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Nice Splash Marty I found a few more Adventure comics and a few on line. Starting with Meskin and Roussos on Starman. These guys probably picked up the Starman strip because Burnley was busy doing Batman for the Sunday comics. The GCD credits Emil Gershwin for the Starman art and Pierce Rice for the Manhunter.in Adventure 84. The Bernard Baily Mr. America story was from Action 43.

I like Rex Dexter. and a photo of Briefer thanks to AC Comics. and he designed this Destruction Ray Machine

I should probably put in a plug for the book about Meskin's art entitled "From shadow to light: the life and art of Mort Meskin".Published by Fantagraphics The photo above is from the book which is also reviewed on youtube if you can find it. And another photo of photo of Meskin while he worked in Simon and Kirby's shop. Is that Roussos on the left hand side? Photos of artists I used in this thread are from AC Comics website and the Michael D Hamersky On Comics Blog.

I think it's fantastic...congratulations! mm Jerry signed more than one apparently....

Later work on Airwave was by George Roussos aka George Bell. He inked strips for Marvel using that pseudonym, I think. He also inked some of those Vigilante strips by Meskin. His version of Airwave was more of the dark detective-type which was a flavor he also added to Batman strips that he drew or inked.

I loved reading these reprints as a kid. Airwave was another great backup character. Airwave was originally by harris Levy (aka Lee Harris) and he seemed to have a lot of fun with the strip.

I also liked Meskin's Johnny Quick.

Nice work on those splash pages. Not sure of the artist but it looks like Cole meets Eisner. According to the GCD, the artist was Pierce Rice.

I like that splash. I modified this one for the Halloween post, I think. FANTASTIC!!! mm Thanks Marty but I am just an amateur compared to Flee. This is an example of his work. Not a splash unfortunately but lots of bubbles in the pic.

I like that splash. I modified this one for the Halloween post, I think.

From Leading 7

Leading 7 has better art and an interesting story. and sometimes the old Boom Boom art was done by Voight. I imagine the boxing strips were imitations of Joe Palooka. Montana did a similar strip, the St. Louis Kid, for MLJ.

It is easy to brighten the colors a little electronically but it takes time to hide all of the wrinkles (which I didn't do) as seen on your copy of Planet 14.

#66 and #72 look very pretty also - and you don't often see such deep reds on a #22! Perhaps that is why I like Planet 22 more than 48. I think the edge is trimmed in photoshop but the color is pretty authentic.

It actually adds to the interest. Some people specifically collect mis-registered covers. A mis-registered double cover may be close to unique, especially in this grade. (I certainly cant think of another.) Plus this copy has beautiful colors, which all of us FH geeks highly prize. Extraordinary book! Thanks for the comments. I absolutely adore the book, and it has quickly rose to the top of my collection as one of my favorites. The colors are incredible in hand and then you open it up and see the interior cover..it is incredible. My copy of Planet 48 is faded but in register but I still don't like it as much as Planet 22 (next to 48 in the bottom row) which is a little beat up.

I added another book to the Schomburg collection. Does anyone have the rest of these? I have a lot more without the dust cover but some of the Schomburg covers are too good to miss. Martian Moons is my favorite. I think there are 20-30 different issues in the Winston series and many reprints.

Hey! I have one of those as well. Have you read it yet? Pretty good yarn with solid comic book credentials. Now, the one I've got is a slipcased first edition (hardcover,of course) with the accompanying comic book, but mine's not signed. Wish I'd known that there were autographed copies around 25 years ago I remember reading about the special edition in the CBG back in 1988 but the copy I actually read was from the library and it didn't include the comic by Schomburg and Robbins. I'll have to read it again because the rest of my memory of the book has faded. The signed plate looks like the copy below but I have edition 159 and the copy for sale at Heritage was 89 out of 500.

These are pre-Silver Age paperbacks with Schomburg covers. I think the one on the left was used in an article that appeared in the Golden Age version of the Comic Book Marketplace.

Picked up a copy of Lupoff's book and am very happy about it. It isn't really golden age (published in 1988) but it is about golden age comics. I am a fan of murder mystery novels so this one worked for me. The special edition also has signatures of Lupoff and Schomburg and Robbins and etc.

I do enjoy those Meskin splash pages. The Action 50 page is a little more dynamic than the Action 68 and it has a motorcycle.

I have always liked that cover. It always generates a gasp of horror and a chuckle.

Super nice copy of a rare book! Congrats. No kidding. Can't remember when a copy was last posted here? Those All-American's seem like forgotten books, would love to own the first 10 issues of the Green Lantern run. All-American Comics have a lot of variety. Superheroes, action strips (Hop) and funnies (Mutt and Jeff) and the covers are very colorful. Covers with Harlequin and Green Lantern together are especially bright displays.

I like those Fun Books but they are hard to scan.

True. It is better in register but Tip Top had problems with all of the detail in some stories.

Just found out that I have two classes of general microbiology to teach instead of one. Thank goodness for the nursing majors. They are always the best students.