Hello everyone. This is Michael The Researcher. Today is January 01, 2025. Happy New Year. I have an issue of the satirical Punch Magazine with the cover date January 01, 1870. This copy is 155 years of age during the middle of the Victorian Era of British society.
Kimbies was a diaper brand. I found a picture of myself sitting inside of a Kimbies box from fifty years ago in 1974. We still have a different Kimbies box in the basement. It is holding Christmas ornaments. People used boxes for that reason back then. Unlike yesterday's cradle post, I am not able to sit inside in 2024. Mikey Mike once again giving you a Then And Now from five decades ago.
Mikey Mike Back In The Cradle After Fifty Years 1974 2024
Then And Now Five Decades Later
My mother was going to sell it at a yard sale in 2006. I said nope. I have to recreate specific scenes some day. I can still fit in it. This cradle can hold more than 120 pounds. How many babies are that heavy?? It is actually older than fifty years - my brother used it in 1969. I throw nothing out - the hat is from the 1970s, and the shirt is from the 1980s.
The annual Washington's Crossing Revolutionary War Christmas Reenactment was held today, December 25, 2024. I blogged about this event way back in 2010. This year's entry differs from the previous entry because I was farther away this time. In 2010, you saw close-up photographs and video footage, and, in 2024, you see it all from afar.
In this photograph, you can see three boats between the tree branches to my left and to your right. I am holding a Gentlemen's Magazine Supplement reporting news from 1775 that was published likely early in 1776. I will be referring to this publication often in the coming months as I observe the 250th anniversary of the American Revolution.
The trees and branches provide an effect that is not seen when I capture footage close-up ...
It is December 14, 2024. This is an unplanned post. Today, I had a bit of a surprise while cleaning the basement. I stumbled upon a box. In August of 2018, I won some auctions featuring Magic Comics from the 1940s. I briefly looked into the box to make sure that the order arrived in 2018. I then threw the box into the basement only to rediscover it today. Some of the comic books were encased in Bell Bags. Early comic book dealer Robert Bell is credited with inventing the concept of bags to protect comic books. Robert began selling comic books in 1959 out of his family's thrift store. He recognized the potential for comic books. He posted ads and price lists. Some of these ads included a Thor-looking mascot. He left the market in the 1980s. Robert certainly has a place in comic book fandom. These Bell Bags are one part of his involvement in the market. I have seen people post photographs of these bags and I always wanted some. I actually had two of them for six years without realizing.
Today is December 11, 2024. This comic book, Batman #27, debuted on newsstands eighty years ago today. The on-sale date was December 11, 1944. This particular copy is very apropos for this month because it is the first time that a Christmas theme appeared on the cover of Batman. This is the first Christmas cover and the first Santa Claus cover for this particular title. I acquired this book in 1994 or 1995 through, most likely, Comics Buyers Guide. The front and back covers are brittle. The Batman sweatshirt that I am wearing I bought around a decade ago on the Wildwood Boardwalk for $1.
I included a Mego Wayne Foundation for the occasion. The Batman sweatshirt that I am wearing I bought around a decade ago on the Wildwood Boardwalk for $1.
The brittleness takes away from the Sixth War Loan topper here:
If Santa and Christmas were not enough, The Penguin appears in this issue as well:
Eveready ad:
"Son Of His Father" and Alfred in his own special:
Royal Crown Cola ad (this is a comic book in and of itself):
Some lovely ladies in this military-related Wheaties ad:
Hello. Mikey Mike here. It is December 10, 2024. I am reading a copy of Wonder Woman #11. I purchased this comic book in 1994 for around $90. After 30 years, I am finally reading it. Last month was the 80th anniversary of this book's first appearance on the newsstands. It debuted on November 11, 1944. Now, I am going to show you the inside of this Golden Age piece of art.
