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I think this cover has a Salvidor Dali look to it. A nice touch on the cover that matched some of the strange stories of the time. bb

BZ, I always liked the Action 17 cover and I assumed that the toys that came out later were based on the appeal of the early Superman covers. Do you have any of their toys like the roll over tank? Scans are mine with a little color touch added by photoshop. bb

It looks like you can pick up the first Schomburg sci-fi pulp cover for $7. And two or three Captain Future posters. bb

I think Gutwirth was inspired by this panel by Raymond too. Splash is from Hit 12 which has a pretty nice cover (scan from Goldenagecomics.UK). bb Barks and Rosa would have appreciated the fine work that goes into drawing all of those gold coins.

It looks absolutely gorgeous! I want one too. bb

I realize this is all pretend and the Sub-mariner couldn't really tip over an aircraft carrier but I was wondering about the story. I don't think the Germans had any aircraft carriers did they? I remember the British had carriers with a metal deck which didn't burn as quickly as the Japanese wooden decks. There wasn't a lot of naval battles in the European front. The British controlled the seas in spite of the U-boats. This belongs in the same category as super planes, zepplins and iceberg fortresses. Or maybe someone remembers something else or I have to go back and watch the history channel again. bb

Miss America wasn't just a cute filler. She got involved with some pretty nasty characters as can be seen from the scan that I found from MMC 52. I don't know if it has been shown on this thread already but I am enjoying all of these MA stories. bb

I don't know the storyline for the Frankenstein tale but I think that people who like horror comics should consider Ghost Rider. Certainly the Tales of the Ghost Rider series should be considered horror. And some of the stories had horror icons such as Zombies (not actors in suits), Witches and the Frankenstein monster. The lead character was trained by a ghost and always had contact with the "other side". Scaring the bad guys was often a part of the early stories. Kind of like Batman but he used his gun pretty often too. bb Is that page from the above issue? The story above was from issue #7. bb

I don't know the storyline for the Frankenstein tale but I think that people who like horror comics should consider Ghost Rider. Certainly the Tales of the Ghost Rider series should be considered horror. And some of the stories had horror icons such as Zombies (not actors in suits), Witches and the Frankenstein monster. The lead character was trained by a ghost and always had contact with the "other side". Scaring the bad guys was often a part of the early stories. Kind of like Batman but he used his gun pretty often too. bb

" Briefer seems to be in the middle of everything too. I think he did the first cover. It is funny that we only remember him for his Frankenstein strip." Duh! It says that Briefer did the cover in the table of contents. I knew I had read it somewhere. bb

Thanks BZ, There is lots of good information there. I noticed there was nothing listed in the GCD but they did have pictures of the covers for all four issues. I thought Bob Kane was a contributor too. Maybe he was Bob Smart. Supposedly he was the reason that Eisner started. Well he did work with Iger and Kane on Jumbo and other strips done by the shop (attached is the Wow 2 cover from the GCD with Captain Dalton). Did Eisner do the second cover? Briefer seems to be in the middle of everything too. I think he did the first cover. It is funny that we only remember him for his Frankenstein strip. By the way I saw Young Frankenstein last week. I enjoyed it a lot. Igor and Elizabeth were great characters like in the movie but more so. bb

We stopped at K for Kirby. What next? I don't know whether there is a better artist but Larry Lieber certainly did a lot of work for Marvel (and brother Stan). He used to do horror before he switched to westerns. This one is listed as his cover in the GCD although it isn't golden age but the story inside is from Mystery Tales 21. And then we have M. Well two artist come to mind. One is Maneely and the other is Moldoff. I can't decide which Maneely cover to show so I attached two.

Here's a couple more panels from the story. I would guess that it is Captain Scott Dalton by Eisner. I first thought it was Shelly ripping off Foster or Raymond but that is my best guess... bb Congratulations, BB. I thought for sure I'd have to post a bunch more panels before anyone guessed it. The srip was published in Wow #1 (July, 1936) and is Eisner's first professionally published comic book work. Hooray! I thought the Gobi desert hint was pretty good. And there are a lot of Captains.... I couldn't confirn the story since I don't have a copy but I hope you can post some more scans of the interior and covers of Wow 1 and Wow 2. I think I could recognize Eisner's art a little better if you had a few women in the panels. Or some guy in a blue suit wearing gloves and no socks bb

Here's a couple more panels from the story. I would guess that it is Captain Scott Dalton by Eisner. I first thought it was Shelly ripping off Foster or Raymond but that is my best guess... bb

Kirby didn't do a lot of horror but he could draw pretty good monsters from, different worlds, dimensions and realities. bb

I found this scan while reading through Witches Tales. I thought about posting it but wondered whether killer frogs were only interesting in Pulps and early Golden Age comics. I then found a copy of the original art in the Heritage auction catalogue. I am always amazed by the color used in Powell stories. I noticed some blue shading on the art but not a lot of other information about colors. Sometimes I see notes for the colorist in the margin for Powell's work. So I wonder who actually did the color work on his stories. They are pretty impressive at times. bb

And I never found a golden age pre-code horror comic drawn by an artist with a last name starting with J. But I did find a lot of Jeff Jones covers from the silver age/bronze age. So we can continue to K if you want. I think we all know who the "King" is (and I don't mean Frank). bb

Issue 46, sorry I don't have a good scan but the swipe is obvious. bb Thank you BB-Gun! That was driving me crazy trying to remember that cover! You da man! After checking the golden age box with comics from P-R, I found a copy of Prize 46. The GCD copy above must be from the Gerber guide. Below is a little better scan. bb

I was looking for this first issue on the list. It gives me an excuse for posting more westerns. All of these comics were published after Tom's death I believe.

Interesting story title ... bb

Thanks for the scans. All of the early Silver Streak issues deserve reprinting like the early Plastic Man. Cole was an unusual talent. bb

You know so far there's only been a short article on her in # 70 but I imagine someone or other interviewed her at length when she attended the SDCC. IIRC, wasn't there a piece on her in TCJ? The info I posted above is from the most recent issue of AE, # 77, with a focus on St. John and that's why A&C are mentioned therein. I was just reading about it this morning so it was all fresh in my mind. She also did the cover for Kitty for St. John. I believe someone on the boards own a copy: it's a neat hula cover. Oh, and that cover to A&C # 2 is simply Ok then here is a copy of that too. From the same Goldenage.uk source. bb

The Black Bat seemed pretty cool. Check out his gloves. Unfortunately my issue is in a bound volume and I can't get a complete scan of the cover. I know I showed this before but ... bb

Was there an article in Alter Ego about Renee? I knew she had worked on Planet (and other Fiction House comics) but hadn't checked out the other stuff. The first issue of A and B was based on one of their movies but the third issue seems to be more of a parody of all of those Lost World stories in Planet. The second issue remined me of Tiger Girl. I don't know enough about Abbott and Costello movies to know whether the other stories are based on movies or comic parodies. But the first three issues were great. I notice they spelled her name differently in issues two and three which they corrected to Lily in later issues. bb

Issue 46, sorry I don't have a good scan but the swipe is obvious. bb