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Post by Rob Allen on Oct 9, 2023 20:07:11 GMT -5
Early
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Post by Rob Allen on Oct 9, 2023 12:08:36 GMT -5
Another anniversary issue around this time was Sub-Mariner #40. Significant for the return of Bill Everett to his creation. I was sort of aware of this, and liked what Everett did. But I was too much a new fan to realize this was a bigger deal than I thought. And when I look back as these issues, I see that it was some of the best art Everett had done. I believe he had become sober and was able to produce excellent work again. Sadly he soon passed away. Yes! I loved these Everett issues of Sub-Mariner. One of the few other comic fans I knew at the time traded some comics to me for some of my Sub-Mariner back issues. Once he filled the holes in his collection, he promptly stopped buying it because he thought having issues 1-50 was "valuable enough". I told him that he was missing some of the best work being published, but he wasn't interested. It was my first close encounter with the investment-oriented mindset among comic fans.
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Post by Rob Allen on Oct 9, 2023 10:56:04 GMT -5
Green
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Post by Rob Allen on Oct 8, 2023 13:01:21 GMT -5
Black
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Post by Rob Allen on Oct 7, 2023 12:55:53 GMT -5
I think WW was attractive to toy companies because parents wanted something they could buy for their daughters when they bought a superhero toy for their sons.
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Post by Rob Allen on Oct 6, 2023 11:50:34 GMT -5
Fry
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Post by Rob Allen on Oct 6, 2023 9:47:32 GMT -5
I work with database software that was developed by a guy named Dick Pick.
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Post by Rob Allen on Oct 6, 2023 0:13:50 GMT -5
Solo
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Post by Rob Allen on Oct 5, 2023 18:46:50 GMT -5
Crew
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Post by Rob Allen on Oct 5, 2023 14:41:37 GMT -5
Van Gogh
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Post by Rob Allen on Oct 5, 2023 14:33:10 GMT -5
While finding my cover for the weekly contest, I noticed one of the features in New Fun, the first comic from DC's predecessor company. It's a science fiction feature set in the far-off year of 2023. The feature ran in the first 14 issues of New Fun/More Fun. From ComicBookPlus, here's the first installment of "2023: Super-Police" by Ken Fitch and Clem Gretter:
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Post by Rob Allen on Oct 5, 2023 11:00:47 GMT -5
I'd never paid it much attention before, but the very first comic from the company that became DC featured a Western cover. New Fun #1, February 1935 (on sale Jan 11, 1935). Cover art by Lyman Anderson, script by the Major himself, Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson. The story continues on the cover of issue #2.
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Post by Rob Allen on Oct 4, 2023 21:17:46 GMT -5
Green
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Post by Rob Allen on Oct 4, 2023 18:48:21 GMT -5
Anticipation
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Post by Rob Allen on Oct 4, 2023 17:00:36 GMT -5
Show
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