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No one drew dames like Baker, pally! In fact, no one drew anything quite like Baker. The art of Matt Baker, one of the very first African-American artists in comics, was more than simply beautifully rendered. His art, particularly the women, had a realism and honesty that few others could even approach. Baker was one…
Collected from Magazine Enterprises’ comic books of the late-1940s, the complete adventures of Starr Flagg, the Undercover Girl, present a microcosm of post-war American popular culture and paranoia from the unique perspective of a female protagonist. In the comics of the atomic age espionage was an almost entirely male occupation but chain-smoking Starr traded punches…
Dogface Dooley was typical of the comical cartoon soldier created during the Second World War. He ran for five issues within ME’s omnibus series, A-1 Comics. While none of the original Dogface Dooley comics are exactly easy to find, issue number five is particularly difficult. It is also something of a good girl art favorite.
A comics fanzine, this issue focuses on the Comics Code Authority and E.C.
The adventures of Malu, the Slave Girl, from the golden age of classic comics.
Reed Crandall’s classic Captain Daring pirate stories from the golden age of comics collected into one volume! Boardman Books’ “character” collections bring together the adventures of rather obscure golden ago comic book characters in single volumes. The point of the volumes is not to focus on a particular artist but to rediscover a character generally…
The Lancashire Cowboy: A brief biography of Denis McLoughlin by Matthew H. Gore. Annie Oakley – Buffalo Bill Wild West Annual #2 (1950). Art by Denis Mcloughlin. The Great Indian Flood – Buffalo Bill Wild West Annual #3 (1951). Story by Arthur Groom, art by Denis Mcloughlin. Red Men of the West – Buffalo Bill…
Barbarians in comics before Conan. Viking Warrior – Previously unpublished, from the collection of the editor. This undated scratch board piece is signed by Richard Hook to fellow artist Roberto Pettinato. It may date from the mid to late-1950s. Hook is probably best known for his 1964 illustration, Head of Christ. Newsstand Days: Memories of…
A brief history of the British comics industry, the conflict between National Periodicals and Fawcett Publishing over Captain Marvel, and finally the emergence of Marvelman as Britain’s answer to the Marvel Family. This volume includes a comprehensive bibliography of the British comics published by L. Miller & Son from the 1940s to the 1960s.
The Spindrift Cartoons 1943 collects cartoons, primarily by Ted W. Drake, that appeared in the newsletter of the Iowa Pre-Flight School during 1943.
Chances are, even if you know Bobby Benson, it is from his late-1940s incarnation. Almost a generation before, however, kids thrilled to his adventures as a spokesperson for H-O Oats, Force Cereal, Heckler’s Cream Farina, and Presto Cake Flour. The seldom seen comics reprinted in this volume are from the 1930s incarnation of Bobby.
From the golden age of comics, this issue of A-1 Comics: A retrospective reprints the only issue of Magazine Enterprises’ Black Phantom from 1954. Cover and interior art by Frank Bolle.
Adventures in time and space! Twelve time travel stories from the golden age of American comic books. Boardman Books’ “character” collections bring together the adventures of rather obscure golden ago comic book characters in single volumes. The point of the volumes is not to focus on a particular artist but to rediscover a character generally…
The complete adventures of 1950s science fiction comic hero Space Ace and his kid sidekick, Jak Tal. Boardman Books’ “character” collections bring together the adventures of rather obscure golden ago comic book characters in single volumes. The point of the volumes is not to focus on a particular artist but to rediscover a character generally…
A selection of vintage comic book stories reprinted in color.
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