Old-fashioned Comics

Wednesday, 15 January 2020

ZANE GREY (Dell Four Color Comics) 27 issues (Complete Series)

Pearl Zane Grey (January 31, 1872 – October 23, 1939) was an American dentist and author best known for his popular adventure novels and stories associated

with the Western genre in literature and the arts; he idealized the American frontier. Riders of the Purple Sage (1912) was his best-selling book.

In addition to the commercial success of his printed works, they had second lives and continuing influence when adapted as films and television productions.

His novels and short stories have been adapted into 112 films, two television episodes, and a television series, Dick Powell’s Zane Grey Theater.

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Authors:

Covers:

Colors, Pencils & Inks:

Sam Savitt (painting), Morris Gollub ? (painting),

Letters; typeset

Inside:

Script

Gaylord Du Bois (adaptation); Zane Grey (novel)

Pencils & Inks:

Bob Jenney, William Overgard, Al McKimson Team,

ZANE GREY Comics from Dell Four Color

ZANE GREY 197,222,230,236,246,255,270,301,314,333,346,357,372, 395,412,433,449,467,484,511,532,555,583,604,616,632,996

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Charlton - Promotional Comics: Blue Bird [Charlton Comics Collection]

Introduction

These are almost exact reprints of the originals. The cover art has been cropped to accommodate the top bar where the store name is placed and the lower bar where the typical Blue Bird bullets are placed.

The following stores are known to have participated: R&S Shoe Store, Blue Bird Shoes, Big Shoe Store, GallenKamp's and Schiff's Shoes.

TITLES:

Atomic Mouse #11-1961

Atomic Mouse #12 - 1961

Atomic Mouse #14 - 12c - 1962
Atomic Mouse #16- 12c - 1962

Black Fury #1 - 10c - 1959

Black Fury #3 - 10c - 1959

Black Fury #4 - 10c - 1959

Black Fury #5 - 10c - 1959 (also Wild Bill Hickok & Jingles)

Black Fury #6 - 10c - 1959

Black Fury #8 - 10c - 1959

Black Fury #9 - 10c - 1959

Black Fury #10 - 10c - 1961

Black Fury #12- 10c - 1961

Black Fury #14- 10c - 1962
Black Fury #15- 10c - 1962

Freddy #1 - 10c - 1960

Freddy #2 Blue_Bird_1959

Freddy #3 - 10c - 1960

Freddy #4 - 10c - 1960

Freddy #5 - 10c - 1959
Freddy #6 - 10c - 1959

Freddy #8 - 10c - 1960

Freddy #10 - 10c - 1961 (also My Little Margie)
Freddy #11 - 10c - 1961
Freddy #12 - 10c - 1961

Freddy #13 - 10c - 1961

Freddy #14 - 12c - 1962

Freddy #15 - 12c - 1962

Li'l Genius #1 -10c - 1959

Li'l Genius #3 -10c - 1959
Li'l Genius #4-10c - 1959
Li'l Genius #6 -10c - 1959

Li'l Genius #7 -10c - 1960 (also Goofy Rabbit, Timmy the Timid Ghost)

Li'l Genius #8 - 10c - 1960 (also Atomic Bunny)

Li'l Genius #9 - 10c - 1960

Li'l Genius #10 - 10c - 1960

Li'l Genius #11 - 10c - 1960
Li'l Genius #12- 10c - 1960

Li'l Genius #13- 10c - 1960

Li'l Genius #14 - 10c - 1960

Li'l Genius #15 - 10c - 1960

Li'l Genius #16- 10c - 1962

Li'l Genius #17 - 10c - 1963

Masked Raider #1 - 10c - 1959

Masked Raider #2 - 10c - 1959

Masked Raider #3 - 10c - 1959

Masked Raider #4 -10c - 1959

Masked Raider #5 - 10c - 1960?

Masked Raider #6 - 10c - 1960

Masked Raider #7 - 10c - 1960

Masked Raider #8 - 10c - 1960

Masked Raider #9 - 10c - 1960

Masked Raider #10 - 10c - 1961

Masked Raider #1 - 10c - 1959

Masked Raider #2 - 10c - 1959

Masked Raider #3 - 10c - 1959

Masked Raider #4 - 10c - 1959

Masked Raider #2 - 10c - 1960

Masked Raider #6 - 10c - 1960 (also Rocky Lane)

Masked Raider #7 - 10c - 1960 (also Rocky Lane)

Masked Raider #8 - 10c - 1960 (also Tex Ritter)

Masked Raider #9 - 10c - 1959

Masked Raider #10 - 10c - 1961 (also Wild Bill Hickok)

My_Little_Margie_017 - 1963

Mysteries of Unexplored Worlds #18 - 12c - ???

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Peter_Paul_s_4_in_1_Jumbo_Comic_Book_pt._2

Silly_Pilly_Comics_001_Children_s_Comics_Inc._1950_36p_c2c

Six-Gun Heroes #6 - 10c - 1960 (Wyatt Earp, Wild Bill Hickok, Rocky Lane, Annie Oakley, Lash LaRue)

Six-Gun Heroes #7 - 10c - 1960?

Six-Gun Heroes #8 - 10c - 1960 (Wyatt Earp, Lash LaRue, Wild Bill Hickok, Annie Oakley)

Six-Gun Heroes #9 - 10c -

Six-Gun Heroes #10 - 10c - 1961

Six Gun Heroes #15

Six-Gun Heroes #16 - 12c? - 1962

Teenage Hotrodders #18 - 12c - 1964

Texas_Rangers_in_Action #15 - 12c - 1962

Texas_Rangers_in_Action #16 - 12c - 1962

Texas Rangers #17 - 12c - 1962

Timmy the Timid Ghost #1? - 10c - ???

Timmy the Timid Ghost #2__1959_

Timmy the Timid Ghost #3

Timmy the Timid Ghost #4

Timmy the Timid Ghost #6

Timmy the Timid Ghost #7 -10c - 1960

Timmy the Timid Ghost #8 - 10c - 1960

Timmy the Timid Ghost #9 - 10c - 1960

Timmy the Timid Ghost #2__1959_
Timmy the Timid Ghost #10
Timmy the Timid Ghost #11
Timmy the Timid Ghost #13
Timmy the Timid Ghost #14
Timmy the Timid Ghost #15

Timmy the Timid Ghost #16

Timmy the Timid Ghost #17

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Wild Bill Hickok #1 - 10c - 1959

Wild Bill Hickok #2 - 10c - 1959

Wild Bill Hickok #3 - 10c - 1959

Wild Bill Hickok #4- 10c - 1959

Wild Bill Hickok #5 - 10c - 1959

Wyatt Earp #12 -10c - 1961

Wyatt Earp #13 -10c - 1961

Wyatt Earp #14 - 12c - 1962

Wyatt Earp #18 - 12c - 1962

I have not used Overstreet's listing, because they come across as very vague and open to interpretation.

No doubt there were many more than this handful. But apparently none of the other genres Charlton excelled in (romance, war) were used, just humor, western and the odd hot rod.

The theory

My prolimenary hypothesis is that Charlton published two groups of giveaway comics for Blue Bird, which sold its shoes in stores with various names. One group was brought out in 1959-1961, the other some years later, around 1964. The comics were sold over the counter or given to kids by the shop assistants, much to the appreciation of parents, who would be guaranteed their half hour of undisturbed shopping.

The comics still had "10c" or "12c" on them, to make them look like real comics rather than illustrated advertisement for the store. Typically, shoe ads only appeared on the inside and back covers.