Archive for February, 2006
Monday, February 27th, 2006
Daring Mystery Comics #8 [1942] – Cover
DARING MYSTERY COMICS #8, 1942. You gotta feel for Blue Diamond. Right there on the cover, but grouped in with “and others” in the blurb, which names the other guys, and even the gal in the inset. I guess he did get his revenge by having more of a career when brought [...]
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Sunday, February 26th, 2006
Champ Comics #18 [1942] – Cover
CHAMP COMICS #18, 1942. Another wartime cover for Harvey, this one signed with the “Jon Henri” pen-name. Don’t try to think too much about how exactly the Liberty Lads got the jump on those Japanese pilots in mid-flight, much less how the Japanese pilots could attack Washington DC.
(note this is often listed with [...]
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Saturday, February 25th, 2006
Marvel Super Action #3 – The Sleeper Strikes
This issue has an edited reprint of CAPTAIN AMERICA #102 (1968). One change made is right on the splash page, where a reference to the Lovin’ Spoonful is changed to Blue Oyster Cult. How hip. Anyway, Cap still has the control key for the Fourth Sleeper from last issue, but doesn’t know [...]
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Friday, February 24th, 2006
World Around Us #31
Among Kirby’s work for Gilberton published in 1961, in addition to his one full issue of CLASSICS ILLUSTRATED, were a few short bits in five issues of THE WORLD AROUND US. This issue’s theme was Hunting, and Kirby contributed 12 pages, inked by Dick Ayers.
The Kirby starts on the title page, an image of [...]
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Wednesday, February 22nd, 2006
Star Spangled Comics #40 [1945] – Cover
STAR SPANGLED COMICS #40, 1945. Boy, is that a complicated flying machine for robbing a bank. If it actually works, you could sell the patent for more than a bank robbery would haul in, and not get beat up by a bunch of kids and a moonlighting cop.
