BB-Gun

From Billy Parker on the red thread. bb

Someone requested Frazetta? I saved this a long time ago but it may beong to someone on the boards. bb

Eadeh from Spaceman 3. bb

Sometimes there were 1 page morality lessons. I can imagine a scrapbook filled with these things. bb

Some of the splash pages were pretty good although most of them were not full pages. The text of the stories tended to be more involved with less action than Sky Girl or Tiger Girl. bb All of these scans were found on line at Goldenagecomics.uk

In spite of the large surplus of Triumph, Harley and Indian motorcycles after the war, there seemed to be a shortage for some superheroes. Batman was forced to ride horses (maybe a great great granddaughter? of Superman). Captain America used up the bikes by dropping them into the river. This one was probably an Indian since the shifter was on the right side. The Captain may have removed the Indian head off of the bike and put on his intials "CA". bb USA scan from Atlas tales. Batman scan is of my beat up copy from Bob Horn.

Terrific story Scrooge!! bb

Roy Rogers prefered to ride an Indian Motorcycle after Trigger. And so did the Black Terror and Tim. bb Note that the suicide shifter is on the right hand side and is therefore an Indian. Below is a photo of me looking over a WWII Harley that was on display at the Grand Place in Belgium during a LIberation Day Celebration. Notice there is no shifter on the right hand side. This only apllies to the WWII models (and probably was not something that Schomburg was aware of). Captain America seemed to ride both a Harley and an Indian. He probably needed several since he tended to crash the bikes. Notice there is a holster for the rider's BB-Gun.

BZ said "That cover artist certainly went to great pains to draw the grain in the wood flooring." BZ, I repaired the floor in photoshop because it was missing a chunk. Not all of my comics are Near Mint. bb

I wish I had more Baker art to show but I ran out of covers and I haven't been as lucky finding new items like JvR. Like most collectors, I appreciate the way Baker did his work and wish I could see more. Perhaps we should post some of his stories now??? There are a lot of reprints out there too. bb

I wanted this issue because of the early gorilla cover by Kubert but just noticed that a smudged name was written in the upper left corner. It looks like _ _ _ son! Is that possible? Curious. I bought this issue at the flea market with the Ghost Rider comics but passed on the Famous Funnies (probably not a good idea since they were Frazetta covers). This guy had two boxes of comics. One box had gems like mentioned above and the other was a complete collection of Classics which were mostly first editions. bb

I try to keep the golden age separated from the silver age collection but my Uncle box has just a few Sams, only one Milty and Scrooge fills up most of the box. I think the Atlantis story and the Magic Hour Glass are my two favorites. bb

Interesting -- close to photo-swipes rather than caricature. The realistic style reminds me a little of the DC Pat Boone comics (not that I think Oksner drew Milty). Any idea who drew the pages you posted? Are they all from issue 1? All the pages are from #1. (thumbs u I have no idea who was the artist. There are also three other stories in the comic. Two were illustrated by someone whose signature looks like it says Torb and the final story in the book was illustrated by Augie Scotto. The two unsigned stories are my favorites. I have issue #3 with art by Al Eadeh, C.S Massey and Floyd Torbert. bb The scan is from the first story by Eadeh. Didn't he work for Atlas? And since I am in the Uncle box, I thought Uncle Sam deserved a scan. bb

Roy Rogers prefered to ride an Indian Motorcycle after Trigger. And so did the Black Terror and Tim. bb

I think BZ already posted an Uncle Miltie. I have an issue which has art similar to the one shown if I remember correctly. But I have an Alan Ladd cover that I thought was interesting. Triumph motorcycles seemed to be the choice for some Hollywood stars, possibly due to winning endurance races and setting speed records in the 40s and 50s. According to the history books, the 650 cc Triumph Thunderbird was released in 1950 which corresponds to the year of the Alan Ladd #4 release. The bike on the cover below could also be the smaller 499 cc Trophy Twin. The Triumph Thunderbird was made famous by the 1953 movie "The Wild One". Brando rode his own bike in the movie. Lee Marvin's character rode a Harley. By the way, interior art of AL 4 was by Ruben Moreira.

Ghost Rider mixed cowboys with Zombies and Witches. They also added a few pure horror stories. Occasionally the horror was more theatrical and sometimes the ghosts were real. Other westerns tended to go a little on the wild side too. bb

Speaking of Shane....

My apologies to Spike. I must have been out of blood sugar. bb

BZ, Catch Phrases? How about "One of these days Alice...____ ____ Right to the Moon"! Just thought it might be worth posting these issues here. Someone asked me about the dog's picture in one of the games. Story is from Alan Ladd 7 (some of you may remember his daughter in law a little better than Shane). And every time I see a Woody Allen movie, I think of Bob Hope. Woody claims he learned everything he knows about acting from watching Bob. I enjoy the Road Movies too. bb

Okay this needs to be shown again. How sweet it is. Anyone interested in Jackie Gleason by the way?

One example of comics that started at the end of the Golden age (Atomic Age?) is Sugar and Spike. I think this was intended for a more feminine audience due to subject matter and additions such as paper dolls. The stories are less lurid than the precode romance comics but I found it more difficult to find the early S and S issues and I enjoy the stories. bb

I thought this would be an interesting before code and after code comparison. Before the code this complementary copy of Another World #2 had gruesome monsters with shiny teeth on the cover and after we only see an eye focused on the victims and a couple of arms. Like Hitchcock movies, the suspense is not due to what is seen but what is anticipated. bb

Early Hit covers are fun. Some are by Fine and some by Crandall I think And Shelly Hawkman covers should be very desirable for the hardcore DC fan. Pogo was just interesting to see and read. bb

I think Baker got a lot of work from Marvel and some of the men's magazines in the late fifties. But I don't see a lot of covers listed. I think there was a lot of down sizing at that time due to Wertham and the CCA. Baker may have been a target but other artist such as Schomburg switched to magazines and pulps instead of color illos for comics. Another Schomburg romance cover below that I recently acquired. bb

Green Turtle looked good on a yellow background. bb