BangZoom Posted February 26, 2012 Author Share Posted February 26, 2012 #25 #25 is the last cover to remain unidentified. Here's another piece of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flee-Marquette Posted February 26, 2012 Share Posted February 26, 2012 #25 #25 is the last cover to remain unidentified. Here's another piece of it. Startling Comics #3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BangZoom Posted February 26, 2012 Author Share Posted February 26, 2012 #25 #25 is the last cover to remain unidentified. Here's another piece of it. Startling Comics #3 You got it. Congratulations, Flee. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scrooge Posted February 26, 2012 Share Posted February 26, 2012 BZ, are you familiar with this act? I would think it is fairly unique. I mean, how many lions are going to be willing to get on wires like this? [see pic below] The program for that show can be seen here. I can't guess right now which one this might be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BangZoom Posted February 26, 2012 Author Share Posted February 26, 2012 are you familiar with this act? I would think it is fairly unique. I mean, how many lions are going to be willing to get on wires like this? Alex Kerr trained lions and tigers to do that act. Photographs of both are pictured in his autobiography. I've got a large collection of books on that subject. Here are a few of them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scrooge Posted February 26, 2012 Share Posted February 26, 2012 Thank you. I thought you'd know. So, would he train them and perform the act himself or train the cats and then let others tour with the act? Was he the only one with this trademark? What other "tricks" would he teach the cats? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ciorac Posted February 26, 2012 Share Posted February 26, 2012 #21 Master Comics #11 How'd you do that!? I don't think you've ever won one of these before, and now out of the blue, three of them in a row. Bill has leaped to a tie for 3rd place in the 2012 standings. pcalhoun - 5 selegue - 4 rockman2008 - 4 ciorac - 3 Scrooge - 3 jpepx78 - 1 Theagenes - 1 adamstrange - 1 BB-Gun - 1 Baz - 1 It was a timing issue. With my travel and work schedule, by the time I see these quizzes they are solved by the usual suspects. This time it fell perfectly when I had some time on my hands. Two I knew pretty quickly, one took some digging. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BangZoom Posted February 26, 2012 Author Share Posted February 26, 2012 Thank you. I thought you'd know. So, would he train them and perform the act himself or train the cats and then let others tour with the act? Was he the only one with this trademark? What other "tricks" would he teach the cats? There have been other trainers who taught lions to walk the tightrope. Charles Gay got a lot of press for his act in the 1930's. I've got a Popular Mechanics magazine around here someplace that had a nice profile about him. Famed Russian animal trainer Irina Bugrimova did a similar act. These days Bruno Blaszak presents a tiger act at county fairs that includes that trick. It's been over 30 years since I read Kerr's book but I believe he trained the cats only for himself. Another of his famous tricks was this one... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BangZoom Posted February 26, 2012 Author Share Posted February 26, 2012 Scrooge, I know you like Lone Ranger comics... here's the first issue of his pulp magazine. April 1937 (V1 #1) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forbush-Man Posted February 26, 2012 Share Posted February 26, 2012 Scrooge, I know you like Lone Ranger comics... here's the first issue of his pulp magazine. April 1937 (V1 #1) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Calhoun Posted February 26, 2012 Share Posted February 26, 2012 superb cover (love LR's eyes), classic character, sweet condition - Bingo !!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedFury Posted February 26, 2012 Share Posted February 26, 2012 Wow! I've seen Lone Ranger #1 before, but BZ your copies (of everything) are always just so much brighter and cleaner. It really gives you a good idea what the book looked like on the newsstand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BB-Gun Posted February 26, 2012 Share Posted February 26, 2012 Scrooge, I know you like Lone Ranger comics... here's the first issue of his pulp magazine. April 1937 (V1 #1) Very nice BZ. I don't think I have seen that one before. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
selegue Posted February 27, 2012 Share Posted February 27, 2012 Scrooge, I know you like Lone Ranger comics... here's the first issue of his pulp magazine. April 1937 (V1 #1) JPS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
comicdonna Posted February 27, 2012 Share Posted February 27, 2012 My wife likes Silver. Sorry for the SA pic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scrooge Posted February 27, 2012 Share Posted February 27, 2012 BZ, both for the animal trainer info and the LR pulp. So much to discover out there and so little time. I am surprised that we hear very little about the circus and its tradition in the US. In France, there are still shows on primetime TV that make sure / that make an effort to showcase current act. Fewer than when I grew up in the '70's and '80's but there is still a presence there. I've never felt that in the US despite an equally strong tradition. Sure, the Cirque du Soleil still highlights that tradition and makes an entirely new public rediscover it but, while successful in the US, it didn't originate here. As for the LR, I am still undecided if I like the cover or don't. It's a unique vision of the characters compared to the ones that have become iconic. Plus, I don't quite know how to describe the artist's style. It is far more reminiscent of earlier Short Story covers than anything else. By this I mean its style wasn't even necessarily current for 1937. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duffman_Comics Posted February 27, 2012 Share Posted February 27, 2012 Is there a Pop Culture item that doesn't interest BZ? The tangential reference to circuses pushes my nostalgic buttons - rainy weekend afternoons watching International Showtime with Don Ameche. Boy, does that take me back Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BangZoom Posted February 27, 2012 Author Share Posted February 27, 2012 I am surprised that we hear very little about the circus and its tradition in the US. In France, there are still shows on primetime TV that make sure / that make an effort to showcase current act. Fewer than when I grew up in the '70's and '80's but there is still a presence there. I've never felt that in the US despite an equally strong tradition. Sure, the Cirque du Soleil still highlights that tradition and makes an entirely new public rediscover it but, while successful in the US, it didn't originate here. The circus in this country no longer has the following it did in previous decades which is a shame because it has a rich history. However, while the popularity of the circus has faltered with the public at large, it still has a strong fan base. The Circus Fans of America was founded in 1926 and they have been holding annual conventions and have published White Tops continuously for the past 86 years Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BangZoom Posted February 27, 2012 Author Share Posted February 27, 2012 The Circus Historical Society is another circus fan organization in this country. They publish Bandwagon which is a bimonthly journal that has been around in one form or another since 1939. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BangZoom Posted February 27, 2012 Author Share Posted February 27, 2012 Scrooge, here are some sample pages from the current issue that you might find interesting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
