Acclaim Comics Valiant Heroes softball team shirt - info?

iggy101us · Post by **iggy101us** » Mon Dec 06, 2010 7:59 am

I won this auction yesterday and have not seen this item before. Does anyone have more info on this or have you seen this before? I asked the seller and he said he bought it from a vintage clothing store in San Francisco. I googled and couldn't find anything. The only "Robins" I found is Madeleine E. Robins who was an editor at Acclaim.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... &viewitem=

magnusr · Post by **magnusr** » Mon Dec 06, 2010 8:05 am

If that's a brand of Tees that's been used for individual custom Tees, then I would suspect that that's what it is. Do the worn logos look like they've been added?

Extremely cool in that case. Well, cool either way. Now and then it pays to spend time searching ebay. Congrats.

/Magnus

iggy101us · Post by **iggy101us** » Mon Dec 06, 2010 8:29 am

magnusr wrote:If that's a brand of Tees that's been used for individual custom Tees, then I would suspect that that's what it is. Do the worn logos look like they've been added?

Extremely cool in that case. Well, cool either way. Now and then it pays to spend time searching ebay. Congrats.

/Magnus

Once I receive the shirt, I will take a closer look to see if the logo patch on the shoulder looks like it's added at a different time.

As far as the brand of the shirt, it's by Russell Athletic which does make custom jerseys. I don't know if actual Acclaim Comics employees had a baseball team or maybe Acclaim Comics sponsored a local youth baseball team.

It pays searching used clothes store too!

Daniel Jackson · Post by **Daniel Jackson** » Mon Dec 06, 2010 9:31 am

Neat find, Iggy.

sonicdan · Post by **sonicdan** » Mon Dec 06, 2010 9:46 am

Nice find!

slym2none · Post by **slym2none** » Mon Dec 06, 2010 9:54 am

Pretty cool, for Acclaim...

-slym (

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iggy101us · Post by **iggy101us** » Mon Dec 06, 2010 9:58 am

BTW, Jackie Robinson wore #42 (which has been retired by MLB). Maybe the Robins wore this Acclaim jersey is also a fan of Robinson.

I also found another Robins who worked for Acclaim. Clem Robins was an artist for Acclaim's Classic Illustrated line.

hulk181man · Post by **hulk181man** » Mon Dec 06, 2010 11:45 am

Daniel Jackson wrote:Neat find, Iggy.

sanman · Post by **sanman** » Mon Dec 06, 2010 3:09 pm

The jersey has that company picnic softball game feel to me. Great find—I can’t imagine too many were printed and fewer probably survived.

iggy101us · Post by **iggy101us** » Mon Dec 06, 2010 3:36 pm

http://www.valiantfans.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=2519

Found the above old thread started by depluto . . . The pic no longer works, I wonder what it shows. I guess I will have to check my copy of VV #17 later. Seems like the one I won is the 3rd one Bernard was referring to.

bernardchang wrote:i believe there were three official valiant softball jerseys.

the first version were the old bloodshot (green sleeved) jerseys with number printed on the back.

the second version, which is the one sported in the pictures you posted, have everything sewn on a black-pinnstriped cotton jersey.

the third and last was a red-pinnstripped cotton jersey with "acclaim comics" screen-printed on the front.

there was also a valiant cap, which was part of the valiant line of clothes.

xodacia81 · Post by **xodacia81** » Mon Dec 06, 2010 3:38 pm

Cool

robb77 · Post by **robb77** » Mon Dec 06, 2010 4:03 pm

very cool item

dbest4u · Post by **dbest4u** » Mon Dec 06, 2010 4:27 pm

Saw this, but just looked too used to have around da house.

JS

Knightt · Post by **Knightt** » Mon Dec 06, 2010 4:52 pm

iggy101us wrote:http://www.valiantfans.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=2519

Found the above old thread started by depluto . . . The pic no longer works, I wonder what it shows. I guess I will have to check my copy of VV #17 later. Seems like the one I won is the 3rd one Bernard was referring to.

bernardchang wrote:i believe there were three official valiant softball jerseys.

the first version were the old bloodshot (green sleeved) jerseys with number printed on the back.

the second version, which is the one sported in the pictures you posted, have everything sewn on a black-pinnstriped cotton jersey.

the third and last was a red-pinnstripped cotton jersey with "acclaim comics" screen-printed on the front.

there was also a valiant cap, which was part of the valiant line of clothes.

I have a first version Bloodshot (green sleeved) given to me still in the bag from Don Perlin. If I had been paying attention, I would have noticed more shirts were made and might have been looking for them as I collect comic t-shirts as well. I have a photo of the Valiant Softball game around here somewhere, I will try and post it. I think it has Joe Quesada and Bob Layton in it among other Valiant folks.

This 'new' find is a most outstanding find !!!!

toddyboy · Post by **toddyboy** » Mon Dec 06, 2010 7:28 pm

dbest4u wrote:Saw this, but just looked too used to have around da house.

JS

x2

couldn't bring myself to pull the trigger. i'm glad someone here snagged it

DJSpecter · Post by **DJSpecter** » Mon Dec 06, 2010 7:49 pm

There was a photo of the original (green sleeved) team on one of the bulletin board pages, I forget which month. They had a two game series against Wizard.
There were two caps that I know of. The first was very early it was a red cap with the Valiant logo on it and the back was one piece elastic (instead of the more common snaps).
The second was the one that was available through the comics- a black cap with the logo (I think embroidered) in the center, with traditional two piece "one size fits all" snaps in the back. I wouldn't be surprised if you could get your hands on one of those black caps.

Knightt · Post by **Knightt** » Mon Dec 06, 2010 9:22 pm

HEY, DJ !!! Whats up, Bro ?

iggy101us · Post by **iggy101us** » Mon Dec 06, 2010 9:24 pm

I found a "Madeleine E Robins" online earlier today and decided to email her. Below is the email exchange.

iggy101us wrote:Hi,

This may be a weird question but were you an editor at Acclaim Comics? If so, do you know anything about this Acclaim softball jersey? I am trying to track down the history and wonder if you know. The other Acclaim "Robins" is Clem Robins so I am going to check with him as well.

Thanks,

Iggy

Madeleine E Robins wrote:Hi, yes, I was an editor at Acclaim for about three years (and yes, I had an Acclaim softball jersey because I was on the team; one of my daughters has it now).

My brother Clem did some art for me in the Classics Illustrated line, but in comics he's better known in the industry for his fine lettering.

That make it all plain?

Best,

Madeleine

So now we know the origin of this jersey.

HaloReach2010 · Post by **HaloReach2010** » Mon Dec 06, 2010 10:50 pm

iggy101us wrote:I found a "Madeleine E Robins" online earlier today and decided to email her. Below is the email exchange.

iggy101us wrote:Hi,

This may be a weird question but were you an editor at Acclaim Comics? If so, do you know anything about this Acclaim softball jersey? I am trying to track down the history and wonder if you know. The other Acclaim "Robins" is Clem Robins so I am going to check with him as well.

Thanks,

Iggy

Madeleine E Robins wrote:Hi, yes, I was an editor at Acclaim for about three years (and yes, I had an Acclaim softball jersey because I was on the team; one of my daughters has it now).

My brother Clem did some art for me in the Classics Illustrated line, but in comics he's better known in the industry for his fine lettering.

That make it all plain?

Best,

Madeleine
So now we know the origin of this jersey.

Nice work, Detective. Batman would be proud.

iggy101us · Post by **iggy101us** » Mon Dec 06, 2010 11:00 pm

Madeleine E Robins -> her daughter -> San Francisco thrift shop -> San Francisco buyer -> San Francisco buyer moves to New York -> sells on eBay to VF member in San Francisco Bay Area -> research to determine jersey belonged to Madeleine E Robins

The game-used softball jersey sure got lots of mileage.

magnusr · Post by **magnusr** » Tue Dec 07, 2010 4:06 am

iggy101us wrote:I guess I will have to check my copy of VV #17 later.

Easy thanks to Greg: http://www.valiantfan.com/valiant/vv/vv17p07.jpg

Madeleine E Robins -> her daughter -> San Francisco thrift shop -> San Francisco buyer -> San Francisco buyer moves to New York -> sells on eBay to VF member in San Francisco Bay Area -> research to determine jersey belonged to Madeleine E Robins

The game-used softball jersey sure got lots of mileage.

Great that you figured out the history!

/Magnus

ian_house · Post by **ian_house** » Tue Dec 07, 2010 4:47 am

Looks cool, I'd wear that! A rounders shirt aye? Didn't realise they had enough women working at Acclaim?

comicsyte95 · Post by **comicsyte95** » Tue Dec 07, 2010 5:35 am

Cool find!

iggy101us · Post by **iggy101us** » Tue Dec 07, 2010 9:22 am

magnusr wrote:
iggy101us wrote:I guess I will have to check my copy of VV #17 later.
Easy thanks to Greg: http://www.valiantfan.com/valiant/vv/vv17p07.jpg

Cool, now to track down the Valiant jersey.

DJSpecter · Post by **DJSpecter** » Thu Dec 09, 2010 9:40 pm

Knightt wrote:HEY, DJ !!! Whats up, Bro ?

Hey Chris! How you been feeling? I need to have a frank conversation with you over in the politics forum, I'm curious as to your feelings towards wikileaks.

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