#50 Stripesy


Alter Ego: Pat Dugan





It's plain and simple costume design that's befitting to his character Stripesy and one of the easier heroes to draw in that timeframe and having said that it's a classic design smooth and simple with miminal of ease. One aspects of this design is the bottom is very much like Superman's and back in those days a Superman Artist can draw him quite well with very little effort.

He often paired with Star Spangled Kid and that's makes this duo quite an entertaining one indeed. I loved him in All Star Squadron, Seven Soldiers of Victory, and Justice Society of America. He is also a member of two other groups but I get my kicks in the three groups that I've mentioned here.

So he's #50 on my list of the best costumes design in the DC Comics - Golden Age of Comics.

Looks like an interesting endeavor, Mecha--thanks!

Re Stripesy: Love that the grown-up was the sidekick here, complete with a kid-like monicker.  

have always loved that Murphy Anderson pin-up of the SSOV! Does anybody draw like that anymore?

I've made a change to the program - I'm moving it from Thursdays to Wednesdays. Officially, it's now - Sundays and Wednesdays from now on.

Number #49 on Wednesday!

#49 Atom


Alter Ego: Al Pratt





It's unique high-waisted trunk that has two interlocking belts in Brown that makes it's very unique and very original back then when he fought as member of the Justice Society of America and as member of All-Star Squadron as well. I wished he had more color to this costume but when I look at it from the distance - to me the color of brown in his trunks and arm bands are displayed the most and I don't even see the red trim of his orange tunic shirt that he has on. This design made him looks more muscular and that's the beauty of his costume here.

I find this design - overall a very unusual and the concept of him wearing a blue cape with it's matching hood/mask made him looks rather distinquished and added him more a mystery man to conceal his identity as Al Pratt.

To be honest here, this is only costume that I ever saw of him during my days of reading Justice Society of America and All-Star Squadron. In my next post - a series of scans that I will be showing you in a moment made this reader frustrated over the Comic Book Stores owners that don't even bother showcasting this image below that made me wonder that's there is another costume that I didn't know about.

On to the scans that's I wanted to share from the internet and I've spent some time in the past few days sharing these to you.

In the early installments of the Atom's feature in All-American Comics (the first 5 are reprinted in JSA All-Stars Archives Volume 1), the costume seemed designed to, well, show off his butt: his cape was very short and those brown briefs were cut like a thong in back, and artist Ben Flinton seemed to find an opportunity to show him from the back quite frequently. It looks a little kinky from a modern perspective, although you'd have to be pretty strange to be able to get off on Flinton's drawings, which were, to put it very kindly, rather primitive.

I love the blue hood/ cape. That is a great look. Yeah, the shorts & belt are an odd look, but it does look like a weightlifting belt, which makes sense for Al Pratt. Plus, a body builder would want to show off his legs, hence the shorts. I'm used to this costume from some All Star Comics reprints as well as the All-Star Squadron. I'm not sure if I've seen the costume with the yellow pants.