Comics
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Some of the other countries that published Laurel and Hardy comic books which I have represented in my collection are England, Holland, India, Finland, Sweden, Spain, Italy, France, Norway, Germany, Luxembourg, Mexico, Canada and Greece. The two countries who have been the most prolific are Holland and England, with Germany and France not far behind. These comics, of course, are published in their native languages. Mostly, they are numbered and released in series. Almost all of these comic books are in full, vibrant colour &endash; all the more reason to enjoy collecting them. I also have many dozens of Laurel and Hardy comics that fall into "other" categor-ies, such as oversized, minis, specials, paper-backs, annuals, hardbacks, etc. Many of these are unusual and unique, and often are considered more collectible and valuable than the standard Laurel and Hardy comics. Gino Dercola |
One
of the highlights to experience when you are a
Laurel and Hardy memorabilia collector like me is
to reach a new milestone. Recently, I surpassed 500
different Laurel and Hardy comic books in my
collection. These are mostly "standard" sized,
paper comic books. In about 1990, when I started
collecting Laurel and Hardy memorabilia seriously,
one of the areas I concentrated on was comics
published and released in the USA but,
unfortunately, there are not many of these. I have
all fifteen of them. No USA comic publisher has
issued a standard Laurel and Hardy comic in twenty
years.