tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15624230.post116501908625993170..comments2023-12-24T18:29:26.864-05:00Comments on BOOKSTEVE'S LIBRARY: Rudolph the Red Nosed Comic BookBookstevehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09797445163866512849noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15624230.post-1165070056126365792006-12-02T09:34:00.000-05:002006-12-02T09:34:00.000-05:001950 was the first year for DC'sRudolph Annuals. Q...1950 was the first year for DC's<BR/>Rudolph Annuals. Quite an impressive<BR/>run, the non-Mayer issues and the<BR/>later Limited Collector Edition tabloid format numbers that Sheldon<BR/>Mayer DID work on. All worthwhile!<BR/>But how many of us super-hero centric<BR/>comic collectors PASSED on these<BR/>"kiddie" comics when we had the chance<BR/>to purchase them NEW off the newstands<BR/>and now see them going for big bucks<BR/>on Ebay?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15624230.post-1165031713505265542006-12-01T22:55:00.000-05:002006-12-01T22:55:00.000-05:00Thanks for the correction. Somewhere in the back o...Thanks for the correction. Somewhere in the back of my mind, I really did know that Mayer hadn't done the early ones but had totally forgotten it! I've amended the original piece slightly. I never really got any of the early issues when they were new, only as back issues.Bookstevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09797445163866512849noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15624230.post-1165024980096660842006-12-01T21:03:00.000-05:002006-12-01T21:03:00.000-05:00Sorry Steve, this is wrong. Shelly Mayer wrote an...Sorry Steve, this is wrong. Shelly Mayer wrote and drew the tabloid Rudolph in the 1970s, but all the 1950s - 1960s Rudolphs were drawn by Rube Grossman.<BR/>(some of the scripts were by Sy Reit).<BR/><BR/>steven roweAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com