Comments on: Fabulous Find: Spider-Man Golden All Star Book

By: Eric

Eric — Tue, 16 Oct 2018 22:14:30 +0000

You’re welcome! I have to admit they’re strictly after all these years a slow “comes the dawn” realization. Some of these pun-name parodies were very obvious to me even as a child (“Walter Gesundheit” – Walter Cronkite) but I didn’t catch the “Handy Battleground” thing until I read about what happened to Warhol and then it became easy to break down the hidden pun in the name.

Capote was tougher but that I realized stemmed from the fact that Capote was a frequent talk show guest back in the day.

I have yet to crack the mystery of who “famous politician Pricey Satin” was, but will post if I ever do figure it out! 🙂

By: Greg Turner

Greg Turner — Fri, 27 Jul 2018 14:03:59 +0000

Eric, where do you keep finding these revelations? I find them very interesting, just wondering about your sources? Thanks for sharing!!!

By: Eric

Eric — Fri, 27 Jul 2018 13:32:03 +0000

And the mystery of one other name cleared up. “Mendacity Capon, famous author.” That’s supposed to be Truman Capote. (“Mendacity” meaning lying the opposite of being “True” etc.)

By: Greg Turner

Greg Turner — Fri, 15 Dec 2017 00:31:12 +0000

Thanks for providing the additional background, on “Handy Battleground” and “SCUM”. I had no idea that it had any connection to Andy Warhol. All I can say is; WOW!

By: Eric

Eric — Thu, 14 Dec 2017 04:24:14 +0000

The name “Handy Battleground” was a takeoff on Andy Warhol, something that it took me years to figure out. And the whole SCUM thing apparently was tied into the fact that Warhol was once shot and wounded by a radical feminist who wrote a book called the SCUM Manifesto.

By: Greg Turner

Greg Turner — Thu, 02 Feb 2017 18:21:13 +0000

Hi Michelle. This is not one of the rarest or most valuable of Spider-Man collectibles, so I doubt anyone would pay all that much for it, but as with any collectible, it’s worth what someone will pay for it. Golden Books were marketed towards children and this book is pretty much clearly in that mold.

Checking eBay, shows that there are numerous copies available for less than ten dollars currently, so I don’t think you’ll be able to retire on the profits from this book, so I’d say keep it and share with the next generation.

By: Michelle

Michelle — Tue, 31 Jan 2017 12:15:17 +0000

I have this exact comic book. Any ideas on selling or holding onto it? 🙂 Michelle

By: Greg Turner

Greg Turner — Thu, 04 Sep 2014 23:43:17 +0000

Yikes, Mike, I didn’t realize than Alden McWilliams was Al McWilliams! Don’t know why I didn’t make that connection. Shame on me. Sorry, but I tend to talk in explanation points, so I tend to over use them, I guess. I’m trying to make a real effort to use them less, but this Fabulous Find was so out there, that I had no choice, I tell you, than to use lots and lots of them! I’ll try harder in the future, really.

By: Mike P

Mike P — Wed, 03 Sep 2014 15:55:33 +0000

Hilarious, stuff, Greg! For the record, Al McWilliams is a very respected Golden and Silver Age artist–listed in Overstreet for decades. He drew a lot of the better illustrated Gold Key TV/film-based comics as well as various romance comics and sci-fi newspaper strips. Quite a varied career if you’re interested: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_McWilliams.

I do have to ask though, are you getting paid per exclamation point? Seriously! It! Can! Be! Annoying! LOL

Thanks,
Mike

By: C. Scott Lovejoy

C. Scott Lovejoy — Mon, 25 Aug 2014 02:43:15 +0000

I’m flabbergasted by it all!