ComicsPriceGuide.com Forums - Help Locating / Identifying Comics - Legacy black and gold comic by Majestic - Messages https://comicspriceguide.com/forum/messages.aspx?TopicID=11319 ComicsPriceGuide.com Forums - Help Locating / Identifying Comics - Legacy black and gold comic by Majestic - Messages en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Jitbit AspNetForum Sat, 29 Jul 2017 13:02:58 GMT Sat, 29 Jul 2017 13:02:58 GMT https://comicspriceguide.com/forum/messages.aspx?TopicID=11319 Message from fpnj jgoulding Don't dismiss those ashcans. Some of them can be worth a nice piece of change. Just went thru a stack I had and most were worth only a buck or two, but some were in the fifty to one twenty range.
always check. An early book even in poor condition could be a good investment.]]> Sat, 29 Jul 2017 13:02:58 GMT https://comicspriceguide.com/forum/messages.aspx?TopicID=11319 Message from Defiant1 jgoulding wrote:
Good to know what ashcans are. I guess the name says it all. Burn after reading. LOL
Thanks!


The term "ashcan" now is tied to promotional comics. The original definition ties back to Trademark registration in the 1940's. Publishers would make covers for the title they wanted to register and put those covers over another comic's interior. They were used for the sole purpose of registering a new trademark and blocking the competition from using a title.

Here was Fawcett trying to register "Flash Comics", but DC registered first. This is a true ashcan as it was originally defined.

]]> Sun, 18 Jun 2017 18:18:30 GMT https://comicspriceguide.com/forum/messages.aspx?TopicID=11319 Message from quinnspuddinjoker Sun, 18 Jun 2017 13:54:50 GMT https://comicspriceguide.com/forum/messages.aspx?TopicID=11319 Message from jgoulding Thanks!]]> Sun, 18 Jun 2017 13:51:47 GMT https://comicspriceguide.com/forum/messages.aspx?TopicID=11319 Message from quinnspuddinjoker
http://www.mycomicshop.com/search?TID=19025272]]> Sun, 18 Jun 2017 13:36:16 GMT https://comicspriceguide.com/forum/messages.aspx?TopicID=11319 Message from jgoulding Sun, 18 Jun 2017 12:11:35 GMT