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Post by Red Oak Kid on May 12, 2017 10:08:24 GMT -5
I recently remembered the Super DC Giants of 70-71 featuring reprints. Back then I had the Challengers of the Unknown issue which I think was tied in to the return of Kirby to DC. I think all the Chall reprints were by Kirby. I was just looking at the covers to this series on GCD and noticed a blurb on the cover of issue 15 which says "Introducing an Exciting New Frontier Hero--Half Breed!". The cover shows a young blonde haired guy fighting with an Indian chief on horseback. I assume he is the character Half Breed. The issue is all western reprints except for a 12 page story written and drawn by Gil Kane which I assume is about the Half Breed character. I was just wondering if DC was serious about launching this character or was this story just an inventory story they wanted to get rid of. But also I invite anyone who remembers these books to post here if they had a favorite issue.  |
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Post by hondobrode on May 12, 2017 11:18:18 GMT -5
Those Super DC Giants were the best !
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Post by Prince Hal on May 12, 2017 21:02:17 GMT -5
Loved these! Nobody packaged reprints like DC. Four of them were released in July 1970. Outside of one of the romance issues, I think that Kane's Half-Breed story was the only original story published in any of this series, which ran until the Aquaman issue (S-26).
A 27th issue devoted to UFOs, came out in the summer of '76.
Maybe this was an invnetory story, but Kane was still working fairly steadily at DC then, so it isn't as if they were just dumping something bought and paid for, then left behind when Kane left.
I remember the story and art... both striking, and definitely "modern" in tone, but outside of Jonah Hex, despite many DC attempts, the Western comic just didn't catch fire.
I think that once the 15-cent comics were issued, you had to consider the Silver Age over, but if you think that the summer 1970 was still part of the Silver Age, John Hawk (Half-Breed) is, IINM, another of the very few SA characters DC never brought back even for a cameo. (I'm talkin' bout you, Bat-Squad!)
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Post by Deleted on May 13, 2017 0:40:37 GMT -5
Here's some of my favoritesJerry Lewis DC Super Giant #19 Batman, Flash, and Metamorpho DC Super Giant #16 Supergirl DC Super Giant #24 Flying Saucers DC Super Giant #27
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Post by Red Oak Kid on May 13, 2017 13:00:34 GMT -5
Here's some of my favoritesFlying SaucersDC Super Giant #27 I'd definitely like to read the UFO issue. I think the logo is the worst logo ever to appear on a DC comic. Looks like it was a last, last, last minute effort. I think that DC's attempt at scary SF stories are amusing. The art looks like it was done by their romance artists. DC didn't have a Kirby or Ditko to make these stories visually exciting. |
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Post by Deleted on May 13, 2017 13:10:45 GMT -5
Here's some of my favoritesFlying SaucersDC Super Giant #27 I'd definitely like to read the UFO issue. I think the logo is the worst logo ever to appear on a DC comic. Looks like it was a last, last, last minute effort. I think that DC's attempt at scary SF stories are amusing. The art looks like it was done by their romance artists. DC didn't have a Kirby or Ditko to make these stories visually exciting. It was a good issue to read for a kid back then and that's the whole purpose of this book. I agree the logo should had been better but at least was eye-grabber to get it for 50 cents back then. The story and the art was done for just for entertainment only and it's was aimed towards young kids and even back then both young boys and girls are buying them up. But, anyway these issues were great for taking on a camping trip and long trips on the road. |
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Post by Prince Hal on May 13, 2017 13:55:35 GMT -5
Here's some of my favoritesFlying SaucersDC Super Giant #27 I'd definitely like to read the UFO issue. I think the logo is the worst logo ever to appear on a DC comic. Looks like it was a last, last, last minute effort. I think that DC's attempt at scary SF stories are amusing. The art looks like it was done by their romance artists. DC didn't have a Kirby or Ditko to make these stories visually exciting. Yeah, that logo inhales pond water. Reminds me of another hideous logo from DC:  Made far more sense than the crummy logo it replaced:  |
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Post by hondobrode on May 13, 2017 14:00:15 GMT -5
Yeah, head scratcher on that one ...
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Post by Red Oak Kid on May 13, 2017 16:06:34 GMT -5
Totally agree on the Swamp Thing logo. 76 was a low point in art directing at DC as far as I'm concerned. I hated the weak colors they used. I also hated the DC Bullet being in the center of the masthead.
I may be stating the obvious but this issue is sort of a Strange Adventures Annual. All the reprints are from Strange Adventures.
However the wonky logo causes some confusion. The GCD lists it as "Strange Flying Saucers Adventures". I think it more correctly should say Strange Adventures featuring Flying Saucers.
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Post by berkley on May 13, 2017 17:36:42 GMT -5
I like the original Swamp Thing logo from the Wrightson issues. The only thing was, it was a bit too big. Took up a lot of space that could have been used for artwork.
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Post by Prince Hal on May 13, 2017 18:51:20 GMT -5
I like the original Swamp Thing logo from the Wrightson issues. The only thing was, it was a bit too big. Took up a lot of space that could have been used for artwork. True, but that was the house syle/trade dress/ whatever you call it at DC then. There were some seriously fugly covers during the mid-to-late 70s. And Ernie Chan's ubiquity didn't help. |
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Post by hondobrode on May 13, 2017 23:08:42 GMT -5
I know I'm not alone in my love of Bronze Age Ernie Chua / Chan
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Post by Prince Hal on May 14, 2017 0:05:17 GMT -5
I know I'm not alone in my love of Bronze Age Ernie Chua / Chan Keep thinking that.  |
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Post by Slam_Bradley on May 14, 2017 0:14:43 GMT -5
I know I'm not alone in my love of Bronze Age Ernie Chua / Chan Keep thinking that. He's not. Chua's covers got me to buy a lot of comics at the time. |
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Post by Rob Allen on May 14, 2017 2:00:52 GMT -5
Keep thinking that. He's not. Chua's covers got me to buy a lot of comics at the time. I didn't buy comics because of Chan's covers; by that time I was buying all the comics his covers were on anyway. But I always thought Ernie was a solid pro and I really liked his inks on John Buscema. |
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