tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740495193314269367.post4349880068068626250..comments2024-03-28T16:55:49.068+00:00Comments on CRIVENS! COMICS & STUFF!: FROM THE '30s TO THE '70s...Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740495193314269367.post-19622727509268558812020-03-12T21:47:42.581+00:002020-03-12T21:47:42.581+00:00Unfortunately, the books don't lend themselves...Unfortunately, the books don't lend themselves to scanning as it's virtually impossible to open them wide enough to do so without damaging them, so I can't show you any internal images. However, I can confirm that the Batman book was in the exact same format as the Superman one, with double pages of reduced covers from different decades.Kidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07224781868125924337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740495193314269367.post-57636818704396031222020-03-12T21:31:58.935+00:002020-03-12T21:31:58.935+00:00Hi Fella, have been rummaging around my old books ...Hi Fella, have been rummaging around my old books and have the Superman 30’s-70’s but alas I can’t find the Batman edition.<br />Anyway my question is all the images I can find are not recognisable to me, I’m sure my copy was similar to the Superman one, any ideas or images would be extremely welcome.<br />Thanks Regards John Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17313967751683533862noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740495193314269367.post-39520164990511093792018-12-31T11:34:07.617+00:002018-12-31T11:34:07.617+00:00Thanks for the info, MQ. Sure looks just like the ...Thanks for the info, MQ. Sure looks just like the figure from the cover of Superman's 10th Anniversary issue, "The Origin Of Superman!". If the book drawing's by Swan, then he did a really good job of imitating Boring. Remember also that sometimes the cover artist differed from who'd drawn the interiors. Kidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07224781868125924337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740495193314269367.post-34294062640384521822018-12-31T02:56:03.917+00:002018-12-31T02:56:03.917+00:00Hi, Phil - just a heads up that - while the artist...Hi, Phil - just a heads up that - while the artist was doing his best to ape the style of Wayne Boring - this image is from Curt Swan's first drawing of Superman in 1953 on the cover of "The Three-Dimension Adventures of Superman" (nn). This was shortly before he got his first regular Superman assignment on "Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen" in 1954.MetropolisQuartethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14157609531551267088noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740495193314269367.post-75236918761741126072014-05-21T20:48:20.918+01:002014-05-21T20:48:20.918+01:00If you're referring to the dedication in each ...If you're referring to the dedication in each book, DT, that's a printed signature. If your books have handwritten signatures in addition to the printed ones, then Carmine perhaps signed a limited number of copies - if they're genuine. (No reason to suppose they're not.) So the answer to your question is - as the books were printed in their thousands, it would've been impossible for Carmine to sign every softcover copy. Kidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07224781868125924337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740495193314269367.post-87822800304307260392014-05-21T20:16:39.771+01:002014-05-21T20:16:39.771+01:00I have both 1971 issues Infantino signatures in...I have both 1971 issues Infantino signatures in both, did he sign all soft back issues?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14251273997574496516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740495193314269367.post-87626901769288795212013-02-21T11:03:58.316+00:002013-02-21T11:03:58.316+00:00They were excellent books indeed, Phil. Glad my po...They were excellent books indeed, Phil. Glad my post stirred up a few happy memories for you.Kidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07224781868125924337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740495193314269367.post-31385246842677137932013-02-21T09:45:30.646+00:002013-02-21T09:45:30.646+00:00Wow, your post took me back.
I remember these book...Wow, your post took me back.<br />I remember these books from the early '70s, as - bizarrely - they were stocked in our local Habitat store. Whilst Mum & Dad browsed the furniture and light fittings, I took the opportunity of poring over these compilations. <br />Never bought them but after a few visits (Mum & Dad <i>loved</i> Habitat!) I had read them both cover to cover.Philip Guesthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14840924872255930010noreply@blogger.com