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Source (some data) ALLEN ULMER Name and vital stats ULMER, ALLEN [1919- ] (artist; writer) also spelled ULLMER Pen names With Ray Willner: ALDEN REMLU; RAY ALLEN; WILMER MUDDLESHTUNK Education Pratt Institute Print Media (non-comics) Artist: Commercial advertising films Promotional comics BUSTER BROWN (pen/ink/) c1946 > 46 Comics Studio (Shop) GROTHKOPF STUDIO (wr/pen/ink/) 1947 unconfirmed > 47 AMERICAN COMICS GROUP ADVENTURES INTO THE UNKNOWN~ (pen/ink/) 1948 > 48 AVON COMICS Crime (pen/ink/) 1951 > 51 SAINT, THE (pen/ink/) c1947-c51 > 47 48 49 50 51 Science fantasy (pen/ink/) 1951 > 51 TEXAS RANGER (pen/ink/) 1948 > 48 Western (pen/ink/) 1947-c51 > 47 48 49 50 51 DC COMICS ALAN LADD (pen/ink/) 1950 > 50 ALL-AMERICAN MEN OF WAR~ (wr/pen/ink/) 1953 > 53 CASEBOOK MYSTERY (pen/ink/) 1951 > 51 GANG BUSTERS (pen/ink/) 1951-52 > 51 52 SIERRA SMITH (pen/ink/) 1950-52 > 50 51 52 UNTOLD TALES OF FILMLAND (pen/) 1951 > 51 DELL PUBLICATIONS LONE RANGER, THE (pen/) c1955 inked by Vern Henkel > 55 EASTERN COLOR PRINTING AUNTY SPRY (ink/) 1940s > 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 BINGO (ink/) 1947 > 47 Covers (pen/ink/) 1947-48 > 47 48 HEROIC COMICS~ (pen/ink/) 1945-48 aka NEW HEROIC > 45 46 47 48 HORTENSE (ink/) 1940s > 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 LOVABLE BRAT HORTENSE (pen/) 1947 > 47 MUSIC MASTER (pen/ink/) 1944 > 44 Non-fiction (pen/ink/) 1946-48 > 46 47 48 OLD SWAP SHOP, THE (ink/) 1940s > 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 War (pen/ink/) 1944/47 > 44 47 FAWCETT COMICS BULLETMAN (pen/ink/) 1943 > 43 CAPTAIN MIDNIGHT (pen/ink/) 1948 > 48 PRETTY BOY FLOYD (pen/ink/) 1948 > 48 FOX COMICS BLUE BEETLE (pen/ink/) 1941-42 > 41 42 HILLMAN PERIODICALS AIRBOY (pen/ink/) 1946 > 46 Backup feature (pen/ink/) 1949 in AIRBOY > 49 BLACK ANGEL (pen/ink/) 1943 > 43 Crime (pen/ink/) 1948-50 > 48 49 50 FLYING DUTCHMAN (pen/ink/) 1943 > 43 Historical fiction (pen/ink/) 1950 > 50 IRON ACE (pen/ink/) 1943 > 43 MICRO- FACE (pen/ink/) 1942-43 > 42 43 Non-fiction (pen/ink/) c1946-c49 > 46 47 48 49 PHILIP ASHTON (pen/ink/) 1950 > 50 Romance (pen/ink/) 1949-50 > 49 50 Western (pen/ink/) 1949-50 > 49 50 HOLYOKE PUBLICATIONS ALI-BABA (ink/) 1943 > 43 ALIAS X (pen/ink/) 1941-42 > 41 42 BLACK FRIDAY (pen/ink/) BLACK WIDOW (pen/ink/) 1941 > 41 BLUE BEETLE (pen/ink/) 1943 > 43 CAPTAIN AERO (pen/ink/) CAT-MAN (pen/ink/) 1941/43 > 41 43 Covers (pen/ink/) 1942 > 42 CRIME REPORTER (pen/ink/) 1943 > 43 DEACON, THE (wr/pen/ink/) 1941 > 41 DR. DIAMOND (ink/) 1941 > 41 DURRAND DRAW (pen/ink/) 1943 > 43 FLAG-MAN (pen/ink/) 1941 > 41 GARGOYLE (pen/ink/) 1942 > 42 GREEN HORNET, THE (pen/ink/) HOOD, THE (pen/ink/) 1941 > 41 LUCKY LANDERS (ink/) 1941 > 41 Non-fiction (pen/) 1943 > 43 PALS OF FREEDOM (pen/ink/) PIED PIPER (pen/ink/) 1941 > 41 RAG MAN, THE (ink/) 1941-42 > 41 42 TIGER SQUADRON (pen/ink/) 1943 > 43 War (pen/ink/) MARVEL COMICS RAWHIDE KID~ (pen/ink/) 1967 > 67 Western (pen/ink/) early-1950s/67 > 50 51 52 53 67 UNCREDITED ART HILLMAN PERIODICALS TATTERS (pen/ink/) [by Ray Willner? & Allen Ulmer?] in PUNCH AND JUDY COMICS v2 #11 © 1947 Hillman View Scan: 25% 50% 100% > 47 WILLNER, RAY Pen names With Allen Ulmer: ALDEN REMLU; RAY ALLEN; WILMER MUDDLESHTUNK Top of page I am especially fond of his pen name, Wilmer Muddleshtunk! Was that the name of the gunsel in "The Maltese Falcon"?

Allen Ulmer did some nice work on the Blue Beetle. He also did this nice Ragman splash. I used to work in a biohazard lab but never got to wear a mask as neat as this one. bb

Maybe you can track down the party responsible for this mess! So many unfamiliar (to me) names on that list for Holyoke 1943. If I had to take a wild guess, I'd say very early Sol Brodsky. Or Saul Brodsky's little brother -- in a big hurry so he wouldn't show up late for third grade. Jack Perhaps that was by Sid Lazurus, who did Ali Baba, with Altman. The contorted arm was probably by a different artist from Altman or Stoner. Stoner did those elongated poses and slightly goofy faces for the Bouncer and Phantasmo, as well as, Blue Beetle. I am still trying to figure out which cover or strip was done by Murphy Anderson. Maybe he can give us a hint. I asked him a while back about his first strip and I remember he mentioned a Milkman or farm ad and not Blue Beetle.

I think that little signature at the bottom indicates that these are all covers by Ramona Patenaude

And while I am on the subject, there were a few other well known black artists that did comics. Matt Baker, of course, and A. C. Hollingsworth are better known than Stoner but they also seemed to have been key targets for Wertham. HOLLINGSWORTH, ALVIN Name and vital stats HOLLINGSWORTH, ALVIN C [c1930-2002] (artist) African-American Pen names ALVIN HOLLY; A. C. HOLLINGSWORTH; ALEC HOPE? Note Prominent voice in the 1960s Civil Rights Movement > 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 Education B.F.A., City College (N.Y.) Print Media (non-comics) Art Director: 1957 Relax > 57 Artist: Dustjacket: 1963 Little Red Volkswagen > 63 Artist: Dustjacket: 1970 Modern Poems by Black Americans > 70 Artist: Magazines: 1962 Cavalcade > 62 Performing Arts Television Personality: in the Greater New York area Other career notes Teacher: Art: New York City School System; College Professor Fine Arts Expressionist Painter; work displayed at the Smithsonian Syndication KANDY [sunday] (pen/ink/) 1954-55 for Smith-Mann Syndicate > 54 55 SCORCHY SMITH [daily] (pen/ink/) 1953-54 for Associated Press > 53 54 SCORCHY SMITH [sunday] (pen/ink/) 1953-54 for Associated Press > 53 54 SPIRIT, THE [sunday] (ink/) 1951 for Register and Tribute Sundicate > 51 Comics in other media Gag cartoons (wr/pen/ink/) 1957 for Dude > 57 COMIC MEDIA PUBLICATIONS (U.K.) HORRIFIC~ (pen/) 1953 > 53 Comics Studio (Shop) BERNARD BAILY STUDIO (pen/ink/) mid-1940s > 44 45 46 BINDER STUDIO (pen/ink/) early-1940s > 40 41 42 43 ACE PERIODICALS Horror (pen/ink/) 1955 > 55 AVIATION PRESS CONTACT COMICS~ (pen/) 1945-46 > 45 46 D.D.T.'S (pen/ink/) 1946 > 46 AVON COMICS Horror (pen/ink/) 1940s-50s > 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 SAINT, THE (pen/ink/) 1948-49 > 48 49 CATHOLIC COMICS CATHOLIC COMICS~ (pen/ink/) 1947 > 47 EASTERN COLOR PRINTING JUKE BOX~ (pen/ink/) 1948 in #1 > 48 FAWCETT COMICS NYOKA (pen/ink/) c1951 > 51 FEATURE COMICS HEADLINE COMICS~ (pen/ink/) 1948 > 48 YOUNG LOVE~ (pen/ink/) YOUNG ROMANCE~ (pen/ink/) FICTION HOUSE COMICS SPACE RANGERS (ink/) 1947 > 47 SUICIDE SMITH (pen/ink/) 1946/49-50 > 46 49 50 TIGER GIRL (pen/ink/) FOX COMICS BRONZE MAN (pen/ink/) CRIMES BY WOMEN (pen/ink/) late-1940s > 47 48 49 RULAH JUNGLE GODDESS (pen/ink/) late-1940s > 47 48 49 HARWELL PUBLICATIONS HORRIFIC~ (pen/ink/) 1953 > 53 HOLYOKE PUBLICATIONS Covers (pen/ink/) 1953 > 53 Crime (pen/ink/) 1945-46 > 45 46 Filler (pen/ink/) 1945-47 > 45 46 47 Horror (pen/ink/) 1953 > 53 War (pen/ink/) 1945 > 45 I.W. PUBLICATIONS STRANGE MYSTERIES~ (pen/ink/) 1964 reprint > 64 LEV GLEASON Romance (pen/ink/) 1953 > 53 MAINLINE COMICS POLICE TRAP~ (pen/ink/) 1954 > 54 SPOTLIGHT COMICS War (pen/ink/) 1944 > 44 STAR PUBLICATIONS GHOSTLY WEIRD TALES~ (pen/ink/) 1953 > 53 Romance (pen/ink/) 1949 > 49 STORY COMICS DARK MYSTERIES~ (pen/ink/) 1952-55 > 52 53 54 55 FIGHT AGAINST CRIME~ (pen/ink/) 1951-53 > 51 52 53 FIGHT AGAINST THE GUILTY~ (pen/ink/) 1955 > 55 MYSTERIOUS ADVENTURES~ (pen/ink/) 1951-53 > 51 52 53 STREET & SMITH COMICS Adventure (pen/ink/) 1949 > 49 DOC SAVAGE (pen/ink/) 1948 unconfirmed > 48 TOBY PRESS TALES OF HORROR~ (pen/ink/) 1952 > 52 TROJAN COMICS BEWARE~ (pen/ink/) 1953-54 > 53 54 Covers (pen/ink/) 1954 for BEWARE > 54 Crime (pen/ink/) 1953-54 > 53 54 Romance (lay/) 1954 > 54 YOUTHFUL MAGAZINES INDIAN FIGHTER~ (pen/ink/) 1951 > 51 MAGIC ARROW (pen/ink/) 1951-52 > 51 52

Stoner's art and his background reminds me of Pippin's. Horace Pippin started painting after serving in WWI and losing an arm. His style was considered surrealistic. Or ethnic American folk art. I have a copy of one of his paintings over the fireplace where I live in Orange County. Strangely enough, Horace grew up in Orange County and moved to West Chester, PA, where I lived for over 20 years. I didn't hear as much about him as I did Andrew Wyeth. There are still a lot of red fox in Orange County but they no longer have segregated schools. bb

E. C. Stoner was an African-American artist, who attended the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts and was the protege of philantropist F. M. Kirby. Stoner did poster art during World War I and was art director at Tower Magazines in the 1930s. During the War he was commissioned to do portraits of the first black colonels in the US army. He worked as a comic book artist through the Binder, Chesler and Iger Studios from the late 1930s throughout the 1940s. He drew the first story of National's 'Speed Saunders' and was present in Dell titles like The Funnies with features like 'Martan the Marvel Man', 'Phantasmo', 'Night Devils and 'Convoy'. He drew 'Blackstone' for EC Comics, 'Captain Marvel', 'Lance O'Casey' and 'Spy Smasher' for Fawcett, 'Blue Beetle' and 'Bouncer' for Fox, 'Breeze Barton' and 'Flexo' for Timely, 'Doc Savage' and 'Iron Munro' for Street & Smits, as well as 'Mr. Ree' for Rural Home. In 1951, he illustrated the syndicated feature 'Rick Kane, Space Marshall'. From http://lambiek.net/artists/s/stoner_ec.htm

STONER, ELMER CECIL [1897-1969] (artist) African-American ECS Not my favorite artist but one of a few black artist to work on Golden Age comics. He drew this splash and it looks like he did the cover for BB 32. He is also credited with creating Mr. Peanut. Mr. P is a big collectible item in case you didn't know.

Here is page one of the list. ABEL, JACK FOX COMICS BLUE BEETLE (ink/) 1950-51 and other features > 50 51 ALASCIA, VINCE CHARLTON COMICS BLUE BEETLE~ (ink/) 1964 > 64 FOX COMICS BLUE BEETLE (ink/) 1940-41 > 40 41 HOLYOKE PUBLICATIONS BLUE BEETLE (ink/) c1942 > 42 ALTMAN, GERALD FOX COMICS BLUE BEETLE (pen/ink/) 1944 > 44 AMES, LEE HOLYOKE PUBLICATIONS BLUE BEETLE (pen/ink/) 1943 > 43 ANDERSON, MURPHY HOLYOKE PUBLICATIONS Cover (pen/ink/) 1943 for BLUE BEETLE First work for comics > 43 ANDRU, ROSS DC COMICS BLUE BEETLE (pen/) 1987-88 > 87 88 ANTONETTE, LARRY FOX COMICS BLUE BEETLE (pen/ink/) 1939-40 > 39 40 ASHFORD, OLIVER FOX COMICS BLUE BEETLE (pen/ink/) 1942 > 42 HOLYOKE PUBLICATIONS BLUE BEETLE (pen/ink/) 1943 > 43 AUGUSTYN, BRIAN DC COMICS BLUE BEETLE (wr/) 1994 > 94 BARD, PHIL FOX COMICS BLUE BEETLE (pen/ink/) 1942 > 42 HOLYOKE PUBLICATIONS BLUE BEETLE (pen/ink/) 1942-43 > 42 43 BARLEY, ART HOLYOKE PUBLICATIONS BLUE BEETLE (byline/) 1942 > 42 BARRAS, DELL DC COMICS BLUE BEETLE (ink/) 1986-87 > 86 87 BARRY, DAN HOLYOKE PUBLICATIONS BLUE BEETLE (wr/) 1943 > 43 BATES, CROMWELL HOLYOKE PUBLICATIONS BLUE BEETLE (byline/) 1943 > 43 BERGER, KAREN DC COMICS BLUE BEETLE~ (ed/) 1986-87 > 86 87 BLACK, BILL AC COMICS BLUE BEETLE (ink/) 1983 > 83 CHARLTON COMICS BLUE BEETLE AND THE QUESTION (ink/) 1981 > 81 BLUM, ALEX HOLYOKE PUBLICATIONS BLUE BEETLE (pen/ink/) 1943-44 > 43 44 BRODSKY, SOL FOX COMICS BLUE BEETLE (wr/pen/ink/) 1941-42 > 41 42 HOLYOKE PUBLICATIONS BLUE BEETLE (wr/pen/ink/) 1942-43 > 42 43 BULANADI, DANNY DC COMICS BLUE BEETLE (ink/) 1987-88 > 87 88 CARRENO, AL FOX COMICS BLUE BEETLE (pen/) 1940-42 > 40 41 42 CAVALIERI, JOEY DC COMICS BLUE BEETLE (wr/) 1987 > 87 CAZENEUVE, LOUIS Syndication BLUE BEETLE [daily] (pen/ink/) 1940 for Fox Feature Syndicate > 40 BLUE BEETLE [sunday] (pen/ink/) 1940 for Fox Feature Syndicate > 40 FOX COMICS BLUE BEETLE (pen/ink/) 1941-42 > 41 42 HOLYOKE PUBLICATIONS BLUE BEETLE (pen/ink/) 1942 > 42 CHARLTON COMICS Title published BLUE BEETLE (1st series) #[18-21] 1955 > 55 BLUE BEETLE (2nd series) #1-5] 1964-65 > 64 65 BLUE BEETLE (3rd series) #[50-54] 1965-66 > 65 66 BLUE BEETLE (4th series) #1-5] 1967-68 > 67 68 COOPER, SAM FOX COMICS BLUE BEETLE (pen/ink/) 1940 > 40 CULLINS, PARIS DC COMICS BLUE BEETLE (pen/some ink/) 1986-87 > 86 87 DC COMICS Title published BLUE BEETLE #1-24] 1986-88 > 86 87 88 DEL BOURGO, MAURICE HOLYOKE PUBLICATIONS BLUE BEETLE~ (pen/ink/) 1945-46 > 45 46 DITKO, STEVE GANG PUBLICATIONS BLUE BEETLE (plot/pen/ink/) 1974-75 in CHARLTON PORTFOLIO > 74 75 Creator AVENGING WORLD; KILLJOY; BLUE BEETLE [3rd version] CHARLTON COMICS BLUE BEETLE (plot/pen/ink/) 1966-68 > 66 67 68 FAGO, AL CHARLTON COMICS BLUE BEETLE (pen/ink/) 1954-55 > 54 55 FERSTADT, LOU HOLYOKE PUBLICATIONS BLUE BEETLE (pen/ink/) 1944-45 > 44 45 FOX COMICS Title published BLUE BEETLE #1-11/31-60 (#43 extant?) 1939-42/44-48/50 > 39 40 41 42 44 45 46 47 48 50 FRACCIO, BILL CHARLTON COMICS Backup feature (pen/) 1966 in BLUE BEETLE > 66 BLUE BEETLE (pen/) 1964-66 > 64 65 66 FRIEDRICH, GARY CHARLTON COMICS BLUE BEETLE (wr/) 1966-67 > 66 67 GABEL, ZAC HOLYOKE PUBLICATIONS BLUE BEETLE (wr/) 1943 > 43 GALINDO, TED CHARLTON COMICS BLUE BEETLE (pen/ink/) 1955 > 55 GILL, JOE Creator BLUE BEETLE [2nd version]; CAPTAIN DOOM; CAPTAIN ATOM; DOOMSDAY +1 CHARLTON COMICS BLUE BEETLE (wr/) 1964-65 > 64 65 GIORDANO, DC COMICS BLUE BEETLE (ink/) 1994 > 94 GLANZMAN, SAM CHARLTON COMICS BLUE BEETLE (wr/) 1967-68 > 67 68 GOLDEN, R. LOUIS HOLYOKE PUBLICATIONS BLUE BEETLE (pen/ink/) 1943 > 43 HANNA, SCOTT DC COMICS BLUE BEETLE (ink/) 1992 > 92 HECK, DON DC COMICS BLUE BEETLE (pen/) 1988 > 88 HOLYOKE PUBLICATIONS Title published BLUE BEETLE #12-30 1942-44 [imprint: HOLYOKE #12-30] > 42 43 44 HORNE, BARRY DC COMICS BLUE BEETLE (pen/) 1992 > 92 KAMEN, JACK FOX COMICS BLUE BEETLE (pen/ink/) 1949 > 49 KANE, GIL DC COMICS BLUE BEETLE (pen/) 1988 > 88 SECRET ORIGIN BLUE BEETLE (pen/ink/) 1986 > 86 SECRET ORIGIN: BLUE BEETLE (pen/ink/) 1986 > 86 HOLYOKE PUBLICATIONS BLUE BEETLE (pen/ink/) 1943-45 > 43 44 45 KANIGHER, BOB FOX COMICS BLUE BEETLE (wr/) 1940-42 > 40 41 42 HOLYOKE PUBLICATIONS BLUE BEETLE (wr/) 1943-44 > 43 44 KIEFER, HENRY FOX COMICS BLUE BEETLE (pen/ink/) 1947 unconfirmed > 47 KIRBY, JACK Syndication BLUE BEETLE [daily] (pen/ink/) 1939-40 for Fox Feature Syndicate > 39 40 BLUE BEETLE [sunday] (pen/ink/) 1939-40 for Fox Feature Syndicate > 39 40 KUBERT, JOE HOLYOKE PUBLICATIONS BLUE BEETLE (pen/ink/) 1943 > 43 LANEY, LEO AC COMICS BLUE BEETLE (wr/pen/ink/) 1983-84 > 83 84 LEVINS, RIK AC COMICS BLUE BEETLE (wr/pen/ink/) 1983 > 83 LOFFICIER, JEAN-MARC DC COMICS BLUE BEETLE (asst/) 1987-88 > 87 88 LOFFICIER, RANDY DC COMICS BLUE BEETLE (asst/) 1987-88 > 87 88 MANDEL, ALAN HOLYOKE PUBLICATIONS BLUE BEETLE (pen/ink/) 1943 > 43 MARCOS, PABLO DC COMICS BLUE BEETLE (pen/ink/) 1987 > 87 MARCUS, MO FOX COMICS BLUE BEETLE (pen/ink/) 1950-51 > 50 51 MASTROSERIO, ROCCO CHARLTON COMICS BLUE BEETLE (pen/ink/) 1954/56 > 54 56 BLUE BEETLE~ (pen/ink/) 1965 > 65 MC LAUGHLIN, FRANK CHARLTON COMICS Backup features (pen/ink/) 1963-67 in KONGA; GUNMASTER; BLUE BEETLE; CAPTAIN ATOM > 63 64 65 66 67 MODERN PROMOTIONS Title published BLUE BEETLE #1, #3 1977 reprint > 77 MULFORD, MONTGOMERY FOX COMICS BLUE BEETLE (wr/) 1943 > 43 HOLYOKE PUBLICATIONS BLUE BEETLE (wr/) 1943-44 > 43 44 True stories (wr/) 1943 in BLUE BEETLE > 43 MURPHY, ED HOLYOKE PUBLICATIONS BLUE BEETLE (wr/) 1942 > 42 NICHOLAS, CHARLES 2 Syndication BLUE BEETLE [daily] (wr/pen/ink/) 1940 for Fox Feature Syndicate > 40 BLUE BEETLE [sunday] (wr/pen/ink/) 1940 for Fox Feature Syndicate > 40 Creator BLUE BEETLE SUPERLITH INC. GOLDEN AGE REVIEW~ (pen/ink/) 1978 graphic album with reprint of Blue Beetle > 78 CHARLTON COMICS BLUE BEETLE (pen/) 1956 > 56 FOX COMICS BLUE BEETLE (pen/ink/) 1939-41 > 39 40 41 NORRIS, PAUL FOX COMICS BLUE BEETLE (asst ink/) 1940-42 directly for Al Carreno > 40 41 42 NOVELLE, OSCAR CHARLTON COMICS BLUE BEETLE~ (pen/ink/) 1965 > 65 OSRIN, RAY CHARLTON COMICS BLUE BEETLE (pen/ink/) 1955 > 55 FOX COMICS BLUE BEETLE (ink/) c1948-c49 > 48 49 OSTRANDER, JOHN DC COMICS BLUE BEETLE (wr/) 1992 > 92 OTIS CHARLTON COMICS BLUE BEETLE (byline/) 1955 > 55 FOX COMICS BLUE BEETLE (byline/) 1945-48 > 45 46 47 48 I.W. PUBLICATIONS BLUE BEETLE (byline/) 1963 reprint > 63 PATENAUDE, RAMONA FOX COMICS BLUE BEETLE (pen/ink/) early-1940s > 40 41 42 43 Top of page Page: 1 2 > >>

I noticed Allen Ulmer was given credit for this Blue Beetle art but it looks like Quinlan to me. Anyone else think so? There were a lot of Blue Beetle artists and it is easy to be confused. bb This one was a little more obvious. Ramona did this cover cause it is signed at the bottom.

I certainly agree BB.That was the hardest part of sending it off to CGC. I think these scans are from issue 20 but I haven't checked.

I am amazed that the highest is only a 6.0. It really suggests that the book is rare. My copy would be a lower grade. But I am happy to have it thanks to Tom Gordon III. The interior art and stories are also very good. It looks better due to some neat trimming in photoshop.

I posted this on another thread but it is related to a theme that BZ initiated, comics in the comics. C-M is doing the Continental.

Here's one by Sparky. His comment was made at about the time that censorship started but I don't think it was intended to be harmful to the industry.

here are a couple more scans that i saved

I've always had a fondness for Adventures as well. If I had money to burn I would collect 40 - the end. I think Burnley could have drawn anything and made it look good. His Superman was pretty good too.

Totally awesome imagery. I recently picked up an original Classic Comics earlier this year which I posted here. Classic Comics 11 I used to read these as a kid and had forgotten how much fun they were. I really wanted to start picking up some of the originals and when I saw that Red Melvin (our good Dentist!) had one for sale I picked it up on the cheap. I want to pick up some others like Frankenstein and possibly Huck Finn or Tom Sawyer. Last of the Mohicans looks like a good one too and I do need to read it as I could never get through that book my Sophmore year of high school. I remember things taking a turn for the weird that year as I started to read Lovecraft instead! I like the Frankenstein cover. bb and the Last of the Mohicans. There we go! I love the line drawing covers on these early books. What I really love was their free form logos on the very early numbers before they got more consistent with the Classic Comics logo at the top of the books. Also, look at the last "S" in COMICS in the logo, looks like the artist was is a rush to finsh as it looks a little off compared to the rest of the letterforms! Probably a rush job. I put another Classic in the above comments which seemed appropriate. The art is not as good as some other issues but it tells the story and has an old time look about it.

Is that a Xela cover? I like this one. And they are easy on the pocket book if you can find one.

Totally awesome imagery. I recently picked up an original Classic Comics earlier this year which I posted here. Classic Comics 11 I used to read these as a kid and had forgotten how much fun they were. I really wanted to start picking up some of the originals and when I saw that Red Melvin (our good Dentist!) had one for sale I picked it up on the cheap. I want to pick up some others like Frankenstein and possibly Huck Finn or Tom Sawyer. Last of the Mohicans looks like a good one too and I do need to read it as I could never get through that book my Sophmore year of high school. I remember things taking a turn for the weird that year as I started to read Lovecraft instead! I like the Frankenstein cover. bb and Oliver Twist

I found this scan amusing. "Sleepy Yollo the Bedless Norseman" story is from Jingle Jangle. scan from GA.UK

Please excuse my frequent motorcycle photos but I live in Orange County where they make the Choppers. Here is one that was shown recently in another thread. This is the De Carlo special made from a WWII Harley and used by a policeman.

Tony Blum = Alex Anthony Blum = better known as Alex Blum in Classics Illustrated, right? Toni Blum = Audrey Blum Bossert = Alex's daughter. She was a writer, not an artist, though. They showed up in the roman à clef Eisner story, The Dreamer, that I read recently. Jack Oops, I think that was supposed to be Toni Blum was the writer (related to Alex) and Al Bryant was the artist. I hope I got it right this time. Uh oh! I see John Celardo is also listed as worked on Zero for Quality. I'll stick with Bryant but there are a few other possibilities. bb

Feature Comics 44 from GA.UK

I don't know much about this character either. Who did the art? The first panel is terrific. bb Who's Who says it was by Tony Blum. He did a lot of nice work for Quality and Eisner.