Crimebuster

My guess is they were sold exclusively at the World's Fair; both the front and back cover have text that says "official world's fair comic souvenir." The only copy I have, as you might have guessed, is the 29 cent variant. I took a look through it, and it didn't have much information. The copyright is 1964. Without looking at the 1965 version, I can't say for sure, but it does seem likely that this print came before the 1965 version, both because of the copyright, and the fact that it doesn't have the big yellow banner saying "1965 edition." Mycomicsshop lists the 29 cent variant as a second printing, and the 1965 edition as the third printing. A quick look on ebay shows one copy of the 29 cent variant currently for sale, but no other 29 cent variants either offered or in the sold listings; the other copies in both are all either the regular 25 cent version or the 1965 edition. That's... basically all I have been able to come up with on this one.

Getting close to the June 11 launch on Kickstarter! Right now, I'm neck deep in Kickstarter stuff, so I decided I'd share some of that process with everyone in my new blog. And I'm sure I'll be writing a lot more about the process and experience as things progress! crimebustercomics.com/2019/05/17/kickstarter-101-goals-stretch-goals-and-rewards/ The main things: my initial goal is $500, but if we hit the $800 stretch goal, I will be adding a 4-page Squeeks solo back-up story to the book, which I am working on now! Here's a tease:

A heads up for my fellow romance collectors! You may recall that last year I got to meet Barbara Friedlander at Terrificon in Connecticut. Well, I just learned that she will be a special guest at the increasingly mis-named Plastic City Comic Con in Fitchburg, Massachusetts on July 13: http://www.plasticcitycomiccon.com/guests.html Last year I had her sign three of the four issues in the "20 Miles to Heartbreak" arc with Toth art, but I was missing one issue. I guess I need to get that before July! From talking with her and reading her Alter Ego interview, it's my understanding that she also wrote every episode of both "3 Girls, Their Lives, Their Loves" and "Reach for Tomorrow." I'm not close to finishing either of those runs yet (maybe halfway done with "3 Girls") but I might bring some of those as well.

Our Fighting Forces #152 - "A Small Place in Hell" by Jack Kirby. Visceral, tense combat action from start to finish. You can just feel it as it builds and builds. Each individual panel is a small masterpiece.

This has confused me as well. I've read that Atlas gave some rights to the creators. However, the existence of Dominic Fortune and Devil Slayer suggest this wasn't necessarily the case, as both are re-worked version of Atlas characters by the same creators (Scorpion by Chaykin and Demon Hunter by Buckler and Kraft respectively). It doesn't seem like the creators still own the rights, if they ever did? Grim Ghost and Planet of Vampires seem like the most obvious properties to adapt. Scorpion could be cool if they wanted to do a retro, Indiana Jones style serial adventure. Most of the others always seemed like uninspired knockoffs to me.

My understanding is that this comic has three editions - the first print is 25 cents, and the third print is also 25 cents but with a big yellow banner across the top of the fc showing it is the 1965 edition. In between there was a second printing with a 29 cent price. Judging from what I have seen online, the second printing price variant seems to be scarcer than the other two. I was wondering - how scarce is the 29 cent variant? And does anybody care? Is it worth anything? Thanks!

The comic may be done, but that doesn't mean the work is finished! I'm currently doing a bunch of production stuff — formatting, editing, all that fun nonsense. My hope is that by the end of next week it will be ready for the printer. I'm also toiling away at the Kickstarter campaign. I have a couple really cool rewards to share with you down the road, but for now, here's a look a the custom Funko Pops that I hand painted; a very limited number of these will be offered when The Crimebusters goes live on Kickstarter on June 11!

This fella isn't crying on the cover yet, but he seems on the verge of tears. In fact, he cries several time inside — the story is called "The Romance of a Sissy!"

Great question! Not my copy:

Squirrel Girl did this when Marvel did a line-wide relaunch after the title had run only 8 issues.

The book is done! And I'll be bringing it to Kickstarter on June 11, where you can pre-order the book and get some cool variant covers and other fun rewards. I'll be revealing some of those rewrds in the coming weeks, but for now, here's a link to a short blog entry about the Kickstarter announcement: https://crimebustercomics.com/2019/05/02/were-heading-to-kickstarter-on-june-11/ and here's a short video I did announcing the project:

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Hello, friends! I am excited to share with you that the first issue of The Crimebusters is now done! Sure, I have a few things left — like a two page text piece, and the inside front cover — but the art is now complete for the 30 page story! I've been working on the art since October, so I am thrilled to finally finish it. My first comic! I can't wait to get a copy in my hands. I'm also looking forward to sharing it with everyone. Next week I'll be announcing the date when this will go live on Kickstarter. In the meantime, I've created a mailing list to make sure that whoever wants to know about what's happening with the comic can find out straight from the horse's mouth. If you want to join the mailing list, that's cool, if not, that's also cool. I will continue to update here as well, of course! But if you do want to join, here's the link to sign up. Thanks! crimebustercomics.com/newsletter/

I'm in the home stretch — I think I'll have the artwork done on Monday! Here's the latest progress update, which discusses what comes next. Thanks for reading!

The summer of 1989, I had just turned 16, and there was a comic book convention in Boston. I got a couple friends together, and my dad drove us in for the show. After a couple of hours, they wanted to leave, but I bribed them with a couple of back issues and convinced them to hang around for what seemed like an eternity. But finally, mid afternoon... Stan Lee showed up. Back then, getting his signature was free, we just had to wait in line. Finally, I got to the front. I was terrified that he would damage my book, because I had read that he would sign so hard (with a pen at this point, not a sharpie) that he sometimes tore through the cover. So I opened the book and asked him to sign on the inside. Except, instead of the front page, he decided to sign on the inside front cover! Luckily, it was fine. I was too awestruck to actually put two words together, so I just grabbed my book and wandred off in a daze. Which I am still clearly in!

I took a small break from working on my comic The Crimebusters to finally finish editing the next episode of my podcast. This is the second part of a four part look at Marvel's original Star Wars series from 1977 through 1986. In this part, we discuss issues #11-38. Enjoy! https://classiccomics.podbean.com/e/classic-comics-forum-podcast-22-stars-wars-by-marvel-comics-part-2/ Now, back to work on the comic!

I have a new journal entry where I talk about designing the back cover, which frankly, I pretty much never gave any thought to before now. https://crimebustercomics.com/2019/04/08/what-about-the-back-cover/ The back cover:

Very nice. I just got a pretty nice copy of this issue, but it's not nearly as nice as yours!

The first movie was so bad, I have little to no hope that this will be any good. But hopefully, it will surprise. I'm curious how they are going to do a whole movie centering around a main character who is mute. Snake Eye is clearly the most popular Joe, it's not even close. Dude is a ninja with a wolf. There are some other Joes i have a soft spot for, like Trip Wire, as he was my first action figure. But Snake Eyes is on a different level from the rest of the heroes. As for villains... Baroness and Major Blood were always my favorites, but I also really liked the Dreadnoks when I was a kid. Torch was my favorite. Never really cared for Stormshadow that much — I stopped reading the comic because it felt like it was all about Stormshadow and ninja stuff.

What other context are you talking about exactly? Your quote is from this thread, about this movie, about this character, explaining why you feel how you feel. This is the only context!

Not my copy:

Thanks for the kind words!