DarrenSmith Posted April 23, 2009 Share Posted April 23, 2009 Can you decode this message? Did you Photoshop that or was that Rosetta Stone actually printed in a comic? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BB-Gun Posted April 23, 2009 Share Posted April 23, 2009 Can you decode this message? Did you Photoshop that or was that Rosetta Stone actually printed in a comic? That seemed pretty easy. I guess I don't need my decoder for some things. What about this one? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarrenSmith Posted April 23, 2009 Share Posted April 23, 2009 Can you decode this message? Did you Photoshop that or was that Rosetta Stone actually printed in a comic? That seemed pretty easy. I guess I don't need my decoder for some things. What about this one? Shoes are rationed so take care of yours dont kick stones or walk in puddles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BB-Gun Posted April 23, 2009 Share Posted April 23, 2009 I have noticed more violence on TV these days (Mutant Chronicals?). There is always someone pummeling somebody in a sport that I never heard of. They had some interesting ideas in the golden age which added a little more excitement to sports or games that tend to be a little less violent than kickboxing and sword play. Quiz Opportunity??? Does anyone know who did the art on these two strips? I think I know the RR but JVJ provided the answer to the Gladiator art. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tb Posted April 24, 2009 Share Posted April 24, 2009 I don't think I saw Famous Monsters of Filmland until I was a teenager. I liked those kind of magazines so I assume I would have noticed them if they were for sale . I guess it just wasn't distributed in my area. The earliest Castle of Frankenstein I purchased was #2. I bought this issue off eBay. Great cover BZ! I liked some of the articles in CF and Screen Thrills Illustrated too. I was more of a detective mystery and serial fan than a monster fan but I did enjoy seeing Blaisdells' creations and Ray Harryhausen's models. I also liked the big three movies, i.e., werewolves, vampires and Frankenstein, oh my. Speaking of vampires, I think Mr. Door Tree posted this vampire cover which could easily be one of my favorites. It was cleaned up a bit with photoshop. bb I've been watching "Nosferatu" and "Vampyr" over the last few weeks. Given how many times big apes and robots seem to have appeared in comics in the 1930s, I am kind of curious about what the first appearance of a vampire or first mentioning of Dracula in a comic book might have been?.. I tried a search on the forum but couldn't find an answer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BangZoom Posted April 24, 2009 Author Share Posted April 24, 2009 Can you decode this message? Did you Photoshop that or was that Rosetta Stone actually printed in a comic? It's from an early Wonder Woman. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BangZoom Posted April 24, 2009 Author Share Posted April 24, 2009 That seemed pretty easy. I guess I don't need my decoder for some things. What about this one? Shoes are rationed so take care of yours dont kick stones or walk in puddles. That's a more interesting message than most of the ones I've seen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BangZoom Posted April 24, 2009 Author Share Posted April 24, 2009 Does anyone know who did the art on these two strips? I think I know the RR but JVJ provided the answer to the Gladiator art. Red Rogue looks like the artwork of Charles Voight. I don't know about The Gladiator. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BB-Gun Posted April 24, 2009 Share Posted April 24, 2009 Does anyone know who did the art on these two strips? I think I know the RR but JVJ provided the answer to the Gladiator art. Red Rogue looks like the artwork of Charles Voight. Way to go BZ! I don't know about The Gladiator. I will wait until Sunday to post the other one, in case someone else wants to guess. I am suprised at how many times Charles Voight art has turned up since you posted the Jeep story. bb Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scrooge Posted April 25, 2009 Share Posted April 25, 2009 A little more digging turned up this January 1955 Barron's article: Slump in Comics - The Industry Needs More than a Publishing Code. The main point of the article is that even without the Code, the industry is / was in trouble due to over-population of the newsstands and that changes were inevitable (akin to Michelle Nolan's theory of the Post-Code changes and the disparition of many smaller outfits). In it are a couple of nuggets. First, more information about the margins along the distribution chain. I believe I posted some of that before a looooong time ago. For posterity (and later searchability), we have: 5.5¢ to the distributor 6.5¢ to the wholesaler 7.5¢ to the retailer for a 2.5¢ margin on a regular 10¢ comic. Also, there's information in the second excerpt about going ad rates. (thumbs u Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scrooge Posted April 25, 2009 Share Posted April 25, 2009 Here's another one, which, while not completely comics related, is funny in its own right. Read to the end of the excerpt for the punch line (From 1949) - Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scrooge Posted April 25, 2009 Share Posted April 25, 2009 We know that BZ like some other of us on the boards like OTR. I stumbled on this ranking for Radio shows circa 1942 - 1943 for high-schoolers. Clearly, the man Bob Hope was far and away the most popular. Funnily, yesterday, I was watching a clip of Bob Hope on the Cavett show and couldn't help but laugh out loud at a Hope classic: Cavett: So, I hear you used to box in the '40's. Hope: I used to box under the name Rembrandt Hope. I spent so much time on the canvas. BA DA BOOM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scrooge Posted April 25, 2009 Share Posted April 25, 2009 From the pages of Adventure 37. I still contend that Adventure was the best of the early DC books - Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BB-Gun Posted April 26, 2009 Share Posted April 26, 2009 Love the Karloff by Moldoff. It is fun to just say the names. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BB-Gun Posted April 26, 2009 Share Posted April 26, 2009 I always wanted the Magic Ring or the Flying Train. They come with a colorful book and two nifty records. bb Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BB-Gun Posted April 26, 2009 Share Posted April 26, 2009 (edited) I also picked up this Fox Giant 37 (I think) at the Allentown paper show. I was hoping for the Cattle Kate story but found Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde instead. Also has Hoot Gibson with Wood art, Iwo Jima and Pedro. Edited April 26, 2009 by BB-Gun Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BB-Gun Posted April 26, 2009 Share Posted April 26, 2009 Does anyone know who did the art on these two strips? I think I know the RR but JVJ provided the answer to the Gladiator art. Red Rogue looks like the artwork of Charles Voight. I don't know about The Gladiator. According to JVJ, the Gladiator art was by Pierce Rice and Arthur Cazaneuve. They worked on Seven Soldiers stories for Leading if I remember correctly. bb Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BangZoom Posted April 27, 2009 Author Share Posted April 27, 2009 I've been watching "Nosferatu" and "Vampyr" over the last few weeks. Given how many times big apes and robots seem to have appeared in comics in the 1930s, I am kind of curious about what the first appearance of a vampire or first mentioning of Dracula in a comic book might have been?.. I tried a search on the forum but couldn't find an answer. New Fun #6 The Unofficial Guide to the DC Universe website offers the following info: New Fun Comics #6 (October 1935): [The Vampire Master: Part 1] More Fun Comics #7 (January 1936): [The Vampire Master: Part 2] More Fun Comics #8 (February 1936): [The Vampire Master: Part 3] More Fun Comics #9 (March-April 1936): [The Vampire Master: Part 4] I'm guessing that the above stories were probably among the earliest comic books published with a vampire storyline. Read all about Doctor Occult: Link Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BangZoom Posted April 27, 2009 Author Share Posted April 27, 2009 A little more digging turned up this January 1955 Barron's article: Slump in Comics - The Industry Needs More than a Publishing Code. In it are a couple of nuggets. First, more information about the margins along the distribution chain. I believe I posted some of that before a looooong time ago. For posterity (and later searchability), we have: 5.5¢ to the distributor 6.5¢ to the wholesaler 7.5¢ to the retailer for a 2.5¢ margin on a regular 10¢ comic. Comic books didn't offer retailers much of a profit margin. I guess stores made their money in sheer volume of sales. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PokerKid Posted April 27, 2009 Share Posted April 27, 2009 I always wanted the Magic Ring or the Flying Train. They come with a colorful book and two nifty records. bb Ultracool record. Go ahead and try and break it. I wanna see how tough it really is! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
