European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 21, 1977, Darmstadt, Hesse Friday october 21, 1977 the stars and stripes Page 9 super fans comic books Are far from throwaway read info 2 cos they re solid value investments Byda Synovec staff writer Livorno Italy is some people collect Stamps others coins. But two cos Here have dedicated much of their lives to collecting comic books. A lot of people collect comic books said m. Sgt. William a. Parrish 36, of Chi Cago. I have collected More than 700 comic books during the past 31 years. Comic books Are educational and they Are a form of Parrish Coic of the 8th support come s adjutant general Section at Camp Darby Here said that when he selects a comic Book he is looking primarily for Good artwork. And some comics have better artwork than others he said. When i was Young the Leader in comic books was do comics. Do is still around but Marvel comics Are better today he estimates the value of his collection at about $8,000. He said he has a first edition of a Superman comic Book valued at about $2,500. He said that he also has collected the Batman and Robin series of comic books and phantom comic books through 1966. I m a science fiction nut so today i invest More in fantasy and science fiction comics. In fact More and More comics today Deal in science fiction. And what is fiction today is fact tomorrow Parrish said that he was surprised and pleased with the variety of comic books he found he could buy at stars and stripes bookstores when he arrived in Italy. He says he buys $5 Worth of comics a month. Spec. 5 John m. Boden 27, who is assigned to the 24th pm det Here said he has collected nearly 760 comic books. Like Parrish he started collecting As a kid. I have a first edition of Batman that i was offered $3,000 for said Boden. I also have a couple of editions of the Green Lan Tern that people want. Before they went up in Price to 35 cents each i used to buy As Many As 20 comics a month. Now i buy about $2.50 Worth of comics a he said that his favorite comic Book character is Conan a series published by Marvel. Marvel s artists Are the Best said Boden and the Story Content is very Good. They be broadened their Field of super he Boden said Many soldiers he knows buy comic books but they Don t save them. They just Don t realize the potential value in collecting comic books he said. Boden added that he also thinks the stars and stripes bookstores carry a Good variety of comic books for the avid comic Book fan. Parrish said he did not ship his comic books to Italy because if they should get lost he could never replace them. Comic books he said have become become More contemporary and today Deal with social problems that people encounter in real life. He also claims that they have a certain educational value. Artwork has also progressed from two dimensional to life style artwork he said adding that he never had much of an in Terest in the Disney Type comics. The Cost of comic books has gone from 5 cents when i was a kid to As much As a Dollar today. But i d rather spend a Dollar for a comic Book then spend a Dollar for a drink he said. You know if you have some comics that you have owned for a Long time you really hate to part with them because it s like parting with a part of your childhood . Valuable Hobby spec. 5 John m. Boden above and m. Sgt. William a. Parrish display comic books. Both Are collectors and both note that the prices of some comic books they own have gone up drastically in recent years. Is Milia \ despite the fancy names for it it s still a rat by Barbara Fulenwider staff writer there he was in the oct. 3 Issue of time Magazine sitting on a log eating a rations with a look on his face that must Mirror Many who have dined out of those cans. It was a Case of the four Star Gen. Alex Ander m. Haig jr., supreme Allied com Mander Europe eating no starred fare somewhere in Germany s Bavaria during recent nato Maneu vers there. Make no mistake about it the a in c rations is Short for combat not cuisine. Because of this a i writes that Amer ican soldiers Are famous for inventing weird but tasty combinations of Field rations to ease the Monotony of the contents in army Green sauces Are common additions to the entrees along with heavy doses of Salt and Pepper and anything else around that will put some punch into All that blandness. No doubt reformer autumn forge and display determination brought out the Best of concoctions to make the exercises More palatable but if not spec. 4 Bernard w. Tate Public affairs office he and has co 2nd support come claims to have a recipe guaranteed to Chase the Rainy German chill out of your Bones and use up those Little packets that clutter up the even though the name chopper lube May turn away All possible converts it was the end result of a get together one night at the Nellinger Cavern coffeehouse Tate said. The Swiss miss Box suggested mixing a Teaspoon of instant Coffee with their product but that was a Little Strong for our tastes. So de spec. 4 Harrison who is a whirly Bird Crew chief and i fiddled around with the chocolate Coffee instant Cream and sugar until we got a Combina Tion that pleased both a ground Pounder journalist and a sky minded Fly Guy. But with our Luck some grizzled of top kick probably invented it years ago on says Start with one package of in Stant chocolate drink if your a rat Box has then he throws in a warning about using your canteen cup alumni num and chocolate just Don t then he says throw in about a Tea spoon each of a rat instant Coffee instant Cream and sugar using your a rat spoon for measuring. Mix All the dry stuff and top it off with about a cup of hot water. Then stir until it looks of to de and i plus some other folks we corralled at the inn thought it was pretty Good. It goes Down Sweet and hot with lots of body and a decent after taste. Course you la probably want to vary the mixture to suit Selling a concoction called chopper lube can t be easy since it does t exactly conjure up visions of anything Worth drink ing so Tate and Harrison came up with some other names German mud stump water a rat swill Graf glue Hohenfels highball reformer cocktail. De Kinda liked i Gumbo and i went for chopper lube Tate said. Whatever you Call the stuff we Hope you like it and mix up some whenever the a rat packets get too High to see Over. Let us know if you come up with a Good Printa ble name for cafes Yule Catalon ready Dallas cafes is distributing 300, 000 copies of its new 1977 Christmas Cata log a 64-Page Book with 400 gift ideas from the u.s., Europe and the Pacific. Available to cafes customers Over seas the Catalon features watches jewel by hair care items including curlers blow dryers and Stylers Luggage toys stereo components porcelain Jade and Ivory figurines mini calculators Christmas Orna ments and decorations dishes linens and Christmas dolls. A five per cent Price increase on German and japanese gift items and the 15 per cent decrease on Spanish items costing $20 or More recently announced by cafes will not apply on similar items in the 1977 Christmas Catalon a spokesman said
