Pat Calhoun Posted June 3, 2014 Share Posted June 3, 2014 (edited) quick check GCD- Reed's name on cov of Str Adv 1 & 2...(at least) Edited June 3, 2014 by pcalhoun Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BangZoom Posted June 3, 2014 Author Share Posted June 3, 2014 Got some web images- this is the 2/43 FA & here is link to scans of the original WG story BZ posted http://magicmonkeyboy.blogspot.com/2010/05/whispering-gorilla-by-don-wilcox.html thanks magicmonkeyboy the ‘Return’ does seem to have WG fighting Nazis in Africa. (ps- got this, BZ?) No. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BangZoom Posted June 3, 2014 Author Share Posted June 3, 2014 pps- please check inside Str Adv 8 see if stories by DV Reed... Strange Adventures #8 doesn't have any stories credited to David Reed. Evolution Plus was written by Gardner Fox. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adamstrange Posted June 3, 2014 Share Posted June 3, 2014 Everyone probably remembers DC's numerous gorilla covers throughout the 1950's, 60's and 70's. Here's the comic that started the craze. Strange Adventures #8 (May 1951) (thumbs u DC discovered that it wasn't enough to put a gorilla on the cover -- it had to be an intelligent gorilla, human trapped in a gorilla body etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duffman_Comics Posted June 3, 2014 Share Posted June 3, 2014 Everyone probably remembers DC's numerous gorilla covers throughout the 1950's, 60's and 70's. Here's the comic that started the craze. Strange Adventures #8 (May 1951) (thumbs u DC discovered that it wasn't enough to put a gorilla on the cover -- it had to be an intelligent gorilla, human trapped in a gorilla body etc. Missed the other key element: Must Be Purple Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Calhoun Posted June 6, 2014 Share Posted June 6, 2014 2 Robert Fuqua illos from the May 1940 Fantastic Adventures first publication, and Ron Turner’s cover for the Gryphon edition – the first combo package (I think the 1950 PB just Return of WG). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Calhoun Posted June 13, 2014 Share Posted June 13, 2014 From Tadcaster Bookshop in UK on ebay. Phil is pretty good- both times I’ve won from him on ebay I’ve expanded the deal with an offer an a second book which he’s accepted with no added shipping… The Screaming Lake by S. Fowler Wright, Regal 1953, cover by Norman Light Devereux and Juanita travel deep into the Amazon jungle looking for Incan gold. What they find is an ancient city forgotten by time…where huge, toad-like monsters feast on unwary travelers. One of only 2 Regals – the other is Wright’s ‘Island of Captain Sparrow’. Exit Life JR Fearn, Scion 1953, cover by Ron Turner “Returning to Earth after a two-year voyage…among the planets, the crew discover..all human and animal life has mysteriously vanished… A superior thriller.” -H&H (Adapted from ‘The World in Wilderness’ in 6/41 Science Fiction.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Calhoun Posted June 14, 2014 Share Posted June 14, 2014 I was going to wait on this until after I’d finished reading it (read once before in early seventies and loved it), but after the first ten (of 90) pages- too excited. This unassuming volume, Authentic Science Fiction #31, early 1953, is a mushroom jungle supernova. Some MJ books reprinted good SF from Startling, etc, but this is the first publication of a CLASSIC fifties novella- by an ‘American’ author. After his brilliant ‘The Paradox Men’ in 1949 Startling, and a few exceptional stories and novelettes (in Astounding, Planet, Thrilling Wonder) including the incredible ‘The New Reality’ from Dec 1950 TWS, Charles Harness was gathering steam to become a frontrunner. It’s likely that the non-acceptance of ‘The Rose’ by the US market was a major factor in his not writing any more SF until 1968. A lamentable hiatus, but it has left ‘The Rose’ as an obscure but commanding highlight of the loftiest peak of the GA. (First time I read was in 1969 Berkley PB -don’t have now- that also had ‘The New Reality’ and one other yarn. Covers: John Richards on Authentic & Richard Powers on Ace.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Calhoun Posted June 14, 2014 Share Posted June 14, 2014 What the heck- scan is handy- acquired by my late bro JCC on Jan 30, 1962 (says on flyleaf)- I probably had the Ace Double by then…as I started collecting them in Jan 1960 at the same time I began my comic collection. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BB-Gun Posted June 14, 2014 Share Posted June 14, 2014 pps- please check inside Str Adv 8 see if stories by DV Reed... Strange Adventures #8 doesn't have any stories credited to David Reed. Evolution Plus was written by Gardner Fox. There are so few stories that use evolution as a background. Most seem to question the theory, this Wonder Woman story seems to use Darwin' theory in a scientific manner. I remember reading an ERB novel that also used the theory as part of the story. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Theagenes Posted June 30, 2014 Share Posted June 30, 2014 2 Robert Fuqua illos from the May 1940 Fantastic Adventures first publication, and Ron Turner’s cover for the Gryphon edition – the first combo package (I think the 1950 PB just Return of WG). This great stuff, My buddy Mark Finn is working on an anthology of Gorillas from the Pulps right now. Should be fun! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedFury Posted June 30, 2014 Share Posted June 30, 2014 I have the first ape-earance from 1940, but I didn't even know about the sequel from 1943. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flex Mentallo Posted June 30, 2014 Share Posted June 30, 2014 I was going to wait on this until after I’d finished reading it (read once before in early seventies and loved it), but after the first ten (of 90) pages- too excited. This unassuming volume, Authentic Science Fiction #31, early 1953, is a mushroom jungle supernova. Some MJ books reprinted good SF from Startling, etc, but this is the first publication of a CLASSIC fifties novella- by an ‘American’ author. After his brilliant ‘The Paradox Men’ in 1949 Startling, and a few exceptional stories and novelettes (in Astounding, Planet, Thrilling Wonder) including the incredible ‘The New Reality’ from Dec 1950 TWS, Charles Harness was gathering steam to become a frontrunner. It’s likely that the non-acceptance of ‘The Rose’ by the US market was a major factor in his not writing any more SF until 1968. A lamentable hiatus, but it has left ‘The Rose’ as an obscure but commanding highlight of the loftiest peak of the GA. (First time I read was in 1969 Berkley PB -don’t have now- that also had ‘The New Reality’ and one other yarn. Covers: John Richards on Authentic & Richard Powers on Ace.) I wish I'd seen this post sooner. "The Rose" is an absolutely stunning piece of writing unlike anyone else. If one blended the best qualities of Alfred Bester and Cordwainer Smith one might get something like Charles Harness, but his is a unique voice. His characters are as doom-laden and fated as any in mythology. Harness has a fascinating take on the seeming appearance of handicap leading to transformation. I wont spoil the -unforgettable - ending of "The Rose" by revealing it here, but I cant recommend it highly enough. Very powerful and heartbreakingly moving. "The Paradox Men" has strong echoes of "The Rose" and is almost as emotive. [font:Book Antiqua]'She was standing alone on the steps of the Geographical Museum regarding him gravely. A light cape was thrown about her shoulders and she appeared to hold it together with the fingers of her right hand, or possibly a barely visible metal clasp. 'The lamps on the museum porticoes threw an unearthly blue light over her bloodless face. Her translucent cheeks were drawn and lined and her body seemed very thin. There was now a streak of white in her hair, which was knotted unobtrusively at the side of her neck. 'To Alar she was completely lovely. For a long time he could only stare, drinking in the moody, ethereal beauty of the composition of light and blue shadow. His tortured frustration was forgotten. "Keiris!" he whispered. "Keiris!"[/font] How much we lost when he gave up writing for so long - but at least we have these, and they are to be treasured. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Calhoun Posted July 2, 2014 Share Posted July 2, 2014 Yes, The Rose even better this time. Will have to rereread ‘The Paradox Men’. Just ordered the 1974 Panther Ritornel (reprint from 1968 original) that I read back then and remember as real good but not Paradox Men or Rose- guess it’s ‘Wagnerian’… Firebird is 1981, this SFBC Pocket HB (big pocket) is actually the true first- kind of his third wave… was well received… Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flex Mentallo Posted July 4, 2014 Share Posted July 4, 2014 Yes, The Rose even better this time. Will have to rereread ‘The Paradox Men’. Just ordered the 1974 Panther Ritornel (reprint from 1968 original) that I read back then and remember as real good but not Paradox Men or Rose- guess it’s ‘Wagnerian’… Firebird is 1981, this SFBC Pocket HB (big pocket) is actually the true first- kind of his third wave… was well received… AS I recall TRoR lacked the plangent resonances of his earlier work. Firebird I've never read but now I must. Great cover too! Speaking of cat ladies, do you know The Ballad of Lost C'mell? Or The Pride of Chanur? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Calhoun Posted July 4, 2014 Share Posted July 4, 2014 Cordwainer Smith (C'Mell) old fave- I'm partial to 'Alpha Ralpha Boulevard', prequel to C'Mell. Like Harness, his 'Scanners Live in Vain' (his first story) made an unsuccessful tour of the sf mags before being published in the obscure 'Fantasy Book' of 1950 then quickly (and deservedly) gained 'instant classic' status. Cherryh I haven't read though I see 3 'Faded Sun' books on my shelf. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
@Captain_Sawyer Posted July 7, 2014 Share Posted July 7, 2014 Here's a few earlier Detective Comics After going through 228 pages, my pants exploded when I saw her. Wow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BangZoom Posted July 9, 2014 Author Share Posted July 9, 2014 Cordwainer Smith (C'Mell) old fave- I'm partial to 'Alpha Ralpha Boulevard', prequel to C'Mell. Like Harness, his 'Scanners Live in Vain' (his first story) made an unsuccessful tour of the sf mags before being published in the obscure 'Fantasy Book' of 1950 then quickly (and deservedly) gained 'instant classic' status. Cherryh I haven't read though I see 3 'Faded Sun' books on my shelf. Pat, I've been away with my family for the past couple of weeks and am only now catching up on reading old posts. Great books you've been posting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markseifert Posted July 9, 2014 Share Posted July 9, 2014 This great stuff, My buddy Mark Finn is working on an anthology of Gorillas from the Pulps right now. Should be fun! Oh, you must let us know when that's out... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimjum12 Posted July 9, 2014 Share Posted July 9, 2014 This great stuff, My buddy Mark Finn is working on an anthology of Gorillas from the Pulps right now. Should be fun! Oh, you must let us know when that's out... Mark Finn ....what a consummate wordsmythe...... GOD BLESS... -jimbo(a friend of jesus) (thumbs u Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
