I starten af 90’erne, før Marvel og DC og AC Comics rigtig kom i gang med at genoptrykke Golden Age hæfter, overvejede jeg at købe en mikrofiche reader og læse Golden Age genoptryk på mikrofiche. Golden Age blade var allerede dengang alt for dyre og sjældne, selv i G-VG, og de er da heller ikke blevet billigere siden. Det blev ikke til noget, for jeg droppede næsten min tegneserie hobby i perioden 1995-2000, hvor jeg havde andet at se til og tænke på. Nu her i slutningen af 00’erne, hvor jeg er kommet i gang igen, har jeg opdaget, at Golden Age tegneserier stadig bliver udgivet på mikrofiche, og nu er jeg fristet igen. En mikrofiche reader ser sådan her ud:
MicroColor Model 1100
A compact size desk top microfiche reader especially designed for viewing our Golden Age Comics micropublication. Its non-glare grey screen offers high level of brightness when viewing our colour mIcrofiche comics. It is equipped with single 24x lens and a single-carrier.
Specifications:
| Screen Size: Magnification: Dimensions: Weight: Lamp: Carrier: Electrical: |
11″ High x 11″ Wide 24X (other lenses are available on request) 17½” x 13¼” x 17½” (HxWxD) 12lbs. (5.4 Kg.) FLT 13.8V 25W 4″ x 6″ 220/240V 50Hz or 120V, 60Hz |
fra http://www.microcolour.com/mci01.htm
MicroColor International is offering an innovative and unprecedented opportunity to collectors and comic book lovers everywhere. Hundreds of issues, out of print for decades, are now available in affordable prices in an easy-to-view colour microfiche format. Every fiche contain an exact reprint – ads. covers, letter pages and story-pages.
The colour fiches are microfilmed on Cibachrome microfiche that is as durable as the super-heroes themselves. MicroColor International also offers an excellent desktop microfiche reader Model 1100, and handsome simulated leather storage albums to protect and transport your microfiche collection.
The colour microfiche can be viewed on any library microfiche reader. But for best viewing the MicroColor Model 1100 microfiche reader is designed for displaying the colour microfiche at 100% original size. It is capable of providing sharp bright colour images on its 11″ x 11″ non-glare grey screen. It weighs only 12 lbs.
Og her er en liste over, hvad de stadig har til salg på mikrofiche:
ARCHIE COMICS
ARCHIE #1-50
COMIC MAGAZINE
THE COMIC MAGAZINE/FUNNY PAGES #1-42
MLJ COMICS
HANGMAN #2-8
BLACK HOOD #9-18
BLUE RIBBON #1-10
JACKPOT #1-9
PEP #1-50
ZIP #1-10
GLEASON
CAPTAIN BATTLE & BOY COMICS #1-5
BOY COMICS #6-25
DAREDEVIL #1-5
MILITARY COMICS
MILITARY COMICS #1-43
FICTION HOUSE
PLANET COMICS #1-57
WINGS #1-20
JUMBO COMICS #11-20
JUNGLE COMICS #1-15
NICHOLSON PUBLISHING CO./ NATIONAL PERIODICAL PUBLICATIONS
NEW/MORE FUN #2,5,8.10,11
MORE FUN #12,13,16,17,19
MORE FUN #21,22,23,24&25
FAWCETT PUBLICATIONS
AMERICA’S GREATEST #1-8
HARVEY COMICS
POCKET COMICS #1,4