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Post by brutalis on Jan 9, 2017 8:00:30 GMT -5
Hooked from the newspaper comic strips on Flash Gordon, Doc Savage, the Phantom, Mandrake the Magician, Tarzan, Prince Valiant, Terry and the Pirates, Johnny Hazard, Dick Tracy, Steve Canyon and other such greats.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 9, 2017 10:02:52 GMT -5
I like the classic golden age characters, but one that fascinated me was Quality's Miss America (Joan Dale). I had never heard of her until the All-Star Squadron in the 80s and always wanted to know more about her. I think she debuted before Wonder Woman, but only had a handful of adventures before appearing sporadically in the 80s and beyond. I always thought Wildcat was cool and had an interesting backstory.
Another golden age character I like is Marvel's Venus.
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Post by String on Jan 10, 2017 11:33:23 GMT -5
 One of the purest concepts ever in comics IMHO. I still find the heights of his popularity during that time staggering. |
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Post by Jesse on Jun 26, 2017 12:08:21 GMT -5
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Post by zilch on Jun 26, 2017 20:47:39 GMT -5
As a big Golden/Silver Age comics fan, i recently started to get to read a bunch of scans and wading through the dreck, i found a couple of gems...
Hop Harrigan by Jon B. Blummer was just one of a whole bunch of aviation strips that were popular at the beginning of the Age. Blummer infused nice, clean artwork with the storyline of a teen who was born to fly and so he did. Even before the war, the strip took off and was one of the more popular of the AA line. Blummer retained control throughout the majority of its run handling even the lettering until just before the line was folded into the National side. Hop was the star of both a short lived comic strip and a 15 minute radio program and a serial, even pushing Green Lantern off the cover of All-American once (the only other strip to do that was the Mutt and Jeff reprints!)
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Post by Batflunkie on Jun 26, 2017 21:00:56 GMT -5
Green Lantern Alan ScottAlways a favorite of mine because it colorful, bizarre, bold, and very unique costume of all time. If I were younger and had blonde hair ... I would dress up like this at Sci-Fi Conventions. One of my favorite JSA and All-Star Squadron Member. I love a lot of the original JSA members, but the ones that stand out the most are Alan, Wesley, Carter and Kent. Kent, Carter, and Alan just have this engaging mystique about them, this Je ne sais quoi quality of timelessness but still systematically being of their respective eras Oh! And I would kill for a modern take of Lash Lightning and Jack Cole's Daredevil  |
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Post by Batflunkie on Jun 26, 2017 21:04:10 GMT -5
One of the purest concepts ever in comics IMHO. I still find the heights of his popularity during that time staggering. The only saving grace regarding Marvel stealing the name from right under DC's nose was how enraged Roy got, steering the book in a direction in more in toe with the Fawcett original  Of all the comics my mom introduced me to as a young tike, Captain Marvel/Shazam! still remains a close, personal favorite; even beating out Green Lantern & Captain America. Those oversized reprints from the 70's still give me goosebumps not only from how huge they are, but how well the stories hold up |
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Post by bran on Jul 1, 2017 0:34:31 GMT -5
Phantom, no question. The Singh Brotherhood is in my book one of the best action-adventures of all times. Today the term "action" stands for bloodless, highly-choreographed and "clean" violence (at least in Hollywood). Way back in 30s they used term action for: - Horseback riding - Parachuting - Deep sea diving and swimming - Driving cars and piloting planes - Every other outdoor activity you can think of Phantom performs all of the above in just first couple of episodes. [What is BTW common for those activities - one type or another of tight-suite, right?] Finally Phantom was French-kissing on a regular basis, with some exceptions:   [It's sweet, she wanted to provide him with at least some kind of comfort. Men don't operate like that girl...] It's just overall a great story with a great characters, drawn well. Sounds simple.
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Post by LovesGilKane on Jul 1, 2017 4:00:56 GMT -5
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Post by kirby101 on Jul 1, 2017 8:27:48 GMT -5
I am surprised almost no one has mentioned the Spirit yet. Perhaps the best thing published in the Golden Age. With story and art that holds up to today's standards. I collected all the Warren and Kitchen Sink reprints, so I guess i have read about every Spirit story. They had the bonus of all new Eisner covers.   |
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Post by kirby101 on Jul 1, 2017 8:30:14 GMT -5
Dupe post
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Post by Batflunkie on Jul 1, 2017 12:57:55 GMT -5
Phantom, no question. The Singh Brotherhood is in my book one of the best action-adventures of all times. Today the term "action" stands for bloodless, highly-choreographed and "clean" violence (at least in Hollywood). Way back in 30s they used term action for: - Horseback riding - Parachuting - Deep sea diving and swimming - Driving cars and piloting planes - Every other outdoor activity you can think of Phantom performs all of the above in just first couple of episodes. [What is BTW common for those activities - one type or another of tight-suite, right?] It's just overall a great story with a great characters, drawn well. Sounds simple. I love David's Phantom mini from the late 80's and the Phantom is just such a great character in general. Have no clue why he's so popular overseas as opposed to his own country of origin, but it's the same for a lot of others too  |
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Post by bran on Jul 1, 2017 14:33:31 GMT -5
Phantom, no question. The Singh Brotherhood is in my book one of the best action-adventures of all times. Today the term "action" stands for bloodless, highly-choreographed and "clean" violence (at least in Hollywood). Way back in 30s they used term action for: - Horseback riding - Parachuting - Deep sea diving and swimming - Driving cars and piloting planes - Every other outdoor activity you can think of Phantom performs all of the above in just first couple of episodes. [What is BTW common for those activities - one type or another of tight-suite, right?] It's just overall a great story with a great characters, drawn well. Sounds simple. I love David's Phantom mini from the late 80's and the Phantom is just such a great character in general. Have no clue why he's so popular overseas as opposed to his own country of origin, but it's the same for a lot of others too Thank you very much for sharing that info. Never heard of that one. He is, and a lot of unused potential as a property (franchise). Usually "franchised-heroes" (such as cb super-heroes or James Bond movies for example) are in their perpetual 20s or 30s, than what about the era where it all takes place, than there are re-boots, convoluted retconing and so forth. Lee Falk resolved all of that, in the most elegant manner, from the get go (maybe unintentionally) - and never really used it! Nor did any other writer, as far as I know. Then there is a possibility of telling stories from the past, say 19th century Phantom(s) (which he used, a bit), then connecting them in some way.. Options are endless. |
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Post by Confessor on Jul 2, 2017 2:12:23 GMT -5
I am surprised no one has mentioned the Spirit yet. Perhaps the best thing published in the Golden Age. With story and art that holds up to today's standards. A-hem...I mentioned The Spirit, along with other newspaper strips like Dick Tracy and Hawks of the Sea, in my post on the first page of this thread. Totally agree with you though about how well Eisner's work on the strip holds up. |
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Post by LovesGilKane on Jul 2, 2017 6:02:05 GMT -5
I'd love the Spirit if he looked like a spirit [undead]. I'd love the Phantom if he was a phantom.
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