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Matt Hawes
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Posted: 01 December 2017 at 6:58pm | IP Logged | 1 post reply

 Steve Coates wrote:
...A guaranteed No-Prize is your reward....


That No-Prize is mine! LOL!



It took a bit, but when I realized the second word of the title was "thrills" I was able to search for it with more accuracy. Billy the "kid" Hah! Punny!

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BTW, I wonder if that entire "Billy The Kid" comic was published sideways? If so, it's probably the earliest example of that sideways comic thing.

Edit to note: Then again, reading the cover. it might have been a paper doll kind of thing, though published by Fawcett.



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WOW! The No-Prize is in the mail!

It's an activity book...



Thrills, never occurred to me. Thanks
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I'm pretty sure this is the comic second row far right ,next to the Surprise comic.

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I think you're right Doug. Well spotted.
 
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It really hits home all of the comic books that have disappeared from culture (there are many many titles I have never heard of).  It helps put into perspective for me how truly incredible it is to invent a Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman and Spider-Man and have them LAST all these years.  It's easy to forget about all of the competition every month that these comics faced.
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Brings memories of my 8 year old self, fresh off the boat, walking into a big chain store (Eaton's) in downtown Edmonton, and being confronted with a literal WALL of comics!
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Huh. I actually get a bit of a JB vibe from this cover, from the pose to the flowing cape, to the curvy approach to anatomy - even the face to a smaller extent. Apparently the artist is a man by the name of Mort Meskin, and Steve Ditko had been quoted as being a fan.
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Matt, you're saying the fact that comics were lower-priced than most magazines was a main motivator for retailers to let comics go even though the return model was still open to them?  Huh, I had no idea that was the case; I assumed the comics industry abandoned the returns model and that was the reason for comics disappearing from traditional retail.  So if DC and Marvel had put out thicker, more expensive books they would have stayed on the stands and drug stores, etc.?

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Times change: there are probably more western comics and romance comics than any other subject. 
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