but the right era.
The first might be called 'hope for the future...'

(Click thumbnail to see the full version - you might need to refresh the opening Imageshack page to see it)

And this one 'a gritty present.'  It just oozes with feeling don't it?

[JVJ]

Now the detail look of only the comics there:

One of the things I found most interesting, Yoc, was the fact that many of the pulp titles and LOGOS were transferred in their entirety to the comics: Ten Story Love, Thrilling Wonder, Intimate Love, etc.

On a totally unrelated topic, when I went to Fairleigh-Dickenson Univ. to visit their library with the Richard Hughes material back in 1984, there was one page in Hughes' notebook with dozens of proposed titles for what I call the "Sub-Publisher". Two of them were Creston Comic Group and American Comics Group, which were eventually adopted, but others were National CG, Keen Komic Group, Rainbow, Elite, Banner, etc. This on a page dated Jan. 1, 1946. Darn, but I wish I had been able to copy or transcribe the entire notebooks. I wonder if they're still there. The Harry "A" Chesler collection and memorabilia was also there.

Peace, Jim (|:{>

[narfstar]

WOW with scanners and such this stuff would be great to get online

[rez]

YOC, that 2nd pic is a champ.
Might there be a way to get a larger copy?
Thanks

Hehe, that would be The Spider, Master of Men pulp but you knew that didn't you?   

And here are a couple more cool pics.  Not exactly about comics but the right era.
The first might be called 'hope for the future...'

(Click thumbnail to see the full version - you might need to refresh the opening Imageshack page to see it)

And this one 'a gritty present.'  It just oozes with feeling don't it?

[Yoc]

I wish there was Rez, it's a favourite of mine.

[Yoc]

And here's another fun one.  Shame it's so blurry...


Comics as found by another person...
Front First Row:
Whiz #4 (May'40), Ella Cinders Single Series #3 (?), Superman #3 (Winter'39),
Blue Beetle #2 (May-Jun'40),  Adventure #49 (Apr'40)

Second Row up:
Super #20 (Jan'40), Adventure #40 (Jul'39), unidentified,
Wonderworld #9 (Jan'40), Marvel Comics #1 (Nov'39)

Third row up:
Tip Top 47 (Mar'40), Science Comics #3 (Apr'40), unidentified,
Marvel Mystery #4 (Feb'40), Science Comics #1 (Feb'40)

[rez]

YOC, thanks for providing all these pics. Just something so great at seeing these.
Cheers


Slay me. Just go ahead and slay me. 

And here's another fun one.  Shame it's so blurry...


Comics as found by another person...
Front First Row:
Whiz #4 (May'40), Ella Cinders Single Series #3 (?), Superman #3 (Winter'39),
Blue Beetle #2 (May-Jun'40),  Adventure #49 (Apr'40)

Second Row up:
Super #20 (Jan'40), Adventure #40 (Jul'39), unidentified,
Wonderworld #9 (Jan'40), Marvel Comics #1 (Nov'39)

Third row up:
Tip Top 47 (Mar'40), Science Comics #3 (Apr'40), unidentified,
Marvel Mystery #4 (Feb'40), Science Comics #1 (Feb'40)

[Yoc]

 
My pleasure Rez.  These are images I've stumbled across over time.  Many from that Comic Collectors Society and others from various sites.  Anyone with pictures is welcome to add them.  It's not a one-man show.

Here's another picture - more clear this time but less comics...


I had less luck on guessing the comics on this one.  Anyone else care to try on the unknown ones?

Third row from top,
unknown, Jumbo #20 (Oct 40), unknown, Popular #55 (Sep 40), Crackajack Funnies #27 (Sep 40), Planet #9 (Sep 40)

Front row left to right:
unknown,  Slam-Bang Comics 06 (Aug'40),  Jungle something (Not FH). Fight Comics #8 (Aug'40)

[JVJ]

Here are the TITLES at least, Yoc, Row By Row:
Life | PIC | Women's Home Companion | PIC (2) | Colliers

Exciting Detective | World War | Commentator Love Story

Jungle Comics | Jumbo Comics | Mickey Mouse Magazine | Popular Comics | Crackajack Funnies | Planet Comics | Time Magazine

American | Cosmopolitan | Redbook | Modern Romance | Time (2) | Liberty

College Humor | Modern Romance (2) | Screen Romances | Modern Romance (3) | Inside Secrets | ManOWar

Life (2) | PIC (3) | Women's Home Companion (2) | McCalls | Colliers (2)

Thrilling Detective | Slam Bang Comics | Jungle Stories | Fight Comics | North-West Romances | Exciting Detective (2)

For more details, just go to fotosearch.com and put newsstand, magazine, 1940 into the search field and then use their zoom features. Of course, you can't copy and paste at any resolution, but you can at least look for free.

Peace, Jim (|:{>

ps. How on Earth could you tell which issue of Jumbo it was from just this portion of the title showing?

[Yoc]

Thanks for your help Jim!
The upper left Jungle and Mickey Mouse books as well as the bottom left Thrilling Detective eluded me.
Well, Jumbo 20 and Planet 9 (might be #6) were educated guesses going by the month of the Slam Bang, Crackajack and Popular Comics which I am 100% sure of.  I just used the 'Gallery' links on GCD and did a lot of staring until I felt confident enough.
I've got a few more pictures to share that I did the same thing or someone on the CCS board did the leg work for us.

[Yoc]

Here's another one I find moving.
During a very dark time in North American history (Canada and USA) citizens of Japanese heritage were interned in camps under armed guards while their homes and businesses were taken away.  A shameful act by our governments.
But here are two pictures, likely posed but still an interesting artifact of the era showing just how common cheap reading literature like pulps, comics, magazines and newspapers were.

Only pulps in this one.


Comics in the photo-
Upper left row-
US Quarterly #3 (Summer'42), Spy Smasher #6 (Aug 26,42),
Marvel Mystery #34 (Aug'42) x2

Middle left row-
Target Comics v3 #7 (Sep'42), Feature Comics #59 (Aug'42) x2,

Bottom left row-
Detective Comics #66 (Aug'42)

Top right Row-
Something Fantasy (anyone care to guess?)

Middle right-
Wild West Weekly pulp

Lower middle right-
Buck Rogers #4 (1942)

Bottom right-
Super Comics #49 (Jun'42)

[JVJ]

Thanks for your help Jim!
The upper left Jungle and Mickey Mouse books as well as the bottom left Thrilling Detective eluded me.
Well, Jumbo 20 and Planet 9 (might be #6) were educated guesses going by the month of the Slam Bang, Crackajack and Popular Comics which I am 100% sure of.  I just used the 'Gallery' links on GCD and did a lot of staring until I felt confident enough.
I've got a few more pictures to share that I did the same thing or someone on the CCS board did the leg work for us.

You're welcome, Yoc,
I don't know anything about "GCD Gallery links" - what (and where) is it? Here's the resolution I got of the original photo at fotoseach:

Made it pretty easy to see all of the covers.
Peace, Jim (|:{>