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Post by tartanphantom on Jun 14, 2022 18:38:45 GMT -5
jinx, you owe me a Scotch if we ever get the chance to hang out  -M Should the occasion arise, I will be more than happy to oblige you with a top-shelf dram.  |
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Post by wildfire2099 on Jun 14, 2022 19:12:36 GMT -5
I got those HERcules books not tool long ago (I think it was 10 of the 12 in the series... definitely fun stuff. Seems like there might have been some vague plans to link all those 'great disaster' stories (Herc, Kamandi, and Atomic Knights at least) as a coherent whole, but I suspect sales and/or editoral changes happened (I'm sure someone here has a story about that)
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Post by tartanphantom on Jun 14, 2022 20:51:23 GMT -5
Kind of busy this evening, so I don't have time to give a lot of descriptions... but buckle up for a large photo dump. These are some books that I acquired over the last couple of weeks. I've shown most of them on the last couple of Zoom sessions, but the rest of you haven't seen them yet...
So here's my "Wing Attack Plan R" to hit both the primary and secondary targets... as I have little time to waste tonight.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 15, 2022 6:15:27 GMT -5
Some great pickups, @jaska ! Thanks! If you're picking up Lassie books, keep an eye out for issues #20-222, they're probably some of the most affordable books with Matt Baker interiors in them. And those Hercules books have some gorgeous Jose Luis Garcia Lopez inked by Wally Wood art in them. Later issues have Simonson/Wood material too. I found the Shazam book that was part of that series the Supes book was from in my local library as a freshman in high school, it was one of my first real intros in GA comics in general and GA Capt. Marvel in particular. A few years back I was able to track down all 3 books (Superman, Shazam and Batman) for very reasonable prices, and now have all three. Thanks for the tip on issues #20-22 of Lassie (and tartanphantom mentioning as well of course!) I can just imagine discovering that Shazam book, I used to find some collections like that at the library as a kid as well. Nice that you were able to score all 3. As far as the character goes, many folks don't know that Rima pre-dated Burrough's Tarzan by about 8 years. The character was created by W.H. Hudson in 1904, appearing in his novel, Green Mansions. In the novel, Rima supposedly dies at the end, but Robert Kanigher (in one of his better scripts at the time) took artistic license and had her escape. As a kid, I always found it very cool that her clothing was fashioned out of spider silk. Did not know the connection of Rima to Green Mansions. So technically, the old "Classics Illustrated" adaptation would be her first comic book appearance then! Now as for your stack of purchases - too much amazing cool stuff! Don't even know where to begin, but just a great mix. Plus the nonchalant sliding of a Daredevil #4 in there  Seems like there might have been some vague plans to link all those 'great disaster' stories (Herc, Kamandi, and Atomic Knights at least) as a coherent whole, but I suspect sales and/or editoral changes happened (I'm sure someone here has a story about that) That would have been really interesting actually. |
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Post by Professor Echo on Jun 15, 2022 7:39:45 GMT -5
I can tell by the price that these war titles were released after I stopped reading comics when I was 12 years old (not reviving the practice until nearly 20 years later). I'm curious as to what war comics were like during this era? Was the Vietnam War still being waged when these were coming out and if so, did any of the stories in these have any noticeable reflections of that present conflict insinuated into their WWII or other period settings? Or were they pretty much still in the traditional vein of Sgt. Rock and Sgt. Fury comics? |
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Post by tartanphantom on Jun 15, 2022 8:35:51 GMT -5
I can tell by the price that these war titles were released after I stopped reading comics when I was 12 years old (not reviving the practice until nearly 20 years later). I'm curious as to what war comics were like during this era? Was the Vietnam War still being waged when these were coming out and if so, did any of the stories in these have any noticeable reflections of that present conflict insinuated into their WWII or other period settings? Or were they pretty much still in the traditional vein of Sgt. Rock and Sgt. Fury comics?
The Blackhawk comics pictured above are a bit different, as they were a reboot of the series begun in 1982. The book numbering was retained from the earlier run, and the modern run began with issue #251 and continued to issue #273. The series was written by Mark Evanier and drawn by Dan Spiegle during this time, with covers done by several artists, including Dave Cockrum, Ernie Colon and Howard Chaykin. The Blackhawk timeline was set in WWII, and the '80s iteration was part war story, part non-powered super-hero, and part SHIELD-type team book.
As far as other war books, Vietnam was largely avoided in the DC and Marvel books during the '70s. However, Charlton had several Vietnam-focused stories in their various books. With Marvel, Vietnam wasn't really covered until the series The 'Nam was introduced in 1986. This largely coincided with the mid-'80s cultural re-emergence and recollection of the conflict in retrospect. Independent publisher Apple Press also published Vietnam Journal around this time, which in my personal opinion was a better and more accurate representation of the US participation in Vietnam.
There were others of course, but the popularity of war comics in general largely faded in the mid 1980's.
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Post by Icctrombone on Jun 15, 2022 9:23:36 GMT -5
I just want to lay out all tartanphantoms comics on a bed and dive on them.  |
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Post by tonebone on Jun 15, 2022 9:24:07 GMT -5
BLACKHAWK! One of my all-time favorite series! Dan Spiegle is such an underrated artist. I met Howard Chaykin at a con a few years ago, and got him to sign his covers. He reminisced over each one, and seemed delighted to see them again. That DC Special with the Earth Shattering Disasters... I got this in my Easter basket, Easter morning, 1977, along with a batman comic with Calendar Man. I lost the comics, and conflated the two for years in my mind, until I stumbled across this thanks to the magic of the internet. Still not sure what the other Batman comic was. that's the kind of thing I obsess over. |
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Post by Professor Echo on Jun 15, 2022 9:32:43 GMT -5
I just want to lay out all tartanphantoms comics on a bed and dive on them.  As long as you please remember to shut the door first.  |
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Post by Professor Echo on Jun 15, 2022 9:36:52 GMT -5
As far as other war books, Vietnam was largely avoided in the DC and Marvel books during the '70s. However, Charlton had several Vietnam-focused stories in their various books. With Marvel, Vietnam wasn't really covered until the series The 'Nam was introduced in 1986. This largely coincided with the mid-'80s cultural re-emergence and recollection of the conflict in retrospect. Independent publisher Apple Press also published Vietnam Journal around this time, which in my personal opinion was a better and more accurate representation of the US participation in Vietnam. There were others of course, but the popularity of war comics in general largely faded in the mid 1980's.
Very interesting, thanks for answering my question and all the great information therein. As for Marvel, let's not forget this one during the Silver Age, which I loved as a kid before I knew much about Vietnam or war for that matter. {Spoiler: Click to show}
If I remember right, this one ends meta style with Nick Fury taking the entire Marvel Bullpen to a local cinema to see the then current movie about a man he considers a true hero, PATTON.  |
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Post by tartanphantom on Jun 15, 2022 10:11:50 GMT -5
BLACKHAWK! One of my all-time favorite series! Dan Spiegle is such an underrated artist. I met Howard Chaykin at a con a few years ago, and got him to sign his covers. He reminisced over each one, and seemed delighted to see them again. That DC Special with the Earth Shattering Disasters... I got this in my Easter basket, Easter morning, 1977, along with a batman comic with Calendar Man. I lost the comics, and conflated the two for years in my mind, until I stumbled across this thanks to the magic of the internet. Still not sure what the other Batman comic was. that's the kind of thing I obsess over.
In that rough time frame, I believe the only appearances of Calendar Man were in these two issues--
Which came about a year apart. The Batman Family issue reprints the original Calendar Man story from Detective Comics #259, published in 1958.
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Post by dbutler69 on Jun 15, 2022 12:41:54 GMT -5
Some great pickups, tartanphantom! I guess I don't have to ask if Beowulf is true to the source material, after seeing a flying saucer on the cover. |
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Post by tartanphantom on Jun 15, 2022 12:46:40 GMT -5
Some great pickups, tartanphantom ! I guess I don't have to ask if Beowulf is true to the source material, after seeing a flying saucer on the cover.
Yeah, the DC version is translated from Old Martian instead of Old Germanic English. |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 15, 2022 12:50:47 GMT -5
Some great pickups, tartanphantom! I guess I don't have to ask if Beowulf is true to the source material, after seeing a flying saucer on the cover. Some great pickups, tartanphantom ! I guess I don't have to ask if Beowulf is true to the source material, after seeing a flying saucer on the cover. Yeah, the DC version is translated from Old Martian instead of Old Germanic English. I'm a big fan of DC's 70s swords and sorcery/swords and science titles though they were all short lived. Beowulf is the exception. It's the one I read the first couple issues of, decided I wasn't going to finish, an no longer needed to own the issues of. I am a big fan of 2 versions of Beowulf in comics though-The First graphic novel version done by Jerry Bingham in the 80s and Gareth Hinds adaptation done around the turn of the millennium. -M |
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Post by tonebone on Jun 15, 2022 13:20:21 GMT -5
Some great pickups, tartanphantom ! I guess I don't have to ask if Beowulf is true to the source material, after seeing a flying saucer on the cover. Yeah, the DC version is translated from Old Martian instead of Old Germanic English. I'm a big fan of DC's 70s swords and sorcery/swords and science titles though they were all short lived. Beowulf is the exception. It's the one I read the first couple issues of, decided I wasn't going to finish, an no longer needed to own the issues of. I am a big fan of 2 versions of Beowulf in comics though-The First graphic novel version done by Jerry Bingham in the 80s and Gareth Hinds adaptation done around the turn of the millennium. -M That Bingham one is magnificent... I wish I knew where my copy is... Don't recall the Hinds one. |
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