This Platinum Age gem from the prolific Carl E. Schultze or “Bunny” is a 1917 partial reprint from a 1907 collection. Foxt Grandpa’s Triumphs (1917 Frederick Stokes).tikivic

This Platinum Age gem from the prolific Carl E. Schultze or “Bunny” is a 1917 partial reprint from a 1907 collection. Foxt Grandpa’s Triumphs (1917 Frederick Stokes).

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This Platinum Age gem from the prolific Carl E. Schultze or “Bunny” is a 1917 partial reprint from a 1907 collection. Foxt Grandpa’s Triumphs (1917 Frederick Stokes).

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This Platinum Age gem from the prolific Carl E. Schultze or “Bunny” is a 1917 partial reprint from a 1907 collection. Foxt Grandpa’s Triumphs (1917 Frederick Stokes).

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This Platinum Age gem from the prolific Carl E. Schultze or “Bunny” is a 1917 partial reprint from a 1907 collection. Foxt Grandpa’s Triumphs (1917 Frederick Stokes).

This Platinum Age gem from the prolific Carl E. Schultze or “Bunny” is a 1917 partial reprint from a 1907 collection. Foxt Grandpa’s Triumphs (1917 Frederick Stokes).

This Platinum Age gem from the prolific Carl E. Schultze or “Bunny” is a 1917 partial reprint from a 1907 collection. Foxt Grandpa’s Triumphs (1917 Frederick Stokes).

This Dick Tracy clone got his start in Comic Books, then had a solid ten year run (1933-1943) as a comic strip. Dan Dunn Secret Operative 48 And The Border Smugglers (1938 Whitman BLB #1481).

This Dick Tracy clone got his start in Comic Books, then had a solid ten year run (1933-1943) as a comic strip. Dan Dunn Secret Operative 48 And The Border Smugglers (1938 Whitman BLB #1481).

This Dick Tracy clone got his start in Comic Books, then had a solid ten year run (1933-1943) as a comic strip. Dan Dunn Secret Operative 48 And The Border Smugglers (1938 Whitman BLB #1481).

I love this moody, ominous cover on Little Orphan Annie And The Haunted Mansion (1941 Whitman BLB #1482).

I love this moody, ominous cover on Little Orphan Annie And The Haunted Mansion (1941 Whitman BLB #1482).

I love this moody, ominous cover on Little Orphan Annie And The Haunted Mansion (1941 Whitman BLB #1482).

One more issue of this from a recent pick up. Gulf Funny Weekly was distributed at Gulf stations as a free weekly promotional comic beginning in the late Platinum Age. This is #102 (1935).

One more issue of this from a recent pick up. Gulf Funny Weekly was distributed at Gulf stations as a free weekly promotional comic beginning in the late Platinum Age. This is #102 (1935).

One more issue of this from a recent pick up. Gulf Funny Weekly was distributed at Gulf stations as a free weekly promotional comic beginning in the late Platinum Age. This is #102 (1935).

A later issue of one of my favorite Platinum Age series. Promotional giveaway comic from Gulf Oil that ran from April 1933 to May 1941 featuring 4 pages of original strips structured like the Sunday funnies. Gulf Funny Weekly #104.

A later issue of one of my favorite Platinum Age series. Promotional giveaway comic from Gulf Oil that ran from April 1933 to May 1941 featuring 4 pages of original strips structured like the Sunday funnies. Gulf Funny Weekly #104.

A later issue of one of my favorite Platinum Age series. Promotional giveaway comic from Gulf Oil that ran from April 1933 to May 1941 featuring 4 pages of original strips structured like the Sunday funnies. Gulf Funny Weekly #104.

Recent pick up. Slowly checking them off. I’m down to just needing 5 issues to complete the 181 issue set. Doc Savage The Meteor Menace (March 1934 Street &amp; Smith).

Recent pick up. Slowly checking them off. I’m down to just needing 5 issues to complete the 181 issue set. Doc Savage The Meteor Menace (March 1934 Street &amp; Smith).

A later issue of one of my favorite Platinum Age series. Promotional giveaway comic from Gulf Oil that ran from April 1933 to May 1941 featuring 4 pages of original strips structured like the Sunday funnies. Gulf Funny Weekly #103.

A later issue of one of my favorite Platinum Age series. Promotional giveaway comic from Gulf Oil that ran from April 1933 to May 1941 featuring 4 pages of original strips structured like the Sunday funnies. Gulf Funny Weekly #103.

A later issue of one of my favorite Platinum Age series. Promotional giveaway comic from Gulf Oil that ran from April 1933 to May 1941 featuring 4 pages of original strips structured like the Sunday funnies. Gulf Funny Weekly #103.

Softcover version originally included in a boxed set called Treasure Box Of Famous Comics. The Adventures Of Harold Teen And His Old Side-Kick “Pop Jenks” (1934 Cupples &amp; Leon).

Softcover version originally included in a boxed set called Treasure Box Of Famous Comics. The Adventures Of Harold Teen And His Old Side-Kick “Pop Jenks” (1934 Cupples &amp; Leon).

Softcover version originally included in a boxed set called Treasure Box Of Famous Comics. The Adventures Of Harold Teen And His Old Side-Kick “Pop Jenks” (1934 Cupples &amp; Leon).

As the unparalleled success of Whitman’s line of Big Little Books began to fade, they experimented with other formats including a small number of “Big Big Books.” This is Thimble Theatre Starring Popeye (1935 Whitman BBB #4063).

As the unparalleled success of Whitman’s line of Big Little Books began to fade, they experimented with other formats including a small number of “Big Big Books.” This is Thimble Theatre Starring Popeye (1935 Whitman BBB #4063).

Recent pick up. Slowly checking them off. I’m down to just needing 5 issues to complete the 181 issue set. Doc Savage The Meteor Menace (March 1934 Street & Smith).

Recent pick up. Slowly checking them off. I’m down to just needing 5 issues to complete the 181 issue set. Doc Savage The Meteor Menace (March 1934 Street & Smith).

Softcover version originally included in a boxed set called Treasure Box Of Famous Comics. The Adventures Of Harold Teen And His Old Side-Kick “Pop Jenks” (1934 Cupples & Leon).

Softcover version originally included in a boxed set called Treasure Box Of Famous Comics. The Adventures Of Harold Teen And His Old Side-Kick “Pop Jenks” (1934 Cupples & Leon).

Softcover version originally included in a boxed set called Treasure Box Of Famous Comics. The Adventures Of Harold Teen And His Old Side-Kick “Pop Jenks” (1934 Cupples & Leon).