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Post by electricmastro on Aug 15, 2019 21:30:09 GMT -5
Always wanted to read some Spy Smasher and Captain Midnight golden age comics. Dark Horse did a Captain Midnight series a few years back that was entertaining. He managed to get a movie serial as well. A live-action superhero piece from the Golden Age itself.  |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 15, 2019 21:38:31 GMT -5
Dark Horse did a Captain Midnight series a few years back that was entertaining. He managed to get a movie serial as well. A live-action superhero piece from the Golden Age itself. Lucky You ... I wished I did too and I seen it on the big screen as a teenager back in the mid-70's and it's rocks! |
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Post by beccabear67 on Aug 15, 2019 22:20:52 GMT -5
The Human Bomb was always a hit at parties I'm sure.  I think the Quality Phantom Lady was a bit lower key than the later Fox version. I was never really too clear on how the character went from Quality to Fox... whereas Blackhawk went from Quality to DC without skipping a month if I remember correctly. Quality published a Spirit (and also the affiliated Lady Luck) comic too, but then The Spirit went to Fiction House... another mysterious (to me) transition. |
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Post by electricmastro on Aug 16, 2019 0:50:29 GMT -5
Another Golden Age hero of note, Lois Lane as Superwoman in Action Comics #156 (May 1951).  |
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Post by hondobrode on Aug 16, 2019 1:00:59 GMT -5
 Ace Comics 1952 - 1953  Ace Comics 1953  Hillman Periodicals 1941 - 1945  Hillman Periodicals 1945 - 1953 |
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Post by Reptisaurus! on Aug 16, 2019 3:29:20 GMT -5
hondobrode So your posts that are just long strings of images with no context often confuse me. Are you listing favorite titles by publisher by year? I think it would be a lot clearer if you listed both the publisher and the year together, rather than the publisher on top of the image and the year underneath.
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Post by Cei-U! on Aug 16, 2019 8:36:06 GMT -5
The Human Bomb was always a hit at parties I'm sure. I think the Quality Phantom Lady was a bit lower key than the later Fox version. I was never really too clear on how the character went from Quality to Fox... whereas Blackhawk went from Quality to DC without skipping a month if I remember correctly. Quality published a Spirit (and also the affiliated Lady Luck) comic too, but then The Spirit went to Fiction House... another mysterious (to me) transition. Phantom Lady was one of several characters originally published by Quality that packager Jerry Iger retained the rights to after publisher Busy Arnold severed his business ties to the Iger studio in 1943. These characters later popped up in several fly-by-night publishers' comics before Victor Fox hired Iger to provide content for his line in the late '40s. That's how Phantom Lady ended up first at Fox, then at Charlton (who published a handful of hand-me-down inventory issues after Fox went bankrupt... again). At some point prior to 1958, the rights to PL were determined to have always belonged to Quality (I'm hazy on the details, sorry) and so she was included in the deal between DC and Quality that assigned the copyright for the latter's comics line to the former (everything except The Spirit, Lady Luck, and Mr. Mystic, all legally owned by creator Will Eisner).
Cei-U! I summon the curvaceous crimebuster!
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Post by MDG on Aug 16, 2019 8:40:51 GMT -5
Unfortunately, no. I moved to Florida two and a half years ago. I kinda wish I'd stayed in Rochester, but my wife wanted to escape winter, so here we are. By the way, I've been to the Museum of Play and it's awesome! Our last summer in Rochester we took our kids (now 5 and 7) there and they loved it. They still talk about it. Sadly, I haven't been back to Rochester since then, but whenever we do go back, I'll put visiting the Museum of Play high on the priority list. I also have to say that Rochester has WAY better comic shops than what I've seen here. |
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Post by hondobrode on Aug 16, 2019 9:46:20 GMT -5
hondobrode So your posts that are just long strings of images with no context often confuse me. Are you listing favorite titles by publisher by year? I think it would be a lot clearer if you listed both the publisher and the year together, rather than the publisher on top of the image and the year underneath. Oh ! Sorry about that. I don't mean to be confusing. We're here cause we love comics, and comics are a visual medium; that's why I like to post images sometimes. Posting Atomic War # 1 doesn't have the same punch as the visual IMO. Some of our members have never seen this covers; that's why I like to post them. As far as what images I post, I just pick one of the best images I can find for that particular title. In this case, I'm neither alphabetical or chronological; just putting out images as I recall publishers and titles. Does that help ? BTW, I've taken your suggestion and matched the publisher with the year to help clarify. Thanks for the feedback. |
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Post by beccabear67 on Aug 16, 2019 13:57:34 GMT -5
Phantom Lady was one of several characters originally published by Quality that packager Jerry Iger retained the rights to after publisher Busy Arnold severed his business ties to the Iger studio in 1943. These characters later popped up in several fly-by-night publishers' comics before Victor Fox hired Iger to provide content for his line in the late '40s. That's how Phantom Lady ended up first at Fox, then at Charlton (who published a handful of hand-me-down inventory issues after Fox went bankrupt... again). At some point prior to 1958, the rights to PL were determined to have always belonged to Quality (I'm hazy on the details, sorry) and so she was included in the deal between DC and Quality that assigned the copyright for the latter's comics line to the former (everything except The Spirit, Lady Luck, and Mr. Mystic, all legally owned by creator Will Eisner).
Cei-U! I summon the curvaceous crimebuster!
Thanks for this info! Had no idea of the Charlton appearances, but did see she was in the '70s Freedom Fighters with the other Earth-Qers. |
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Post by electricmastro on Aug 16, 2019 15:02:38 GMT -5
Collage tribute to the various heroes which led their own series, named after themselves, that started in the Golden Age:  The Phantom (1948-present) - 1845 issues Superman Vol 1 (1939-2011) - 714 issues Batman Vol 1 (1940-2011) - 713 issues Marvelman (1953-1963) - 370 issues Wonder Woman Vol 1 (1942-1986) - 329 issues Blackhawk Vol 1 (1941-1984) - 273 issues Captain Marvel Adventures (1941-1953) - 150 issues Daredevil Comics (1941-1956) - 134 issues Captain Marvel, Jr. (1942-1953) - 118 issues Airboy Comics (1941-1953) - 111 issues Blue Bolt (1940-1951) - 110 issues Flash Comics (1940-1949) - 104 issues Shadow Comics (1940-1949) - 101 issues Captain America Comics (1941-1954) - 78 issues Captain Midnight (1942-1948) - 67 issues Black Cat Comics (1946-1963) - 65 issues Plastic Man (1943-1956) - 64 issues The Blue Beetle (1939-1950) - 59 issues Doll Man (1941-1953) - 47 issues Green Hornet Comics (1942-1949) - 47 issues Sub-Mariner Comics (1941-1955) - 42 issues Green Lantern (1941-1949) - 38 issues The Human Torch (1940-1954) - 38 issues Cat-Man Comics (1941-1946) - 33 issues The Fighting Yank (1942-1949) - 29 issues Mary Marvel (1945-1948) - 28 issues The Black Terror (1942-1949) - 27 issues Captain Aero Comics (1941-1946) - 23 issues |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 16, 2019 16:31:52 GMT -5
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Post by dbutler69 on Aug 16, 2019 18:11:49 GMT -5
Unfortunately, no. I moved to Florida two and a half years ago. I kinda wish I'd stayed in Rochester, but my wife wanted to escape winter, so here we are. By the way, I've been to the Museum of Play and it's awesome! Our last summer in Rochester we took our kids (now 5 and 7) there and they loved it. They still talk about it. Sadly, I haven't been back to Rochester since then, but whenever we do go back, I'll put visiting the Museum of Play high on the priority list. I also have to say that Rochester has WAY better comic shops than what I've seen here. Oh, man. I'm jealous! |
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Post by Cei-U! on Aug 16, 2019 21:10:00 GMT -5
I was going to argue that 1956 (or 1948, for that matter) is way too late for the Golden Age but since I've gone on record as not liking the whole Golden-Silver-Bronze Age paradigm, it seems kinda pointless.
Cei-U!
I summon the ambivalence!
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Post by MDG on Aug 17, 2019 9:14:54 GMT -5
I was going to argue that 1956 (or 1948, for that matter) is way too late for the Golden Age but since I've gone on record as not liking the whole Golden-Silver-Bronze Age paradigm, it seems kinda pointless. Cei-U! I summon the ambivalence! Almost like arbitrarily writing the history of comics by decade 😀. But I always advocate for the postwar "Atom" Age as a separate thing. |
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