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DCCOBENT RESUME

RD 145 828

AUTHOR ScOtt, Randall W.

/R 005 227

TITLE A Subject Index to Comic Books and RelatedMaterial.

PUB DATE Jun 75. ,

NOTE 59p,; BASed,on the holdings of the*Miahigan St ate

University Library's COmic Art Collection *ChildrensLiterature; Comics (Publications); Indexing;Serials

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EDRS PRICE MF-$0.83 HC-$3.50 Plus Postage.DESCLIIPTORS *Cataloging; *Childrens Literature; *Comics

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ABSTRACT.t

The original problem of the Special Collectionsdivision of the Michigan State University Library (tISU) vas toestablish a direction for the comic book section of the popularculture collection, and to state the holdings in the chosen area,'TheCOffiCS chosen as the target collection were the superherO comics ofthe 1960's through,1975, as this was the most nearly completecollection. The author's definition of a superhero\is'included.Through the study of the comic collection, a system for catalogingand indexing comics was developed. Information provided by thecataloging system includes a call number, title, publisher, issuespdblished, notes, MSU holdings, and additional holdings as reprints.This information,is tabulated for the _superhero comics in thecollection and also for' the western comics, war and military comics;romance comics, and others. The card catalog for the comic collectioncontains Author-Title cards and Subject Index cards for each item in.the collection. A list of subject headings and an author-title listof all holdings in tiie MSU collection are included'. (JAB)

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EDUCATION POSITION OR POLICY

A SUELJECT INDEX TO

COMIC BOONS

AND RELATED MATERIAL

Based on the holdilgs of the

Michigan State University Library's "PERMISSION TO REPRODUCE INK;Comic Art Collection MATERIAL HAS BEEN GRANTED BY

Randall'W.'ScottIntended as ft aid in the uae andacquisition of comic art material.

TO THE EDOCATIOVAL RESOURCESINFORMATION CENTER IERCCLANDUSERS OF THE ERIC SYSTEM "

Randall W. ScottSpecial student, MSU English Dept.

Se-rials searcher, MSU Library

June 1975

Special CollectionsMichigan State University Libraries

East Lansing. Michigan ,48824

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DEDICATION to Ray Walsh, to whomI owe my re-introduction'to comics and $ 39.00 '

THANKS to Ray' and many otherlibrarians and collectors,and Bob Overstreetand Stan Leeand Russell Nyeand Jim Friel.

*A. SUBJECT. INDEX TO COMIC BOOKS AND RELATED MATERIAL

COpyright g 1975 by Randall W. Scott.

FOREWORD

.This booklet began as a projeCt for the Michigan State University

Library's Special Collections division. The problem was to establish

a direction or emphasis for the comic book part of the popular culture.

collection, and to state explicitly the holdings in the chosen -area SO

that the collection could be Intelligently- nurtured..

The comics chosen as the tergetcolleCtion are the superheroscom-

ics of the 1960i (and continuing to date). There was no choice to,make,

really. On the ago hand these are the beStrepresented category in the

collection, and choosing another esee would be starting from nothing.

On the other hand, superheroes are ,the most striking and characteristic

comic book formula, as well as the most popular.

A checklist has been made detailing the holdings of the collection,so 4 N, 7

a small ...portion of which are listed here: The superhero titles for the.

years specified in this booklet are the ones we intend to complete cur

holdings of first. Any offers to sell (cheap), trade or donate iSsi,les

we lack are welooie, but remember, the Comic Art Collection has no reg-

ular budget.

Besides providing aftkanalyais of the MSUcollection, this ploject\

has developed into something withbroader applications: a system for oat-,

aloging and indexing comios in general. The arrangement by categories

of this holdings list is meant to reflect .the form of the subject inde

in the tentative cataloging system described ..in the appendix.

This working paper is presented in the hope that,.given a year's

time, criticism, and a directed acguisiti,ns program, we oan offer in

1976 a serious and substantial library catalog based on the Miohigan

State University Comic Art Collection. - 6-4-75 RWS

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

-Foreword . ....... 0

What: is a Superhero?

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Using this booklet . .

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SUBJECT HEADINGS IN USE (Index) . 9

Holdinat by subject 0 0 0 0 0 10

Author-title ,index . . . . ' 3q

/ Appendix: C.ontio' Book Cataloging . . . 31

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WHAT IS A SUFBRRER6?

In order to build a colledtion of superhero oomics we need to have

at least working,definition_of what,a superhero is. .Jules Feiffer,,

,lligreat'Compic Book perogie, implies that they should be invulner-

able to physical hdrm, as Superman essentially is: *Batman was not a

superrhero,in the truest sense (however we may have liked to think of

14m)o If ygilipricked him, heibled-buckots.* 27) In fact, Bat-

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man doesn't have any .super-powers at all, just a ,belt full of ginunioks

and a flair for acrobatics and crime detection, but he ia.a Superhero.

Feiffer calls the Spirit a, superhero a few pages 'later (p. 36). ',In,

the superpowers' department Batman and the Spirit are a match, 'both

_have gimmioksNand caitations with the commissioner, and that's about

'all. Tut%the.Spirit is not a superhero.

-.In All in Color f2.r LDime(p.).00))3ill blackbeard is making his

case for Popeye as the first superhero:

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Popeye's surter-sibilikies*...were, indeed, used so casually...

that thousands.of fans, literally experts in, the limited area of

superhero comic art, have ignored or forgotten his pioneering role

and have assigned it instead to the egregious Superman of Jerry '

Siegel and Joe Shuster.'This is, perhaps.,.just as well, for on a gut-instinctive level,

the kids wore right about the origin of their passi

The kids and the "literally" experts" are still right, though. Pop-.

eye.was Eigraat,character, but even when he turned into the spinach-

poverelornado of TV cartoons he was never a superhero.*

Sup\vman is the model for all superheroes. Why? By definition.

CoMic books are a serial medium, and their makers depend'on formula

* Blackboard's article, in fairness, is not'an attempt to force Popeye

into the superhero mold, but rather an appreciation.of Popeye and his

many innovations, of which" exaggerated strength is oneo

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writing to produce them fast enough to survive. The pace is hectic,

.N and when something new catches on the rest of the industry swipes. Thezz,

werelhousands of imitators within ten pars of Superman's. debut, and

thee is little doubt.in:'his contoxt that Superman was the first super-'

hero. Superman hod his antecedents, of course. Perhaps the baton was

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passed to him by Doc Savage, who got it from Nick Carter. Maybe Super-.

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man and Lois Lane are modern analogs of Samson and Delilah --ever notice

that when Superman loses the little curl of heir on-hi's forehead he im-f

mediately becomes Clark Keht? If we were dealing with a novel called

Suorman'it would be an obvious exercise to trace his pedigree throqs4

the rolls of heroic fiction. But although the first Superman .story was

certainly part of a long tradition', more significantly to comics iwas

the beginning of a new tradition, of a whole literary world. While non-

4superhero comios tendtO remain adaptations or imitations of forms in

other media, superheroes are unique to comic, books...

To say that superheroes are modeled after Superman is of Ociurse not

. enough for a working definition. Transformations and permutations of the

model have gone quite far afield. I prOpose two requirements, beyond

s appearing in a comic book and postdating Superman. A awerhero'comio .

- must have both: (1) a hero; heroine, anti-hero or.villain with either

a super-human power or outlandish appease (or both); and (2) an ambience

of superheroism, that is, a milieu where super-strength, secret identity

and bright costumes are accepted heroic accoutrements.

Thus Batman ana' Ka -Zar, each in his auperheroioally crowded world, are

superheroes while the Spirit and Tarzan are not. And Adam Strange is,.

but Jasper Sitwell isn't, and Mary Jane and Sniffles never had a chance.

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SUCGESTIONSFOR-USIWTHIS BOOKLET

For userg Ibg Cog Art z22014.s: This is a list of the most

often used titles in 'the. collection, with the holdings stated exactly 'as

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of June 3,.1975. Several hundred additional titles and newer acquisitions

are listed in 'the Comic Book Checklist in Special Collections.

To .other litraries: We have not seen specific holdings lists of other

library comic book collections, and we offer this in eXchange if you have

akiiSt'available. There's room in the margins to write in'yOur own holdings

-to Compare them with ours; veldt4°f course like to see the results and per''.

haps trade some duplicates. Ih addition we'd like reactions to the collect.

tion and the catalogpg.ftom other people in charge of library collections.. _

To aellegles and tansigm la gormalz_ This doesn't look like much

icomared to the monumental gakiLe Book,Pyice,Guide, bUt the concept is just

as big and that's what's bang pre'Sented Here. For the preSent the Subject

Index and all its related indices Cade Appendix) are tied to.the holdings

of the MSU library; this is after all intended as an aid to 'using a public

colleetion. Going all the way, like the 'rice Guide does, is the obvious

ideal. This could be accomplished by (1) gigantic donations toithe MSU

library, (2) *Union Cataloging" which would merge, on paper, eevei'al public

collections to allow for a more general catalog, or (3) by cataloging from

private ctoileotions whether.or not the items cataloged are available t\ the

general user.

Comments are welcome: Michigan State University Libraries, Comic Art

Calectkon, East Lansing, MI .48824.

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FI Calls

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Issues'Published

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Notes

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Cell 1 ed'like regularchll numbers forpaging acs shelving, these were set up for thecosies to preserve the shelving order--alpha-

,/ beticallrby publisher, then by title. ,pxcept.for the call numbers given for" books, thy arenot the Library of Congress system call num-bore used in the rest of the library.

Titles The title.we've chosen as standardfar each comio'in all our catalogs'and indices.-

'1meg Luka.112,4: Not our holdings, but theissue numbers that would make a comfilete ool-

o . leotion in each case. Dates are also included.

. Notes: Bits of information taken from thecatalog oards about what supersedes what, whoappeared when, landmark ittsuas, etc. Very ab-breviated in some cases, 'aids type of informa-tion isgenere1ly better presented in the" ComicBack Exile Guide.

MSU Holdings:. The Comic Book Checklistgives information about five possible states inwhich our colleotion-could have each issue of

MSV HoldingsAdditional -

'Holdings as

Reprints

,a oomio. (1) A complete copy in library condi-tion, i.e., readable, nothing at all missing or'obliterated, not likely to detbriorate badly withnorvs: use. (2) A complete copy except for'thecover; which is missing or defaced, still readablewith nothing missing inside.

States-(1) and (2) are reported as holdings inthis list.

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Additional licldinas as Reprints: (3) An exactor only very slightly edited reprint copy is re-'ported in the final column. except ih rare casesthese do not inolude the original text pages oradvertising. All reprints listed are the onesreferenced through the reprint index integratedwith th2 Comic Book Checklist.'

(4) An incomplete .copy or' (5) a partial re-print, though recorded in the ohecklist, are notreported in this lis.

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SUBJECT HEADINGS IN USE

Animal comics.

see Funny animal condosAnth"ropomorphic comics

see Funny animal comics

7Holdings on Page

BIBLIOGRAPHY OF COMICS' 10Fantasy comics

see Science fiction.and fantasy comicsFUNNY ANIMAL CONIES 10Love comics

see Romance comicsMarvel comios

see Superberc Comics, Marvel, 1961Military comics

see liar and mil'it'ary comics-ROMANCE COMICS t-, ..... ; .. . . . .... . 11SCIENCE FICTION MD FANTASY COMICS-' a 11SUPERHERO COMICSHISTORY AND CRITICISM . 0, . .. 14SUPERHERO COMICS, AMERICAN COMICS GROUP 15

a . 'SUPERHERO COMICS, CHARLTON 15SUPERHERO COMICS, D,C., 1959- *16SUPERHERO COMICS, MARVEL, 3:961- 21SUPERHERO COMICS, TOWER . '. 24

I SUPERHEROINE COMICS 24SUPERHEROINE COMICShANTHOLOGIES 24UNDERGROUND COMICS . 25WAR MILITARY COMICS 26,AND

War c MI CS

see War and military comics .

W'ESTEttN COMICS 28'

These e the subject headings and oi)oss references used in thednitial catalog-'many more are ,being established as needed

EaltIOGRAPHY OF COMICS--

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1000.091974

Overstreet, Robert tif"

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The Comic Book Price Guide, 4th eCleveland, Tenn.,- 1974

FONNY 41IMAT., COMICS.

,COndas featuring anthropomorphiccharacters.

#

DGK

.D6

DCx145 .

Title

Donald Duck

Mickey Mouse

Walt Disney'sComics W.-5-1I-Ort39.,

Issues.Published

no. 26- ;1953-

no, 28- ;19537-

no, 1- -;

1940-

animal

Notes

earlier nos.in other

MSU Holdings

29, 429.56, 57,series 65, 67, 69, 73,

'earlier nos.

in-otherseries

s_

40, 44, 45, 52,

1The most completeand'reliab2.e source

Lof bibliographic' data

59, 61, 64,75 90, 124

60, 62-66

'159, 162, 166, 168, 169, 173,-175, 179, 187, 189-191, 193,196, 207, '212, -215-220, 225,226, 228, 232-234, 236, 241,243, 273, 280, 281-284, 286,289, 291, 305, 342, 346

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Additional:-

Holdings inReprint

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ROM4KE COMICS

Ccaics featuring love stories, true /confessions, eta. These are the soap___,/opera-of graphic story.. /

CHA,C35

CHA.L6

DC

,Y6

DC

,Y62

Career GirlRomances.

Love Diary

no. 277'; 1-

19657/

no. 1- ;

199?-

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Romance comics started in the late 1940s.The -Comics in this category are seldom contin-.ued stories, so isolated issues of lifferehttitles can be as useful as complete runs. The

collection could use a few more-older ones.

51, 54-56, 64-66, 69, 71, 74,76-78

55, 57, 61, 63-65, 67, 68, 72,73

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Young Love no. 1- ;

)2949-

Young Romance no. 1- ;

1947-

SCI NCE FICTICN AND-FANTASY COMICS-

Comics featuring science fiction or fan-tasy stories, generally without superheroes.Superhero and other strips included when theycan be- closely identified with science fiction

or fantasy themes or works in other media.

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75, 76, 79, 81, 85, 98, 110

160, 162,-163, 165, 166, 174,.181, 199, 205

This collection seem a natural addition-to the library,s science ;fiction no0C1, maga-zine and fantine colleczions.'Many titles,however, and some of the best, are not repre-sented.

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SCIENCE F4TIQN AND FANTASY COMICS (continued)

Call Title

ACG Adventures into

1 .A1-- the Unknown

DGK Doctor Solar,.D58 Man of the Atoni

CHA Flash Gordon, .F55 ''(1966-1970)

ACG

.F6

-1 DC.F7

DC

,ForbiddenWorlds

Froi Beyondthe-Unknown.

House. of

.H6 Mysteryno. 1-135

-House of no 1-60;

.1162 Seorets 1956-1963-'; no. 1-60

DGK Magnus Robot.M3. . Fighter

Sei-FiIssues

Published

no. 1-174;

1948-1967

no. 1-27;1962-1969

no. 1-18;.1966-1970

no. 1 -145;

1951-1967

Notes

no. 1-25;1969-1973

no. 1-135;

1952-.1963

MSU Holdings

AdditionalHoldings asRsprints

123; 12'0'1352 153, 154, 157-160, 163-165, 167, 3.68

2-7, 9 -12, 14-27

I13, 118, 122, 129,,130, 132-134,136, 1382 139

Reprints 1-7216, 17

83, 1052'112, 117, 130, 135,

ACG Midnight.M9 Mystery

DGK

.M52

DC

:M88

Mighty .

Samson

My GreatestAdventure

Supeijiero

136-173,Mystery 174 -

Superhero61-80,Mystery 81-

no. 1-28;1963 -1969

no. 1-7;1961

no. 1-20;

1964-1967.

no. 1-79;

1955-1963

351'36;43, 44, 59

Newer,issuesare reprint6

1-5, 7, 8, 10, 11, 14 26,

27 \

Newer issuesare reprints

Superhero:Doom Patrolno. 80-85

1, 2

1720 (complete run)

29' original .

held)

43, 50, 62, 68, 69, 75

SCIENCE FICTION AND'FANTASY COMICS (continued)

4()/ Call #

DC

.M9

Title

F Soi -i.Issues

Published

MY4teTY ip',Space .

1-110;-

1951-1966

Notes MSU Holding

53-110 also, 38,62, 69,.71 fry, 77-98,Superhero il:49-108, 110

DC Rip Hunter,R5 Tine Master

De 'Sea Devils

'.539

DGK 15pace,labily

I.S63 'Robinson

GRA 1Space War

S63'

,

DGK,S75

S'tar Trek

DOStrange

Adventures

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Ca Strange Suspense

',575 '

f

Stories (1967-

1- 1969)i

no. 1-204217,-244

I DC

1- .U5

1-1AOC

.U5

no. 1-29;1961-1965

n9..1-35;1961-1967

no. 1- ;

1962-

no. 1-27;

1959-1964

no, 1- ;1968 -

no. 1-204;

1950-1967.-no.,-217-244;

1969-1973

AdditionalHoldings asReprints

4, 6-15, 18-29

no. 1-10;1967-1969

'Unexpected 'no. 1-- ;

i1956-1968

Unknown Worlds no. 1-59;

11960-1967

Deadman in205-217

Myyterino. 105-

2-4, 6, 10-14, 16-26, 28-35

14; 4-14, 16, 18-28, 30, 31,

35 3.6

11

1-3, 8, 15

117,i 118, 121, 122, 126, 127,132, 143, 145, 148, 156, 160,165 -167,..170,=174, 177, 178, 180183, 184, 186 -192,'194,203, 219,

221-224, 2)6, 239, 240, 243

1-4,7

49, 56, 59-61, 77, 78, 81,- 82,84 -86, 88 -90,. 93 -96, 98-104

20, 29;30, 34, 35, 39 -41, 46',48, 51

KS.

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SUPERHERO COMICS--HISTORY AND CRITICISM

A few standard works are listed here. Thblibrary has a goodly shelf of anthologies and

histories, some of' which touch. on the topic of

superheroes, but most of them ars about news-paper comics and seem to have missed comic booksas a separate study.

NC1426 .1

.A43 '

1-1

1. PN672.T5

1974I

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PN Feiffer,'.4784 . .

?.068 -

F4

ro

PN6725

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NC

1429if.S62

i A56iv. 1,2

L.__ 1

All in color for a'dime

New Rochelle, NY., ArlingtonHouse, 1973

The comic-book book

New Rochelle, NY., Arlingtondouse, 1973

Jules The great comic book heroes

Dial Press, 1965

Lee, Stan

Steranko,Jaw

The origins

Collection of articles, primarilyon Golden Age superheroes

-Sequel to "All in color fora dime"

Short history of Golden Age cOmios,reprints (Golden.Ageonly)

of Marvel comics Shorthistory of-Seve ral Marvel super-,heroes, reprints 1961 to 'present of,/

NY., Simon and Schuster, 1974 ;Marvel comics.

The Steranko history of comics,volumes 1 & 2

Reading, Pa., Supergraphics,1970-19W

6 chronological volumes are projected;,v. 2 is still in the 1940d. Extremelydetailed and fully illullrated*

SUPERHERO COMICS, AMERICAN COMICS GROUP

Call # TitleSuperhero .

IssuesPublished

ACC Adv4ntures into 153-169;

.A3 the Unknown 1964-1967

ACG Forbidden 125-141;.F6 Worlds 1965-1967

Magioman

Notes

--Nemesis;Magic Agent

MSU Holdinge-

153, 154, 1571460, 163-165,167, 168

129, 130, 132-134, 136, 138,139

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Additional

Holdings asReprints

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SUPERHRO COMICS, CHARLTON

CHA

.1Y55

CHA.B551

CHA

B552

CHA.0 3

OHA

Blue Beetle nr 1-5;

(1964-1965) 1964-1965

Blue Beetle no. 50-54;(1965 -1966) 1965-1966

Blue Beetle no. 1-5;. (1967 -1968) 1967-1968

CAptain Atom

Judo Master

no. 78-839;

1965-1967

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54

87, 88

no. 89-98; 94-971966-1967

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SUPERHERO COMICS, D.C., 1959-

SUperhero comics published by National Per-i

iodical Publications (D.C.) from Plash no. 105

(March 1959), which Marke4.t.e first revival of

a comic book from the Golden Age (Flash Comics

no. 104 appeared in 1940,, .

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A definite new enthuiiasm-for superherd

comics began about this time (1959) and,dontin-

ues to the present. Most currently pubgshing

D..I.C.,.superhero titles began or were 'rail/ed.

since 1959., This category separates the 600 and

70s superheroes from' their precursors, which areOften studied separately;' and should facilitate

Call # Title Issues

I

Published

DC Action Comics no. 251- ;

. .A25 Apr. 1959 -

:no. 251-

DC Adventure

.A3 Comios

,no. 261-

:-DO Aquaman

.A67

DC. The Atom

.A8

no. 261- ;

. June 1959-

no. 1-56;1962-1971

- -

no. 1-45;1962-1969

Notes

o'ixparative studies with the Marvel Age of Com-

ics which began two years later' (1961).

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Some of the: D.C. superhero comics made it

through the50s, and they are the only ones in.

silgomiodom.that dids Action, Adventure, Bat-

man, Detective, Superboy, Superman, Wonder Woinan

and World's Finest. These are divided arbitrar-

ily for purposes of this holdings list in the

year 1959, so that the Golden Age (1938-1959)

category endi-om an issue with a rOund.number.

This is not to say there wire dramatic changes

in these titles in the year 1959, but'the whole

industry, was changing and the catalog hai to rs-!

fleet this.

Superman,etc.

.MSU Holdings


253i 256, 262-265, 267, 269, 271,273-276, 279-281, 283, 284,288-306, 308-311, 313 -372, 374-

)88, 390, 391, 395,'399,.415,436, 444,, 445

Super6n, 261-263; 265 -270, 274, 275, 282r

eto. 283, 286, 288-290, 292, 294-300;302-308, 310-394, 397-401,-405,428, 432

1-38,.40-45, 47, 02 52, 53, 56

Called Atomand Hawkmanno. 39-45

1-45 (complete run)

SUPERHERO COMICS, D.C., 1959- (continued)

DC 'Batman.B32

'no. 121-

DC 1 The Brave

.B7 and th4 'gold

,no. 28' .

DC Cap.ain Action.C3

L

cc..C-47

DC

.DC

.D46.

no. 271-

- BC

.06

DC

.F53

Challengers ofthe Unknown

The Creeper

DetectiveComics

Doom Patrol

no. 121- ;Feb. 1959-

no. 28- ;Mar. 196a....

no. 1-5;1968-1969

no. -80;1958-1973

no. 1-6;1.969

no. 271- ;Sept. 1959-

no. 86 124; ,

19644973

122, 126, 132, 134, 135,. 137,142-148, 150-212, 214-216, 218 -

225, 234, 235, 242

First Jus- 30, 34-37, 43-51, 53-86, 88, 89,tic* Leagual . 91-93, 97, 104JAI no. 28 r

Batman,

etc.

see MyGreatest Ad-venture 80-85

Flash no. 105- ; RevivesFeb.-Mar. Flash Comics1959- (1940-1949)

1-3, 5 ,

-4, 16,20, 25, 2841, 66,

67, 69-72, 74, 75

1-5

276, 280, 282,, 287, 290, 291,295, 297, 301, 305-308, 310-332,334-359, 361-399, 402, 403, 408,

423

86-88, 90-92, 94-100, 102-120,123

Lllr 112-114, 116-120, 124-126,

12.,-197,.217, 219

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SUPERHERO COMICS, D.C., 1959- . (continued)

Call # Title

4

IssuesPublished

IX Green Lantern no. 1-89;

.G7 (1960-1972) 1960-1972

DC Hawkman no. 1-27;

.H31963-1968

DC House. of .

.H6" . Mystery

'no, 136-173

cc.H62

no. 61-80

Notes

RevivesGreen Lan -_

.tern(1941-1949)

4)

no. 136-173; Jonn' Jonzz;

1963-1968 Dial itorHer

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MU Holdings

AdditionalHolding as

Reprints.

1-3, 6, 8, 10, 12-21,,23-71,75-77, 80, 85

1-11, 13-26

4

1 37 140, 143-149, 151-154,156-173

House of no. 61-80; -Eolipeo; 67, 68, 71-73, 76-80

Secrets 1963-1966 Prince RaMan

DC . Jimmy Olsen

. .J5no. 31-4.

163

C-

no. 31-163; 31, 33, 38, 40, 41, 43, 49i 50,

1958-1974 52, 54, 55, 57-72, 74-.,.09, 111,

112, 114-129, 131, 133, 134

DC Justice League no. 1-

.J8 of America 1960-

1

Lois Lane

L L6

2, 4-75, 77-79, 85, 105

.

9, 10, 19-27, 29, 32-36, 38-104,

107, 113

r

1

(IQ

00

29

-st

SUPpillER.0 comics., D;Ce 1959- (continued)

_

,

. 8

. , e z

Metal Men

.

. -

no. 1-44;1963-1973 .

i. 43. _

.

CC

.143

Metamorpho,

sno. 1 -18;,

1965-1968 .

1-17'

DC

'.M88'

no. 80-85

.

My GreatestAdventure

,nd. 80-85;-1963-1964

.

.

( .

Doom Patrol.

81-85

_.

.

DC

.M9

no. 53-110

DC'

.P47

DC,

.P55

DC

.547

'no. 22-

93

Mystery inSpace

---;----

PhantomStranger

Plastic, Man

(1966-1968)

Showcase

no. 53-110;

1959-1966..

Adam StrangeHawk1nan,

.jUltra-.

2, 69, 71, 75277-98, 100-108,11Q

no. 1- ;

1969-

no. 1-10;

1966-1964,

no. 22-93;

1959-1970

. >

no: 22 re-,vives GreenLantern

.

..

1 -4, 6 ,

. , .

1-10 (complete run)

23; 30,.31, 33-51, 53-79, 81, 82,84-87, 89, 92, 93

.

\....

.

,

.s

DC'

.S63

.

Spectre, .

,

_.,

,no. 1-10;

1967-1969

1-8, 10

SUPERHERO COMICS, D.C., 1959-> (continued)

O

- Call Al,.

...--- : _ ......._ ,

, .

Title. r

...

.

I suesP 'fished

. -

Notes

.

MSU Holdings -

.


DC

L .S7,5 -

no.276216

-Strange

.Adventures

.

...' 205-216;

1!.7 -196i.

,

,

.Deedman

.,.

.205-216 taplate run).

.,. .

.

.

1--

DC

.SS

no. 71-

Superb.* .no. 71-Mar. 1959-

.

..

72,-75, 77-80, 85= 97,.99 -102,104-164, 166-169, 171, 204 ',

.

.

.DC

11. .S83no..131 -

_.........

DC

.T4

DC

.W6no. 111-

Superman

.'

_____

Teen Titans

Woederifothan

.

no. 131-, ;

Aug. 1959- - .

. _

'.240

.

135, 137, 139) 142, 144-149, 151,

153, 155, 157, 158, 160-183, 185 -

211, 211,-216, 218-227, 233-238,-242, 261, 279

_..

-no. 1-43;1966-1973

.

.

1-20, 22-261'29.

,

).

.

no. 111-ADec. 1959-Jan. 1960-

. 118, 220, 122, 123, 225, 126,

128-146, 148-186, 188, 190, 191,

-193 .

,

DC

.w65nc). 101-

Worldts FinestCothios

'no. 101». ;May 1959-

.

Superthan- ,_102t,

Batman team;etc.

..

193,1.05, 107, 109t-112, 114-

121, 123, 125.127,- 129 -178, 180 -

185, 187-193, 195, 196, 216

.

..

.

.

c'.

9.

3.3

SUPERHERO COMICS, MARVEL, .1961-k.

Superhero comics Published by the Marvel ComicsGroup from Fantastic FoUr no. 1 (November 1961),'which began the "Marvel Age'of Comics."

, This category had a very definite beginningpoint with Fantastic Four, no. 1, becauxe befbrethen )4arveli or Atlas Comics as it was called,hadn't published a superhero comic- for 6 years

(Snh4fariner no. 42; October-1955 is the last oneI can find). The tone o this category id- muchdifferent from that he Iden Age (1939-1955)Timely/Marvel /Atlas superhero category, althoughseveral of the central oharadters -are -revivals-from the earlier bowies. These are -the 'hero -witha hangups-ooidos, made to contrast ,with the near-invincible Super-tan but Still not atepptng outsidethe superhero formula, -except to -enlarge 1).4-.

boundaries a bit.

! Call #1

Ct

Title.. .

Superhero,Issues

Published

_....-/

no. 1- ;

Aug. 1970-

Notes .

,

Ka -Zar, Dr.

-Doom, etc.

MSU Holdings'.

2, 3, 5-7, 21, 24

.

.

AdditionalHoldings asReprihts

'29 (originalheld)

MAR,A8

o shing. as

. MAR

.A87

Aveng s me. 1-Sept. 1963-

-------,----

no. 100-Apr. 1968

.-

no. 1- ;

May 1968-

no. 1-= ;

Apr. 1964-

__,__

See Tales ofSuspense no.

55-99

See MarvelSuper- Heroesno. 12-13

3-6, 8, 9, 12-19,92, 102

21-77, 86, 89,.

_____

1, 2, 10, 11

MAR '

.C3

MAR.C32

mka

.D3

Captain America

Captain Marvel__

Daredevil

.

Doctor Strange(1968-1969) '

100-109, 111-121,131, 133,141-143,

.

123-127, 129-171

.

6,

.

1-20, 28,

1, 315, 7710, 12,83

14-69, 75, 81,

MAR

.

no. 169-183;1968-1969

.

'See Strange '169-..

Tales 110468172, 174-183

,

35

36

SUPERHERO COMICS, MARVEL, 1961- (continued)

60.1 # , Title

Suioeihero

IssuesPublishad

no. 1- ;

Nov. 1961-:

' Notes

.

.

.

MSU Holdings - =

AdditionalHoldings, as

Reprints

MAR

.F3'

fantaatio:Four

P .

5, 8, '7, 19, 22-24, 28, 30-

34,.36, 38-43, 45-70,..72,100 . 06,109;110, 113, 116, 126-

1-4, 6, 7,10-16, 20121, 25, 26,

MAR L.

.H8

MAR.17.

MAR

.J6

no. 83-125

MAR.M12

C6

iMAR

.M32

i S8

The Hulk

no. 1-6; .

1962-1963.no. 102- ;Apr. 1968-,

. .. 1

SeS Tales 4, 102-122, 124-131, 137, 138,

to Astonish -141, 142, 145, 176, 181

no. 59-101 - , -

,

1 2, 5

Iron Man no. 1- ;

May 1968-

-----=

'See Tales 1-24, 26, 27, 30, 31, 33, 34, 36,

of-Suspense 40- 42,' -51, 58

----,\---

.,

\

,

,

33, 34, 36(original

held)

,

Journey intokyntery

-Marvel Collec-tors' ItemClassics

Marvel Super-Heroes

Marvel Tales

S.H.I.EA,.D.(1968-1971)

-no. 83-125;1962-1966

no. 1-22;965-1969

no. 1, 12-1966, 1967

.

no. 1-1964-

, ........_ ____,

,.

Thor. 98, 103, 105, 109, 111, 115, 117-

no. 1-82 are 120, 123, 125I

pre-superherf

-

Reprints -.

,

1-12, 14-18, 22,

.

,

, 12-15, 17-19, 25, 26,-28, 31,

32, 43, 44Reprints,ex. 12-20

MAR.M32

[.., T3

MAR

.S47.

Reprints

_ .

See ,Strange

Tale9 no. '

135-168

-12, 14; 15,' 17-21, 23, 25, 28,

7

_ . _ _ . _ _ _ __ _

33 -36, 38-43(original

.

held)

no; 1-18;1968-1971

__ . __ __

-15, 17.

_____________

.

. ,

__. _________

SUPERHERO COMICS, MARVEL, 1961- (oontinued)

MAR' I Silver Surfer

.S5

Spider -Man

MAR.S75

no. 101-

MAR.S8

MAR.T3

no; 39-99

MAR,T32

-no. 27,

35-101

MAR

.T47

MAR .

,X12

Strange Tales

SubWriner'(1968-1974)

Tales of

no. 1-181968-197Q .

no. 1- ;

Mar. 1963-'

no. 101- ;Oct. 1962

Human Torch,Dr. Strange,SHIELD. no.1-100 arepre-superher

1-3, 5-17

10, 13-15, 19,21, 24, 25, 29, 31 -562 58-87, 89; 90, 92) 93, 95,96, 132, 135

1032.110, 111 1192'122, 123,

62,128-130; 132-141,,143 -1512

153-168

no, 1-72;1968-1974

3, 4, 7, 8,11, 12, 22,23, 26, 30

115, 116

.See Tales 1-27, 32, 37,

to Astonishno. 70-101

no. 39-99,

Suspense 1963-1968

1

Tales to no. 27,

Astonish 35-101;1962-1968

Thor

X -Men

38

not 126- ;.

Mar 1966-

no.' 1- ;

Sept. 1963-

38, 42, 49, 69, 70

Iron Man,Watcher, Cap.47, 53-56, 592r61-69 71-74, 76-

America. no. 991-38 are prosuperhero

Ant Man, HutSUb-Mariner;'16, 43, 44, 48, 51, 53, 58-62,no. 1-26, 28

34 are pre-superhero,

See Journey.into Myst.

no. 83-125

no. 67-93are reprints

4, 66-79, 81-101

6-129, 131-179, 181, 182, 186,

88, 189, 191-194,219

3, 9-63, 651.67, 68, 71, 75, 77-80(original

-4 held)

ro

on

1/4,4

SUPERHERO COMICS, TOWER

AdditionalCall # Title Issues Notes MSU Holdings Holdings as

Published Reprints---

I TOW Thunder agents no. 1-20; 1-111 13, 14, 17.T47 1965-1969

SUPERHEROINE COMICS

- Comics regularly featuring superheroines in astarring role.

DC

a6Wonder Woman no. 1- ;

Summer 1942 -

1

88, 97, 107, 108, 118, 120, 122,123, 125, 126, 128-146, 148-186,188, 190, 191, 193

1

SUPERHEROINE COMICS--ANTHOLOGIES

t

Wonder Woman I Collection of Golden AgeNY.i bat, Rinehart & Winston, 1972 . Wonder Woman stories, essays on

Wonder Woman, bibliography onsl Amazons

UNDERGROUND COMICS

These 100 issues range from circa 1969 td ci Ja

1973. The underground papers in the Aierican Rad-icalism collection contain ranch more of this mater-ial; Which is partly an outgrowth of the undergroundpress movement of the 1960s.

Very few of these are serial publications, sothey will need cataloging for each individualissue in almost every case. This is slowly beingdone.

4.1

Titles held: Fritz the No GoodFunny Animals nc. 1

San Francisco Comic Book . no. 2,

Secret Agent for the CIA3

Abortion Eve Further Adv. of Pudge Sin Cify USAAll Stars Girl Fight Comics Skull no. 2Announcing Jehovah's Kingdom Googiewaumer,Artistic Comics Harold Hedd no. 1, 2

Snatch no. 1-3,

SuperjesusBig Ass no. 1, 2 Home Grown no. 1 Tales from the Leather NunBijou no. 4 Iiner.City Romance: ChoicesBinky Brown...Virgin Nary.- Insect Fear

Tales from the Ozone no. ?Tales of Toad no. 1

Bleak and White It Ain't Me 91be Titi and Gilts no. alphaBook of Raziel Jesus Comics no.- 3 Tuff -ShitCaptain Guts no. 1-3. Jesus Meets the Armed Services Turned On CutiesC000hy Cooty Men's Comics Jesus (New Adventures...) Uneeda'Cyclops Jiz Wimmin's Comix no. 1-3Despair Mr. Natural no. 1, 2 XYZDying Dolphin Pandora's Box Yellow Dog. no. 142, 18Facts 0' Life Funnies . People's Comics Young and LustlessFed 'n' Heads El Perfecto Young Lust no. 1, 3Freak Bros. (Collected...) Pro junior no.-1 Your HytoneFreak B.,os. (Further Adventures ) R. Crumb's Comix & StoriesFritz Bugs Out

Zap no. 1-7, 7a 'T1

ov

ivU'

43

WAR AND MILITARY COMICS

Comics about war, comtat, military life.

Many of these make absolutely terrible state-abOut inS. xenophobia and imperialism.

CHA.A7

Title IssuesPublished

All AmericanMen of War

Army War Heroes

CHA Battlefield.B3 Action

no. 127, 118,1-120;

1952-1967

no. 1-38;

"1963-1970

DC hlackhawk

.B55

no. 1-61;'

1955-1965

no 9-243;

1944-1968

AAR Captain Savage.C33

DC Captain.0 32

no. 1-19;1968-1970

-4-Storm no. 1-18;

1964-1967

CHA Fightin' Army no. 16- ;

.F49 1956-

,notes MSU holdingsAdditional,oldings aseprints'

84, 86, 89, 90, 92, 95-98, 100,101, 103-111, 113-117

1, 4, 6, 8, 10, 25-29

26, 28, 30, 36, 43'49,58, 59

127, 129, 138, 146,151, 152, 154,157,'158, 160, 162, 165, 168, 172,

174, 176-179, 181, 182, 184-191,193-212, 214, 215, 217-227, 229,230, 232-243

1-19 (complete run)

1-10, 12-18

35, 38, 39, 48, 50, 51, 53, 54,57, 59-62, 64, 87, 90-92, 99, 116

WAR AND MILITARY COMICS (continued)

I CHA Fightin' Five . no. 28 -42; 30-.93; 37-40J-5 1964.4967 .

. ,,

. .

.

CHA Fightin' no. 15, 2- ; 1% 6, 31, 33, 42, 45, 46, 53,1.F51 , Marines 1951- 55., 57, 59-61, '64, 73, 79, 80, a .

91.990 104, 118.

. ...., ,.CHA. Fightin; Navy no: 76-125; 93; 98, 103, 10$, 110, 112, 1.16 -

.F52 - ' 1956 -1965 118, 120, 122.'. . ..

DC 0. I. Combat no. 1- i . 71, 83, 86; 88, 94, 97, 98, 100-.012, 1952- ' 102,- 1047113; 115, 116, 113-144,

150, 151,' 161, 174.-

DC Our Army At War no. 1- ; let.App. 104, 118, 122, 123, 1,26,&128,.084 . . 1952- Sgt.. Rook 131-1451.147-150, 152 -158, 160..

no. 81 162, 164-192, 194-214, 219, 220,- 222-225, 227, 237, 244, 255, 267

DC Our Fighting - . no. 1-- ; 49, 58, 60, 65, 7379i 83-89, 91-.085 Farces 1954^ '96, 98-100p 102 -109, 111-129P'

135 , 152

EMAR

.

__ _ ___ _____ _ ___-- _ _ ......

Sergeant Fury no. 1- ; . 1-4, 7-57, 59-79, 81, 82, 89, 90,.84 May 1.963-, 98 _

..._ _ ......_

DC Star Spangled no. 131-133, 49, 69, 96, .104p 110 -139, a41?..874 War Stories 4- ; 142, 144, 146-153p 1611 163, 168 .

1952- -_- -_-CHA Submarine no. 11-60; , .

--____ . -11, 12, 19, 37, 39-41, 51, 53

.S8 Attack 1958-1964

CHA U. S. Air no. 1-37; 15, 27, 29, 33, 35.U1 Force 1958-1964 ..

413

WESTERN COMICS

Comics about the American frontier, generally Western comics were one of the areas turned

cowboy/gunfighter stories, but including colonial to when the superheroes stetted to, lose sales

and revolutionary-war era frontier stories, west- appeal in the late forties.-

ward migration (wagon'trains and railroad camps),

mining, comics about American Indians, etc.

Call #

Hbc

eA43

EC

.B3

CHA

.047

Title IssuesPublished

Ali -Star

Western(1951-1961)

Bat Lash .

Cheyenne Kid'

s [-

MAR Ghost Rider

G48 (1967)

no. 58-119;

1951-1961

MAR Kid Colt Outlaw

.K5

no. 1-7; .

1968-1969

no. 1 -

1957-

no: 1-7;1967

;

no. 1- ;

1948-

-Notes

1,-e.

MSU Holdings

99, 105, 112, 115-118


1'6

20, 52, 57; 59, 67, 87-92

.

1-7 (complete run)

44, 79, 95, 117-137, 139, 141,

142, 144-147, 150, 156, 157,172, 182, 183, 186'

4:1

a

-ea

WFATFAN ,COMICS (continued)

DGK.L6

Lone 'Ranger

(1948-1962)

no. 1 -145;

1948-

81, 88, 89, 91, 95p 96.

.

.

MAR.M5-

Mighty MarvelWestern

no. 1- ;1968-

Reprints

______

1-4, 8-10, 15, 18, 27, 34'

..

. ,

MAR

.R3Rawhide Kid no. 1- ;

1955-40-45p. 47-559.57-59, 61-65, 68,

70-76, 78, 80, 89, 91, 99, 116,

122, 124

DGK.R6

Roy Rogers no. 1-145;1948-1961

,

Title varies174,Roy Rogers 'et

Trigger no.92-

80, 81, 85, 87-91, 94, 96,98-100,, 115, .126

CHA.T4

Texas Rangersin Action

.

no. 5 -19;

43-1956- .

9, 47, 50, 51, 53

. .

DC

.T6

Tomahawk

. ,

-no. 1-140;1950-1972

. ..

94, 96, 100, 110-120, 123 -126,

130

.

-(AR

.T85

Two -Gun Kid no, 1- ;Mar. 1948-

Jr

70, 72, .73, 75-94, 110,. 113,

119, 120, 122

DC

.W4

Western Condos no. 1-85;1948-1961

.67, 69, 77, 81, 83

....___,

roco

AUTHOR-TITLE INDECTO llamas LISTED IN THIS Bcontr

f

1.13.12

Action ComicsAdventure Coml.

Adventires intothe Unkn'oion

All-American Men

Lags

'16

a2,15

of War.

kelel tbst26

.34..11 aseA31-Star Western 28

Aqua. 16O

Army War Heroes 26Astonishing Tales 21Atom 16Avengers 21Bat Lash, 28Bataan- 17Battlefield Action 26Bleekhawk 26Blue Beetle 15Brave and Bold 17Captain Action 17Captain America 21Captain Atom 15Captain Marvel. 21Captain Savage 26Captain Storm 26Career Girl Romances 11Challengers of the

Unknown 17Cheyenne Kid 28IDA ails; -02ses 1st& 14212 2.211112 Az& WO

24.6 10Creeper 17Daredevil 23.Deteotive Cceics 3.7

Doctor ,Solar 12Doctor Strange 21Daiald Dusk 10Dow Patrol 17Fantastic Four, 22Feiffer, Jules 14F ight in Army 26Fightin' Five 27

Fightin' !UrinesFightin NavyFlashFlash GordonForbidden WorldsFrom Beyond the

UnknownG.I. CombatGhost Rider

Great 29212 Awls

112"Green' Lex:y4e:era

HaitianBOWS of MysteryHouse of SecretsHulkIron ManJimmy- Olsen

Journey into MysteryJudo MasterJustice LeagueKid Colt OutlawLee!, Stan

Lois LaneLone RangerLove DiaryMagnus Robot Fighter

Esst

. 27271722

12,15

322?28

141818

32,1812,18

2222182215182814'18

29111/

Marvel Collectors'... 22Marvel Super 'Heroes 22Marvel Tales 22Metal Men 19Metamorpho 19Mickey M.-Agie 10Midnight Mystery, 12Mighty Marvel Western .29Mighty Samson ; 12My Greatest Adventure

12,19Mystery in Space 13,191112 Waal 2/

Jitasi comiof 14Our Army at War 27Our Fighting Forces 21Overstreet, Robert M. 10

5 2,

East

Phantom Stranger 19

Plastic ManRawlide Kid 29Rip Hunter. 13Roy Rogers 29

Sea Devils . -' 13

Sergeant Fury 27SHIELD 22Showcase 19Silver Surfer 23Space Family Robinson 13Space War 13

Spectre 19Spider-Man , 23Star Spangled War 27StarTrek 13Steranko, James 14

Atesank2=231aissz. grow 14Strange Adventures p13,20Strange Suspense 13Strange Tales 23SubAariner. 23Signarine Attack 27Superboy 20Superman .20

Tales of Suspense. 23Tales' to Astonish 23.

Teen Titans . 20Texas Rangers' in Actbn 29Thor 23Thunder Agents 24Tomahawk 29Two-Gun Kid 29U.S.Air Force 27Unexpected 13Unknown Worlds 13Walt Disney's C. &'s. 10Western Comics 29Wonder Woman 20World's Finest Comics 20L-1403 23Young Love 11Young Romance

. Page 31

APPENDIX: COMIC BOOK CATALOGING

"An immenie boon to the wouldbe collector, scholar, or simple

nostalgic reminiscerovould bee comprehensive .index to the comics.,

Such an index -would also be an inmense project, andalthough a number

of such efforts are under way, the closest available book to that ideal

. index is a.volume prepared for a wholly different purpose:

"This is /he comic Itarrioa glgAi by Robert M. Overstreet.... this

bookssis its name indicates, was created' as an aid to dealers and colleo-

.tors in establishing acme sort of reasonably stable price structure for

collectors' items. 'Bat, as a by-product of this effort, the Guide has.

come to include issue numbers, dates cover reproductions, and a growing

'Amount of bibliographic annotation with each passing edition.'

--Diok Lupoff and Don Thoupson; Introduction tons! Condo, -kotkals

our years ago) yours truly was very unemployed and accepted a job

sorting bpmio books,at

'

at'a dollar an, hour. It, was terrible: I hadn't read

a comic since-they gent up to 120, had never read a Marvel comic. It was

., .

months before I-oo4ddistinguidh betweeneDr. Strange and Adam Strange,

.

and rwasn't sure I oared. Two years later I was a qudlified compiler of

price lists; with a.book -dealer knowledge f many thousands of cornice.

00(1

...

My personal collection numbered about 5, issues. I was hooked on comic:.,

happy, but hungry.

M3X..next job paid moneyinstead,of °colas: tho Michigan State University

Library called for an interview. I gdt the job, resolved to eat well and

never buy another comic book. It was not to be. It took a year in the

library to get a decent grasp of the cataloging systcn (Library of Qongiess

especially serials cataloging (most. domic books are serials). It's a powerful

system for information retrieval...it would be even more powerful used in a

......._specialty catalog of comics: I pUi that on the back burner. .In June 1974 I;

started a-reprint and story-title index of my Marvels and-DC's, just for

something to do. Nine months later and fourteen shoe boxes full of cards

later I was bored stiff and ready to go back to school. I hate, school.

53

Just then'Dr. Ruaeel Nye of the English department came into the

Special )o11eotions part of the library and asked one of my fellow work

ere if any students' had come forward and volunteered to °nurture° the

comic book collection, The grapevine got.that to me in loss than ten

,mutes. I realizes; I had a complete comic cataloging system in my head,

7.ristling with ancillary 'edices and bibliographic'turne of phrase. Dr.

Nye agreed that it was worth oollege-credit and this bOoklet tie

beginning of the result.

Why Lave I inolvded the foregoing? predentials. I'm serious ei;:lut,

this project and I don't want,anybodyto visualize an alieuated under-

graduate reliving his ahilemod. .I like comics°

The quote above, from the Oorde-ijook _Baal .caught my eye about half-

-- way through this project: It is'exectly right ont,except for a,nasty pun___,---

which -I have spared you. -I know nothing of other:projects under way; but

I think Ivveld have heard of them if they're along the line of this one.St

I'mmore than willing to join forces, compromise, or yield to a fait accom-

,

pli any help I can offer.

As for the ComicBook price pulde, it's unquestionably the greatest

thing that ever happened to comic bibliography. I.have never believed,

since the first edition,, hat aol's purpose ie to establish primal.

It's just too good. My theory has always been that thte pricesvere just

put in so. that people wOuld,buy the book, and the real message is the notes,

and numbers.. Iive never, met Robert c:verstree.c, but a tip of the Hat7o and

I hope.I do sometime. A must for libraries, collectors, researohers,

zuraters specmistors,.,2ittle kids, professors, auctioneers, Ind comic

dealers. Fifth edition\lew gvailable.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF 1E GENERAL CATALOG Page 33

The comic book catalog, modeled after the Library of Congress oata

lzging system in generaf design, consists of three major, elements. A

checklist of holdings, an authortitle catalog,..and a subject index,all

formal and general enough to be used by any comic art.00llection, are

ready for limited use by patrons of the library. Although each part of

the catalog is based firmly on the present holdings of the library, the

Universe of comics has been taken into account.

The Coda Book Checklist: Each Issue of a serial comic magazine

is recorded on a holdings card. The user can tell at once, from the first

holdings card entitled "Fantastic Four," which of the first 50 issues of

that title are in tht, library. This was basic, the very first necessary

step in making a comic, collection available to the public'. The checklist

has other features as well. Before the holdings 'girds fcr each title there

is a *face card," which is a main entry, and from the author title catalog.

This face card desorThes the extent of the serial by giving its numbering

and the dates of beginning and ending (where applicable) of a complete

set,whetherornotzehave.acomplete set. Other notes of general interestP

about the title, bit :usually not about particular issues5.are given here,

along with. the call number for paging.

Following the holdings cards is another set of cards, of a different

color, which" constitute a reprint index. The library doesn't have Fantastic

Four #19 for example, so the little "R" beside the "1" on the holdings card

means s reprint it, available, and the first "contents card' tells the user

where. (See the sample checklist cards on the next page). Of course the

original is preferable to the reprint, especial:1.y when tY.ore are text pages

or letter columns in the original, but reprints are better than nothing

5 0

a

Page 34

and a lot better if they can be found reliably. This reprint index ex-

tends to partial reprints (not all stories of an issue reprinted) and

occasionally to significant.exoerpts or retellings. Ofton these cards

are made even when we have the original, beoause it's important informa-

tion and because it makes a handy WI. of going through and looking at-

all the steri4 es of a comic.

1---

MAR.F3

SAMPLE CHECKLIST -'CARDS

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/Contents Cards(Reprint index)

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II. The ji419Mitle Catalogs :The. cards in this catalog are much .

like the library's main catalog cards. A main entry card with bdblio-

graphic notes and a call number is made for each magazine or bookunder

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the entry bylihich it is usually cited.Additional entries -- "added en-

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tries!--proride the same information listed under other important persona

cr title, that a user might search under, especially in oases where it's

unclear which way a comic or book its "usually" referred to. Please note,

however, thai the *Fantastic, Four" will /at have an aided entry under

Stan Lee or Jack Kirty, for instance (they are the originators of the

Fantastic Four). The Fantastic Four has had many writers, artists, let-

t4rers and so forth, and so has virtually every comic aerial. Addingall

these names to the catalog would overwhelm it. This is very.important

information but it mast be handled some other way, in a separate index.

The library's headings of Marvel comics were indexed in this way by

Keith Fleeman in 1973, aid this is available to users: Besides indelev44

writers, artists, artist -inker teams, and letterers, Fleeman's index in-

cludes listings of every appearande of every character in every Marvel

comio held by the library in 1973.

Besides main entry and added entry cardS (examples on the next page)

a third and fourth type of card are part of the design of the author-,

title catalog. An "analytic" is made when the contents of a particUlar

issue are thought important enough to be cataloged separately. For ex-

ample, in view of the library's emphasis on collecting soienbe fiction

the stories by Samuel R. Delany in Wonder Woman will be handled this way.

The fourth basin type of card is called a "strip analytic" (as in

"comic strip") and serves to clear up the confusion of a oomio strip's

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title differing from the title of the magazine it appears in. The user

Who looks for Deadman, for example, will be &mon the veil numbers for

Strange Adventures/and Aquarian, with the proper issue numbers. Note that

this teohniqis not used for teams -upspoross-overs or guest starring

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in,-general...only When the-strip title is actually different from the

title of the 'magazine.

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The Gospel Blimp.Spire Christian Comics, 01974 by Fleming H.

Revell Company.

Badifd on the book TheGospel Blimpro1960by Joseph P. Bayly.

1. Religious comics 2. Teen humor comicsI. Bayly, Joseph,

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DC.H6 Dial H for Hero.

no.151,-173. Strip Analytic

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Ellison, HarlanThe brute that shouted love at the heart

of the atom: adapted by Roy Thomas. MarvelComics Group, o1971. ,

20p. (Hulk no. 140'

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III. The Sul4ect Index: The purpose of the subject index is to

group the cards of each commonly recognized major category of comics (e.g.

western, superhero, funny animal). Page 9 lists sample subject headings for

comics, so:I won't add to that, except to say that a lot more are already

in the works. An important thing to remember is that a/Subjeat cataloger

is not playing God and relegating things to one category or another. A

rule of thumb is that in cases -R7iTiiI-4i.leStIon-about-yhich of twojor

more) established categories a comic should be placed in, use all of theme

It can't hurt. Subject headings themselves are subject to change, too.

The Library of Congress does it all the time. if enough people, or

somebody with an overwhelming argument, can suggest,a better heading, you

have to get out your electric eraser and make the change, if it takes a

month. Here's an example of a "subject added entry card" all of, uhioh are

filed together to make up the subject index:

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WESTERNGOMICS

Ghost Rider (1967).Marvel Comics Group, no. 1-7; Feb.-Nov.

1967.

Not to be confused with the 1950-1954series in-A-1-Comics, nor with the motor-cyclist superhero of the same name.

1. Western comics 2. Superhero comics,Marvel, 1961-4

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