gadzukes Posted July 9, 2018 Share Posted July 9, 2018 2 hours ago, BB-Gun said: and we all recognize the hairdo from 1939... Is this what inspired Leah's look? path4play 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BB-Gun Posted August 5, 2018 Author Share Posted August 5, 2018 Apparently those little people had a special knot that Superman couldn't break. telerites 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gadzukes Posted August 29, 2018 Share Posted August 29, 2018 (edited) I found this Australian Sunday origin page from 1946 Can anyone tell me what # it corresponds to in the US Sunday strips? I know strip 1 has an origin and strip 135 has an origin, but this must be from a later strip. It's magazine size so I was thinking it might be a cool piece to slab. Edited August 29, 2018 by gadzukes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BB-Gun Posted August 30, 2018 Author Share Posted August 30, 2018 On 8/28/2018 at 8:52 PM, gadzukes said: I found this Australian Sunday origin page from 1946 Can anyone tell me what # it corresponds to in the US Sunday strips? I know strip 1 has an origin and strip 135 has an origin, but this must be from a later strip. It's magazine size so I was thinking it might be a cool piece to slab. It is very similar to the origin from Superman 53 in 1948. It isn't the origin from strip 135. I will have to keep searching but I think most of my strips are either late 1944 and 1945 or early 1950s. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gadzukes Posted August 31, 2018 Share Posted August 31, 2018 4 hours ago, BB-Gun said: It is very similar to the origin from Superman 53 in 1948. It isn't the origin from strip 135. I will have to keep searching but I think most of my strips are either late 1944 and 1945 or early 1950s. Strip #135 is from 1942. The one I posted is from 1946 so it's number is probably around the late 200s or early 300s. It's always cool to find "origin" comics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BB-Gun Posted November 14, 2018 Author Share Posted November 14, 2018 I saw this bio pic in a comic that featured art by Moores. I think he worked on Gasoline Alley as well. Marty Mann 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BB-Gun Posted March 24, 2019 Author Share Posted March 24, 2019 On 11/13/2018 at 9:04 PM, BB-Gun said: I saw this bio pic in a comic that featured art by Moores. I think he worked on Gasoline Alley as well. I was watching Tales of Wells Fargo recently and wondered whether Jim Hardy was an inspiration for the character played by Dale Robertson. Dale was an excellant rider and his experience with horses seems obivous in the old shows. I enjoy watching the old shows but seldom remember plots from my childhoo and the oriiginal broadcast of the shows. Love the simple morals of the time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marty Mann Posted March 24, 2019 Share Posted March 24, 2019 From TRACY... BB-Gun 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BB-Gun Posted March 24, 2019 Author Share Posted March 24, 2019 1 hour ago, Marty Mann said: From TRACY... Sometimes the villains went up in flames. I have an early Tracy cover with a scene from a fire that engulfed the bad guy. I wonder if Little Face was related to the hero Microface. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BB-Gun Posted March 24, 2019 Author Share Posted March 24, 2019 I notice a lot of interest in early Ace comics with the Phantom. The first Phantom story in comics was actually the second story which was also reprinted as a Feature Book."The Phantom Destroys the Sky Band". Nice art and filled with torture scenes which were also in the daily or Sunday strips. Marty Mann 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BB-Gun Posted March 24, 2019 Author Share Posted March 24, 2019 As someone used to mention on the boards, it always starts with the lady in the red dress.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BB-Gun Posted March 27, 2019 Author Share Posted March 27, 2019 A few more pages from that Sky Band story. Most of these appeared in the Feature Book and Ace 11 to 20 or so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BB-Gun Posted March 27, 2019 Author Share Posted March 27, 2019 I do have some Phantom Sunday pages but my supply is limited. I sold most of my Phantom pages twenty years ago. I purchased a lot from Mr. Three L in Paradise which was between Gap and Lancaster. The comics and newspapers were in several piles on the tables in his barn. He also converted a room for display of his Marine artifacts, that's Marine as in Jarhead or Leatherneck. I found untouched copies of the Spirit comics in the pile, a Spiderman 1 reprint, World's Finest 32 and Bugs Bunny Christmas Parade. He charged me extra for the BB Xmas parade. I could have searched longer but it would have been necessary to rearrange his entire shop. No telling what was hidden in there. He was a funny guy and I still hear funny stories about him from people at Rennigers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Readcomix Posted March 28, 2019 Share Posted March 28, 2019 I'll bump this thread because I love posting this -- Superman Sunday page from Oct 24, 1943. Is there another Superman spanking panel? Marty Mann 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gadzukes Posted March 28, 2019 Share Posted March 28, 2019 (edited) 56 minutes ago, Readcomix said: I'll bump this thread because I love posting this -- Superman Sunday page from Oct 24, 1943. Is there another Superman spanking panel? Being Spanked by Superman. That's gonna leave a mark. Edited March 28, 2019 by gadzukes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gadzukes Posted March 28, 2019 Share Posted March 28, 2019 On 8/28/2018 at 8:52 PM, gadzukes said: I found this Australian Sunday origin page from 1946 Can anyone tell me what # it corresponds to in the US Sunday strips? I know strip 1 has an origin and strip 135 has an origin, but this must be from a later strip. It's magazine size so I was thinking it might be a cool piece to slab. I thought I'd bump this again. I'd still like to find out what strip number this Australian "origin" corresponds to in the American strips. I think it's late 200s or early 300s Marty Mann 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marty Mann Posted March 28, 2019 Share Posted March 28, 2019 BB-Gun 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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BB-Gun Posted March 28, 2019 Author Share Posted March 28, 2019 I like the Phantom and Flash Gordon (and Jungle Jim) but they all took a back seat for Prince Valiant in Ace 26. The real attraction to this anthology was the Captain and the Kids. However, the early Phantom work had lots of feathering technique, I think, which reminds me of Alex Raymond's work on the early Flash. Marty Mann 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marty Mann Posted March 29, 2019 Share Posted March 29, 2019 Always loved these 7-page tab sections in the Sunday paper...unfortunately I never lived in a city that had them... got my copies from my Grandmother who lived in Philadelphia. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
