Barker's Komic Picture Souvenir (1892) comic books
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Issue #A1
Published 1901 by Barker, Moore, & Mein Med.This item is not in stock at MyComicShop. If you use the "Add to want list" tab to add this issue to your want list, we will email you when it becomes available.
Part 1, 1901 printing, 50 pages, color cover. Undated, publication circa 1901.
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Issue #A2
Published 1901 by Barker, Moore, & Mein Med.This item is not in stock at MyComicShop. If you use the "Add to want list" tab to add this issue to your want list, we will email you when it becomes available.
Part 2, 1901 printing, 50 pages, color cover. Undated, publication circa 1901.
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Issue #A3
Published 1901 by Barker, Moore, & Mein Med.This item is not in stock at MyComicShop. If you use the "Add to want list" tab to add this issue to your want list, we will email you when it becomes available.
Part 3, 1901 printing, 50 pages, color cover. Undated, publication circa 1901.
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Issue #B1
Published 1903 by Barker, Moore, & Mein Med.This item is not in stock at MyComicShop. If you use the "Add to want list" tab to add this issue to your want list, we will email you when it becomes available.
Part 1 (1901-1903 edition), 50 pages. Undated, publication circa 1901-1903.
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Issue #B2
Published 1903 by Barker, Moore, & Mein Med.This item is not in stock at MyComicShop. If you use the "Add to want list" tab to add this issue to your want list, we will email you when it becomes available.
Part 2 (1901-1903 edition), 50 pages. Undated, publication circa 1901-1903.
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Issue #B3
Published 1903 by Barker, Moore, & Mein Med.This item is not in stock at MyComicShop. If you use the "Add to want list" tab to add this issue to your want list, we will email you when it becomes available.
Part 3 (1901-1903 edition), 50 pages. Undated, publication circa 1901-1903.
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Issue #C1
Published 1906 by Barker, Moore, & Mein Med.This item is not in stock at MyComicShop. If you use the "Add to want list" tab to add this issue to your want list, we will email you when it becomes available.
Part 1 of 4. States "Edition in 4 parts" on the interior 1st page. Undated, publication circa 1906 or a bit later.
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Issue #C2
Published 1906 by Barker, Moore, & Mein Med.This item is not in stock at MyComicShop. If you use the "Add to want list" tab to add this issue to your want list, we will email you when it becomes available.
Part 2 of 4. States "Edition in 4 parts" on the interior 1st page. Undated, publication circa 1906 or a bit later.
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Issue #C3
Published 1906 by Barker, Moore, & Mein Med.This item is not in stock at MyComicShop. If you use the "Add to want list" tab to add this issue to your want list, we will email you when it becomes available.
Part 3 of 4. States "Edition in 4 parts" on the interior 1st page. Undated, publication circa 1906 or a bit later.
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Issue #C4
Published 1906 by Barker, Moore, & Mein Med.This item is not in stock at MyComicShop. If you use the "Add to want list" tab to add this issue to your want list, we will email you when it becomes available.
Part 4 of 4. States "Edition in 4 parts" on the interior 1st page. Undated, publication circa 1906 or a bit later.
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Issue #1892
Published 1893 by Barker, Moore, & Mein Med.This item is not in stock at MyComicShop. If you use the "Add to want list" tab to add this issue to your want list, we will email you when it becomes available.
1892 1st edition. This is the earliest known promotional comic book, predating as it does the Buster Brown premiums. Reprints advertising cartoons from Barker's Illustrated Almanac, including cartoons that frequently included racist stereotypes of blacks. Each cartoon contained advertising for Barker's products.
Cover (this same cover appears on the 1893 2nd edition) depicting travel to the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago, Illinois by boat, ferry, railroad, horseback, elephants, camels, bicycle, carriage , covered wagon, stage coach, clipper ship, sailboat, and on foot.
Full-color cardboard covers, 7-7/8-in. x 10-1/2-in., wraparound color cover, 156 numbered pages. published by Barker, Moore & Mein Medicine Company, Philadelphia, PA.
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Issue #1893
Tags: Victorian AgePublished 1893 by Barker, Moore, & Mein Med.This item is not in stock at MyComicShop. If you use the "Add to want list" tab to add this issue to your want list, we will email you when it becomes available.
1892 2nd edition. This is the earliest known promotional comic book, predating as it does the Buster Brown premiums. Reprints advertising cartoons from Barker's Illustrated Almanac, including cartoons that frequently included racist stereotypes of blacks. Each cartoon contained advertising for Barker's products.
Cover (this same cover appears on the 1892 1st edition), depicting travel to the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago, Illinois by boat, ferry, railroad, horseback, elephants, camels, bicycle, carriage , covered wagon, stage coach, clipper ship, sailboat, and on foot.
Full-color cardboard covers, 7-7/8-in. x 10-1/2-in., wraparound color cover, 156-numbered pages. published by Barker, Moore & Mein Medicine Company, Philadelphia, PA.
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Issue #1894A
Tags: Victorian AgePublished 1893 by Barker, Moore, & Mein Med.This item is not in stock at MyComicShop. If you use the "Add to want list" tab to add this issue to your want list, we will email you when it becomes available.
3rd edition, 6-3/4-in. x 10-3/8-in., 180 pg. Cover depicts a group of people reading a copy of Barker's Almanac. A tall, thin man appears to either side.
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Issue #1894B
Tags: Victorian AgePublished 1893 by Barker, Moore, & Mein Med.This item is not in stock at MyComicShop. If you use the "Add to want list" tab to add this issue to your want list, we will email you when it becomes available.
Essentially same-c as 3rd edition, except flanking picture on left edge is now gone. The 2nd through 4th editions state their printing on the first interior page, in the paragraph beneath the picture of the Barkers Building.
