Scrooge Posted July 26, 2008 Share Posted July 26, 2008 That's typical of your collection to start with the Finger Man issue The Heavenly Rat issue cover is my favorite of this batch ... but we know it's not the covers that makes Black Mask special Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BB-Gun Posted July 26, 2008 Share Posted July 26, 2008 Keltner was a visionary. I thought his indexing idea was a pipe dream and now it looks like it's a project that will actually be accomplished. A few of my favorite fan artists in the early days of fandom were Ronn Foss, Richard "Grass" Green, and Bill Dubay. And Rocket's Blast 27. bb The cover is by Howard Keltner. It is a rendition of a Web splash. I am not sure which issue. Anyone know? Pop Quiz? I think it looks like the cover of 27 without the japanese villain in the web and Steel Sterling and Blackjack standing off to the left side. Well maybe Howard used one of these as a template for his cover but there is no exact match there. Perhaps he used an ad from another comic? Howard drew a lot of stories for the early comic fanzines. He seemed pretty friendly when I talked to him. I have found his index to be very useful. bb Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ciorac Posted July 26, 2008 Share Posted July 26, 2008 I used to own the original art to that cover. Another Wrightson RBCC cover, albeit a couple years earlier: Here are a couple more for you Roger. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BB-Gun Posted July 26, 2008 Share Posted July 26, 2008 Keltner was a visionary. I thought his indexing idea was a pipe dream and now it looks like it's a project that will actually be accomplished. A few of my favorite fan artists in the early days of fandom were Ronn Foss, Richard "Grass" Green, and Bill Dubay. And Rocket's Blast 27. bb Well maybe Howard used one of these as a template for his cover but there is no exact match there. Perhaps he used an ad from another comic? Howard drew a lot of stories for the early comic fanzines. He seemed pretty friendly when I talked to him. I have found his index to be very useful. bb I found another Keltner cover in the box. The reproduction isn't as good as later issues but it was better than the old ditto machines. This issue also had my first full page ad. I wasn't much of a business man. No wonder Rogofsky got all of the comics. The ad was listed under the name of my business partner at the time. He went off to fight the war in the late sixties and I went off to college and war protests. We still occasionally call and seem to be friends. bb PS I don't remember owning some of those comics and the Prices Are No Longer Valid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scrooge Posted July 26, 2008 Share Posted July 26, 2008 Do you still like Joe Kubert as much now as back then? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BB-Gun Posted July 26, 2008 Share Posted July 26, 2008 Do you still like Joe Kubert as much now as back then? I still like Kubert but I enjoy the work of many other artists (Anderson, Kirby, Quinlan, Wolverton, Crumb, Fine, Schomburg, Ditko, Barks, and etc.). I buy new items by Kubert occasionally. I enjoy the work of his sons too (Andy and Adam). I missed his lecture at one of the local universities in NJ a few months ago and was a little disappointed with myself. Speaking of other artists...I saw some work by Lou Fine at the Jewish Museum that made me appreciate his art a lot more (Wow). I would like some of the older Kubert stuff for my collection (early Hawkman or Viking Prince). I wouldn't sell the home for it but you can have my old car. Fan appreciation of Kubert's art was more vocal back in those days(1962-68). I was also fond of Buscema's art and Rosa's. I only have a few originals by those guys but enjoy them very much. bb He can draw a pretty good dragon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bronty Posted July 26, 2008 Share Posted July 26, 2008 he can draw a pretty good anything! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BangZoom Posted July 28, 2008 Author Share Posted July 28, 2008 Very cool seeing your old ad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BangZoom Posted July 29, 2008 Author Share Posted July 29, 2008 The image on this pulp was swiped by a famous Golden Age artist who redrew it for the cover of what comic? Adventure (April 15, 1935) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scrooge Posted July 29, 2008 Share Posted July 29, 2008 Adventure Comics # 34 by Guardineer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BB-Gun Posted July 29, 2008 Share Posted July 29, 2008 That was pretty fast Scrooge. I guess you must have remembered that cover. It does look like something that should be on an Adventure comic. I spent my time making new Baker covers. This is what the Weird Adventures 1 cover should have looked like. I am not sure whether they censored the story in other ways. But some of the panels (including this splash) showed the She-Wolf with a T-shirt under her blouse. After restoration, I think it would have made a good cover. I posted this on the romance thread too. I thought BZ might appreciate the orange cover creation. The Canadian comics often took an internal page or panel and turned it into a comic. I am wondering why they didn't use this one unless they were afraid of Seducing the Innocent. bb Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
selegue Posted July 29, 2008 Share Posted July 29, 2008 That was pretty fast Scrooge. I guess you must have remembered that cover. It does look like something that should be on an Adventure comic. You don't suppose he had just seen it two minutes earlier like I did. With Scrooge's visual memory, probably not. Jack Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scrooge Posted July 29, 2008 Share Posted July 29, 2008 That was pretty fast Scrooge. I guess you must have remembered that cover. It does look like something that should be on an Adventure comic. You don't suppose he had just seen it two minutes earlier like I did. With Scrooge's visual memory, probably not. Jack I know I know but I can assure you that I posted in BZ's thread before seeing the other one. (thumbs u Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
selegue Posted July 29, 2008 Share Posted July 29, 2008 That was pretty fast Scrooge. I guess you must have remembered that cover. It does look like something that should be on an Adventure comic. You don't suppose he had just seen it two minutes earlier like I did. With Scrooge's visual memory, probably not. Jack I know I know but I can assure you that I posted in BZ's thread before seeing the other one. (thumbs u The scary part is that I believe you! Usually you ID from only about a dozen pixels. Jack Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BangZoom Posted July 29, 2008 Author Share Posted July 29, 2008 Adventure Comics # 34 by Guardineer. Adventure (April 1935) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BangZoom Posted July 29, 2008 Author Share Posted July 29, 2008 Beginning with issue #23, New Adventure Comics abandoned the cartoon covers that graced their early issues and began to imitate the images more commonly found on pulp magazines. Adventure (July 1931) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BangZoom Posted July 29, 2008 Author Share Posted July 29, 2008 Adventure (July 1935) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scrooge Posted July 29, 2008 Share Posted July 29, 2008 Fantastic posts. Keep'em coming !! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BangZoom Posted July 29, 2008 Author Share Posted July 29, 2008 Great cover creations, BB. Have you done any science fiction covers? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BangZoom Posted July 29, 2008 Author Share Posted July 29, 2008 Inspired by BB's posting of early 1960's fanzines, I went digging through stacks of boxes looking for my own collection. I never did find them. But I did find some early New York Comic Convention programs. 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
