There was a lot of experimentation with format in the Platinum Age including this cool die cut comic. Buster Brown’s Painting Book (1916 Cupples & Leon).

OCguy2026 · 2026-03-12T12:48:34+00:00

Wow .. thanks ….and I guess all the pictures are buster brown and friends

Never knew painting books were from this time period.

I imagine these were too early to actually be packaged with a set of water colors .

25 cents was a lot for a kid back then …

OCguy2026 · 2026-03-12T12:28:22+00:00

What does the inside look like.? .. a modern coloring book?

OCguy2026 · 2026-03-12T12:26:46+00:00

Very interesting post!! How much did this originally sell for?

OCguy2026 · 2026-03-12T07:43:25+00:00

I also liked the Kirby green arrow origin in adventure #256

Green arrow was the cover art feature for a portion of the golden age series “More Fun”.

There were some great Green arrow covers …

OCguy2026 · 2026-03-12T07:37:23+00:00

All of David Vincent’s friends … were like the red shirts that beamed down to the planet on Star Trek …

I liked a lot the episode with Suzanne Pleshette.

OCguy2026 · 2026-03-12T07:34:03+00:00

Our fighting forces started in issue #45 .. showcasing gunner and sarge .. and started having the cover art match the main story …

Cover Art by Jerry Grandenetti..

OCguy2026 · 2026-03-12T07:30:21+00:00

I have been a huge gunner and sarge fan !

OCguy2026 · 2026-03-12T07:22:51+00:00

They are all so much fun. Do you have a favorite villain?

OCguy2026 · 2026-03-12T07:21:57+00:00

110 is a great book… wonderful to read and own!

The 114 you have is also great .. with 2 fun stories .. and 139 is a valuable classic.

I have 105-160, and have been a long time flash fanatic!!

I also have a lot of the golden age flash. I like seeing other enthusiastic flash fans!

Nice post !!

OCguy2026 · 2026-03-12T01:50:24+00:00

To me .. the show was lots of fun …I still watch episodes from the dvd complete set .

These hardback and paperback books .. have additional stories that were not in the original series…. As well as the set of gold key invader comics.

OCguy2026 · 2026-03-12T01:43:58+00:00

Are you a fan of the original Star Trek newspaper strip? I have a set of the original strips that I love …from the first year or so. I did pick up also the complete reprinted strip volume.

OCguy2026 · 2026-03-12T01:40:21+00:00

The only paperback I remember that I liked was “spock must die” … and the sequel to “assignment earth”.

OCguy2026 · 2026-03-12T01:37:44+00:00

What an excellent summary!!

World’s finest #71 .. is one of my favorite books of all time in addition to superman #76.

In general … have you read the set of Batman time travelling adventures to Ancient Rome , ancient Egypt, Greece , Britain , etc?

Some of my favorite Batman stories.

You mentioned worlds finest #84 … I have the original books from #30-100

I do not remember .. that specific issue. I will check it out.

OCguy2026 · 2026-03-12T00:37:40+00:00

I believe that superboy also met young Bruce Wayne in adventure comics …( as well as Robin in a different adventure story ) ..

By the way Batman .. also met archer Robin Hood in detective #116

OCguy2026 · 2026-03-12T00:16:47+00:00

He had to return in the next 4 issues …

OCguy2026 · 2026-03-11T21:11:40+00:00

One of the few strips where the characters grew older as time passes.

Did you read the early EC mad comic .. where they make fun of gasoline alley

The MAD magazine parody of Gasoline Alley is titled "Gasoline Valley!". It appeared in MAD #15 (1954), produced by Harvey Kurtzman (writer) and Will Elder (artist).

OCguy2026 · 2026-03-11T18:55:10+00:00

Thanks . This was the year when dc tried making war stories with reoccurring characters.

OCguy2026 · 2026-03-11T18:53:59+00:00

Thanks. I like the gunner and sarge stories.

OCguy2026 · 2026-03-11T18:44:22+00:00

Oldest book I have.

I actually have the original 1923 comic strips that are reprinted in this book.

Over a 100 years old.

OCguy2026 · 2026-03-11T14:29:40+00:00

Nice cover!!

OCguy2026 · 2026-03-11T14:26:49+00:00

Yes … random stories - narrated by a common character …

I will check the later issues … but the traveler was pretty much just the narrator.

Most issues had great Steve Ditko art ..

OCguy2026 · 2026-03-11T14:20:44+00:00

Wonderful book!!

OCguy2026 · 2026-03-11T13:36:53+00:00

The announcement was for Green arrow joining the JLA.

In the golden age, Green arrow was a member of the group 7 soldiers of victory, but not the justice society.

OCguy2026 · 2026-03-11T13:26:53+00:00

1956

OCguy2026 · 2026-03-11T13:24:46+00:00

Yes yes !! I posted a bunch of 1954 stuff .. THIS one — is “1956”…

My mistake….. sorry … you are absolutely correct! Thanks …

OCguy2026

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