Favorite Comic Books

[tazbigdog]

Sgt. Rock, Garrison's Gorillas, Mad, Monsters, and of course, Marvel

 

[el caminero]

Yeah, sad sack

I was never into the super hero comics. My favorites were Sgt, Rock, Sgt. Fury, The Haunted Tank, Fightin' Marines, Fightin' Army. Then there was Weird War. Anyone remember The Sad Sack?
[/QUOThave been

I had my share of the Disney comic books, but my favorites were the Classic Illustrated. Read the Reader's Digest stories and my Aunt saved her copies of the Saturday Evening Post when I was older. Come to think of it, the Post introduced me to Sherlock Holmes and Horatio Hornblower.

Often wondered what became of my comic books after I enlisted in 1964.

I have been casually collecting illustrated classics for over 50 years...read every one i have

 

[el caminero]

Yeah, sad sack, beetle bailey, moose miller, HAGAR THE HORRIBLE!

 

[Dave Schwaab]

I grew up reading the comics in the daily and Sunday papers, then later had a collection of paperback books.

Lee Falk's "The Phantom" was always my favorite. I liked the back story that he was just a man, the 21st of his line, who's training and 400 year history of legendary exploits made the first superhero. His first appearance was February 17th, 1936, before Batman, Superman or, even, the Lone Ranger, so he really was the first!

 

[Terry G]

I pretty much liked them all, but the library was my escape. Sgt. Fury probably the most "BUDDAAABUDAAHHHH!" I don't think he ever had to re load his Thompson.

 

[Mauser9]

Can recall visits to the corner store. Candy bar, a bottle of that tooth rotting Coca Cola, and a Dell comic. Just like ham and eggs.

 

[ole442]

I enjoyed the Classic Illustrated comic books even though they weren't comics as such!

 

[el caminero]

I grew up reading the comics in the daily and Sunday papers, then later had a collection of paperback books.
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Lee Falk's "The Phantom" was always my favorite. I liked the back story that he was just a man, the 21st of his line, who's training and 400 year history of legendary exploits made the first superhero. His first appearance was February 17th, 1936, before Batman, Superman or, even, the Lone Ranger, so he really was the first!

Hmmm... from under the avatar of rick o'shay's friend hipshot...

 

[Terry G]

I had my share of the Disney comic books, but my favorites were the Classic Illustrated. Read the Reader's Digest stories and my Aunt saved her copies of the Saturday Evening Post when I was older. Come to think of it, the Post introduced me to Sherlock Holmes and Horatio Hornblower.

Often wondered what became of my comic books after I enlisted in 1964.

Classic Illustrated, indeed! My Mother bought binders so the issues wouldn't get all worn. I had to read the books after the Illustrated ones of course. Thanks, I had forgotten about them.

 

[Dave Schwaab]

Hmmm... from under the avatar of rick o'shay's friend hipshot...

I said I read the daily and Sunday comics in the papers. I didn't actually start collecting comic books until I was older and started with my son. Before that, I only had a few Classics Illustrated comics.

I made Hipshot Percussion my avatar because he used single-actions, like I like. The Phantom was most famous for using 1911s (like the Shadow), although the First Phantom used a cutlass and some others in the lineage used flintlocks and revolvers, as the newer weapons became available.

 

[el caminero]

I said I read the daily and Sunday comics in the papers. I didn't actually start collecting comic books until I was older and started with my son. Before that, I only had a few Classics Illustrated comics.

I made Hipshot Percussion my avatar because he used single-actions, like I like. The Phantom was most famous for using 1911s (like the Shadow), although the First Phantom used a cutlass and some others in the lineage used flintlocks and revolvers, as the newer weapons became available.

I recall the phantom's 45s, and dident he knock out badguys with a ring that left a skull imprint on the miscreant's chin?

 

[Armybrat]

Uncle Scrooge McDuck when I was a little kid.
Mad Magazine during my junior high years.

 

[Sam Summey]

They tried to teach me to read with "Dick and Jane" it didn't work, I just wasn't interested. I discovered GI JOE and Sgt. Rock. Using comic books I learned to read. Today I am a voracious reader of history, historical novels, and action suspense novels. I'll read anything including cereal boxes.

 

[el caminero]

They tried to teach me to read with "Dick and Jane" it didn't work, I just wasn't interested. I discovered GI JOE and Sgt. Rock. Using comic books I learned to read. Today I am a voracious reader of history, historical novels, and action suspense novels. I'll read anything including cereal boxes.

Dick and jane. I tried to dr. Seuss them, and caught some unfair What For for my efforts.

 

[Dave Schwaab]

I recall the phantom's 45s, and dident he knock out badguys with a ring that left a skull imprint on the miscreant's chin?

The ring that left the skull mark was his bad sign. He would mark people or places with it as a warning. He had another ring that would leave a mark showing his favor of a person or thing. You can see that ring on the left hand of this figure, looking like "P"s in a circle. Also note that the creator of this figure made a mistake because the "P"s are shown correctly and not reversed, as would be necessary for the ring to leave the mark properly!

Also note that, like Little Orphan Annie, his eyes were always shown as blank white, with no iris or pupal. That was why Billy Zane, in the movie, had black makeup around his eyes under the mask, the first time that was done for masked characters.

 

[el caminero]

The ring that left the skull mark was his bad sign. He would mark people or places with it as a warning. He had another ring that would leave a mark showing his favor of a person or thing. You can see that ring on the left hand of this figure, looking like "P"s in a circle. Also note that the creator of this figure made a mistake because the "P"s are shown correctly and not reversed, as would be necessary for the ring to leave the park properly!
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Also note that, like Little Orphan Annie, his eyes were always shown as blank white, with no iris or pupal. That was why Billy Zane, in the movie, had black makeup around his eyes under the mask, the first time that was done for masked characters.

Silver surfer's eyes were wierd, too. Pogo (maybe via mad magazine) said them eyes was "all blunk-out".
Sink/sank/sunk, so gets you blink/blank/blunk...

 

[dchmule]

Sgt. Fury and the Howling Commandos, then Conan the Barbarian, partly for the illustrations of barely clad damsels in distress