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

[Victoria Silverwolf]

"All known criminals" is pretty optimistic!

What movie is this?

There's that thing about Chinese living in trees again!

 

[J Riff]

i forget, but i noticed the 'living in trees' , again , too.
wait, i think it's from 'Blueprint for Robbery' and , there's a bunch more similar in that flick.

 

[dask]

Think this might be the Captain America, bottom shelf of vertical display:

 

[Pyan]

Super-Mystery comic: second shelf down on the right.

 

[Pyan]

And the Military Comics, three to the left of the above.

 

[Pyan]

Black Terror, top right:

 

[Victoria Silverwolf]

Two scenes from The Whistler (1944):

Appears to be a fictional book.

On the other hand, this is real:

Here it is:

 

[dask]

Hap Hazard, above the Captain America:

And, it’s a stretch, but this could be the Exciting Comics a couple of issues to the left of said Cap:

 

[Pyan]

Classic Comics, extreme bottom right.

 

[Pyan]

Super Comics, starring Dick Tracy. Third shelf up. toward the right.

 

[Pyan]

Police Comics. Third shelf down, centre.

 

[dask]

This appears to be the Cisco Kid comic, second shelf from the top, though one online source says Winter 1944 which could refer to December 1944, and another January 1944 which puts this in the year prior to the display. But the comic below it with only CASW (fifth letter indecipherable) as a clue, has eluded every attempt to determine what it is. Even the Overstreet Price Guide doesn’t list a comic with those four letters.

 

[Matteo]

It's CROWN.

A search lead me to a site where a group of fans are doing the same as some Chroners are. Though they are working from a higher resolution photo.

Can post the link, but it does give the game away somewhat.

Will put it in a spoiler (if only in case I can't find it again).

Spoiler: Discussion

Byrne Robotics: Bookstore Comic Book Display

m.byrnerobotics.com

Spoiler: Photo

https://flic.kr/p/EhzYg9

 

[dask]

Think it might be this. Depending on the resolution and type I can see where an A could be mistaken for an R, but man, that O still looks like an S. Anyway, thanks for figuring this out. Much appreciated.

 

[Victoria Silverwolf]

From Assault (1971):

"Common" as in "the Common," where the murder took place, not that the killer is "common."

This headline is a major part of the plot. The story is placed in the newspaper in an attempt to make the murderer think the witness (an art teacher) can draw what he looks like, so he'll attempt to stop her. Not a great plan, I'd think.)

 

[Matteo]

Hmm...link to just the photo does not appear in my spoiler. Trying again.

Spoiler: Photo

https://flic.kr/p/EhzYg9

 

[Matteo]

Nope! . So here it is:

https://flic.kr/p/EhzYg9

 

[dask]

From an episode of Ozzie and Harriet:

 

[Bick]

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Not racist at all!

 

[JunkMonkey]

From an episode of Ozzie and Harriet:View attachment 112351

That row of paperbacks appear to me to be Gold Medal books: