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DCM Download Site => New Uploads => Topic started by: blastaar on May 18, 2011, 07:21:54 AM
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Back in the scanning saddle after a busy school year, just added:
Tim McCoy #21 (final issue of the series)
to the Charlton section.
The Tim McCoy series is now lacking only #16, the first issue. I have a low-res scan of #16, but in true Charlton fashion the original comic seems to have been collated while the ink was still wet, so a lot of pages are almost unreadable. I'm still looking for a cleaner copy.
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Added JVJ's Sparkling Stars #30, a 64-page anthology from Holyoke. More of this series to come.
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Thanks B!
:)
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Just up: JVJ's Sparkling Stars #28. 68 pages, c2c as usual.
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The "Fangs" series in Sparkling Stars is suitably strange. I'm going to check for other episodes. I can't say I had seen an issue of Sparkling Stars previously.
Thanks.
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very cool
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Just posted Power Comics #004 in the Holyoke section. My scan and edit of a comic from the collection of the inimitable JVJ.
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And a fine one too, thanks to Blastaar and JVJ for this piece of comic history.
Geo
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Just posted JVJ's Sparkling Stars #26 to the Holyoke section. c2c, 68 pages + JVJ's info.
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Thank you kind Sir, it is most welcome.
Geo
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Just up: a blastaar scan and edit of JVJ's Sparkling Stars #24. 64 of 68 pages (missing cf) + JVJ's info.
This series seems to be particularly prone to losing centerfolds, probably because the high page count (64 interior pages when the rest of the industry was heading fast for 32) stressed the standard staples of the era. Or maybe just bad luck.
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Thank you for your latest up, it's most welcome here.
Geo
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Thanks Blaasty.
Perhaps the missing cfs was why JVJ was able to aquire them cheap as well?
Even incomplete they are well worth scanning and sharing!
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And in all probability I didn't care, Yoc,
As you say, much more interesting to have 64 of 68 pages than not to have any pages.
They are JUST comic books...
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I don't know. The idea of some cackling madman in an Eastern European castle hoarding the centerfolds for some nefarious purpose is sort of appealing...
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Sparkling Stars is just one of the most oddball books I've ever seen. It had a huge page count for the price, and the features are just semi-random at times, it seems. It's also one of the cheapest GA titles out there; it had a bit of everything and nobody seems to want the back issues if the prices they go for is any indication.
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I don't think there's a single artist in the entire run that anyone but a specialist would recognize today, except maybe some early (and to me unrecognizable) Carmine Infantino and some early and dreadful Mel Lazarus (his brother Hal does a fair amount of reasonable work in the series, but he's hardly collectable). And you're right, they're a miscellany of mostly generic features. I like 'em myself, but then I'm something of an aficionado of third-rate filler ("The A.W. Nugent Story" is out there waiting to be written). :)
Still, you can see why they'd look like a pretty good reading bargain for a dime at a time when page counts were shrinking and comics were getting overrun by ads.
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I would call A. W. Nugent at LEAST 2nd tier, possibly even (very low) first. But yeah, he's hardly the most collectible name out there. He really was the master of the Puzzle Page filler, though!
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How about Morris Weiss, blastaar?
And the Debunker artist? Now THERE'S a guy I want to identify!
Actually, since you mentioned Infantino, I'll toss in Al Ulmer and Ray Willner. They are both at Sparkling Stars and both pretty good, IMHO.
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Agreed that there's some decent work in the series. I'd submit, though, that anyone who considers A.W. Nugent to be a big name is by definition a "specialist" (the guy doesn't even get his own Wikipedia page.) :) I'm thinking of names you could toss out on a Comics Journal message board and get more than a blank stare, or that would make the e-mail blurb at Heritage Auctions.
Personally, my favorite of the bunch is the funny animal work of Ellis Chambers. The stories themselves range from inane to not-quite-inane, but I just like the rakish air he always brings to his drawings. I also have a soft spot for Howard Larsen, whose figures have a kind of blunt Beanie Babies look around the edges. And yeah, "The Debunker" is one in a million--I think I prefer not knowing anything about him so I can make up stories about him in my head. Right now I have him as quite a bit older than the comic-book-artist generation of the '40s, an alcoholic, and a somewhat cranky guy, (although I no doubt get that from the fact that he specialized in those "everything you know is wrong" true-fact features).
And I'll be doing whatever I can to bring the artistic stylings of Herman C. Browner to the attention of the discerning public. :)
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Fair enough. I sometimes forget just how much I actually know about comics, compared to even the average GA collector.
I would have though AW Nugent was worth at least a small Wikipedia page; I don't know enough about him to write it myself, though.
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I think that's the humbling effect of research--it always feels to me like the deeper I get into a subject, what I really learn is how much I still don't know. Then I talk to a normal person about it and they look at me like, "Wow, you actually care about this stuff, don't you?"
Somebody really needs to write "A.W. Nugent: King of Filler"--I'd buy it in a heartbeat.
And you know, JVJ, that "They're just comic books" attitude could really get you into trouble around here. If you weren't the patron saint of online comics scanning, that is. :)
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Inspired to edit raws by our inspiring conversation:
Just posted JVJ's Sparkling Stars #18 to the Holyoke section. c2c, 68 pages + JVJ's info.
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Just posted: Sparkling Stars #13, missing cf, 64 0f 68 pages + JVJ info.
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Thanks again B!
:)
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Just added Sparkling Stars #3, c2c 68 pages +JVJ's info.
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Thanks Look great...
Odd, Ali Babba was also in Great Comics #3 (the one with Futuro)
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I think in that case the "master of the gigantic genie" is called (as the title has it) "Kid" Bagdad. The artist there is the very interesting, both in style and in his personal story, Victor Pazmiņo (signed VEP). I happened across this a while back:
http://timtimmons.wordpress.com/2009/07/09/a-cartoonist-in-the-family/
The Sparkling Stars artist is, as usual for this feature, Harold (aka Hal or, as he signs here, Harry) Lazarus, brother of "Miss Peach" cartoonist Mel Lazarus.
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Great Info!!!
Your right Blastaar, ...... This is a great Website.
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Just added to the Holyoke section: Sparkling Stars #2. c2c, 68 pages +JVJ's info.
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Thanks for the upload.
Geo
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Just added to the Charlton section: Cowboy Western #30. c2c, 36 pages.
A scanner's delight from eBay--a comic in very nice shape with a collector-repellent fully detached cover. Evidently the Sunset Carson photo cover makes this a desirable item in some quarters.
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Thank you kind Sir.
Geo
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Just added to the Charlton section: Cowboy Western #35. c2c, 36 pages.
This means that the site is lacking only Cowboy Western #34 for a complete run (#17-39) of the 1948 series. The numbering was continued in the notorious (or at least inexplicable) series Space Western.
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Thanks B, nice work on this title.
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Cowboy Western #35 has been updated with a page I accidentally skipped in the editing phase when I saved a copy to a different folder for a project on "Great Moments in Comic-Book Coloring." Alas, in 1951 the ambitious project of rendering the delicate shades and textures of human chest hair does not yet seem to be within the technical grasp of the craftsmen in Charlton's production department.
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Hehe, thanks B!
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Just added the last of my JVJ's, Sparkling Stars #1. Copy is missing two centerfolds, so 60 of 68 pages plus JVJ's info.
JVJ has some of this series I had to send back because of time constraints, if any brave soul wants to pick up the Sparkling Stars torch.
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Thanks very much B!
I wonder are you going to be asking for another box or are your time woes to much to do so?
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I certainly will be asking for more (I really hope some of those crazy Cat-Man issues are still available :)), but I want to make sure that I have the time rather than hoping that I will.
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Good to hear B and I too hope you'll get to do the Cat-Man books and any other Holyoke titles you find interesting.
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Just added:
Perfect Crime #14 to the Cross Publications section of the Small Publishers area. Cover to cover, 52 pages.
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Thanks very much B!
:)
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Thanks!
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Just added to the Avon section:
All-True Detective Stories #3. Cover to cover, 36 pages.
Front and back cover are water damaged--don't use your comics as coasters, kids! Now the classic ad for free baby turtles is ruined. :( "Clean Little Pets, Delivered Healthy and Safe in a Special Moss-Protected Pack." If you're not satisfied with the $1.69 rock garden, you can get your money back and still keep the turtle. If the turtle arrives in a less than satisfactory state, though, you appear to be on your own.
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Thanks Blastaar.
Geo
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Just added a new scan of my copy of True Comics #1; the existing scan here was missing a page. Cover to cover, 68 pages; large (83MB) version available on request.
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Thanks very much Blasty.
If you wanted to share your larger version I suggest uploading it to Mediafire or some such site and sharing the link here. I can then add it as a Mirror link on the True Comics download page.
-Yoc
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Just added Sparkling Stars #21 to the Holyoke section. 68 pages, c2c. Water damaged covers, with a GCD cover scan and JVJ info added.
A bad stapling job screwed up the gutters in the second half of the book; I should have unstapled the pages to compensate, but residual collector fetishism held me back. I'll be braver next time.
PS: You guys are awesome--I know how much work goes into these scans. Thanks for all your generosity.
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Thanks very much blastaar.
Nice to see you after so long.
btw, GAC has be rebranded and re-opened as well if you care to share this over there -
http://comicbookplus.com/index.php
(Your login should still work there.)
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Not that it matters much, but Sparkling Stars #21 is my book; the JVJ info is from scans of all the cards. Jim's a model for getting accurate information out there, so I'd hate for future generations to doubt the provenance of an actual JVJ book because of my scan. :)
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Sorry B, I'll correct that now. It did seem like a awfully long time for a new JVJ book to show up from you.
I expect you sent his books back ages ago. Sorry for the mistake but still nice to see a new scan.
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Just posted in the Charlton section:
Tim McCoy #16
#16 was the first issue of the series, the numbering being continued from Zoo Funnies, then continued after Tim McCoy folded in Pictorial Love Stories.
This completes the series on DCM, except for a couple of pages in issue #19.
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Thanks very much B!
:)
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The Catholic Comics series is finally going in. I'll post some thoughts about this very odd 1946-1949 title once they're all up on the site.
Despite a long-time Overstreet listing for issues #1-4, all evidence indicates that the series actually begins with #5, so the entirety of vol. 1 is now posted.
Volume 1, #5-9, 11-12 are JVJ books; #10 & 13 are mine, with JVJ info added to #13.
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These early issues very scarce!!, WOW just when I thought I had facebook up to date..
Thanks so much for your hard work!
Brian
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Catholic Comics v2 #3 is missing page 24. I should have looked at the image filenames before I verified it the hard way (by looking at art through the page). Hopefully a fix will be forthcoming.
Excellent job on these.
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Those Catholic comics start much too late...
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Impressive work Blastaar!
I updated the JVJ books with his tag at the end.
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Thanks for adding the JVJ tag. Catholic v2 #3 now has the missing page added--no idea what happened there.
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Sorry--I'm not sure what "start much too late means" here.
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Didn't want to say anything, but me neither....
I thought they started at precisely the proper time.
(|:{> ps. thanks for doing ALL of these blastaar.
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:) No doubt that's what threw me off--there's nothing "good" to die young about these books.
Working on a brief intro essay on the odd provenance of these things, the short version being that Catholic Comics are Charlton comics in all but name in an era when Charlton comics were Lloyd Jacquet comics in all but name.
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Just added to the Holyoke section:
Sparkling Stars #19
68 pages, c2c. My comic, scan, and edit, with JVJ's info card added.
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Just added to the Charlton section:
A new version of Tim McCoy #19. Completely different scan, c2c, replacing the lo-res, incomplete copy I previously posted.
This series is now complete, cover to cover.
I'll also update that section to the three-numeral issue number format.
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Tim McCoy #19 is still missing 2 pages. If the filenames are any indication it will be pages 15 and 16.
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Thanks guys--should be fixed now. (Of course, I thought I had double-checked it in the first place, so who knows? Keep me posted.) :)
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Just posted:
Sparkling Stars #9 (Feb. 1945) in the Holyoke section. 68 pages, c2c. From a very rough copy, so some of the crops are tight, but complete.
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Thanks for all the work you've done on this title B
:)
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My pleasure--another issue in the works.
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Just posted:
Sparkling Stars #6 (Nov. 1944) in the Holyoke section. 68 pages, c2c.
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Fixed incorrect filename for Sparkling Stars #6.
The number 9--so similar to the number 6 . . . :-[
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Thanks for the upload Blastarr.
Geo
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Just posted to the Holyoke section:
Sparkling Stars 14
68 pages, cover to cover.
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Nice Blastaar, it's very welcome.
Geo
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Just posted to the Holyoke section:
Sparkling Stars 23
68 pages, c2c. Upgrade to the digicam version onsite. A truly strange cover, partly because it's entirely unrelated to anything inside the book. But that's how the Lloyd Jacquet Studio rolled . . .
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Thanks B!
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Just re-loaded Sparkling Stars 10 to the Holyoke section with the missing centerfold pages added, so that issue is now c2c. Thanks to rez for the original upload. (I plan to do a complete scan of my comic eventually.)
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Thanks again B!
Upgrades have been in fashion this month.
;)
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Just added to the Charlton section: Zoo Funnies Vol. 1 #8 (Nov. 1946). 52 pages, c2c.
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Thanks B!
:)
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Just added to the Holyoke section:
Sparkling Stars #7 68 pages, c2c.
Does this make me part of the Small Publishers Spotlight? If so, I'm proud to add a tiny bit to the heroic work you guys have been doing.
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Certainly B.
And we've been happy to have your support all this time as well.
Together we've all made DCM the site it is today.
:)
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Just added to the Ace section:
Revealing Romances #6, August 1950. 36 pages, c2c.
For some reason I saw that this title was empty a few weeks back, so I couldn't resist picking up a couple of issues on a trip up to PA.
Shameless plug for my hometown comics store--if you're ever in Lancaster, Pa, check out: http://www.comicstorepa.com/
My old buddy Joe Miller and I grew up reading comics together (I first encountered Blazing Combat and the Warren Spirit reprints in his basement); now I teach comics classes and he has one of the best comics shops in central PA.
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Thanks for the scan and the background info B.
:)
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Just posted to the Catholic Comics section:
Catholic Comics vol. 3 #2 (Nov. 1948).
(Delighted to see all the Treasure Chest upgrades--must be "Comics for Catholics Sunday".)
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A big thank you goes out to both of you, blastaar and comic wanderer for these.
Geo
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Just added to the Ace section:
Revealing Romances #2, Nov. 1949. 36 pages, c2c.
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Thanks blasty!
We're aiming for a lot more romance posts in February.
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Revealing Romances 002 is confusing cDisplay and other readers.
Inside the Revealing_Romances_002_blastaar archive there are two directories Revealing_Romances_002_blastaar and __MACOSX.
Revealing_Romances has the correct files and __MACOSX has tiny invalid .jps. They are being combined to make 72 files. DCM blows up on file 37 (the first __MACOSX file) CB+ and cDisplay read the __MACOSX directories first so don't even get off the launch pad :(
I think the intention was (or should be) to create the archive from the Revealing_Romances folder.
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Sorry--everything appears and performs normally on my end. I'll see if I can figure it out.
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Hi Blastaar,
I just noticed the same problem with the new JTTG. I sent you an email.
This is a known problem with the native Mac_OS app that we cover in the FAQ.
We have found if you use this app it produces clean files -
http://www.yellowmug.com/yemuzip/
I've corrected the JTTG and Romance files here.
Thanks for the uploads!
-Yoc
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Just added Justice Traps the Guilty #67, using YemuZip (thanks for the tip, Yoc). C2c, 36 pages.
(Still learning my way around an iMac--I once knew about the Mac archiving issue, but totally forgot about it by the time I actually owned a Mac.) :-[
Let me know if there any problems with this one.
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Thanks B!
Works like a charm.
:)
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Just posted in the Prize section:
Justice Traps the Guilty #68. c2c, 36 pages.
That's all the Prize stuff I've got, unless I have a romance issue or two somewhere.
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Thanks Blastaar,
If you find them we could use them come February.
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Just added to the Better/Nedor/Standard section:
Goofy Comics #7. 52 pages, c2c. Cover is damaged, added a complete one found online.
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Thanks B!
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Just added to the Parents Magazine section:
True Comics #33, 52 pages, c2c.
Can't help noting my 100th upload. That's a drop in the bucket compared to the heavy hitters here, and a big chunk of them were JVJ comics, but I'm proud to be part of this project, and grateful to all who make it possible.
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Congratulations B!
That's no small feet I don't care who they are.
Thank-you for all your support. We really appreciate it. :D
Have a great 2015!
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I've just read - True33 looks incomplete.
Scan #'s 26 & 27 are missing.
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Just upgraded Sparkling Stars #13 with its cf in the Holyoke section. 68 pages, now complete.
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Thanks B!
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After some strange problems getting the file copied after hitting the "confirm" button, Young Romance #68 has been added to the Prize section.
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Thanks Blastaar, much appreciated as always.
Geo
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Sorry for the troubles B, thanks very much for the upload.
:)
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Just posted in Small Publishers: Catholic Comics
Catholic Comics vol. 2, #9
Cover to cover, 36 pages. (We're closing in on a full set of these, but they're getting rarer--and more expensive!)
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Congrats on the fill and thanks for the scan and upload B.
GL on snagging the last missing books.
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Just added to the Holyoke section:
Sparkling Stars #4. 65 of 68 pages, from a coverless copy. Scrounged cover, no ifc, ibc, bc.
Just one more issue (#22) for a complete set of these (#32 was never published; #33 was he last). Still some pages missing, though--this title seems to have tended to lose centerfolds.
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Thanks B, nice work!
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Just added to the Small Press > Catholic Comics section:
Catholic Comics vol. 3 #1.
One more issue to go for a complete set of these odd ducks.
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Hmm, at this point the cover for my Catholic Comics v3 #1 upload is showing as a black page, and the preview function reads twice as many files (70) as there are. Everything looks totally normal on my end, though.
:-/
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Your upload appears to have Mac "thumbnail" files in it (each filename is prefixed by "._") At least that is how it appears when I open the archive on my Windows computer.
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Thanks Blastaar, I downloaded it and Moose is correct, you had small thumbails for each page included as well as the normal jpgs.
I've removed the files and uploaded a fixed version to the site for you.
-Yoc
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Sorry, folks--I would have sworn I did that one right.
Thanks for the assist.
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Those Catholic Comics start much too late.
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Just added to the Quality section:
Love Confessions #37
Cover to cover, with water-damaged covers.
I used the same zip protocol that I used last time that somehow resulted in MAC files (using YemuZip as per Yoc's suggestion); shoot me an email if it has happened again.
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Darkmark, sorry I missed your post--what exactly do you mean that the Catholic Comics "start much too late"?
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Those Catholic Comics start much too late.
But sooner or later it comes down to fate...
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Ah, gotcha. Always more of a Ramones guy than Billy Joel . . .
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Thanks blastaar for your latest upload "Love Confessions 037 (https://digitalcomicmuseum.com/index.php?dlid=30355)".
Geo