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The Japanese aircraft carriers had wooden flight decks. One of the reasons they lost the battle of Midway. They burned easily.

Very nice. I think my copy is a beat up old paper back which is stored somewhere in the basement. I gave away most of my paperbacks and LP record collection when I moved last year. Don't know why I kept all of these comics. I guess I needed somewhere for the cats to sleep. They like to climb on top of the mountain and take an afternoon snooze. The couch is fine by me. bb

what is the story behind the proof? Found the proofs at at an antique show. The previous owner had several sets from Dell WDCS and FC comics. Said he found them a while back but I don't remember where. Perhaps a colorist or an editor had owned them. bb Boy, just goes to show you never know what you might find at a store or flea market. As a kid I remember running across old Ub Iwerks animation cells at a flea market and not being able to afford the $5. ticket. I knew who he was and what they were but didn't have the scratch. Could kick myself now for not figuring out a way to beg the money from Mom and Dad. Nice piece of history there. Did you pick up the others too? No, I didn't pick up the others. Wish I had picked up the Bucky Bug proofs. Two copies of each proof were available. Don't know what happened to the dealer. He wasn't a comic book guy. I usually only find Sunday pages at antique shows. Have some nice Flash Gordon pages but they are only the regular newspaper print which hold up pretty good if stored away but break down pretty fast if put on display. Brian Block usually helps with the antique show arrangements and I think he usually gets first pick of any golden age. Nice guy though and he is always helpful if you have a question about comics.

what is the story behind the proof? Found the proofs at at an antique show. The previous owner had several sets from Dell WDCS and FC comics. Said he found them a while back but I don't remember where. Perhaps a colorist or an editor had owned them. bb

Very nice. Is the cover artist Robert Jones? I'm having trouble making out the signature. Thanks for figuring that one out. I think you are correct. He is responsible for several covers that I like...and one or two that were attributed to Schomburg and better known artists. Bio by D. Saunders from online source. Robert Gibson Jones was born on October 5, 1889 in Toledo, Ohio. His father was Ambrose Jones, a traveling salesman from Ohio. His mother was M. Belle Jones, who was also born in Ohio. He had an older brother, Stanley, and a younger sister, Gussie. By 1900 the family had moved to Dayton, Ohio, and lived at 427 South Jefferson Street. By 1910 the family has moved to 522 Oakdale Street in Chicago, Illinois. From 1910 to 1914 he studied at a Chicago art school. After his training he began to work as a commercial artist at Vogue Studios, an advertising agency located at 21 East Van Buren Street. On June 5, 1917 he reported for the draft registration and was recorded to be of medium height and build, with brown eyes and hair. He was also described with the disability of a "Heel partly severed. Frequently lame. Lump on right cheek." His mother and sister are listed as dependents. He continued to work as a commercial artist in an advertising agency during the 1920s. By 1936 he had moved to 155 East Ontario Street. He began to work as a staff artist at the A. W. Swan Studios at 540 North Michigan Avenue. On April 27, 1942 he reported for the draft registration during WWII. At fifty-two years of age, he was not selected for military service. He continued his career as a commercial artist during the war. His first pulp magazine cover appeared on the January 1943 issue of Fantastic Adventures. He was soon painting many covers for this title as well as for Amazing Stories, Mammoth Adventure, Mammoth Detective, and Mammoth Western, all of which were produced in Chicago by the Ziff-Davis Publishing Company. In the 1950s he painted covers for Other Worlds Science Stories, and Universe Science Fiction. Robert Gibson Jones died in Chicago at the age of seventy-nine on July 8, 1969.

While I am thinking about Sci Fi, I thought I would post an Amazing cover that arrived this week. I like this one a lot.

I was a fan too. We also lost Leslie Nielsen last year.

That's a helluva first MLJ. Well done! 2nd Archie, evocative cover, tough book - well done, indeed. This is my earliest Archie Pep: holy gadzooks! i was checking around, getting ready to post my new acquisition. then, i see this book. nice, nice, nice. here's my junker... Looks pretty nice to me While were at it, here's mine Speaking of junkers, I like the car in that story. Here is the black and white version I was working on.

Got busy looking for Oz stuff yesterday and forgot to post my New Year scan.

Nice looking BLB's. Milt Youngren was the artist for the Oz book, right? I'm familiar with his work from the G-men on the Job strip but have never seen any examples of his art from the Oz story. Is it any good? You are right about the artist. I purchased that book a while back and haven't looked at it recently. I suspect the illos were pretty good cause I wouldn't have purchased it just because it is hard to find. I was suprised to read the history of the book and learn that Frank's mother sued him for publishing the story. The son was not allowed to publish anymore stories but other authors continued the series after Ruth Thompson stopped. It all seems pretty complicated when you consider that most kids who grew up in the fifties thought there was never more than one story published and it was based on the movie. And "Wicked" was part of a prequel to the story.

Just checked to see but Thompson didn't write the Laughing Dragon story either. Written by Frank J and not L. Frank. Spoiler Alert in case you were about to read it. Plot goes like this: Rosine is an American girl with a pet monkey named Jim. They fall from an airplane and land in Oz, where they meet Cap'n Bob, a lighthouse keeper who has been blown to Oz in a storm. Wanting to return to the United States, they search for the missing Princess Cozytoes. They meet the Laughing Dragon, and are captured by the Posties who live in mail boxes. The Laughing Dragon helps them escape. They are nearly captured by the Ruby Imps who hold the princess prisoner, but Jim the monkey saves them all.

I have that issue and posted scans from Oop but this scan is from GAC. Art by Walt Spouse.

It matches my copy of #45. (thumbs u Thanks, BZ. Overstreet wasn't help but it did mention that Marge did some of the art for Thompson text. You could see Little Lulu characters in the illustrations. Interesting bits on Ruth Thompson in Wikipedia. She did a lot of Oz stories after Baum passed away. I still need to finish reading those. bb

I'll take another look at them sometime in the next couple of days to remind myself of each issue's contents. Over the Christmas holiday I spent some time reading a bunch of King and Magic Comics. They had a great assortment of strips so it was fun to reread classics like Mandrake the Magician, Brick Bradford, Flash Gordon, Popeye, Secret Agent X-9, etc. Even many of the second tier strips like Radio Patrol were fun to read. I also took another look at Jimmy Thompson's work on Redmen and Indian Lore and decided my favorite examples of his work are, for the most part, printed in the early numbers of King and Magic. Here are a few samples from that time period that I especially liked: King Comics #14 (May 1937) King Comics #15 (June 1937) King Comics #16 (July 1937) King must have been the King of the Comics back in 1937-1940. They had Popeye, Flash Gordon, Mandrake, Brick Bradford, Little Annie Roonie, Bringing up Father, Barney Baxter and Redman which were all pretty spectacular. Burnley and Ruth Plumly Thompson (with Marge I think) did fillers. Any relation to Jimmy? My copy with this centerfold Redmen story is supposedly issue 45 but it has a Fantastic 1 back cover and makes me wonder whether the interior matches the front cover.

Picked up a couple of copies of FC 147 just before Christmas. It goes with my proofs collection of the story.

I agree (fixed that by the way).

Good poster and a good seller. I have been very happy with the stuff I purchased from Sharon though ebay and hope we can do business again. Bruce

OK, send me a price.

Great book to own and a prime candidate for a recreation cover. I especially like the colors in the dungeon. Needs a little more leather but is otherwise a dream or perhaps a nightmare. Needs more fangs too.

Fawcett collectors get to enjoy some really great covers and the interiors are just as good. Picked up these two recently.

I spent a little extra cash trying to finish my Duck collection this year. I managed to pick up Christmas Parade 5 but couldn't find it where it is supposed to be so I have to publish this picture of the Christmas Ducks, Harold and Pauley, who spread Christmas cheer in the southeastern Pennsylvania area.

Thanks! Those were fun. Like your cat illos. bb

Scan the photo and load it up on photobucket or Flickr. Or take a photo with a lens that can magnify. A cheap scanner works pretty good for old photos. Here is one of my son and I in Duckburg hanging out with Sheriff Donald. This is from an old picture that was scanned last year I think. DD was touched up with Photoshop.

Does that Popeye have the Jeep origin story?

Nice stories inside Wow 9 but my copy is very incomplete. And a MM Merry Christmas to you all!