BB-Gun Posted March 20, 2009 Share Posted March 20, 2009 Love the scans, BB. I guess Alter Ego's loss is our gain. I can't remember ever having seen any of those ads/stories before. There were a lot more stories based on microbes, large and small, and many public service messages from different Super guys and dolls. R. Crumb tried a new approach to public service with his Tommy the Toilet. I skipped the message but you get the idea. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BB-Gun Posted March 20, 2009 Share Posted March 20, 2009 Mr. E joined in the fight against criminals that took advantage of the sick. bb According to the Who's Who, Rubimor did some work on Mr. E. I don't know if he did this story but it doesn't look like Tuska who was the other artist working on the feature. For some reason, the GCD no longer lists Dynamic comics about #20. I doubt if I am the only one to have a higher issue since Gerber also has pictures of the covers. But I digress, Mr. E was also done by Ruben and I wonder if this is one of the stories that he did? bb Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BB-Gun Posted March 20, 2009 Share Posted March 20, 2009 (edited) Ruben Moreira was also given the credit for this Dynamic Man story. Dr. Gore the Biochemist (it says so on his sign) invented the Tangerine Death formula. I think it was a chemical and not a microbe but it was sweet smelling like a Lysol formulation. Just trying to tie together what seemed like two unrelated threads. bb Edited March 20, 2009 by BB-Gun Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BB-Gun Posted March 21, 2009 Share Posted March 21, 2009 Back in the day, if you got a subscription to WDCS then you also got a premium. It was sometimes a book and sometimes a picture. I think Walt Kelly did this one. My copy was a little beat up. I hope the repairs didn't harm it. bb Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ciorac Posted March 21, 2009 Share Posted March 21, 2009 Here is a fun batch of 1940's and 50's paperbacks I picked up last weekend at a local garage sale for $5.00 each. Some great covers on these! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BB-Gun Posted March 21, 2009 Share Posted March 21, 2009 Here is a fun batch of 1940's and 50's paperbacks I picked up last weekend at a local garage sale for $5.00 each. Some great covers on these! I think we mentioned one of those books in the Sheena thread. I never read the story but I enjoyed the movie. Ms. Andress would have been easy to obey. bb Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ciorac Posted March 21, 2009 Share Posted March 21, 2009 That she would Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BangZoom Posted March 21, 2009 Author Share Posted March 21, 2009 There were a lot more stories based on microbes, large and small, and many public service messages from different Super guys and dolls. R. Crumb tried a new approach to public service with his Tommy the Toilet. The Crumb family is selling a limited edition print of Tommy. Crumb Products.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BangZoom Posted March 21, 2009 Author Share Posted March 21, 2009 Ruben Moreira was also given the credit for this Dynamic Man story. Dr. Gore the Biochemist (it says so on his sign) invented the Tangerine Death formula. I think it was a chemical and not a microbe but it was sweet smelling like a Lysol formulation. bb The Tangerine Terror? BB, You turn up some of the most obscure stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BangZoom Posted March 21, 2009 Author Share Posted March 21, 2009 Here is a fun batch of 1940's and 50's paperbacks I picked up last weekend at a local garage sale for $5.00 each. Some great covers on these! I agree. I love old paperbacks. Too bad it's so difficult to find them cheap these days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BangZoom Posted March 21, 2009 Author Share Posted March 21, 2009 In the early 1970's it was still a novelty for our hobby to get any press. Rick Durell sent this article to me after its publication. California Living Section of the Los Angeles Herald-Examiner, May 12th, 1974 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adamstrange Posted March 21, 2009 Share Posted March 21, 2009 Darn cat!!!! Thanks for scanning the article, BZ!! (thumbs u Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BB-Gun Posted March 21, 2009 Share Posted March 21, 2009 In the early 1970's it was still a novelty to see any press about our hobby. Rick Durell sent this article to me after its publication. California Living Section of the Los Angeles Herald-Examiner, May 12th, 1974 One of my cats likes to sleep on the scanner and the other sleeps on the top shelf next to the "A" box. In 1974 I was still a graduate student living on a small government loan. Prices were low but I was so broke I could barely afford food. I raided the $0.25 box at the Curious Book Store and picked up a bunch of DC reprints and creased Marvels. I also managed to hold on to a small collection of underground comics that I purchased in the early seventies. I think I posted this drawing of Rick before. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BB-Gun Posted March 22, 2009 Share Posted March 22, 2009 The Tangerine Terror? BB, You turn up some of the most obscure stuff. Thanks BZ! Blaze Barton and Mysta were always turning up strange things too. A giant spotted Toad-Wolf isn't something you see every day. Scans are from GA.UK. They are easy to download and filled with goodies. bb Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BangZoom Posted March 22, 2009 Author Share Posted March 22, 2009 Darn cat!!!! It's odd that Rick allowed his cat to walk on his comics. He was always such a stickler for buying comics in the very best condition. I also noticed that neither Rick nor the Collector's Bookstore bagged any of their comic books at that time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BangZoom Posted March 22, 2009 Author Share Posted March 22, 2009 A giant spotted Toad-Wolf isn't something you see every day. What issue of Hit is that Blaze Barton story from? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BB-Gun Posted March 22, 2009 Share Posted March 22, 2009 A giant spotted Toad-Wolf isn't something you see every day. What issue of Hit is that Blaze Barton story from? That would be Hit 13. I have the cover to 12 and several other issues but not that one. I only have the scans. I think some of those Hercules covers were really excellant, especially Hit 17. bb Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BB-Gun Posted March 22, 2009 Share Posted March 22, 2009 (edited) That Hit 17 cover also reminds me of the Splash page by Fuje from Catman 26. Very simple with only a few extras, but very effective. It wasn't signed but I am pretty sure it is his work. bb Edit: I wonder whether the skeleton's hand is pointing to a kind of signature. Edited March 22, 2009 by BB-Gun Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BangZoom Posted March 22, 2009 Author Share Posted March 22, 2009 That Hit 17 cover also reminds me of the Splash page by Fuje from Catman 26. Very simple with only a few extras, but very effective. It wasn't signed but I am pretty sure it is his work. bb I agree, it definitely looks like his work. Has Fujitani's GA stories ever been collected in a best of volume? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Black Hand ® Posted March 22, 2009 Share Posted March 22, 2009 That Hit 17 cover also reminds me of the Splash page by Fuje from Catman 26. Very simple with only a few extras, but very effective. It wasn't signed but I am pretty sure it is his work. bb I agree, it definitely looks like his work. Has Fujitani's GA stories ever been collected in a best of volume? If not, they should be. But so should artists like Harry Lucey and Al Camy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
