In the Shadow of the Atomic Age 6 6

[comicdonna]

Very nice thread! I'm collecting mainly Atom Age books. I have never posted in this thread, cause I posted my books in two threads already.

[selegue]

This one's for Jack - High pressure Mercury stream, Gravium and Lead casing, but especially that high pressure Mercury stream has me

 

Source: Adventure into Mystery # 6 from March 1957 -

 

 

HHHAAAWWW!

Wonderful.

 

Should we call it potatium?

No, too hard to remember.

Turkium?

No, the vegetarians might get upset.

Gravium?

Yeh, that's the ticket!

 

And I'm a little worried about that technician.

 

Straight to the want list.

 

Thanks,

Jack

"five meeee-lion dollars!"

 

[Silver]

I was instructed by Mr. Strange to report to this forum.

 

Origin of Superman retold:

 

[adamstrange]

Guilty as charged!

 

And that's still a nice book. How long is the origin story?

[Scrooge]

Trying to keep our one Atom Age thread going - January has been my Fox & the Crow month. First, posted elsewhere I got the Comic Cavalcade I needed -

 

and today I received the "perfect" Fox & the Crow copy for my needs -

[adamstrange]

 

Perfect indeed!

[tth2]

I can contribute a few new Tarzan painted cover acqusitions to this thread:

 

 

[Silver]

 

 

[selegue]

Forty years later it would have been "The Monster that Fished for Men.... Not that There's Anything Wrong With That!"

 

Girlfriend seems only mildly surprised.

 

Jack

 

 

 

[Scrooge]

As per Jack's request, here's a peek inside this book -

 

The major villain in this book, the one portrayed on the cover, is not a giant but is named the Chameleon hence his strange portrayal. He is the villain for the first 3 stories in this book as he manages to escape twice at the end of the first 2 stories, à la Iron Jaw in Boy Comics.

 

Inside front cover -

 

Story 1 Page -

 

Story 2 Splash -

[Scrooge]

 

I really like that # 63.

[adamstrange]

 

 

This was the first cover Murphy drew for DC -- though not his first published. There's a looseness and precision to the way that the monster is drawn that, to me, represents the very best of his work.

[spillred]

 

 

This was the first cover Murphy drew for DC -- though not his first published. There's a looseness and precision to the way that the monster is drawn that, to me, represents the very best of his work.

 

Loose precision? Looks like the monster is wearing a loose sweater on his arms, but he has been going to the gym regularly. What a cool cover, I love it!

[adamstrange]

 

 

This was the first cover Murphy drew for DC -- though not his first published. There's a looseness and precision to the way that the monster is drawn that, to me, represents the very best of his work.

 

Loose precision? Looks like the monster is wearing a loose sweater on his arms, but he has been going to the gym regularly. What a cool cover, I love it!

 

I agree that the monster is a weird mix of floppy skin on the arms and tight abs but I was referring to the drawing style. Look at how "stiff" the figures of the man and woman are.

[tth2]

Thanks Michael! There's more! Fortunately there doesn't appear to be a whole lotta love for Tarzan!

 

One thing that's struck me as very interesting about these covers is there seem to be just as many covers of Tarzan just hanging out with his animal buddies as action scenes. Very different from the all-action mentality of later years.

 

 

[Silver Surfer]

I tell you the artists back then and even way back with the 1930's pulps were so talented and polished compared to a lot of stuff we see today.

[Norrin_Radd]

Trying to keep our one Atom Age thread going

 

Here are my Atom Age Batman comics.

 

 

 

[adamstrange]

Why do Batman and Robin look so happy while they are moments away from being impaled by a dozen spikes?

[JJBEE2001]

I don't know if it's been mentioned before, but the cover to tec 187 has an error - it shows Two-Face's bad side on his right, when it should be his left.

[Norrin_Radd]

I don't know if it's been mentioned before, but the cover to tec 187 has an error - it shows Two-Face's bad side on his right, when it should be his left.

 

It's an imposter who got it wrong.

 

 

As for why Batman & Robin are happy.... they know something Two-Face doesn't.

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SPOILER ALERT.

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Batman weighted the coin so it would land on tails!