BangZoom Posted October 21, 2009 Author Share Posted October 21, 2009 Lots of Bees, BZZZs and BBs in that one. Great stuff. Thomas was remarkably good. Who was he? From Wikipedia: Frank Thomas (1914 - date of death unknown) was a Golden Age American cartoonist who worked primarily for Centaur Publications, where he created The Eye, Chuck Hardy, Dr. Hypno, and Solarman (no relation to the Marvel Comics superhero of the same name). Later in his career, he would go on to work on several Dell titles, including The Owl, Billy and Bonnie Bee, Buddies and scripts for Andy Panda, Little Lulu, Woody Woodpecker and Little Scouts). Also in the 1940s, he made the Dinky Doyle daily. In the following decade, he did the Going West strip (1951-54), as well as Hossface Hank (Al Smith Service, 1955-64). Between 1955 and 1965 he was ghost artist on Henning Dahl Mikkelsen's Ferd'nand strip. Legacy Despite his relatively brief career and obscure status as a creator, Frank Thomas's characters saw numerous revivals in the years and decades that followed his retirement from the field. In the 1960s, Gold Key Comics revived The Owl and Owl Girl, inspired by the success of the Batman TV series. The two issues of Gold Key’s The Owl — in which the duo was shown in campy, self-parodying stories — came out in April, 1967, and April, 1968. [1] In the 1970s, The Owl appeared in issue #22 of Gold Key’s The Occult Files of Doctor Spektor. In 1999, The Owl appeared in issue #17 of the AC Comics title Men of Mystery Comics. Most recently, The Owl is one of many public domain characters to appear in Dynamite Entertainment’s 2008 miniseries Project Superpowers. His Eye character also saw a brief revival in the early 1990s as a supporting character in Malibu Comics' Protectors series Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BangZoom Posted October 21, 2009 Author Share Posted October 21, 2009 Are Powell's pages inside the book as nice as the work he did for the science fiction titles? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BangZoom Posted October 21, 2009 Author Share Posted October 21, 2009 The Spider pulp had quite a few knockout covers. John Newton Howitt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheEyeSees Posted October 21, 2009 Share Posted October 21, 2009 The Spider pulp had quite a few knockout covers. John Newton Howitt You're speaking my language BZ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GACollectibles Posted October 22, 2009 Share Posted October 22, 2009 Eye spotted this one on flickr and had to share it. Thanks Froggy! Had to remove this one due to complaints from Froggyboggler and her Flickr friends. bb But I still have these This was the source of my eyeball avatar: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BangZoom Posted October 23, 2009 Author Share Posted October 23, 2009 This was the source of my eyeball avatar: Oh... All this time I thought that avatar was from a Pocket Book paperback. Apparently I need to spend more time studying covers at bookscans.com. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BangZoom Posted October 25, 2009 Author Share Posted October 25, 2009 May 1938 The looming skeleton took on a different look for this cover. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forbush-Man Posted October 25, 2009 Share Posted October 25, 2009 Nice pulps! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kelholt Posted October 26, 2009 Share Posted October 26, 2009 Nice pulps! I'll second that!! Great books. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GACollectibles Posted October 27, 2009 Share Posted October 27, 2009 Mapback filler copy til I find a nicer one.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BB-Gun Posted October 27, 2009 Share Posted October 27, 2009 I like those Spider covers. I like them as much as many of the Shadow covers and I wonder if they are just really good or just new to me. bb I only have these beat up issues which I have shown before. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BB-Gun Posted October 27, 2009 Share Posted October 27, 2009 (edited) The Spider Queen seems pretty good too. Didn't she have team ups with the Phantom Lady? Edited October 27, 2009 by BB-Gun Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BangZoom Posted October 27, 2009 Author Share Posted October 27, 2009 This would normally be a good cue to post some more "ear" covers but I can't think of any others. How about a look at the back cover instead? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BangZoom Posted October 28, 2009 Author Share Posted October 28, 2009 Western Stories / Selected by Gene Autry Gerald Gregg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BangZoom Posted October 28, 2009 Author Share Posted October 28, 2009 The Return of the Continental Op by Dashiell Hammett Gerald Gregg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BangZoom Posted October 28, 2009 Author Share Posted October 28, 2009 Terrific covers, BB. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BangZoom Posted October 28, 2009 Author Share Posted October 28, 2009 The Spider Queen seems pretty good too. Didn't she have team ups with the Phantom Lady? I'm not familiar with the Spider Queen. I checked GCD and they listed the character as appearing in Eagle Comic #'s 2-4. Was there another character with the same name? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shiverbones Posted October 28, 2009 Share Posted October 28, 2009 Great stuff everyone!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
selegue Posted October 28, 2009 Share Posted October 28, 2009 The Spider Queen seems pretty good too. Didn't she have team ups with the Phantom Lady? Hmm -- spider-web fluid designed in the chem lab, swinging in on webs from a shooter, etc. Why is this Queen not mentioned more often as a Spider-Man prototype? Nice skirt, sweetie, if not very functional for action. Crime-fighting action, that is. Jack Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moondog Posted October 28, 2009 Share Posted October 28, 2009 I love American folk music (aka roots music). It's full of sex, violence, and romance. This is an example of a 19th century American murder ballad. OMIE WISE Oh, listen to my story, I'll tell you no lies, How John Lewis did murder poor little Omie Wise. He told her to meet him at Adams Springs. He promised her money and other fine things. So, fool-like she met him at Adams Springs. No money he brought her nor other fine things. "Go with me, little Omie, and away we will go. We'll go and get married and no one will know." She climbed up behind him and away they did go, But off to the river where deep waters flow. "John Lewis, John Lewis, will you tell me your mind? Do you intend to marry me or leave me behind?" "Little Omie, little Omie, I'll tell you my mind. My mind is to drown you and leave you behind." "Have mercy on my baby and spare me my life, I'll go home as a beggar and never be your wife." He kissed her and hugged her and turned her around, Then pushed her in deep waters where he knew that she would drown. He got on his pony and away he did ride, As the screams of little Omie went down by his side. T'was on a Thursday morning, the rain was pouring down, When the people searched for Omie but she could not be found. Two boys went a-fishin' one fine summer day, And saw little Omie's body go floating away. They threw their net around her and drew her to the bank. Her clothes all wet and muddy, they laid her on a plank. Then sent for John Lewis to come to that place -- And brought her out before him so that he might see her face. He made no confession but they carried him to jail, No friends or relations would go on his bail. I'd recommend The Music of Clarence Ashley 1929-1933 to anyone who'd like to give the music a listen. Amazon Link I enjoy folk music too, BZ. My wife and I went to a Phil Ochs Song Night last Saturday at the Old Town School of Folk Music here in Chicago. Unbelievable show... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
