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    Historic acquisition, my last of 2023

    in Golden Age Comic Books

    Posted · Edited by Cat-Man_America
    ALE!

    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. :cry:

    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! lol

    :cheers:

    First mention of "Gotham City": is it Batman #4 or Detective #48?

    in Golden Age Comic Books

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    On 1/2/2024 at 11:14 AM, waaaghboss said:

    Yah, which is kind of strange once you think about it.

    Found this interesting, from Wikipedia.  Time to hunt down a copy of Sqlmagundi   😀

     

    In Jim Steranko's History of the Comics, writer Bill Finger, on the naming of the city, said, "Originally I was going to call Gotham City 'Civic City.' Then I tried 'Capital City,' then 'Coast City.' Then I flipped through the New York City phone book and spotted the name 'Gotham Jewelers' and said, 'That's it,' Gotham City. We didn't call it New York because we wanted anybody in any city to identify with it."[9][21]

    "Gotham" has been a nickname for New York City that first became popular in the 19th century; Washington Irving had first attached it to New York in the November 11, 1807, edition of his Salmagundi,[22] a periodical which lampooned New York culture and politics. Irving took the name from the village of Gotham, Nottinghamshire, England: a place inhabited, according to folklore, by fools.[23][24]"

    :canofworms: So, where does this leave Metropolis???:shy: :Rocket:

    Most unpopular Golden Age superhero

    in Golden Age Comic Books

    Posted · Edited by Cat-Man_America
    Ale!

    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! lol 

    #711 appeared in early Police Comics (Quality Comics Group)...

    :cheers: