OtherEric

Any more Looney Tunes on the way?

I’ve been able to find this and a few Fightin’ Marines, at least

They are nice , aren't they?

Not sure on that price, but I'm utterly certain there aren't nearly enough copies of the book out there for the people who want them at this point.

To paraphrase myself from when we first encountered Sutton in the reading group, one of Sutton's signature tricks is using exaggeration with the precision of a scalpel. Here, I think it fits the modern version of character perfectly, while also working as a dramatic contrast when he reverts to the more eloquent reincarnation of the pirate captain. Also, thank you so much for joining the reviews, I should have said that in my last post.

@Jayman: It's possible that Sutton was just warming up for his legendary run on Planet of the Apes in a few years. Although Ploog did some classic work on that series as well.

I really miss Jim Vadeboncouer Jr. for many reasons, but not least because I felt I could trust his assessments whenever we had a question. Admittedly, he always denied being definitive... but he was as good at spotting a comic artist as anybody who ever lived. We've had tons of iffy received wisdom for decades, as well... there are still tons of arguments over the difference between Matt Baker and other Iger shop artists imitating Baker.

The credits at the GCD are often just best guesses, particularly with older books. It may be somebody figured there was no reason to think it wasn't by Keefer until the OA showed up.

I've got a couple EC's that have been hole punched. It's not that uncommon:

I can't deny the possibility.

I may have placed a small order...

And a couple other doubles:

A few more Ace D-Series books in today. We'll start with a couple westerns, almost as far apart as you can get and still both be D-Series:

I've wondered the same thing on this one, I think I've asked before and didn't get much response. To me, it's the man on the left that makes me think Baker more than the other faces. At least it has a Baker story inside for certain. :

Vampirella #14 thoughts: Cover: A very nice piece by Sanjulian, I think the big border also works better than usual here, giving a claustrophobic feeling to the art, as well as some depth. Feary Tales: A nice couple of short pieces by Sutton; and I really like the Vampi-as-host panel as well. Isle of the Huntress: This is what I'm talking about. The various subplots start to merge and the story is long enough to breathe, with gorgeous art by Gonzales and a genuinely clever and touching denouncement. Great stuff. The Wedding Gift: Nice art by Ploog but I'm not sure I understand the ending of the story. The Sword of Light: Sam Glanzman is best known for his autobiographical stories dealing with WW II, he would have been a natural for Blazing Combat. Instead his only Warren work is the excellent fantasy story he turns in here. Deadman's Treasure: Lynn Marron is not a name I'm familiar with. They have a handful of credits for Warren and a couple dozen across comics in general, including a few with Warrant. It's a good debut with excellent art from Sutton. Wolf Hunt: So, we get to see Wehrle's one script for Warren, having seen his one art job a few issues back. And the script doesn't impress me any more than his art did, it's an ugly and nasty rape plot. Some beautiful art by Maroto doesn't put this one into the win category but definitely brings up the score for the story. This was a strong issue overall, with excellent art throughout, even if a couple of the scripts didn't quite live up to the illustrations.

Nicer than the copy I got earlier this week, for sure.

Vampirella #14- November 1971 According to the Warren Magazine Index: 14. cover: Manuel Sanjulian (Nov. 1971) 1) Vampi’s Feary Tales: Ladies Of Misfortune [Tom Sutton] 1p [frontis] 2) Vampirella: Isle Of The Huntress! [Archie Goodwin/Jose Gonzalez] 20p 3) The Wedding Gift [Nicola Cuti/Mike Ploog] 7p 4) The Sword Of Light [Sam Glanzman] 9p 5) Deadman’s Treasure! [Lynn Marron/Tom Sutton] 9p 6) Vampi’s Flames: Doug Moench Profile/The Crimson Heel!/The Prisoner/The Entity/The Last Blast! [Doug Moench, Fuat Ulus, Ron Lovett, John Kaska & Dan McGee/Cara Shorman, Robert Shugrue, Jose Munoz, Vivian Jane Amick & Glen Abrams] 2p [text article/stories] 7) Wolf Hunt [Joe Wehrle/Esteban Maroto] 7p Notes: Great issue! True, the Vampirella story was no great shakes (but then, they rarely were) but the rest of the issue was dazzling. Sanjulian’s cover was one of the best of the early Vampirella run. Esteban Maroto made his first Warren appearance (and it’s a beaut!) in ‘Wolf Hunt’. Mike Ploog illustrated a darn good Cuti story. The legendary Sam Glanzman turned in his only Warren work and it’s a fine, fine job! Lynn Marron made her professional debut with a solid story and Tom Sutton, who probably illustrated more stories by first time writers than anyone else at Warren, provided her with an equally solid art job. Another South American pro, this time the great Jose Munoz, saw his sample art stuck on the fan page. ____________________________________________________________ A few notes: Since I'm taking over the post the weekly starting block duty until further notice, I'll hold off on my personal thoughts on the issue for about a day to see if any discussion happens, and to give the thread a bump. I won't promise to be quite on the nose time-wise as @Axe Elf was, although I'll try very hard to get it posted before I go to bed Saturday nights. And I'll start posting the images of my copies of the issues with the opener posts, rather than when I give my review. Other than that, I'm open to any suggestions people have: this has always been a group project, and it should continue that way. Here's hoping that Axe Elf will be back soon to take back over, we're still trying to figure out a way to contact him or his family. On a very different note, I highly recommend getting some contact info out to some other boardies you trust, so if something like this does happen we have a better chance of finding out what's going on. Sorry if some of that is a bit of a downer; let's move forward and enjoy this weeks issue!

Looking ahead a little, are you going to have any of the issues with John D. MacDonald stories coming up?

@Bookery Do you have any idea what's up with the alternate 1st page illustration on the Manhunt #1, Kubert rather than Baker?