Thursday, July 12, 2012

FOUND PHOTOS: PEOPLE WITH COMIC BOOKS

In honor of Comic-Con weekend, I dug out these three snapshots from my found photo collection featuring comic books!


Mother and daughter stand outside of their hometown bank proudly posing with issue #68 of Tip Top Comics. Sheesh, I know times were hard but a bank loan for a ten cent comic is crazy. They should have at least bought Action #1 for a better return on their money.



Now this gal is a serious comic book reader. Besides reading World's Finest Comics #84, she has a comic stack that's taller than she is. I wonder if she ordered the Nutty Putty for a buck?



Now this snap is classic cool! Two kids on a bicycle with a stack of comic books. Someone jotted down a note on the back - "Ken had started to take Dot home on his bike when I got this one, (funny books & all) (ha) Aug. 47." I hope Ken married Dot because any comic book lovin' girlfriend is a keeper! 


Any clue as to the comic on top of the Dot's stack of funny books? I tried to figure it out but had no luck. It looks like a humor or funny animal book.


---News Flash--- Neato Reader and eagle eye Glen Mulally solved the mystery of Dot's comic book. The cover on top of the stack is Cookie #3. Thanks Glen for the super sleuth detective work!


(The comic cover images came from Heritage Auctions and ebay.)
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7 comments:

  1. Glen Mullaly7:20 PM

    That comic is Cookie no. 3 from Oct 1946!

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  2. Glen Mullaly7:21 PM

    I forgot the link to the cover!

    http://d1466nnw0ex81e.cloudfront.net/iss/400w/13/340131/778361.jpg

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  3. Todd Franklin12:20 AM

    I've updated the post. Thanks Glen, now I can sleep better knowing this case is solved!

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  4. Paul Duca10:49 PM

    Mr. Mayor...may I recommend you read THE 10-CENT PLAGUE by David Hadju? It tells the story of the anti-comic book hysteria of the 1940's and 50's.

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  5. Todd Franklin1:19 AM

    Paul - That book is a fascinating read and I second your recommendation!

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  6. Richard Prosch2:08 PM

    Neat post, Mayor! You could do a similar one on "Comics on TV" --I'm thinking specifically LEAVE IT TO BEAVER as the Beav reads a lot of comics. I know in one episode he's reading Adventure Comics #240 "The Super Teacher From Krypton" and in another,he's reading a copy of (fake title?) "Atomic Archie."

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  7. Todd Franklin4:13 PM

    Thanks Richie! Yeah that is a great idea! I always have fun looking at props like comic books, toys and cereal boxes in old TV shows.

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