big little books

[goldenryan]

suprized nobody made thread about these yet.
Almost as cleesey as the coloring books of the 60's and 70's. anyway the memorable ones i remember were
the hulk where he goes back in time to fight dinosaurs.
fantastic four where their villian is named dr. weird (can't make this stuff up)
i think they made aquaman, superman and some other comic characters too.

[HardyGirl]

I had one on the old board. I have some of these, the hardback ones:

Tarzan-The Mark Of The Red Hyena
Major Matt Mason-Moon Mission
Lassie-Adventure in Alaska
Gentle Ben-Mystery In The Everglades
The Invaders-Alien Missle Threat
Flipper-Killer Whale Trouble (2)

[kryptosmaster]

I had some and I do have a few older ones now, but the ones I had as a kid were the paperback versions. They had little pictures that when you flipped the pages it looked like a cartoon (they moved). Bent up really easy, lol. I think they were marked like 39 cents or something on the cover. My grandma used to take me down to the D&K store and buy them for me when I was little. I remember a Bugs Bunny one for sure.

Rich

[Wee67]

I have an Aquaman one somewhere. My sister picked up at a flea market, assuming I'd want it. I offered it up the Aquaman Shrine, but he, of course, already had one.

[ctc]

Hmmmm....

LILEKS (James) :: Big Little Books

Don C.

[HardyGirl]

Cool site! Didn't care for the snarky remarks, but the pics in the books are cool.

[palitoy]

I had/have Spider-Man zaps Mr Zodiac. I remember as a kid the image of the girl turning into a goat freaked me out.

[Earth 2 Chris]

I had (and still have) the Batman book about the Cheetah. He seemed like a legit, old Batman villain to me at the time, but he was just made up for the book.

Chris

[Captain]

I have a few of these, and thought they were great when I was but a wee fellar! I even did a grade 7 book report on one once out of desperation (wrote it at breakfast that same day as I recall)...Didnt work though...Teach made me do a real book report anyways.

Do they still print these? If not, somebody really should pick up the baton and bring them back.

[johnnystorm]

The sixties versions were in hardcover , later all re-issued in softback along with a bunch of Looney Tunes, Disney titles added (Also Hulk, Spidey, and Superman). I have almost a full set of the hc versions which were mostly TV and Cartoon shows. Of all of them, Space Ghost, Frankenstein JR,, and Aquaman were my favorites.

I come across them at flea markets a lot, with Flipper, Tarzan, Daktari, Man from Uncle being the most common. I see those four a lot. Space Ghost seems harder to find.

Always wished there were more Superhero ones or better TV shows, Would have loved a Jonny Quest or Josie & the Pussycats (in Outer Space!!). Surprisingly there was only the one Batman & no Green Hornet.

I've seen some really crappy Hanna-Barbera softcovers from the late 80s which are better left alone. There are some Star Wars versions out there for the assorted films, and I've also seen Hercules & Xena volumes in the dollar store that weren't interesting enough for me to spend a buck on.

In a related category, anyone collect the Whitman TV books from the sixties such as Rat Patrol, Bewitched, Munsters etc? Just bought a pile of those at a used book sale. Hawaii-5-0 and Dragnet- cool stuff!

[ThatBatmanGuy]

Those are cool books. Wish I had a few.

Cool site! Didn't care for the snarky remarks, but the pics in the books are cool.

Yeah, great to see a site on these books. Too bad the web author sees fit to put his un-funny spin on things. It seems he's under the impression that these books were companions to "War and Peace".

Bob

[tomstoyz2]

Oh yeah, I love these little books. I have the one with Batman. They made a hardback & softback, got both. I also have one from the 1940's with Nancy & Sluggo.

[goldenryan]

sold my hulk one on ebay for like $4 it was mint tho. seems no one cares about these, i guess i don't, the only one i'm keeping is the fantastic 4.

[samurainoir]

I have an Aquaman one somewhere. My sister picked up at a flea market, assuming I'd want it. I offered it up the Aquaman Shrine, but he, of course, already had one.

I didn't realize the Aquaman existed until I picked it up a couple of weeks ago. I have a small collection of Big Little Books, mostly the superheroes.

I always liked the little flip book animation they had in the seventies versions, although you can't imagine my surprise when I found earlier sixties(?) versions of books I have that were in colour with cardboard hardback covers!

I remember a while ago Dark Horse announced they were going to be making Big Little Books starring characters like Concrete and Flaming Carrot and whatever other characters they had back then. Always a little disappointed these never materialized.

[action-figures.ca]

I have a whole wack of these i want to unload. Went through my parents attic last fall to take all my old stuff and grabbed them along with all my other childhood books. Just need to make room!

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