TheWatcher Posted September 29, 2007 Share Posted September 29, 2007 Here's a Thor story. In fact, it is the first Thor story. Alas and again, the Fox story department ( ) went out for lunch after page 5 on this one. The artist it seems was left to fend for himself and coasted to the end of the story on the tails of a zillion captions starting with "Suddenly this" and "Suddenly that". Thankfully it lasted only 12 pages total. Still a fun story to look at - Interesting that this Thor was blond too, like his later Marvel namesake. Could Kirby and Lee have vaguely remembered this story instead of the red-haired Thor of the Norse myths? (Maybe not Kirby -- didn't he do a red-haired Thor in an earlier one-shot DC story?) Jack Cover story from Adventure Comics 75, June 1942. The coloring would have been chosen by the DC colorists rather than Simon & Kirby. That's one. Wasn't there also a Silver Age DC Thor by Kirby with red hair? In one of the anthologies like Strange Adventures or My Greatest Adventure? I can't put my finger on it. Jack That was Tales Of The Unexpected #16, Jack Angelo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adamstrange Posted September 29, 2007 Share Posted September 29, 2007 Here's a Thor story. In fact, it is the first Thor story. Alas and again, the Fox story department ( ) went out for lunch after page 5 on this one. The artist it seems was left to fend for himself and coasted to the end of the story on the tails of a zillion captions starting with "Suddenly this" and "Suddenly that". Thankfully it lasted only 12 pages total. Still a fun story to look at - Interesting that this Thor was blond too, like his later Marvel namesake. Could Kirby and Lee have vaguely remembered this story instead of the red-haired Thor of the Norse myths? (Maybe not Kirby -- didn't he do a red-haired Thor in an earlier one-shot DC story?) Jack Cover story from Adventure Comics 75, June 1942. The coloring would have been chosen by the DC colorists rather than Simon & Kirby. That's one. Wasn't there also a Silver Age DC Thor by Kirby with red hair? In one of the anthologies like Strange Adventures or My Greatest Adventure? I can't put my finger on it. Jack That was Tales Of The Unexpected #16, Jack Angelo Just combine it with this: And you get: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adamstrange Posted September 29, 2007 Share Posted September 29, 2007 "The gas is melting" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Theagenes Posted September 29, 2007 Share Posted September 29, 2007 "The gas is melting" "Willing suspension of disbelief." Fun story, Scrooge! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mica Posted September 29, 2007 Share Posted September 29, 2007 I wonder if Scrooge has any Donald Duck scans. I try to post material with no obvious copyright holders ... so you won't see any Ducks posted by me They've got bigger fish to fry than to mess with us here. Plus they're ninnies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BangZoom Posted September 29, 2007 Author Share Posted September 29, 2007 Thanks Scrooge. I enjoyed The King of Darkness. I wasn't familiar with either the character or the artist so I was happy to have the opportunity to become acquainted with both of them. It had the perfect combination of primitive artwork and simplistic plot that I've come to love of comics from that era. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BangZoom Posted September 29, 2007 Author Share Posted September 29, 2007 Artists in this issue include: Harry Anderson, Edd Ashe, Malcolm Kildale, Jack A. Warren, Al Bare, Larry Antonette, Harry Francis Campbell, Bob Oskner, and Ed Winiarski. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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The Black Hand ® Posted September 29, 2007 Share Posted September 29, 2007 I love that book, wish I still had mine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrBedrock Posted September 29, 2007 Share Posted September 29, 2007 I love that book, wish I still had mine. Me too! I sold mine a couple of years ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scrooge Posted September 29, 2007 Share Posted September 29, 2007 Hey Richard, it seems next week will be the battle of the defeated. Who would have thought? On top of that the Brewers couldn't win this week and gave the NL Central to the Cubs. Here's the Pack does well tomorrow but Brett never plays well in a dome ... Oh well, thankfully for us, we can take solace in those funny books. Here's Briefer on Rex Dexter from Mystery Men # 4 - Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrBedrock Posted September 29, 2007 Share Posted September 29, 2007 Hey Richard, it seems next week will be the battle of the defeated. Who would have thought? I've been at work all day and wasn't paying attention. Did we both get beat? If so, wow...the mighty Big 12. Not so mighty, huh? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BangZoom Posted September 29, 2007 Author Share Posted September 29, 2007 Thanks for the scans. Briefer's artwork is better than I remembered. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BangZoom Posted September 29, 2007 Author Share Posted September 29, 2007 I love the covers of the early Mystery Men. So, although everyone has seen them before I think they deserve another posting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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