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Post by Farrar on Apr 17, 2024 15:12:11 GMT -5
Contest Date: April 10 2024
Subject: Here's Looking At You--Characters Looking Directly at/Facing the Reader Winner: Icctrombone Justice League of America #190
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Post by Farrar on Apr 17, 2024 15:04:49 GMT -5
Detective Comics #241 (1957)
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Post by Farrar on Apr 16, 2024 20:15:51 GMT -5
icctrombone's starfish eyes
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Post by Farrar on Apr 14, 2024 17:30:28 GMT -5
Okay, in February 1966 time-traveling Farrar will spend $2 on these: Adventure #343 DC, 12 cents Avengers #27 Love the cover; always like Cap and Wanda together. Marvel, 12 cents Betty and Veronica #124 Archie, 12 cents Bonanza # 19 What can I say--I like Little Joe. Gold Key, 12 cents Brave and the Bold #65 It's the Flash and the Doom Patrol! One of the all-time great Silver Age DC covers. DC, 12 cents Falling in Love #82 I like this Win Mortimer cover, so I'll buy this. DC, 12 cents Fantastic Four #50 Never mind that bald, nekkid agent of argent on the cover--me, I want to read all about the Human Torch going to college You show 'em, Johnny! Marvel, 12 cents Fantasy Masterpieces #2 IRL I bought this issue a few years ago; love it. Marvel, 12 cents Girls' Love Stories #118 DC, 12 cents Heart Throbs #101 The Beatles! DC, 12 cents Lois Lane #64 DC, 12 cents Metal Men #19 DC, 12 cents Secret Hearts #111 Typically dramatic Gene Colan cover. Love it! DC, 12 cents Wonder Woman #161 DC, 12 cents Woody Woodpecker # 90 Big-time nostalgia buy for me, I loved the WW cartoons. Gold Key, 12 cents Young Romance #141 One of my all-time favorite Tony Abruzzo covers. DC, 12 cents 16@ 12 cents each = $1.92...the leftover 8 cents will get me a whole bunch of yummy red licorice shoestrings
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Post by Farrar on Apr 10, 2024 10:48:04 GMT -5
As I stated last time, DC rolled out the Go-Go Checks on the slate of DCs that were released in late December. By now-- January 1966--all DCs include the G-GCs, much to my time-traveling nostalgic delight! In all honesty I would love to spend all of my 2 bucks on just Go-Go Checks-emblazoned DCs...but I have to concede that there are a few Marvels that are worthy of my allowance too. So, here are the comics I'll pick up in January 1966: Action #334 Giant-size Supergirl issue. DC, 25 cents Adventure #342 Some of my favorite Legionnaires are featured on the cover, including Saturn Girl, Dream Girl and Star Boy. I remember buying this comic as a back issue--I was so excited to find it! DC, 12 cents Aquaman #26 Love that Mera often shares the cover action with the big A. You know, it's a pity the Hawkman comic didn't follow suit, as Hawkgirl was rarely on the cover back then. DC. 12 cents Avengers #26 One of the first back issues I ever bought! The Wasp (and Hank) return to the Avengers! I'm a huge fan of Don Heck's Avengers art. Marvel, 12 cents Batman #179 On this time-travelling trip I watched the first Batman episodes and I love Frank Gorshin's Riddler--so damn straight I'm buying this! 12 cents Doom Patrol #102 DC, 12 cents Fantastic Four #49 Marvel, 12 cents Girls' Romances #115 DC, 12 cents Justice League of America #43 DC, 12 cents Marvel Collectors' Item Classics #2 Love love love the postcard cover. Marvel, 25 cents and worth every penny Secret Hearts #110 DC, 12 cents Showcase #61 One of my all-time favorite covers; gorgeous work by Murphy Anderson. DC, 12 cents Teen Titans #2 DC, 12 cents Young Love #54 DC, 12 cents 2 Giants = 50 cents 12 @ 12 cents = 1.44 Total: $1.95 A nickel for some strawberry licorice whips. Done.
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Post by Farrar on Apr 4, 2024 16:19:46 GMT -5
What was the first mainstream comic to deal with drug addiction (I'm sure the underground ones had some stuff dealing with it too)? Was it the Spider-Man drug issues? If we count Mad, they had some pretty pointed stuff on drugs (Hippie Magazine, the "Heads you lose", "Modern Day Crucifixion" and "When Johnny Comes Marching Home" back covers) as well. Fwiw Jim Shooter wrote an addiction story that appeared in Action #378, cover-dated July 1969 (so, a couple of years before Spider-Man and GL/GA), in which Timber Wolf becomes addicted to the lotus fruit. And yes, in the story itself DC fully acknowledges the debt to the lotus fruit episode from Homer's Odyssey. This is back when the Legion was crammed into a few pages as the second feature in Action, so the story is a mere 9.5 pages long and has Brin licking his addiction in record time (a done-in-one story). The art by Win Mortimer and Mike Esposito is pretty pedestrian, and since the story takes place in the 30th century--and since it involves a centuries-old narcotic that had been immortalized in a well-known work of art, instead of pills or LSD--it flew under the radar...but Shooter's intention was clear.
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Post by Farrar on Apr 3, 2024 14:28:54 GMT -5
2024 continued
Contest Date: April 3 2024Subject: Bob Oksner Winner: RagsSwing with Scooter #12
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Post by Farrar on Apr 3, 2024 14:26:38 GMT -5
Supergirl #3
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Post by Farrar on Apr 2, 2024 21:19:26 GMT -5
Contest Date: March 27 2024
Subject: Creig Flessel Winner: CrimebusterYoung Love #106
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Post by Farrar on Apr 2, 2024 21:18:16 GMT -5
Contest Date: March 20 2024
Subject: Laboratories Winner: Rob AllenDetective Comics #18
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Post by Farrar on Mar 28, 2024 14:56:21 GMT -5
It's like asking which child is your favorite--but this has long been a favorite Flessel of mine.
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Post by Farrar on Mar 26, 2024 21:09:28 GMT -5
MRP Missives and that astonishing cover
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Post by Farrar on Mar 20, 2024 18:08:02 GMT -5
Phantom Lady #1 (1954/5), the second series from Ajax-Farrell
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Post by Farrar on Mar 19, 2024 14:59:31 GMT -5
jester
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Post by Farrar on Mar 13, 2024 16:23:42 GMT -5
Contest Date: March 13 2024
Subject: Crossovers featuring characters from different comic book companies Winner: MDGA History of Underground Comics
Author: Mark James Estren, published in 1974 Looks like an interesting book!
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