So you're traipsing around the Internet and at a loss for something to look up. Try this as a challenge for your comic book sensibilities...
Find an old photograph of a newsstand...
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8TuXgGHObtfgdBuo66KXBGMIA_0IedVJzk3KABdMe-0g9QWi_lJUFsOnKbQ2bYliirgPCJv8IFpW0bA7kix3Vzbuy7FMMxFEq_8eC6aBJeoYjtgEM5flVlC8_jcD5g8XZ_5kg4A/s320/1482223605_26aa79b7f4_o.jpg)
Then, see if you can figure out when it might have been taken based on the comic books displayed. In the above photo, for example, one can discern
More Fun Comics #48 and
All-American Comics #8, cover dated October and November 1939 respectively...
Here's another shot of the store's interior...
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0WxRc_GD0Il8D-T8c9VEFmKddPk_BTIen2eQnE9GTkcN4NRoF17YQSIHEpngDjemQNuHo0_AzfGPA08wjxcpguFN6bA28RqrJgkptbl3hkR4jLfAYE9dGB5HtlN9ZGVXrzhxN_Q/s320/1514067571_81b86a0082_o.jpg)
Hanging up and clearly visible are:
Hit Comics #11 (May 1941),
Big 3 #2 (Spring 1941),
Champ Comics #13 (May 1941),
All-American Comics #25 (April 1941),
World's Best Comics #1 (Spring 1941),
Superman #10 (May/June 1941),
Action Comics #35 (April 1941),
All-Star Comics #4 (March/April 1941),
Master Comics #13 (April 1941), and
Blue Beetle #6 (March/April 1941)...
Curiously, it appears that hiding behind the gumball machine is
Batman #4 (Winter 1941) instead of #5 (Spring 1941)...
1 comments:
There's an episode of The Naked City (Season 4, Ep 1, "Hold For Gloria Christmas" Sep 19th, 1962), filmed in NYC and the Newsstand they use as a backdrop in one scene prominently features both Amazing Fantasy #15 and the JIM introducing Thor. If you Google it there's screenshots available.
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