In the Shadow of the Atomic Age 6 6

[Inaflash]

I bought this book several years ago from Joe Vereneault. Spokane copy with bone white pages.

 

Ken

 

 

 

WOW Ken! Is it as perfect as it looks? The Spokanes are awesome, and to have the Spokane of that book is doubly awesome!

 

Richard,

 

It is nearly perfect. I would say an easy 9.6 and maybe 9.8.

 

Ken

[MrBedrock]

I bought this book several years ago from Joe Vereneault. Spokane copy with bone white pages.

 

Ken

 

 

 

WOW Ken! Is it as perfect as it looks? The Spokanes are awesome, and to have the Spokane of that book is doubly awesome!

 

Richard,

 

It is nearly perfect. I would say an easy 9.6 and maybe 9.8.

 

Ken

 

Again I say WOW!

Of the books in your collection, which is your favorite (if not this)?

[adamstrange]

I bought this book several years ago from Joe Vereneault. Spokane copy with bone white pages.

 

Ken

 

 

 

WOW Ken! Is it as perfect as it looks? The Spokanes are awesome, and to have the Spokane of that book is doubly awesome!

 

Richard,

 

It is nearly perfect. I would say an easy 9.6 and maybe 9.8.

 

Ken

 

Again I say WOW!

Of the books in your collection, which is your favorite (if not this)?

 

Keep this book and sell me the rest!

 

Awesome copy!!!

[Inaflash]

I bought this book several years ago from Joe Vereneault. Spokane copy with bone white pages.

 

Ken

 

 

 

WOW Ken! Is it as perfect as it looks? The Spokanes are awesome, and to have the Spokane of that book is doubly awesome!

 

Richard,

 

It is nearly perfect. I would say an easy 9.6 and maybe 9.8.

 

Ken

 

Again I say WOW!

Of the books in your collection, which is your favorite (if not this)?

 

I like my MH Captain Marvel Jr. 4, 7 and 17. I also really like the National Comics 10 I picked up in the last Heritage auction. For silver age, my Tales of the Unexpected 17 (awsome greytone cover) and 43, Strange adventures 9, 80 and 150. Too many choices.

 

Ken

[adamstrange]

Bedrock reminded me that I tend to collect out of the way books. I think this one would qualify and since I haven't posted new books in a while:

 

[Theagenes]

A great title to pick up cheap - every time you post one it makes me want to start.

 

Thanks Rjpb, what's not to like: an Airboy and a Heap story along with extras like the Cataline Revolt history by Alden McWilliams -

 

Whoa, very cool! It was during the Catalinarian conspiracy that Cicero "made his bones" so to speak, with his vitriolic speeches against Cataline. Sorry, I'm real geek for this stuff.

[Inaflash]

Bedrock reminded me that I tend to collect out of the way books. I think this one would qualify and since I haven't posted new books in a while:

 

 

What a unique and cool cover! I have never seen it before and love the line work.

Ken

[adamstrange]

Thanks! I'm pretty sure the artist is Burgos.

[adamstrange]

More shadowy atomic age goodness:

 

[Jayman]

Bedrock reminded me that I tend to collect out of the way books. I think this one would qualify and since I haven't posted new books in a while:

 

 

Love the linework and pastel coloring in these post-code Atlas books.

It's like they boosted quality somewhat to make up for having the code.

They are quite tempting to start collecting...

[Socratic Wonder]

Bedrock reminded me that I tend to collect out of the way books. I think this one would qualify and since I haven't posted new books in a while:

 

 

What a unique and cool cover! I have never seen it before and love the line work.

Ken

 

What Ken said!

 

[Scrooge]

More shadowy atomic age goodness:

 

 

That book as usual is unreal!

 

Cue the crickets for a moment, I was reading through Wild Western # 8 today and there's some real gold in those early Timely westerns. Here are a few chosen panels to showcase what a Western comic book can be -

 

 

Pardon my stretch -

 

[adamstrange]

Thanks, Scrooge.

 

Do you know who the artists are for the first two panels? The third looks like Syd Shores.

[Scrooge]

Do you know who the artists are for the first two panels? The third looks like Syd Shores.

 

The artists are tentatively one artist: Russ Heath. The third seems to be Syd Shores as you state. I can't help but loving Shores' work and have like him consistently through his career unlike some artists whose early or late work I can't appreciate / enjoy. Shores is a winner from start to finish.

 

As for the Heath ID, here's the splash to the first story and should be clearer.

 

For the story from the second panel, here's an earlier panel with RH branded on the horses. In that "stretch" panel, it's amazing the detail put in the background of the guys in pursuit hidden on the forest background. Just wonderful in its effort which over the years tend to disappear.

[adamstrange]

Thanks for the extra scans. I thought I saw Heath in the horses (they are well drawn and he always prided himself that he could draw a horse well) but the background was much more impressionistic/Caniff style than what he usually does. It's a marked contrast from the backgrounds on the first page. There's much to like about this early Heath work as it has a looser feel than his more mature style.

[jpepx78]

frazetta white indian reprints inside

 

[jpepx78]

space adventures with powell art

 

[adamstrange]

frazetta white indian reprints inside

 

 

All good stuff, jpepx!

[jpepx78]

thanks adamstrange

 

here's a book i got recently for 50 cents in a used book store. i guess 3-d effects was a big fad briefly in the early 50s from movies to comics. i've seen other books from this period with simulated 3-d where backgrounds were drawn in perspective and figures and objects were drawn extending out from each panel. the frank bolle art is very nice. any other 3-d collectors out there?

 

j

 

[shiverbones]

the post code atlas comics are really some of the prettiest of the deace, there are sop many nice examples by Heath, Maneeley, Everett & the bunch. Its always tempred me to buy them, but just don't have the funds to add another genre.