Download or read book Hake s Guide to Comic Character Collectibles written by Ted Hake and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Photos, captions, and prices for 1,500 collectibles--toys, lunch boxes, and more--of comic characters from the past 100 years.
Download or read book Official Hake s Price Guide to Character Toys written by Ted Hake and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: America’s leading toy dealer and collector presents the most comprehensive reference and price guide devoted to character-themed toys—a nostalgic virtual history of American entertainment from the 1890s to the present. • Based on cartoons, comic strips, and advertisements from Dick Tracy to SpongeBob SquarePants. • Market report on the latest toy prices • Brief histories of the characters • Guides readers in building valuable collections • Prices for 40,000 toys in over 370 categories • Over 100 pages with brilliant, full-color images of collectible toys, from Captain Marvel to Garfield toToy Story • Tips on caring for a collection and determining its value
Download or read book Dictionary of Toys and Games in American Popular Culture written by Frank Hoffmann and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-10-08 with total page 181 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Keep the information you need on playthings and pop culture at your fingertips! The Dictionary of Toys and Games in American Popular Culture is an A-to-Z reference guide to the playthings that amused us as children and fascinate us as adults. This enlightening—and entertaining—resource, complete with cross-references, provides easy access to concise but detailed descriptions that place toys and board games in their social and cultural contexts. From action figures to yo-yos, the book is your tour guide through the museum of sought-after collectibles and forgotten treasures that mirror the fads and fashions that helped define pop culture in the United States. The Dictionary of Toys and Games in American Popular Culture is a historical, yet current, reflection of society’s ever-changing attitudes toward childhood and its cultural touchstones. The book is filled with physical descriptions of each entry, including size, color, and material composition, and the age group most often associated with the item. It also includes biographical sketches of inventors, manufacturers, and distributors— a virtual “Who’s Who” of the American toy industry, including Milton Bradley, Walt Disney, and Jim Henson. With a brief glimpse through its pages or a lengthy look from cover to cover, you’ll discover (or re-discover) real hero action figures, toys with commercial tie-ins, fast-food promotional giveaways, penny prize package toys, and advertising icons and characters in addition to beloved toys and board games like Etch-a-Sketch®, Lincoln Logs®, Colorforms®, Yahtzee®, and Burp Gun, the first toy advertised on nationwide television. The Dictionary of Toys and Games in American Popular Culture presents easy-to-access and easy-to-read descriptions of such toys as: Barbie®, bendies, and Beanie Babies® Monopoly®, Mr. Machine®, and Mr. Potato Head™ Pez®, Plah-Doh®, and Pound Puppies® Scrabble®, Silly Putty®, and Slinky® Tiddly Winks®, Tinker Toys®, and Twister™ and looks at the people behind the scenes of the biggest names in toys, including LEGO® (Ole Kirk Christiansen) Fisher-Price® (Homer G. Fisher) Mattel® (Ruth and Elliott Handler) Hasbro™ (Alan, Merrill, and Stephen Hassenfeld) Toys R Us® (Charles Lazarus) Parker Brothers® (Edward and George Parker) F.A.O. Schwartz (Frederick Schwartz) Kenner® (Albert Steiner) Tonka® (Russell L. Wenkstern) The Dictionary of Toys and Games in American Popular Culture also includes an index and a selected bibliography to meet your casual or professional research needs. Faster (and more entertaining) than searching through a vast assortment of Web sites for information, the book is a vital resource for librarians, toy collectors and appraisers, popular culture enthusiasts, and anyone with an interest in toys—past and present.
Download or read book The Official Hake Price Guide to Character Toys written by Ted Hake and published by House of Collectibles. This book was released on 2004-09 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The leading authority on toys produces a virtual history of entertainment from the 1890s to the present. This book is the definitive visual guide and checklist for all toy collectors. With over 42,000 prices and 14,000 photographs, you will be able to put a value on everything--from Captain Marvel action figures, SpongeBob PEZ dispensers, and Dick Tracy watches to Toy Story collectibles--this book has it all -Over 14,000 items with pictures and over 100 pages in full color. -More than 42,000 prices. -360 unique categories. -How to grade, value and restore your toys. -How to buy and sell a toy collection.
Download or read book The Supervillain Book written by Gina Misiroglu and published by Visible Ink Press. This book was released on 2006-07-01 with total page 1327 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Everything you ever wanted to know about the bad guys in comics, film, and television! A must-read for anyone who was ever enthralled with mythic wickedness, The Supervillain Book: The Evil Side of Comics and Hollywood exhaustively explores the extraordinary lives and careers of hundreds of overachieving evildoers. Drawing from sources in comic books, film, live-action and animated television, newspaper strips, toys, and manga and anime, it is the definitive guide to nefarious masterminds, mad scientists, and destructive dominators who have battled super- and other fictional heroes. The Supervillain Book investigates each character’s origin, modus operandi, costumes, weapons and gadgetry, secret hideouts, chief henchmen, and minions, while serving up a supersized trove of fascinating trivia. It also takes you behind the scenes, describing the creation and development of these marvelously malicious, menacing, and malevolent characters. With 350 entries on pop culture’s most malicious evildoers, this comprehensive resource also includes 125 illustrations, a helpful resource section, and an extensive index, adding to its usefulness. What would a good guy be without the bad guy? Boring. You won’t be bored with this indispensable guide to the wicked world of supervillains!
Download or read book The Overstreet Comic Book Price Guide written by Robert M. Overstreet and published by House of Collectibles. This book was released on 2001 with total page 994 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The Official Overstreet Comic Book Price Guide" offers a complete record of existing comic books from the 1800s to the present, indexed, illustrated, and priced according to condition. of color photos. 1,500 b&w photos.
Download or read book Trigger written by Leo Pando and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2019-03-12 with total page 374 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Roy Rogers' golden palomino, Trigger, was the perhaps the most famous horse in film--more popular than the man himself among certain fans. In its expanded second edition, this detailed look at the animals and men who created the legend of "the smartest horse in the movies" examines the life story of the original Trigger--and his doubles, particularly Little Trigger, the extraordinary trick horse. Movies in which Trigger appeared without Rogers are discussed. More than 200 photographs (90 new to this edition) and 30,000 words of additional material are included, covering unresolved aspects of Trigger's story, controversies surrounding the sale of the Roy Roger's Museum collection and the fate of his legacy.
Download or read book The Phantom Unmasked written by Kevin Patrick and published by University of Iowa Press. This book was released on 2017-11-15 with total page 271 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Before Superman, before Batman, there was—the Phantom! Making its debut as an American newspaper comic strip in 1936, The Phantom was the forerunner of the comic-book superhero genre that today animates vast billion-dollar franchises spanning print, film, television, video games, and licensed merchandise. But you’ve probably never heard of it—you probably think Superman inaugurated the genre. That’s because, despite its American origins, The Phantom comic strip has enjoyed far greater popularity with international audiences, most notably in Australia, Sweden, and India, where it has appeared in newspapers, magazines, and comic books. The paradox of the character’s relative obscurity in the United States, offset by his phenomenal success in these three markedly different countries, is the subject of The Phantom Unmasked. By tracing the publication history of The Phantom in magazines and comic books across international markets since the mid-1930s, author Kevin Patrick delves into the largely unexplored prehistory of modern media licensing industries. He also explores the interconnections between the cultural, political, economic, and historical factors that fueled the character’s international popularity. The Phantom Unmasked offers readers a nuanced study of the complex cultural flow of American comic books around the world. Equally important, to provide a rare glimpse of international comics fandom, Patrick surveyed the Phantom’s “phans”—as they call themselves—and lets them explain how and why they came to love the world’s first masked superhero.
Download or read book The Official Overstreet Comic Book Companion written by Robert M. Overstreet and published by Random House Digital, Inc.. This book was released on 2008-05-13 with total page 498 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Describes and lists the values of popular collectible comics and graphic novels issued from the 1950s to today, providing tips on buying, collecting, selling, grading, and caring for comics and including a section on related toys and rings.
Download or read book Broken Toy written by Craig L. Andrews and published by Author House. This book was released on 2002-10-31 with total page 269 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Was there a toy mouse before Walt Disney's "Mickey?" If there was, what happened to it? During the 1920s two men, one from the world of toys and one from the burgeoning world of moving pictures produced very unique toy characters. The history of these two visionaries and how their characters occurred at nearly the same time provides a unique mystery about which speculation lives vibrantly to this day. In tracing the struggle of the toy company's steadfast president, Torrence Dietz, this absorbing book covers the history of the toy company, its wondrous toys, and why people think of Walt Disney when they see the toy company's enigmatic wooden mouse named, "MICKY." Since the question of whether these men crossed paths in the marketplace is a key element to the mystery, the author has tried to objectively address the questions of how, when and why an encounter should have ever happened. The development of Torrence's career and the growth the toy company are reconstructed and intertwined with world events. In the quest to explain the toy company mystery the author has brought together documents and history never before assembled in one place. The in-depth documentation of the wooden toys manufactured by the Performo-Toy Company makes this book a valued reference for collectors and, from a historical sense a valued resource. The book presents numerous toy pictures, toys now considered collectibles, as well as patent and trademarks related to cartoon and toy characters of the late 1920s and early 1930s. The reader interested in the history of Walt Disney and in particular, the formative period of "Mickey Mouse" will find rare background information.
Download or read book Warman s Coins Currency written by Allen G. Berman and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This comprehensive guide is the only one of its kind to include both coins and paper money in one volume. With detailed, updated price listings and over 500 photos, this book makes identifying simple for beginners and experienced numismatists alike
Download or read book Kovel s Guide to Selling Buying and Fixing Your Antiques and Collectibles written by Ralph M. Kovel and published by Three Rivers Press (CA). This book was released on 1995 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The hard-to-find information, sources, and addresses that collectors need for repairing, caring for, and finding buyers for antiques and collectibles are all in this book. To gather the information for this book, Ralph and Terry Kovel contacted more than 3,000 suppliers, clubs, auctions, services, and other industry sources around the country, making this the most up-to-date and complete reference of its kind.
Download or read book The Official Hake s Price Guide to Character Toys written by Ted Hake and published by House of Collectibles. This book was released on 2002 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A virtual history of entertainment from the 1890's to the present.
Download or read book The Official Overstreet Comic Book Grading Guide written by Robert M. Overstreet and published by Three Rivers Press. This book was released on 2003 with total page 372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Overstreet, author of "The Official Overstreet Comic Book Price Guide" has now written the first and only book that sets the standard for grading the condition of comic books, which is the most important factor in determining its value. He explains the new 10-point grading system that helps collectors and dealers alike to easily determine the condition of any comic book. 400 photos.
Download or read book The Official Overstreet Comic Book Companion 11th Edition written by Robert M. Overstreet and published by Random House Digital, Inc.. This book was released on 2010 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Describes and lists the values of popular collectible comics and graphic novels issued from the 1950s to today, providing tips on buying, collecting, selling, grading, and caring for comics and including a section on related toys and rings.
Download or read book The Forensic Comicologist written by Jamie Newbold and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2018-07-06 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A childhood comic book fan turned comic book retailer, the author soon discovered the prevalence of scams in the world of comics collecting. This book is his tutorial on how to collect wisely and reduce risks. Drawing on skills learned from twenty years with the San Diego Police Department and as a Comic-Con attendee since 1972, he covers in detail the history and culture of collecting comic books and describes the pitfalls, including common deceptions of grading and pricing, as well as theft, and mail and insurance fraud.
Download or read book Walt Disney s Comics and Stories 643 written by Various and published by Gemstone Publishing. This book was released on 2004-03-31 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of comics featuring popular Disney characters.
