The Seven Spankings
Posted: Sat Apr 24, 2010 6:51 pm
Recent questions about spankings in The Spirit and Frontier Romances lead me to believe it's time to share with all of you what I term "The Seven Spankings" - the first group of comic-book spankings that were actively being sought by us spankos way back in the 70's (pardon me a moment while I get my old disco suit out of mothballs and don it for the occasion). Since this was before internet, I don't know how many of us there were. We didn't have a club or anything, and if we communicated at all it was by snail mail.
Remember, these were not the first seven spankings ever to appear in comics, they were simply the only ones we knew about at the time. Strangely, I never heard the Batman / Marcia Monroe spanking mentioned, nor had I seen it before DC reprinted it in Super-Team Family (which was in itself odd, as Batman wasn't exactly teaming-up with Eclipso as much as fighting him - but that's DC for you). The Spirit (the artist, not the strip) has done a superb job in tracking five of these down and retouching them, while I have the remaining two.
We searched every comics catalog, we went to conventions, we haunted comic-book stores, we struggled to raise the necessary $17.00 to purchase a promising item by mail - and in the end, we had precious little to show for it. But we were young and eager, and into spanking and comics, and by God how it all seemed to matter back then! Good times - except for the economy... and the fact we were broke, and couldn't have afforded to buy the spanking issues even if we found them... and the Carter Administration... did I mention disco? Oh, all right - they were crappy times! - but how eagerly we tried to find these seven spanking comics:
1. Boots and her Buddies #7 - here at CSR (soon to be updated), and Spirit (the artist, not the strip) has it also and probably originated it.
2. Campus Loves #5 (although we had some misinformation on this at the time, we knew it existed) - see Spirit
3. Frontier Romances #1 - got it here at CSR, and soon to be posted.
4. Popular Teen-Agers (Secrets of Love) #14 - Spirit
5. The Saint #5 - I've yet to see this on the internet. I have a copy - I'm beginning to wonder if I'm the only one - but I can't find it! Someday...
6. Spirit 12/01/1940 - got this one here at CSR, shortly to be updated.
7. True-Brides' Experiences #16 - Spirit
I'm going to leave this up here for awhile, at least until I'm convinced you can find all seven.
Remember, these were not the first seven spankings ever to appear in comics, they were simply the only ones we knew about at the time. Strangely, I never heard the Batman / Marcia Monroe spanking mentioned, nor had I seen it before DC reprinted it in Super-Team Family (which was in itself odd, as Batman wasn't exactly teaming-up with Eclipso as much as fighting him - but that's DC for you). The Spirit (the artist, not the strip) has done a superb job in tracking five of these down and retouching them, while I have the remaining two.
We searched every comics catalog, we went to conventions, we haunted comic-book stores, we struggled to raise the necessary $17.00 to purchase a promising item by mail - and in the end, we had precious little to show for it. But we were young and eager, and into spanking and comics, and by God how it all seemed to matter back then! Good times - except for the economy... and the fact we were broke, and couldn't have afforded to buy the spanking issues even if we found them... and the Carter Administration... did I mention disco? Oh, all right - they were crappy times! - but how eagerly we tried to find these seven spanking comics:
1. Boots and her Buddies #7 - here at CSR (soon to be updated), and Spirit (the artist, not the strip) has it also and probably originated it.
2. Campus Loves #5 (although we had some misinformation on this at the time, we knew it existed) - see Spirit
3. Frontier Romances #1 - got it here at CSR, and soon to be posted.
4. Popular Teen-Agers (Secrets of Love) #14 - Spirit
5. The Saint #5 - I've yet to see this on the internet. I have a copy - I'm beginning to wonder if I'm the only one - but I can't find it! Someday...
6. Spirit 12/01/1940 - got this one here at CSR, shortly to be updated.
7. True-Brides' Experiences #16 - Spirit
I'm going to leave this up here for awhile, at least until I'm convinced you can find all seven.