tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25473451.post2116922919500658084..comments2024-03-17T19:22:37.877-04:00Comments on Mike Lynch Cartoons: DC Annuals 1960-65Mike Lynchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06589354018554341768noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25473451.post-53614028802812478202010-11-15T10:49:40.961-05:002010-11-15T10:49:40.961-05:00Man, I LOVED those annuals! I didn't have tree...Man, I LOVED those annuals! I didn't have treehouse, but they were great for whiling away a summer afternoon. Usually w/ one of those flavored ice sticks in a plastic sleeve.<br /><br />I've picked up a few of these over the years and sometimes display them in my studio. I really AM old.Jeff Phttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05996773290453294035noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25473451.post-90110395315099647562010-11-15T08:33:08.612-05:002010-11-15T08:33:08.612-05:00I missed out on those, sadly. Maybe I should pick...I missed out on those, sadly. Maybe I should pick some up...Mark Andersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05839199259226381830noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25473451.post-77827331904722603662010-11-13T06:47:00.383-05:002010-11-13T06:47:00.383-05:00I loved those perfect-bound specials. The saddle-s...I loved those perfect-bound specials. The saddle-stitched regular issues were a dime, the special editions were a quarter, and I don't know that you got two-and-a-half times as many pages, but they were big and worth it. One of those up in the treehouse and you're good for a while.<br /><br />I like to place these things in my mind in terms of the price of candy bars. A candy bar was still a nickel until we stopped buying Cuban sugar, when they went up to seven cents on the way to a dime.<br /><br />Even when a special cost five candy bars rather than two-and-a-half candy bars, you got one heckuva lot of reading. Go into a comic shop today with the price of five candy bars and see what you walk out with.<br /><br />And get off my lawn.Mikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16807727819590358834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25473451.post-31606364146327010672010-11-12T16:36:35.203-05:002010-11-12T16:36:35.203-05:00That list ends just before my comic book obsession...That list ends just before my comic book obsession begins. Eighty-Page Giant #11 (The Greatest Superman-Luthor Duels) was probably my first comic book. Either that, or the duo of Jimmy Olsen #85 and Justice League #36, which came out the same month.Bob Buethehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04624148139233566430noreply@blogger.com