Brad Tabar

This Falcon guy is sort of cool.

The Thuderer! Cool! Great copy!

Very awesome! This reminds me of two of the stories in Creepshow, which kind of did the same thing. I wonder if there was some influence there?

Cool! I fully understand you had pressing matters!

Very cool! But who is that guy? Seems like a shared love of that comic fostered by the tall geek to you and me Everyone should have a copy (thumbs u

Congrats! Great illustrations on those two! Most excellent purchases. Congratulations!

That is very cool! Thanks for looking that up for me, guys! I love a good painting. Kind of unusual for a woman to do this sort of art. She's great, though! Btw, I should have somewhere a file with the corresponding paperback title and from there it should / may be possible to trace who painted this. Don't have the file here though. Oops - yeah wrong cover. OK - I did some internet perusing and came up with this: The original painting was from the Avon paperback The Blonde, The Gangster and The Private Eye. The cover artist was Ann Cantor according to the Library of Congress' Catalog of Copyright Entries

I think I remember that! Hey thanks for the info and for posting! Matt Baker rules!

This is great! What is this from?

That's amazing! I wish I'd thought of doing something like that when I was a kid!

Holy cow! Since the late 60s? I can't believe it! I never heard of them until around 1981 I walked into this weird-looking little shop called J and D's with a bunch of cartoon rats with cigars in the windows. I was stunned to find it full of comics! Thanks for that thread! These boards are great!

I agree! It's very cool! Thanks for showing these stories!

Wow! Is that the inside? Thanks for sharing! What was this, some kind of fanzine like Qua Brot or Squa Tront? some more pix to share.

I agree!! All is forgiven! Beautiful books!

That Marvel Tales cover is awesome!

Wow! Great Frazetta cover!

He does look like Harry! He even has the suggestion of that weird hair of his! Looks like a horror cover to me! Also, that puppet jester looks like Harry Osborn. Oops....is that allowed over here in Gold?

That's interesting. I love painted covers. I suppose it was less expensive to use the same cover on a few different things and unlikely people would notice back then. Or later, since the comics and books would be forgotten about until collectors discovered them! Thanks for the info! Btw, I should have somewhere a file with the corresponding paperback title and from there it should / may be possible to trace who painted this. Don't have the file here though. Oftentimes, Avon comics (with painted covers) had a simultaneous or previous appearance of the same art, on one of their paperbacks. Not sure how often exactly.

I wish I did! It was embarrassing to be corrected by my friends when I was a teenager! It may sound stupid but until I bought my first copy of this book, years ago, I thought Subby was destroying the bridge! I had read the reprints of Marvel Mystery #9 and I knew Subby was bad; I didn't realize he'd become a good guy until I bought Timelys that had not been reprinted. Aw, the ignorance of youth! I never pronounced it that way. I always assumed it was pronounced the way mariner was in the Ancient Mariner

That's gruesome! Ah yes. The Rat Race....This guy ran it as well....

Not at all stupid! He looks like he is destroying the bridge! I still remember thinking his name was Sub-Mariner (pronounced, or so I thought, Sub-mah-reen-er). I think Subby was the first (or one of the first) characters to tread the line between good guy and bad guy. He's certainly the oldest one still around. Batman treaded the line too, but he is a couple months younger. It may sound stupid but until I bought my first copy of this book, years ago, I thought Subby was destroying the bridge! I had read the reprints of Marvel Mystery #9 and I knew Subby was bad; I didn't realize he'd become a good guy until I bought Timelys that had not been reprinted. Aw, the ignorance of youth!

So this was a paperback? Thanks for looking it up! Btw, I should have somewhere a file with the corresponding paperback title and from there it should / may be possible to trace who painted this. Don't have the file here though.

You're right! I see it too! Still, this story has some great art otherwise.

Wow! I missed that. He's right, I meant to painted cover. Thanks Mr. Scrooge!

This is really cool!