Cat-Man_America

I rolled four sevens which is good enough for Vegas...

sex ed. class to sex ed. déclassé...

red and white logo to Red, White and Blue logo...

graveyard to creatures of the night...

If I could locate my copy of the monthly OAFzine circa late 1969 early '70 ...best recollection... there's a three page satirical comic send-up of Fredric Wertham titled "Fredric Worthnone, MD." The art is terrible, partially because it was all done via ditto master; I did my best to create Bill Elder style comments in panels which in retrospect may be its only saving grace. Note: For those unfamiliar with ditto-masters, they're basically purplish carbons under a top sheet that can be used a limited number of times to produce a small run of fanzines. The membership of OAF was around 60 or 70 at the time so copies got very faint toward the end of the run. In doing art one had to bear down to the point of punching through the paper most of the time. Bart Bush and David Smith were the OAFzine editors. Our membership increased to the point where we had to go offset shortly after this with a dues hike to keep the zine going. Also, ...and this is the kicker... Fredric Wertham actually joined OAF around this time as he was researching fanzines for another book. Haven't a clue whether he ever saw my comic strip, but gratefully no legal action was taken!

appealingly tight fit in blue to appealingly tight fit in blue...

So, where does this leave Metropolis

Charles Quinlan's "life's a gas for Kitten" to Alex Schomburg's "life's a gas for Kitten" ...

Or both (when the great cover is a great "splash")...

bookend to book pretend...

propellor in hands to propellor in hands...

Now that '23 is in the rearview, feel free to add your goals and free throws! My latest Facebook masthead, topping my gnus satire & Hit Charade song parodies.

If I can locate the Comic Tropes YouTube video, it provides even more jaw-dropping anecdotal insight... Note: These are the opinions of the site's creator and his sources, but Chris's research seems bulletproof.

First Timely shield ...?

violent, jealous female to violent, bad-arse female...

Firehair to "firehair" ...

Another in the series of GA Comic Book Tropes; these are flat-out hilarious! I've already linked one of his earlier YouTube videos in the unpopular heroes thread, but since The Black Condor was masterfully drawn by Lou Fine ...even if the characters origin is for the birds... this seems the more apt thread for posting.

Wolves & snow to wolves & snow...

Green Lama wasn't lame or unpopular, neither was Cat-Man & Kitten; both had success extending to their own titles. Red Bee was kewl too & featured on several HIT Comic covers with excellent art. Nevertheless, there's a lot of eyebrow raising superheroes in the GA, usually secondary characters with weak stories and/or art that ...in some cases... are laughable. In fact spome of them get highlighted. Here's an example of a pathetic GA character reviewed by the Comic Tropes guy in a YouTube video that cracked me up! #711 appeared in early Police Comics (Quality Comics Group)...

Agreed! This is a fascinating glimpse of Alex Schomburg from his family's perspective; he was clearly a very nice person as well as a great artist. Highly enjoyable, with a touch of holiday cheer too!

I can't honestly say for certain although he was quite proud to have it and deservedly so. Located another great photo I took of Roger some years back with a nice Crandall original cover from his collection...

coming apart to split decision...

Love the "LOOSE TALK (sinks ships?)" sign in front of the deaf Commanding Officer's office...

Came across this fascinating YouTube video on the Black Terror; it's around 15 minutes long, but surprisingly informative (definitely worth watching, IMO)...

Four more Triple AAA covers... Apologies if I posted any of these great covers before in this thread; it's entirely possible.