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Post by Deleted on Jan 28, 2020 9:01:20 GMT -5
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Post by dbutler69 on Jan 28, 2020 9:09:49 GMT -5
Is that Portuguese? I have no idea what this is all about (is it a legit foreign ripoff of American comics or a total Photoshop job) but I love the cover.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 28, 2020 9:25:44 GMT -5
My Chromebook translates the website. It's a comic guide site attempting to catalog all comics that have been published in Brazil.
The comic reprints an early Human Torch tale and an early Superman tale. But, for whatever reason, those responsible for the cover art had Superman and Human Torch together. To those alive at the time, I wonder if they expected this to be a legitimate crossover.
Incidentally, this was shared on the official Back Issue FB group (a private group, but if you request membership, I'm sure they'll accept it). I can't link directly to private FB pages as if you're not a member, it'll be a "Content cannot be seen" message you get.
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Post by dbutler69 on Jan 28, 2020 9:30:46 GMT -5
My Chromebook translates the website. It's a comic guide site attempting to catalog all comics that have been published in Brazil. The comic reprints an early Human Torch tale and an early Superman tale. But, for whatever reason, those responsible for the cover art had Superman and Human Torch together. To those alive at the time, I wonder if they expected this to be a legitimate crossover. Incidentally, this was shared on the official Back Issue FB group (a private group, but if you request membership, I'm sure they'll accept it). I can't link directly to private FB pages as if you're not a member, it'll be a "Content cannot be seen" message you get. Thanks! so, I was right about it being Portuguese, anyway. I'm not much of a Facebook person, but maybe I'll join that group just for the heck of it. |
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Post by Icctrombone on Jan 28, 2020 9:38:37 GMT -5
Cei-u might know something about this, but it just looks like it was a merging of a Superman cover with a Torch drawing.
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Post by Cei-U! on Jan 28, 2020 11:04:30 GMT -5
It was probably drawn by one of the Brazilian publisher's staff artists using a modified swipe of Fred Ray's cover art for Superman #12.
Cei-U! I summon the detective work!
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Post by codystarbuck on Jan 28, 2020 11:04:35 GMT -5
Foreign reprints were a totally different animal and it wasn't uncommon for an anthology to feature properties from different companies. The cover was probably done in house, copying the styles seen in the American originals to create a cover combining the two. South America had a big comic market for generations and Brazil reprinted works from all sorts of companies. Someone here or on CBR used to post Brazilian comics and you did get stuff like this. Mark Evanier has even talked about Dan Spiegle doing original Scooby Doo stories specifically for the Latin American market.
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Post by chadwilliam on Jan 28, 2020 23:20:13 GMT -5
Roy Thomas' Alter Ego magazine (issues 54-60) had a nice feature on how in Brazil, new Captain Marvel stories were produced even after Fawcett shut them down here in North America. As a result, 1964 saw a new Captain Marvel story in which he teamed up with none other than The Golden Age Human Torch. Comicbookresources picked up the story, but unfortunately, the images they once offered seem to now be unavailable. www.cbr.com/comic-book-legends-revealed-486/3/ |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 29, 2020 7:01:08 GMT -5
Thanks for the link.
It's amazing what one learns from time to time. A few years ago, I read about how a company in Brazil had the licence to do DC reprints. This was at a time when the UK had no licencee for DC reprints.
I see Brazil pop up time and time again with regards to reprints, original stories, etc. It's worth doing more research, I feel!
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Post by codystarbuck on Jan 29, 2020 12:19:55 GMT -5
Thanks for the link. It's amazing what one learns from time to time. A few years ago, I read about how a company in Brazil had the licence to do DC reprints. This was at a time when the UK had no licencee for DC reprints. I see Brazil pop up time and time again with regards to reprints, original stories, etc. It's worth doing more research, I feel! Brazil has a pretty big population and had a big history with comics. Argentina is probably the biggest country in South America, for comics. They had years of both foreign material and home grown stuff and developed a ton of international talent. Hugo Pratt lived there for many years, producing work, suck as his Ernie Pike, with Hector Oesterheld. There is Breccia and the Eternaut, Quino and Mafalda, Jose Munoz and Alack Sinner, just to name a few. Oesterheld was murdered for using comics to highlight politics in opposition to the right-wing government. Comics turn up all over the world, with some amazing markets: the Philippines, Yugoslavia (and the now independent states), France & Belgium, Italy, Scandinavia, Nigeria, India, China, Japan, Korea, the Netherlands, Spain, Argentina, Brazil, Mexico, South Africa, etc. During WW2, the Fascists had banned American comics, yet Mickey Mouse still appeared in their magazines, as Topolino. The government knew it was Mickey; but, the alias allowed them to turn a blind eye to something that Italians loved. |
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Post by Slam_Bradley on Jan 29, 2020 12:45:31 GMT -5
There are a ton of Filipino comics I'd kill to have translated. Huge amount of work by Alfredo Alcala that I'd love to read.
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