BB-Gun Posted September 2, 2008 Share Posted September 2, 2008 Bangzoom, Thanks for the link. I think there were several different Bat Man references in pulps before the Bob Kane creation. I only have a couple of Spider pulps and a few Shadow pulps but the Shadow radio programs are available in mp3 format for very little money. I have one disk that has a couple hours on the history of the show and the pulp. It interviews several of the actors and announcers and the organist. If I understand correctly, the Shadow was a voice that was used for a detective mystery story show. Street and Smith created the Lamont Cranston character to take advantage of the radio shows popularity. Eventually (1937) the radio show used the S and S character (voice by Orson Welles originally). The show became very popular and lasted until the mid fifties. I guess this show is available in a lot of formats. I found it very interesting and it makes for good entertainment while driving. bb I own that Spider issue but not this Shadow. I probably picked it up from another thread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ciorac Posted September 3, 2008 Share Posted September 3, 2008 In 1935 the Spider matched wits with a villain named the Bat Man. I wonder if Bob Kane or Bill Finger ever read this story. The Spider (November 1935) "Death Reign of the Vampire King" I know Stan read it. He loves to talk about the Spider. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BangZoom Posted September 3, 2008 Author Share Posted September 3, 2008 In 1935 the Spider matched wits with a villain named the Bat Man. I wonder if Bob Kane or Bill Finger ever read this story. I know Stan read it. He loves to talk about the Spider. I'd forgotten that. Here's a comment Stan Lee made in an interview conducted by Roy Thomas that was printed in the magazine, Comic Book Artist #2. Stan said: "That's probably what influenced me with the name (Spider-Man). I used to read The Spider pulp magazine...I always thought that it was a dramatic name." Link In the same interview, Roy erroneously states, "The funny thing is that the pulp Spider was more like The Shadow; he didn't have any kind of web." Apparently Roy never looked at any of the old pulps. The Spider's web is depicted on most of the covers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BB-Gun Posted September 3, 2008 Share Posted September 3, 2008 Speaking of the Shadow, he was also very popular with Supersnipe. If Koppy was the boy with the most comics in America, he must have collected some DC or Timely but he usually was reading Street and Smith comics. bb Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BB-Gun Posted September 3, 2008 Share Posted September 3, 2008 The Green Hornet was a popular radio show and the comic looked pretty good when it had a cover by Schomburg. The back up features, Zebra and Spirit of 76, had some nice art by Cazeneuve and Powell. The other comics in this Harvey ad look pretty good too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ciorac Posted September 4, 2008 Share Posted September 4, 2008 The Green Hornet was a popular radio show and the comic looked pretty good when it had a cover by Schomburg. The back up features, Zebra and Spirit of 76, had some nice art by Cazeneuve and Powell. The other comics in this Harvey ad look pretty good too. I've started, stopped, and sold about three attempted runs at Green Hornet. I love the character, but just can't seem to stick to completing the run. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BB-Gun Posted September 4, 2008 Share Posted September 4, 2008 The Green Hornet was a popular radio show and the comic looked pretty good when it had a cover by Schomburg. The back up features, Zebra and Spirit of 76, had some nice art by Cazeneuve and Powell. The other comics in this Harvey ad look pretty good too. ] I've started, stopped, and sold about three attempted runs at Green Hornet. I love the character, but just can't seem to stick to completing the run. I have the same problem with the Blue Beetle. I like a lot of the issues but the quality varies. The end of the run is better than the middle. Some of the early Green Hornet issues look a little strange. I kind of like this green eyeball cover but some may not. bb From the Wally flea market collection. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ciorac Posted September 4, 2008 Share Posted September 4, 2008 The Green Hornet was a popular radio show and the comic looked pretty good when it had a cover by Schomburg. The back up features, Zebra and Spirit of 76, had some nice art by Cazeneuve and Powell. The other comics in this Harvey ad look pretty good too. ] I've started, stopped, and sold about three attempted runs at Green Hornet. I love the character, but just can't seem to stick to completing the run. I have the same problem with the Blue Beetle. I like a lot of the issues but the quality varies. The end of the run is better than the middle. Some of the early Green Hornet issues look a little strange. I kind of like this green eyeball cover but some may not. bb From the Wally flea market collection. I like most of the early ones, and the Schomburg's of course Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BB-Gun Posted September 4, 2008 Share Posted September 4, 2008 While I am in the "G" box, I thought I would scan a few more Green Lanterns. Nodell art is in the early issue and Toth in the later. Nodell's style may be more cartoonish but it adds a charm to the series. bb Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BB-Gun Posted September 5, 2008 Share Posted September 5, 2008 Nice cover even though GL was left out. I liked the Harlequin character. bb Both scans were found on line. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BB-Gun Posted September 5, 2008 Share Posted September 5, 2008 Nice examples of Lou Fine's artwork. Thanks, BB. You've inspired me to check out more of his work at goldenagecomics.co.uk Quality comics are great and there are a lot of scanned editions available, espectially Crack and Smash. Don't forget National and Uncle Sam. Eisner signed his name to everything but I thought some people identified the art as by Fine. I have a few copies of National. This cover was a little beat up. Please forgive the sloppy photoshop. bb Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BB-Gun Posted September 6, 2008 Share Posted September 6, 2008 (edited) Here is a couple from the F box. I posted the Farmer's daughter on the good girl thread. bb Edit: I posted the Farner's daughter cover on the Romance thread. I couldn't find the good girl thread. Edited September 6, 2008 by BB-Gun Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CAP Freak Posted September 6, 2008 Share Posted September 6, 2008 Nice cover even though GL was left out. I liked the Harlequin character. bb Both scans were found on line. I didn't know GA GL fought crime in Gotham City. Early continuity which Stan Lee made famous in the 60's... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BB-Gun Posted September 6, 2008 Share Posted September 6, 2008 Early Famous Funnies issues were great. Buck Rogers, Scorchy Smith, Dickie Dare, Cap Easy and etc. This may also have my earliest BB-Gun ad. I am sure there were earlier but I just haven't found it yet. Oops, I didn't notice that the scan was incomplete. bb Note the code penciled on the back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ciorac Posted September 6, 2008 Share Posted September 6, 2008 Nice cover even though GL was left out. I liked the Harlequin character. bb Both scans were found on line. I have always liked GA GL's. Crude, cartoony art and all. Plus, it was one of the best logos of the era. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BangZoom Posted September 8, 2008 Author Share Posted September 8, 2008 Supersnipe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BB-Gun Posted September 8, 2008 Share Posted September 8, 2008 BZ, Was that the Supersnipe origin from Shadow comics? Do you have the Hitler covers with Supersnipe? bb Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
selegue Posted September 8, 2008 Share Posted September 8, 2008 Nice cover even though GL was left out. I liked the Harlequin character. bb Both scans were found on line. I have always liked GA GL's. Crude, cartoony art and all. Plus, it was one of the best logos of the era. Do you even like the later logo on #36? I like the large #1-27 logo a lot, don't care for it as much reduced in size on 2-34, and don't like the 35-38 version at all. Jack Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ciorac Posted September 9, 2008 Share Posted September 9, 2008 Nice cover even though GL was left out. I liked the Harlequin character. bb Both scans were found on line. I have always liked GA GL's. Crude, cartoony art and all. Plus, it was one of the best logos of the era. Do you even like the later logo on #36? I like the large #1-27 logo a lot, don't care for it as much reduced in size on 2-34, and don't like the 35-38 version at all. Jack Yes sir. I like the logo til the end Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larryw7 Posted September 9, 2008 Share Posted September 9, 2008 There is something really cool about those later issues of the DC GA titles. They had great covers and nicely rendered interior art. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
