Archive for February, 2007
Sunday, February 25th, 2007
2007 New York Comicon
For me this year’s Comicon is an improvement, I got in. That is not to say I was very happy how they handled it. There was only one small entrance into the show. This meant that even with tickets (the show was sold out so you had to have tickets) it took an hour to […]
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Sunday, February 25th, 2007
Foxhole #4, Enter the Comic Code
Foxhole #4 (April 1955) unused cover by Jack Kirby
Public criticism about the contents of comics had lead to the creation of the Comic Code. Although not a legal requirement, publishers knew that they must submit their work to this agency for approval or be rejected by most newsstands. Simon and Kirby’s company Mainline was no […]
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Sunday, February 18th, 2007
Coming Attractions and Other Comments
Well next weekend is the big N.Y. comic convention. Last year I was one of those who spent a couple of hours on line only to be turned away. I did help Joe Simon with his appearance the next day. But helping Joe kept me so busy that I really did not get to see […]
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Sunday, February 18th, 2007
Featured Cover, Fighting American #4
Fighting American #4 (October 1954) by Jack Kirby
Another great FA cover done during the period when this title was more about humor then about being the typical superhero. In common with the cover for Fighting American #3 we find our hero about to spring a surprise on his clueless foes. I love the line “let […]
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Sunday, February 18th, 2007
Foxhole #3, The Writers Jack Kirby and Jack Oleck
Foxhole Comics #3 (February 1955) “The Face” art by Joe Albistur, script by Jack Kirby
The artist for “The Face” is Joe Albistur who does marvelous work. Earlier I had misattributed this story art to John Prentice. To be honest at that time I did not look carefully at the story and relied on an old […]
