Spotting old books and magazines and dummy newspapers in TV, movies and old photos

[dask]

Not sure if this has been used yet or if the photo has been digitally altered but here it is, Twilight Zone:

 

[JunkMonkey]

More money than sense some people.

 

[Extollager]

I think that must be a fake, though quite a clever one for sure. It seems like something one would have heard about before, if one is in fandom, etc.

What's the source?

 

[dask]

That fount of fluid facts, Facebook.

 

[JunkMonkey]

If it is a Twilight Zone episode it can only be one of four episodes because that's Burgess Meredith and he was only IN four episodes of the Twilight Zone.

- Printer's Devil (1963) ... Mr. Smith
- The Obsolete Man (1961) ... Romney Wordsworth
- Mr. Dingle, the Strong (1961) ... Luther Dingle
- Time Enough at Last (1959) ... Henry Bemis

I have them all on disc.

Okay. fake or not, I'm 99.9% sure it's not from The Twilight Zone. I just FFd through all four episodes with him in.

 

[dask]

Think you’re right. Here’s the latest round of exchanges:

 

[Extollager]

IT'S GENUINE! From the Naked City teleplay "Hold for Gloria Christmas," as Dask pointed out.

That's about the most amazing find in this whole series of postings. Thanks!

 

[Victoria Silverwolf]

From Vice Raid (1959)

Note the boring nature of the smaller headlines.

 

[dask]

Not sure from a movie but something to pass the time until next verifiable find:

 

[JunkMonkey]

I'm guessing from 1956 - if the copy of Jesse James on the spinner is this one:

and, according to the same site, 'Matt Slade Gunfighter' only lasted 4 issues - in 1956

 

[Extollager]

I think this might be the Jesse James issue on display, given the shape of the hat and something else (the woman's hair?) below the letters:

 

[JunkMonkey]

You know, you could well be right. I was seeing the 'Duel of Doom' writing as having more lines but can see now that it's part of the spinner rack in the way that just makes it look like that.

 

[M. Robert Gibson]

and, according to the same site, 'Matt Slade Gunfighter' only lasted 4 issues - in 1956

If that is indeed the case, then this must be the cover shown because the colouring of the text matches i.e. dark Matt Slade with a lighter Gunfighter

 

[M. Robert Gibson]

And this looks like the Superman that the kid is reading

 

[Extollager]

Here are the data for the Jesse James issue, if that's the right one:

Mike's Amazing World of Comics

Mike's Amazing World of Comics. A searchable resource indexing comics from multiple publishers, including DC, Marvel, Archie, Charlton, Dell, Gold Key and Harvey. Contains comic information and cover images for thousands of issues.

www.mikesamazingworld.com

And here are some comics that were on sale at the same time:

Mike's Amazing World of Comics

Mike's Amazing World of Comics. A searchable resource indexing comics from multiple publishers, including DC, Marvel, Archie, Charlton, Dell, Gold Key and Harvey. Contains comic information and cover images for thousands of issues.

www.mikesamazingworld.com

This issue of Mystic seems to fit the photo below, and would have been on sale at the time.

Mike's Amazing World of Comics

Mike's Amazing World of Comics. A searchable resource indexing comics from multiple publishers, including DC, Marvel, Archie, Charlton, Dell, Gold Key and Harvey. Contains comic information and cover images for thousands of issues.

www.mikesamazingworld.com

Here may be the issue of Action Comics:

Mike's Amazing World of Comics

Mike's Amazing World of Comics. A searchable resource indexing comics from multiple publishers, including DC, Marvel, Archie, Charlton, Dell, Gold Key and Harvey. Contains comic information and cover images for thousands of issues.

www.mikesamazingworld.com

The boy seems to be looking at this issue of Superman, maybe just released (Oh, I see M. Robert Gilson just published a picture of it):

Mike's Amazing World of Comics

Mike's Amazing World of Comics. A searchable resource indexing comics from multiple publishers, including DC, Marvel, Archie, Charlton, Dell, Gold Key and Harvey. Contains comic information and cover images for thousands of issues.

www.mikesamazingworld.com

So the photo probably dates to March 1956.

 

[M. Robert Gibson]

And since the comics seem to be from May 1956, this Casper cover matches - light Casper on a darker background with a small full length Casper at the top left

 

[M. Robert Gibson]

This site also looks a good resource for finding comics

Comic Books: Buy, Sell, Trade, Consign, Collect | MyComicShop

The World's Largest Selection of Comic Books, from Batman and Superman comic books to Spiderman and X-Men comics, new and back issues.

www.mycomicshop.com

 

[M. Robert Gibson]

This searching is too addictive, I'm going to have to stop soon, but here's April 1956 Action Comics, which seems to match with what is shown - dark background with lighter title block background

 

[WorldbehindImagination]

New to the communtity ..!! Wanna Explore More .I Find very interesting to read and watch about world that does not even exist.Can anyone suggest any comics that can blast my mind ..

 

[M. Robert Gibson]

New to the communtity ..!! Wanna Explore More .I Find very interesting to read and watch about world that does not even exist.Can anyone suggest any comics that can blast my mind ..

Can I suggest you head over to the Introductions thread and say hello there? You are more likely to get responses there than on this specific thread

https://www.sffchronicles.com/forum/introductions/