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Post by Red Oak Kid on Apr 12, 2017 17:15:20 GMT -5
Superman #186. I bought this one off the spinner rack in 1966.
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Post by Red Oak Kid on Apr 9, 2017 11:35:23 GMT -5
The cover of ASM #7 has the phrase ...This--The Marvel Age of Comics.
Just wondering when was the first time Stan Lee used this phrase. Either on the cover or inside on a splash page or in the letters section.
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Post by Red Oak Kid on Apr 9, 2017 11:24:05 GMT -5
In 2006 there was a Spider-Man reprint series inserted into newspapers. It was called Spider-Man Collectible Series and reprinted the first 12 or so issues of ASM. Since each issue had to be divided in half, there were several new covers drawn for the old stories.
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Post by Red Oak Kid on Apr 6, 2017 16:42:22 GMT -5
JSA #16 and JSA #20 Can someone do me a favor and name all the characters on these two covers. I only recognize about four of them.
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Post by Red Oak Kid on Apr 2, 2017 18:18:33 GMT -5
It's a lot harder to swim with shoes. True but they might step on some sharp seashells or pebbles or coral and get infected. I must buy this book to find out what happens next I've read this story. The three boys have an incredible adventure with much danger and last minute escapes. But then they wake up and find out it was just a dream. First DC comic with an Imaginary story by Mort Weisinger.
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Post by Red Oak Kid on Apr 2, 2017 11:53:36 GMT -5
I feel like we need Neal Adams to introduce some menacing background element the kids haven't noticed yet -- cursed pirates or something. The cover's beautiful, but it looks more like a nostalgic Saturday Evening Post cover than something that's going to make kids want to read what's inside. I have to disagree. There is plenty of danger in this situation. Three young boys on a tiny homebuilt raft are adrift in the ocean. The boy who appears to be the captain is looking into an empty bottle. The boy responsible for steering the raft has only one eye. It would only take about a three foot wave to swamp them. This cover scares the heck out of me. And what's the deal with that sharp knife stuck in the raft? That's an accident waiting to happen, imo.
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Post by Red Oak Kid on Mar 24, 2017 17:23:23 GMT -5
I don't recall having formed an image of what I thought NA looked like when I first discovered his work in the Avengers Kree/Skrull War issues.
In some interview he described himself as looking like a NYC fireman.
The best NA interview(imo) is the one conducted by Arlen Schumer in Comic Book Marketplace #56.
If you are interested in his early years at Johnstone and Cushing Advertising Agency, I highly recommend Comic Book Profiles #3.
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Post by Red Oak Kid on Mar 23, 2017 19:33:42 GMT -5
Thanks. I figured it was there, but it wasn't showing up for me.
Charlton had an Earp comic but it was titled, Frontier Marshall, Wyatt Earp. I see on Marvel's first 70s issue(#30) there is a blurb at the bottom that says The Fighting Frontier Marshall. I still think there was some legal reason for this revival.
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Post by Red Oak Kid on Mar 23, 2017 18:13:17 GMT -5
Marvel reprinted some of the Wyatt Earp series in the 70's, though to be honest, I don't think I've ever actually seen an issue of the reprint series in all my years of collecting. The short run picked up the numbering from the 50's Atlas series. I wanted to find out more about this Wyatt Earp #32. But it's not listed on the GCD under Wyatt Earp. The GCD says Wyatt Earp #29, June 1960, was the last Marvel issue of this series. So what in the Wide, Wide World of Sports is a goin' on here?
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Post by Red Oak Kid on Mar 23, 2017 17:11:43 GMT -5
Or is he Chad Everett? In 1982 I submitted my script; The Neal Adams Story, to Warners. I wanted Paul Sorvino to play the lead. They loved my script but insisted that Stallone play Adams. I told them to take a hike.
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Post by Red Oak Kid on Mar 23, 2017 17:01:53 GMT -5
Yes he did host the Love Connection. That's why he never had time to draw Skateman #2.
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Post by Red Oak Kid on Mar 23, 2017 16:24:45 GMT -5
I've been collecting Adams art and articles since 1974 and that is definitely Neal Adams. I haven't seen that specific photo before but I have seen photos of him from this same event and he is wearing the same shirt and coat.
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Post by Red Oak Kid on Mar 23, 2017 8:24:31 GMT -5
Marvel reprinted some of the Wyatt Earp series in the 70's, though to be honest, I don't think I've ever actually seen an issue of the reprint series in all my years of collecting. The short run picked up the numbering from the 50's Atlas series. I don't think I ever saw this reprint. It makes me wonder why Marvel decided to publish this in the 70s and why they stuck with the original numbering. I wonder if they were just re-establishing their copyright on the title.
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Post by Red Oak Kid on Mar 19, 2017 18:52:41 GMT -5
I think the Batmobile is probably my favorite superhero car. I like all the versions of this car going back to the !940s.
The Spider-mobile is probably my least favorite.
I remember Green Arrow had an Arrow car. And I think the Joker had a Joker-mobile.
So what are your favorite, least favorite and most obscure superhero cars?
And you can include other vehicles like motorcycles, planes, etc.
Was Wonder Woman the first to have a plane? I'll say no, I think the Bat-plane was earlier.
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Post by Red Oak Kid on Mar 17, 2017 17:27:32 GMT -5
Just my two cents: Now, it is common to live well into your 70s and 80s. However, in the time frame of many of the artists mentioned here, it was common for people to die in their late 50s and 60s due to cigarettes and poor diet. I'm always looking up actors on IMDb and many of the actors I like in movies from the 40s and 50s died from heart attacks in their 50s.
I don't think the death rate of comic book artists is out of the norm for the general population. It depends on what generation you are talking about.
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