Post by Rob Allen on Aug 9, 2024 13:40:15 GMT -5
Is anybody a fan of short-lived superheroes of the fifties?
Roy's first message:
Hi Folks--
Hoping someone happens to have good 300-dpi scans from some of the
"super-hero revival" comics of the mid-1950s, and can send them along.
Naturally, comp copies of ALTER EGO #192, with Mark Carlson-Ghost's fine
article on same, will go out to all whose scans are used. Timely/Atlas'
Torch/Cap/Namor revival is pretty much taken care of, but I could sure
use the following--but NOT generally covers,since those are available on
the GCD. Here's what I need, mostly from the 1953-56 period:
AJAX/FARRELL : BLACK COBRA, PHANTOM LADY, SAMSON, WONDER BOY, THE
FLAME (including features Torpedo-Man, Red Rocket)---
Oh, and one thing I'm crazy to find: Not long before the first
Ajax title, BLACK COBRA, came out, there was a smallish ad for that
issue, with a cover image, in some Ajax comic I ran across... except
that, in the ad, Black Cobra was shown with the cobra-shaped helmet he
wore in the 1940s comics, as opposed to the domino mask he sported when
his title came out. Does anyone happen to know where that appeared? I
saw it reprinted somewhere once, but dunno where.
MAGAZINE ENTERPRISES: THE AVENGER and STRONGMAN
CHARLTON: NATURE BOY and MR. MUSCLES... anything else? And ZAZA THE
MYSTIC. Oh, and also BLUE BEETLE, of course. I have the first SPACE
ADVENTURES appearance, but not much else.
STERLING: CAPTAIN FLASH, including Tomboy feature by Meskin and others.
PRIZE: FIGHTING AMERICAN (from original comics, please, not from the
various reprints--although scans of the one or two FA stories that ONLY
appeared in the 1965-66 Harvey FA comics would work.
DELL: MANDRAKE THE MAGICIAN (in FOUR COLOR #752)
Thanks for listening!
Roy
Second message:
Hi Folks--
Thanks to those who've sent scans of the 1950s super-heroes, especially
Michael T. Gilbert, Dr. Michael J. Vassallo, Jim Kealy, and Mark
Muller... probably a few others on the way.
Doc V. was able to supply me with most of what I might possibly need for
the Timely/Atlas side of things, except for this handful of comics, from
which I could use a few splashes or particularly good pages (though not
covers):
ASTONISHING #4, 6
CAPTAIN AMERICA #76 (have story 1, could use other two CA stories and
the Torch)
MARVEL BOY #1
SUB-MARINER #37, 40
YOUNG MEN #28
Thanks for listening!
Roy
Roy's first message:
Hi Folks--
Hoping someone happens to have good 300-dpi scans from some of the
"super-hero revival" comics of the mid-1950s, and can send them along.
Naturally, comp copies of ALTER EGO #192, with Mark Carlson-Ghost's fine
article on same, will go out to all whose scans are used. Timely/Atlas'
Torch/Cap/Namor revival is pretty much taken care of, but I could sure
use the following--but NOT generally covers,since those are available on
the GCD. Here's what I need, mostly from the 1953-56 period:
AJAX/FARRELL : BLACK COBRA, PHANTOM LADY, SAMSON, WONDER BOY, THE
FLAME (including features Torpedo-Man, Red Rocket)---
Oh, and one thing I'm crazy to find: Not long before the first
Ajax title, BLACK COBRA, came out, there was a smallish ad for that
issue, with a cover image, in some Ajax comic I ran across... except
that, in the ad, Black Cobra was shown with the cobra-shaped helmet he
wore in the 1940s comics, as opposed to the domino mask he sported when
his title came out. Does anyone happen to know where that appeared? I
saw it reprinted somewhere once, but dunno where.
MAGAZINE ENTERPRISES: THE AVENGER and STRONGMAN
CHARLTON: NATURE BOY and MR. MUSCLES... anything else? And ZAZA THE
MYSTIC. Oh, and also BLUE BEETLE, of course. I have the first SPACE
ADVENTURES appearance, but not much else.
STERLING: CAPTAIN FLASH, including Tomboy feature by Meskin and others.
PRIZE: FIGHTING AMERICAN (from original comics, please, not from the
various reprints--although scans of the one or two FA stories that ONLY
appeared in the 1965-66 Harvey FA comics would work.
DELL: MANDRAKE THE MAGICIAN (in FOUR COLOR #752)
Thanks for listening!
Roy
Second message:
Hi Folks--
Thanks to those who've sent scans of the 1950s super-heroes, especially
Michael T. Gilbert, Dr. Michael J. Vassallo, Jim Kealy, and Mark
Muller... probably a few others on the way.
Doc V. was able to supply me with most of what I might possibly need for
the Timely/Atlas side of things, except for this handful of comics, from
which I could use a few splashes or particularly good pages (though not
covers):
ASTONISHING #4, 6
CAPTAIN AMERICA #76 (have story 1, could use other two CA stories and
the Torch)
MARVEL BOY #1
SUB-MARINER #37, 40
YOUNG MEN #28
Thanks for listening!
Roy