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Scanning Help Needed Part Two!
- by Brian Cronin
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Last Friday, I asked you folks for help with some scans, and you responded with amazing speed! Within a day or so, I had received either the scans I needed or pledges to get me the scans I needed (here is a list of the scans I have not gotten yet).
While I was pleasantly surprised to see how fast people got the scans to me, I thought that the scans on the list at least were sort of "gettable."
This next batch, though - these ones are the toughies. I wouldn't imagine that you good folks will be able to get ANY of these, let alone most of them, but hey, if I don't ask, I'll never know, right?
So again, here are a few things that I need good resolution (say anything better than 800 x 1000 pixels) scans of - and again, it doesn't have to be stuff that you personally scanned yourself - if you can find it somewhere on the vast internets, then bless you - I sure haven't been able to, as it is REALLY hard to find good resolution copies of these images.
Anyhow, here is the list!
Either the December 15, 1942 or the December 16, 1942 edition of the Superman comic strip.
A picture of the former Amazing Stories editor, Raymond A. Palmer
The unpublished cover for Swamp Thing #88
Poster for Republic Studios' Captain America serial.
A picture of the rolling boulder scene from Raiders of the Lost Ark.
The famous picture of Walt Disney posed with the University of Oregon duck while wearing a U of Oregon jacket that was the basis for the agreement that allows Oregon to use Donald Duck as their mascot.
The infamous turn of the 20th century ad for Marvel Douche (this one I figure has the least chance of anyone ever getting - either this or the Swamp Thing cover). Harry Finley mentions some places here that have them, but it's generally speaking a lost cause.
Oh wait! Never mind, this is the one that has the least chance of success!! A picture of Web-Woman, from the Filmation cartoon series from the late 1970s, Tarzan and the Super 7.
Thanks! If you can help me out, please send the scans to bcronin@comicbookresources.com.
- Posted on July 23, 2008 @ 07:01 AM
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14 Comments
Patrick Joseph
July 23, 2008 at 7:21 am
If there are any readers who held onto their Comics Buyer's Guides from the late 80's, I recall the Swamp Thing art appearing there in 1989 when the story first broke. Alas, I tossed mine many years ago.
Eric
July 23, 2008 at 7:25 am
This is probably not good enough quality, but:
http://www.geocities.com/sshumsuper7fan78/wwspacefinallg.jpg
Rebis
July 23, 2008 at 8:26 am
Hey Brian. Can't help with anything on this list directly, but if you own a DVD of "Raiders" (I don't), that one's easy enough to do: Slide the DVD into your computer (um, I'm talking Mac here, but I assume you could do this on a Windows-based system too). Pause it during the scene when the rock's rolling at him and do a screen grab. You'll end up with a "still" of the exact moment you want. (And it's kind of fun, clicking on the pause button to get a "frame by frame" analysis of the action.)
Matt Bird
July 23, 2008 at 8:45 am
It just occurred to me why you keep asking for print-quality pictures of items that have previously been discussed in "Urban Legends Revealed": you must be publishing a book! That's great news. "Urban Legends" is the gem of the site and it deserves hard-copy prosperity!
Eric
July 23, 2008 at 9:42 am
Argh. I skipped the part where you said high resolution and went right to the list. Ignore me!
Scott Rowland
July 23, 2008 at 10:32 am
I think Ray Palmer was editor of "Amazing Stories," the science-fiction magazine, not "Amazing Heroes" the fanzine put out by Fantagraphics in the 1980s.
jakob1978
July 23, 2008 at 2:49 pm
here's the picture of Walt Disney from the Daily Emerald
http://media.collegepublisher.com/media/paper859/stills/3dd5278b6c5fc-54-3.jpg
story - http://media.www.dailyemerald.com/media/storage/paper859/news/2002/11/15/News/One-Duck.or.Two.part.1-1978791.shtml
jakob1978
July 23, 2008 at 2:51 pm
whoops, I also didn't see the "High resolution" section, but i'm sure if you contacted that newspaper, they might be able to help you
Patrick Hamilton
July 23, 2008 at 2:55 pm
I sent you an e-mail with attachments containing the two Superman strips. I don't know if they'll work resolution-wise, but thought I'd send them along.
Patrick Hamilton
Brian Cronin
July 23, 2008 at 3:46 pm
Thanks, Patrick, we shall see!
It's better than what I had, at the very worst!
Brian Cronin
July 23, 2008 at 3:47 pm
Would that be high resolution?
If so, then sure, I'll try it.
Andrew Collins
July 23, 2008 at 4:05 pm
Swampthingroots.com has a pic up of the unpublished Swampy cover.
http://www.swampthingroots.com/images/largecovers/st_v2_088-unpublished.jpg
Loren
July 23, 2008 at 4:49 pm
"A picture of the rolling boulder scene from Raiders of the Lost Ark."
I don't suppose this cuts it?
http://pelaajalehti.com/wordpress/wp-content/2008/02/boulder7.jpg
Rebis
July 24, 2008 at 9:57 am
"Would that be high resolution? If so, then sure, I’ll try it."
Ahh, there's the rub. No, I don't think it would be high-res. (That's 300 dpi or so, right?) So it depends on how big you want to run the photo ... If your monitor is big and you're watching "Raiders" full-screen when you do the screen grab, the quality should be sufficient to run the image about 3 or 4 inches tall/wide. (It's worked for me in the past with printed materials, not just for website purposes.)