BB-Gun Posted July 10, 2008 Share Posted July 10, 2008 Terrific story Scrooge!! bb Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BB-Gun Posted July 11, 2008 Share Posted July 11, 2008 Some of the splash pages were pretty good although most of them were not full pages. The text of the stories tended to be more involved with less action than Sky Girl or Tiger Girl. bb All of these scans were found on line at Goldenagecomics.uk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BB-Gun Posted July 11, 2008 Share Posted July 11, 2008 Sometimes there were 1 page morality lessons. I can imagine a scrapbook filled with these things. bb Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Artist1 Posted July 11, 2008 Share Posted July 11, 2008 This thread inspired me to open up an account here so I could add my 2 cents worth, or should I say my love for Matt Baker’s art always keeps me inspired...so I could not help but join in to this topic. Thanks for making me feel welcome. The Sky Girl pages by Baker that Scrooge posted are perfect examples of the quality of Baker’s drawing skills and his ability to tease and titillate the reader with the curvaceous female form. I wish that Fiction House had published Sky Girl under her own title, as the character, stories and art were most deserving. Sky girl would have fit in well with other GGA characters of the era such as Quality’s Lady Luck, or M.E.’s Black Phantom (which I believe were reprinted from issues of Manhunt), and Bill Ward’s Torchy (she got her start in Dollman and Modern Comics first). It would have been easy for Fiction House to reprint the Sky Girl stories from Jumbo Comics, oh well. Just a thought...I know if I was in the army and Sky Girl or Canteen Kate were in my battalion (or anywhere near it), I would probably get my head blown off by the enemy, because I would have been too busy ogling their curves instead of paying attention to the war right in front of me. JvR11’s Giant Comics edition #15 is on many peoples Want List, and the blond on the cover is alluring and wholesome simultaneously. I love that cover, and the blond’s all-American sweetness on that cover contrasts #12 of that title, with the not-so Apple Pie hooker on the cover which is definatly on my want list. You see, Baker could convey those contrasting looks, good vs naughty, sweet vs snobbish or spoiled so well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scrooge Posted July 11, 2008 Share Posted July 11, 2008 Just a thought...I know if I was in the army and Sky Girl or Canteen Kate were in my battalion (or anywhere near it), I would probably get my head blown off by the enemy, because I would have been too busy ogling their curves instead of paying attention to the war right in front of me. I like long hair myself so I'd be dead if around Sky Girl ... Canteen Kate, not so much ... but I can see why you'd get distracted - Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VintageComics Posted July 15, 2008 Share Posted July 15, 2008 My girlfriend has started collecting Baker books. This was her first want when she realized how beautiful Baker's art is. I have rescanned it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VintageComics Posted July 15, 2008 Share Posted July 15, 2008 This past weekend at the Toronto Comicon I found this for her...she LOVES covers with green dresses so needless to say she is very happy with it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blind Owl Posted July 21, 2008 Share Posted July 21, 2008 If anyone has any other Bakers, I'm with BB post away. I love seeing these. Just catching up on this thread!!!! This book is not Romance but it is a Baker cover that you just don't see very often!!!! I really like the way the Tiger is drawn on this one!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scrooge Posted July 21, 2008 Share Posted July 21, 2008 That IS a nice cover. Thanks for sharing it with us. (thumbs u Edit: Also I love tigers so I couldn't pass up putting this one up again Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blind Owl Posted July 21, 2008 Share Posted July 21, 2008 I like it Scrooge!!!! When was it published? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scrooge Posted July 21, 2008 Share Posted July 21, 2008 March 1942 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blind Owl Posted July 22, 2008 Share Posted July 22, 2008 (thumbs u Thanks, I was guessing Early 40's but didn't know what year!!!! Looks to be in decent shape!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blind Owl Posted July 22, 2008 Share Posted July 22, 2008 Baker, right? This is great comic art!!! Thanks for posting the Skygirl pgs., Great Stuff!!! All we usually see are covers, so these are a special treat to see. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BB-Gun Posted July 27, 2008 Share Posted July 27, 2008 At sometime the editors decided to censor Baker's art because it was a little too risque. Here is a restoration of his splash panel for She-Wolf in Weird Adventures 1. bb Scan is from the Canadian edition. I thought they might have put a tee-shirt on her because it is cold up there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BB-Gun Posted July 27, 2008 Share Posted July 27, 2008 And it would have made an awesome cover. bb Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BB-Gun Posted July 27, 2008 Share Posted July 27, 2008 (edited) or maybe it would be better with a little less lettering on the cover. bb Perhaps the title of the comic should be [font:Comic Sans MS]Weird Romance[/font]! Edited July 27, 2008 by BB-Gun Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blind Owl Posted July 27, 2008 Share Posted July 27, 2008 Yeah, that's much better, can't wait for the next issue!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BB-Gun Posted July 27, 2008 Share Posted July 27, 2008 Yeah, that's much better, can't wait for the next issue!!!! Perhaps you would like to read the rest of the story? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BB-Gun Posted July 27, 2008 Share Posted July 27, 2008 (edited) and the rest... The sequel, "Return of the She-Wolf", would have to be in the "Vault of Romantic Horrors". bb The unedited scans are from Goldenagecomics.UK. Edited July 27, 2008 by BB-Gun Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rodan57 Posted July 28, 2008 Share Posted July 28, 2008 Thanks for passing on the scans. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
