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And I swiped a few early planet covers from Heritage and GA.UK These seem really good to me and I like them better than the end of the run.

Definitely, and not an uncommon practice. Although it was more usual for other comic companies to swipe from Fiction House.... Walter Johnson would swipe from any company as long as they had a good artist working for them. We have swipes from Ward, Baker and Lubbers on the swipe thread. Any others? He was making a living using some of the best material from other artists who probably stole from someone else at one time or another.

Thanks, got it. bb

I like these polo covers and the rocket sled was useful for pillaging as well.

This is the interior splash of the story that relates to the cover. Story is about a jealous husband that locks his beautiful wife into a closet.

(thumbs u Great splash page of mars. I like the Mars god of war stories. What issue is this from? I think that is issue 69 which was a partial reprint of issue 20.

And Mars looked good in color instead of light blue.

And I didn't mean to slight the great Paul - I am genuinely curious who collectors consider to be the "Alex Schomburg" or "Lou Fine" of pulp covers. Fortunately, Schomburg was the Schomburg of pulp covers.

These remind of each other for some reason. And I like those Anderson covers but get a chuckle from his placement of his signature on the Amazon's sword.

Where do you get this stuff!!!! I like to collect things. That is a nifty coloring book. I often check out the index when I see one to find out who is the artist. Schomburg did this one. I look for Ducks and Mice as well but usually find reprints from the eighties that are being sold as antiques. I found a Mickey coloring BLB I think but it was broken into separate pages.

Actually, Bullseye is a reprint book. This splash first appeared in Dynamic 2 (cover art by Charles Sultan) The splash here is from Dynamic 8 when the Chesler titles resumed. The story is a reprint from Yankee Comics 1 EXCEPT the splash had to be re-done (original lost?) if you compare Yankee 1 splash with Dynamic 2 splash In this period a number of the Chelser titles were reprinted. here is a portion of the Chelser article I did for CBM and was reprinted in Scoop Late Superhero Period 1944-1947 As noted above, publication of Chesler imprint books abruptly ceased due to the advent of World War II. Many of the most sought after Chesler books are from the period when Chesler imprint comicbook production resumed on a regular basis in mid 1944. Artists for these titles included Gus Ricca, Fran Smith, George Tuska, Otto Eppers, Raphael Astarita, Paul Gattuso, Ruben Moreira and Charles Goodman. The titles resumed with many “gaps” in the numbering. A new title, Red Seal Comics, commenced with number 14. Dynamic had ceased publication with the third issue (February 1942). The numbering for Dynamic resumed with number 8. Punch Comics had ceased with the second issue (February 1942) and resumed with issue 9 in July 1944. Scoop Comics ceased with the third issue (March 1942) and resumed with one single issue in 1945- issue number 8. Yankee Comics concluded with issue 4 – March 1942- and never resumed. Before examining the post superhero production, it is appropriate to propose an explanation for these gaps. Although apparently he and his editor were engaged in service to their country, Chesler actually continued to produce a number of pocket size comicbooks for Remington Morse Co. and William Wise Co. The new art director, Gus Ricca, had a hand in this production. It is not known how widely distributed these issues were. Note that one of these pocketsize titles was Yankee Comics. The numbering of presently known pocketsize issues of Yankee Comics is for issues 4 through 7. It may be reasonable to conclude that this explains the number 8 for the single issue of Scoop Comics (or Dynamic Comics 8). During this time, digest issues appeared for Adventures of Riggin’ Bill (a character traceable to the first issue of Star Comics), Private Bill, Tops in Humor (issue 2 even has Chesler in it with the ever present cigar in his mouth), Mirth of a Nation and You Chirped a Chinful. The audience for these books was service personnel. The idea for these digests may well have come to Chesler as a result of his contact with the armed services. The books had prices of 5 and 10 cents. Accordingly, the gaps in numbering may represent..... just some info to chew on..... After I found the book, I noticed that the first story was a reprint of Yankee 3 but didn't see the Lady Satan story in that issue. I do have it in Dynamic 3 but they are Fiche scans which don't reproduce very well. Glad you could identify the original source. I enjoyed your articles in CBM. Do you also contribute to Alter-Ego? Hum, I notice your search doesn't agree with my data. This suggests that it was reprinted many times but you have most of these issues which should clarify everything. I only have Bulls Eye 11 and later issues of Dynamic and Red Seal. Plus a bunch of scans from the GAC website.

I remember seeing the panel in Bullseye 11. Painting looks great. When will you have the art show?

I think the Rocketman stories looked pretty good. This one wasn't as nice as the Punch 13 story but I don't think I know which issue it is from (Punch 21 maybe?) cause it is coverless. I never liked the Punch and Cutey strip because of the art. Mac Raboy did some great covers but didn't notice any interior stuff. I liked Mr. E cause he was a strange sort of hero. He had little gremlin helpers that helped solved the crimes. Dynamic Man was interesting but I didn't see much character development in his short run. Tuska did some good art for the western strips. I haven't looked much at the other stuff. Oh yeah, the Black Dwarf has always been a favorite since I saw him in some IW reprints that I purchased back in the sixties. Since then I picked up a few more comics that featured the character and sold a few. I purchased this Red Seal from the Golden Eagle shop in PA. Lady Satan looked pretty good to me, especially that Bullyeye cover which I picked up from Wally. I noticed that Art Pinajian did the art on Rocketman according to the GCD. He also did the Madam Fatal strip for Quality. There was a story about art in the paper after he died and it seemed kind of sad. He was a pretty good artist but didn't get a lot of credit. His relatives threw away a lot of his stuff after he died but supposedly kept what they thought was valuable. Not sure if they had any help but they didn't seem interested in his comic book work. .

I was looking for the splash from Superman 51 when I originally posted this message on St. Valentines day. Here is the corrected version.

I picked up a few ragged Planets recently and really enjoying the pulp issues as well. I think issue 59 was my first Planet comic and is still in better condition than anything else that I have added to my collection. A guy named Charlie used to pick all of the local dealers and flea markets clean when it comes to collecting Planets. I think I have 3 or 4 other comics and an additional batch of Planet Stories covers which I have been wanting to post.

A new Chesler for the box. It goes with the a few other covers that I picked up recently. and the ones that I picked up from Wally.

Wow! Great cover and in terrific condition. Those Eisner and Kotzky stories in Uncle Sam are pretty good too.

And one more Baker western splash from Wild Western 56, I only have a bunch of scans but noticed some of his work in the mix. Just checked with Atlas Tales and found confirmation from other people who identified these stories were by Baker.

I like this one but the scan has been touched up a little.

thanks geek! and i'm so thrilled with this one it's going up in timely and have a cigar. Sure is a pretty 6.5. thanks geek! an oft repeated pattern: picked up two c'link books, shut out on heritage. might win something in the "internet only" portion of it. Is this the back cover for that issue of Joker?

I haven't found any new romance comics but found some nice scans of Baker westerns. Baker shared credit with Stan Lee on this one and the other is unsigned but obviously Baker art from 1956. Still in good form.

Which one is that from? I haven't seen it before.

I love the early Buck Rogers comic strip. It set the stage for so many popular cultural phenomenas that followed. Not to mention all the fantastic collectibles that were produced... Yes sir, I agree. Great toys and pop up books. None of them mine. Thanks to all of the Flickr posters. I do have a few BLB that I can post and two copies of the Big Big Book. and this ad from the BB-gun handbook.

not mine

I like those Buck Rogers strips. I think I have a few more that I have borrowed. Let me check.