In the Shadow of the Atomic Age 6 6

[rjpb]

I'll probably be waiting a while anyway - as it's the kind of book I buy when i stumble across it without actually seeking them out - but when I get back into buying on a regular basis I'll be looking for lower priced Atom Age books that I enjoy reading. In the past I was more cover oriented, and still have a soft spot for what I consider "classic " covers, but finding books I enjoy reading for $10-$50 is what appeals to me the most these days. Fortunately I enjoy esoteric books more than super-hero titles, so there is alot out there.

[Scrooge]

Here's my newly acquired copy of the Eiffel Tower Airboy cover - OK copy despite the heavy spine roll and the fugly color printing on the left but good for my purpose -

 

 

It has a nice Mike Roy / Jon Belfi Heap story and also this, whom we should call - "Bad Day at Black Rock for Black Cat"

 

 

It gets worse on the next page

 

[adamstrange]

Here's my newly acquired copy of the Eiffel Tower Airboy cover - OK copy despite the heavy spine roll and the fugly color printing on the left but good for my purpose -

 

 

It has a nice Mike Roy / Jon Belfi Heap story and also this, whom we should call - "Bad Day at Black Rock for Black Cat"

 

 

It gets worse on the next page

 

 

That's quite a beautiful cover for what is supposed to be a scene of horror.

 

Talk about cruelty to animals! Any chance the writer was a cat-hater, because the guy is certainly dishing it out to the head of the pack!

[Scrooge]

Talk about cruelty to animals! Any chance the writer was a cat-hater, because the guy is certainly dishing it out to the head of the pack!

 

Well, after all Kitty is the "head of a pack of killer-cats"

[adamstrange]

Talk about cruelty to animals! Any chance the writer was a cat-hater, because the guy is certainly dishing it out to the head of the pack!

 

Well, after all Kitty is the "head of a pack of killer-cats"

 

Still seemed a little gratuitous to me.

[HouseofComics.Com]

Talk about cruelty to animals! Any chance the writer was a cat-hater, because the guy is certainly dishing it out to the head of the pack!

 

Well, after all Kitty is the "head of a pack of killer-cats"

 

Still seemed a little gratuitous to me.

 

Beyond gratuitous...

[Scrooge]

Talk about cruelty to animals! Any chance the writer was a cat-hater, because the guy is certainly dishing it out to the head of the pack!

 

Well, after all Kitty is the "head of a pack of killer-cats"

 

Still seemed a little gratuitous to me.

 

Beyond gratuitous...

 

Hence the , agreeing with you that that sequence is

[tth2]

Talk about cruelty to animals! Any chance the writer was a cat-hater, because the guy is certainly dishing it out to the head of the pack!

 

Well, after all Kitty is the "head of a pack of killer-cats"

Killer cats! No wonder this title never took off!

 

I noticed that all the word balloons seem to have been typeset rather than hand written. Or they had a letterer who could reproduce machine-like writing. Was this typical for books from this era?

[adamstrange]

Talk about cruelty to animals! Any chance the writer was a cat-hater, because the guy is certainly dishing it out to the head of the pack!

 

Well, after all Kitty is the "head of a pack of killer-cats"

 

Still seemed a little gratuitous to me.

 

Beyond gratuitous...

 

Hence the , agreeing with you that that sequence is

 

Sorry. I didn't interpret the graemlin correctly.

 

Actually, as a cat hater I enjoyed it.

 

Ooops! Did I just post that out loud?

[adamstrange]

From the Western Thread in the General forum.

 

 

[Scrooge]

Here's a late run Airboy when the Heap took once in a while the cover spotlight which is great because since the Heap doesn't talk they are not clogged by word balloons -

 

[Scrooge]

Then an obscure book - Toby printing some Barney Google stories but as always in GA and AA books, there might be a nugget hidden, in our case, it's another Kurtzman zany Pot Shot Pete story -

 

 

KMan story -

 

[HouseofComics.Com]

Haha, that cowboy kissing the horse is priceless!

[adamstrange]

I've read a reprint of the Kurtzman story but it's nice to see the original comic where it was published. Definitely not where you would expect it to be.

 

Just to prove that I have beaters in my collection, here's a book I purchased as part of a deal with a really nice MH.

[Scrooge]

Very nice beater there. Those Romantic Marriages painted covers are one of my favorites in the Romance genres rather than the line-drawn covers on most other series. The one you posted looks so rich and warm. A very attractive image.

 

Here's my copy of # 11 which nicely captures another important and often fantasized about moment in the comic's target audience -

 

 

Scrooge, hopelessly and endlessly romantic.

[selegue]

...

 

Just to prove that I have beaters in my collection, here's a book I purchased as part of a deal with a really nice MH.

 

Beater.

HHHHAAAWWW!

I would have put that cover up as proof that I have some higher grade books in my collection.

Ziff-Davis had some great covers.

 

Jack

[selegue]

....

Here's my copy of # 11 which nicely captures another important and often fantasized about moment in the comic's target audience -

 

 

You mean the "Substitute Wife" part, right, Scrooge?

 

Do you know who painted the covers?

 

Jack

(it certainly qualifies as "often fantasized")

[adamstrange]

I'm pretty certain both are painted by Allan Anderson. There was an article in Illustration with many examples of his work for Ziff Davis.

 

As for the reason I got my issue, it was because of the beautiful colors/composition, but also the tagline "Charge-account Wife."

[comicdonna]

Sorry to interupt the current subject, but here's a couple I'd like to contribute to this thread.

[Scrooge]

Since we're talking Whitman in the Western thread, let me ask for confirmation that this is Maurice's work also on Wambi 15 -