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[narfstar]

Now available in Charlton thanks to Pyramid

[jfglade]

 Thanks for posting that issue of "Unusual Tales."  I've been trying to figure out where I read the first story in that issue, "A Matter of Luck," for years and all I could figure out was that the artwork had to have been by Ditko. The ending is truely unexpected, and I remember turning the last page when I had that book back in the late 50s and being flabergasted that it seemed like the story had no ending. Rereading it, after a very long time, the ending doesn't seem as mysterious as it did when I was 10 but it is an unusual story for its time and seems a bit like the ending of a Twilight Zone story. I'm curious to see what else is in the issue, but I wanted to thank you for posting the issue before I forgot to do so, and I haven't read (or rather reread) the rest either. Interestingly, I recognized the cover as one I had seen but I wouldn't have put the two together.

[Yoc]

Isn't it fun when you stumble across a book you knew so well but had only vague memories of?  And when you read it again, to me it's always 'oh, I remember that.. and that... oh, forgot that part!'  hehehe.

Thanks again to Narf for the Colossus fiche as well.  Here's hoping some other lost items like this show up for him! 

[narfstar]

Thanks to Pyramid for his cover to cover scans. I really like Rock's cover.

[fett]

Dear Narf. First Kiss not in the public domain. Please refrain from uploading any.

[OtherEric]

Moved it while I wait for the higher ups to clarify the situation.  It's well documented that John Lustig bought whatever Charlton still had of the title when Charlton was selling off its assets.  I think it's open to question if Charlton had renewed or not, though; and some of the later issues the would not have needed to if they were correctly registered in the first place.

With all that said, I believe even if it isn't in the public domain we may have agreed not to host it.  So, like I said, waiting on the higher ups.

[John C]

In the Copyright Office database, I don't see anything resembling a renewal for any "First Kiss" issue.  Why are we sure it's still under copyright?

[Yoc]

I can't recall checking that one.  Aussie might know.

[narfstar]

First Kiss does carry a copyright notice but I do not think any were renewed.

[OtherEric]

To clarify my earlier comment:  I do think the book is PD.  I think we (or possibly GAC) had said we would not post the scans as a courtesy to John Lustig.  Which is what I'm waiting for clarification on.  Yoc outranks me, so he can move it back if he wants.

[narfstar]

Has anyone asked John Lustig how he feels about GAC/DCM hosting scans of First Kiss

[John C]

More to the point, has he ever contacted anybody to express a problem?  Does he reprint the actual comics as originally published?  I thought he just did out-of-context panels with new dialogue.

Just to explain what I found, there are a handful of renewals for late-1950s works called "Last Kiss," but they're all songs, so there's no copyright.  Seems silly to me to hold it because we kinda-sorta think we might have agreed to not compete with him, even though there's no competition...

[narfstar]

Now available in Fawcett

[Yoc]

Thanks for the upload Narf!

[narfstar]

An odd little period piece featuring corny gag cartoons.