Wham-O Giant Comics

[Ish Kabbible]

So I'm reading the latest Back Issue #61 which covers the treasury-size magazines DC and Marvel produced in the 70s and 80s (Superman vs Spider-Man, Superman vs Muhammed Ali etc) and noticed it made no mention to what I believe was the first in that format-Wham-O Giant Comics. I once owned a copy but I have no clue whatever became of it

Released in 1967 by the Wham-O toy company, it did appear on some newstands priced at 98 cents for 52 color pages in a whopping 21x14 size-about twice the size of a treasury. Alas #1 would be it's only issue. Inside you would find these contributors:

Wally Wood-a Radion and a Goody Bumpkin story totaling 5 pages
Lou Fine- a 2 page Tor story (no relation to Kubert's character
Ernie Colon- a 2 page story

Other contributors included Warren Tufts,Andre Leblanc,John Stanley,Marvin Stein and others whose names I don't recognize.

Who here remembers this book or actually still owns it?

[dan bailey]

I don't remember it & don't "still" own it, in the sense that I obtained my copy only about 5 years ago.

But, yes, I own it. It's not in particularly good shape; I doubt that (m)any copies are.

Man, getting that thing slabbed would take an arm & a leg ...

[Jodoc]

I remember buying that at a toy store; I wonder if they even tried newstand distribution for it. And yeah, I have no idea what happened to my copy, either.

[Ish Kabbible]

Hey Dan, where do you keep it?
It was so huge that I remember I rolled it up with a thick rubber band and it laid on top of my bookcase. I must have gave it away since it was so cumbersome. It has to be extremely scarce in hi-grade condition

[MDG]

I remember buying that at a toy store; I wonder if they even tried newstand distribution for it. And yeah, I have no idea what happened to my copy, either.

Because of the "high" price, and that Wham-O put it out, I'm pretty sure it was developed as toy more than a magazine.

Hey Dan, where do you keep it?
It was so huge that I remember I rolled it up with a thick rubber band and it laid on top of my bookcase. I must have gave it away since it was so cumbersome. It has to be extremely scarce in hi-grade condition

I don't think I've ever seen a copy that wasn't pretty well beat up.

[dan bailey]

Hey Dan, where do you keep it?
It was so huge that I remember I rolled it up with a thick rubber band and it laid on top of my bookcase. I must have gave it away since it was so cumbersome. It has to be extremely scarce in hi-grade condition

Right where you did ... well, except on top of my bookcase, not yours. (I'm selfish that way, I guess. I might well subscribe to the whole "property is theft" ethos, but I do draw the line at my comics. And books. And CDs. And movies. And zines. And ...) It's laid flat, though.