Mark Seifert
@markseifert.bleedingcool.com
Vintage paper addict, co-founder of Avatar Press, managing editor of Bleeding Cool. Interest in American periodical publishing history including dime novels, pulps, newspapers, magazines, golden age & silver age comics. I mostly post about old paper here.
This is what title pages (or expanding the credits, etc) are for.
November 23, 2025 at 12:20 AM
This is what title pages (or expanding the credits, etc) are for.
Yes! Omg I thought that was only me. I don't even play it either!
November 22, 2025 at 11:43 AM
Yes! Omg I thought that was only me. I don't even play it either!
Absolutely one of the books that sparked my love of comic book history early on. I think I've seen a copy of this in every used book store I've ever been in.
November 22, 2025 at 10:52 AM
Absolutely one of the books that sparked my love of comic book history early on. I think I've seen a copy of this in every used book store I've ever been in.
They don't say it was purchased off the newsstand in Northern California, but leave it at "decades" there.
One theory is that a large portion of the first run was sold in NYC that summer (1939) during the World's Fair. Few original owner copies of known provenance have surfaced in the western U.S.
One theory is that a large portion of the first run was sold in NYC that summer (1939) during the World's Fair. Few original owner copies of known provenance have surfaced in the western U.S.
November 22, 2025 at 8:53 AM
They don't say it was purchased off the newsstand in Northern California, but leave it at "decades" there.
One theory is that a large portion of the first run was sold in NYC that summer (1939) during the World's Fair. Few original owner copies of known provenance have surfaced in the western U.S.
One theory is that a large portion of the first run was sold in NYC that summer (1939) during the World's Fair. Few original owner copies of known provenance have surfaced in the western U.S.
I remember that one as well, a classic discovery story that definitely made the news in collecting circles. Ended up graded at CGC 1.5 and sold for $175,000 in 2013.
November 22, 2025 at 8:39 AM
I remember that one as well, a classic discovery story that definitely made the news in collecting circles. Ended up graded at CGC 1.5 and sold for $175,000 in 2013.
Action Comics #9, 12, 15, 18 and 21.
November 22, 2025 at 8:27 AM
Action Comics #9, 12, 15, 18 and 21.
Yeah, I particularly like this one. I'm going to see if I can track down the local sources later tonight and see if anything additional came of the matter.
November 21, 2025 at 10:48 PM
Yeah, I particularly like this one. I'm going to see if I can track down the local sources later tonight and see if anything additional came of the matter.
Yeah, that's a good point. And it was certainly a case of having to choose your poison among many pulp publishers!
November 15, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Yeah, that's a good point. And it was certainly a case of having to choose your poison among many pulp publishers!
Fantastic research. One would be curious to know what Hope Hale thought of Bernarr. I'm a little surprised to see she has bylines in Radio Mirror in late 1930s. Macfadden had advised Mussolini on training soldiers & platformed notorious Nazi propagandist George Sylvester Viereck throughout 1930s.
November 15, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Fantastic research. One would be curious to know what Hope Hale thought of Bernarr. I'm a little surprised to see she has bylines in Radio Mirror in late 1930s. Macfadden had advised Mussolini on training soldiers & platformed notorious Nazi propagandist George Sylvester Viereck throughout 1930s.
A video tour of their neighborhood or area, talking about what it was like during the author's era. "This building down the road was the nearest pub. This neighbor was a tailor, this other was arrested for murder..."
What and who did they see when they stepped outside that house?
What and who did they see when they stepped outside that house?
November 15, 2025 at 3:09 PM
A video tour of their neighborhood or area, talking about what it was like during the author's era. "This building down the road was the nearest pub. This neighbor was a tailor, this other was arrested for murder..."
What and who did they see when they stepped outside that house?
What and who did they see when they stepped outside that house?
The portrait on the wall here gives us a clue as to what the story is about, a symbolic struggle of the wealthy vs the working class.
"G. Douglass" is George Douglass, shipping and mercantile magnate of the early 19th century, whose grandson founded the firm which became Dun & Bradstreet.
"G. Douglass" is George Douglass, shipping and mercantile magnate of the early 19th century, whose grandson founded the firm which became Dun & Bradstreet.
November 15, 2025 at 12:40 PM
The portrait on the wall here gives us a clue as to what the story is about, a symbolic struggle of the wealthy vs the working class.
"G. Douglass" is George Douglass, shipping and mercantile magnate of the early 19th century, whose grandson founded the firm which became Dun & Bradstreet.
"G. Douglass" is George Douglass, shipping and mercantile magnate of the early 19th century, whose grandson founded the firm which became Dun & Bradstreet.
More coming on this front next Friday from the next issue of Famous Crimes!
November 15, 2025 at 11:42 AM
More coming on this front next Friday from the next issue of Famous Crimes!
Whoa indeed. Fascinating.
November 6, 2025 at 12:28 AM
Whoa indeed. Fascinating.