Fox Comics Appreciation Thread! 20 20

[GreatEscape]

So who else uses pink but (or like) the great Lou Fine?

 

WW 9 has great use of pinks as well.

 

More Lou Fine Pink to ponder...

 

 

GE

[Jayman]

That's an awfully nice looking 3.5!

[Comicdey]

So who else uses pink but (or like) the great Lou Fine?

 

WW 9 has great use of pinks as well.

 

More Lou Fine Pink to ponder...

 

 

GE

 

That's a scary frog man.....

[CentaurMan]

That's a scary frog man.....

 

I don't know, I've seen scarier frog men.

[jbcomicbox]

a lesser seen Fox book.....

 

[RareHighGrade]

a lesser seen Fox book.....

 

You are right. That is the first one that I can recall seeing.

[Point Five]

"Alex, I'll take 'More Unusual Lou Fine Color Schemes' for $1000...."

 

Here's a neat Fox you don't see all the time...not quite as cool as Wonderworld #7 and #8, but still a fun one. A wild rainbow of colors here!

 

[TheEyeSees]

GREAT looking copy PointFive!! Definitely on my want list... that Fine cover is... well, FINE!! The machinery and the bondage girl, with the exploding city in the background... awesome.

[gozer]

>> I am a big fan of the "woman in glass tube" motif

 

AKA Women in Tubes (WIT) covers.

 

And I thought I was the only one with that particular ... taste ... in covers!

 

How about Chamber of Chills 22 (2) from Aug 1951 (I think it's an attachment to this post).

[TheEyeSees]

>> I am a big fan of the "woman in glass tube" motif

 

AKA Women in Tubes (WIT) covers.

 

And I thought I was the only one with that particular ... taste ... in covers!

 

How about Chamber of Chills 22 (2) from Aug 1951 (I think it's an attachment to this post).

 

Just checked it out... nice one. (could only get the general idea of it, as its a Gerber postage stamp-sized photo!)

 

(sorry to get off topic, but a "women in tubes" thread would be nice to see...)

[selegue]

>> I am a big fan of the "woman in glass tube" motif

 

AKA Women in Tubes (WIT) covers.

 

And I thought I was the only one with that particular ... taste ... in covers!

 

How about Chamber of Chills 22 (2) from Aug 1951 (I think it's an attachment to this post).

 

Just checked it out... nice one. (could only get the general idea of it, as its a Gerber postage stamp-sized photo!)

 

(sorry to get off topic, but a "women in tubes" thread would be nice to see...)

 

Probably someone has a better scan than this of the all-time classic WIT cover.

 

 

Jack

[Point Five]

GREAT looking copy PointFive!! Definitely on my want list... that Fine cover is... well, FINE!! The machinery and the bondage girl, with the exploding city in the background... awesome.

 

Thanks, Ryan!

 

Funny thing is, this actually happens in the story. The bad guy yells at The Flame "Stay back...unless you want half the city BLOWN UP!" The Flame advances anyway...the bad guy presses a button...and sure enough, half the city is blown up. I guess even superheroes have off-days.

[TheEyeSees]

GREAT looking copy PointFive!! Definitely on my want list... that Fine cover is... well, FINE!! The machinery and the bondage girl, with the exploding city in the background... awesome.

 

Thanks, Ryan!

 

Funny thing is, this actually happens in the story. The bad guy yells at The Flame "Stay back...unless you want half the city BLOWN UP!" The Flame advances anyway...the bad guy presses a button...and sure enough, half the city is blown up. I guess even superheroes have off-days.

 

God Bless the golden age writers. I love that sort of stuff.

[JiveTurkeyMoFo]

Well, I only own one Fox comic (a recent acquisition from Metro), but I'm starting to come around. They sure had a fair number of great GGA covers.

 

I've shown this book around a couple of other related threads, but I doubt its one you guys are going to get tired of looking at:

 

[jbcomicbox]

Actually, i am stretching a bit. This "Blue Beetle" was published by Holyoke while Fox fiddled in bandruptcy for a time....

 

[Silver Surfer]

Actually, i am stretching a bit. This "Blue Beetle" was published by Holyoke while Fox fiddled in bandruptcy for a time....

 

 

Damn that another great cover I have never seen before. Nice sharp and deep color strike on that one.

[ciorac]

>> I am a big fan of the "woman in glass tube" motif

 

AKA Women in Tubes (WIT) covers.

 

And I thought I was the only one with that particular ... taste ... in covers!

 

How about Chamber of Chills 22 (2) from Aug 1951 (I think it's an attachment to this post).

 

Just checked it out... nice one. (could only get the general idea of it, as its a Gerber postage stamp-sized photo!)

 

(sorry to get off topic, but a "women in tubes" thread would be nice to see...)

 

Probably someone has a better scan than this of the all-time classic WIT cover.

 

 

Jack

 

I like the way the guy on the cover thinks...

[jbcomicbox]

another more obscure Fox book, but worth the view.....

 

[Point Five]

Stealing this cover from Collin in the "greedy SOB" thread:

 

 

This same Jack Farr drew a story in Fantastic Comics #2 (1/40), among others. I don't know anything about him... I would assume from his work for Fox that he was a member of the Eisner/Iger shop, before the war started?

 

Very distinctive art (and lettering), to say the least!

[gifflefunk]

Summer 1941 - during this time, all the Fox titles were full of ads for a drink called Kooba Cola, which was apparently never made (a Victor Fox scheme to create a demand before the product even existed!).

 

Thank you!!! I've been wondering about Kooba Cola for YEARS, and couldn't understand why I'd never seen any other advertising memorabilia for it. I had no idea it was a marketing ploy. I'm so glad you solved that for me!

 

Does anyone know where this lie got started? Kooba Cola definitely existed and was at least sold locally in the NY area (well, its the only locale I've seen Kooba items show up). I suspect Fox tried to get national interest going by advertising it in his comics, but it looks like it failed to get national distribution.