Pictures of old Comic stands

[Drusilla lives!]

I must say Yoc, he seems to have been quite a comics fan... even reading them well into the late 60s... he must have amassed quite a collection.  

And he had titles I'd never have considered reading, like Kid Colt... definitely a sign of a disturbed mind if you ask me.  

[Drusilla lives!]

Came across this one on bleedingcool...

http://www.bleedingcool.com/wp-content/uploads//2010/09/lifenews1.jpg

... someone over there claims it's one of the earliest "comics in the wild" photos he's seen.  That is, one of the earliest photos of comic books on the newsstands (this one being from Nov, 1936) before their explosion in popularity. 

[Yoc]

Very nice find DL!
I've got a few more to add myself when I get time to organize them.

And if you click on the thumbnail below you can see a breakdown of which comics were in your photo.
(Not my picture.)

[OtherEric]

There's also the Funnies #3 in there; I wonder if it's my copy...

[Geo (RIP)]

New photo to view:

http://img135.imageshack.us/img135/8894/comicsw.jpg

Yum, 1950's goodness!!!

Geo

[Yoc]

Thanks Geo, that was also part of the original postings in this vein over on GAC.
A long conversation about just what the sign says just behind the left shoulder of the right boy came after.
I can't recall the conclusion.

-Yoc

[Geo (RIP)]

This post hasn't been updated for a while so here's a couple more pics I've found.

http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/59/2fcv.jpg

Those two above are awfully hard on comic books.

http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/21/28a7.jpg

See, even girls like comic books.

Enjoy..

Geo

[Yoc]

Thanks Geo!
Anyone figure out exactly which comics are being read.  That's always fun to nail down a date on the pictures.

[JonTheScanner]

Thanks Geo!
Anyone figure out exactly which comics are being read.  That's always fun to nail down a date on the pictures.

One of the boys is clearly got a Terry Toons. In the picture of the girls, the back of one comic says "Hedy" so I assume it's a Marvel/Atlas of Patsy & Hedy or the like. The sign reads that the President has requested prices be cut so I'd guess this is from the immediately post WWII inflationary period.

[Yoc]

Thanks Jon.  It's always fun playing detective with these old pictures.

[Geo (RIP)]

Here's another pix that I found.

http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/841/buurk.jpg

or here: https://imageshack.com/i/ndbuurkj

Geo

[Yoc]

Ol Doc Wirtham would have loved that selection of crime books!

[SuperScrounge]

That picture was taken in 1948.

Looking at the GCD I was able to identify some covers.

Pay-Off #1 (the visible checkerboard ceiling made that easy)

Witness #1 (only issue)

True Crime #2 & 3 (only issues with those logos)

Desperado #1 & 2 (visible cover elements)

Target Comics v9 #7 & 8 (8 was easy as you can see a guy's head under the logo, 7's a guess)

Lawbreakers Always Lose #4 (comes closest to the picture & the time period)

These I was uncertain of, but are my best guesses.

All-Star Crime #27

Criminals On The Run #1 & 2

Famous Crimes #3

Guns Against Gangsters #1

Human Torch #31 & 32

I could not find Violent Crimes or Seven Dead Men at the GCD. Anyone know those books?

[narfstar]

Violent may have been a pulp that got put on the comic rack. Seven looks like an Avon title.

[Yoc]

Great detective work SS!
Violent had an eye catching logo.  I was wondering about that one as I'd never heard of it either.