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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…
An exploration of the Jungle Genre in comics and popular culture from the 1910s to the present.
Pete Morisi illustrates stories in the style of Classics Illustrated from obscure 1950s comic books.
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.
Semi-annual collection of articles and comic book reprints. This issue features articles on Archie Comics for the character’s 75th anniversary. Also includes Ogden Whitney, Dan Parent, Rocky Hartberg, Will Meugniot, and more!
Duke Douglas, recruited by Army Intelligence in 1942 while in his last year of medical school, proved to be just the sort of deep cover agent America needed to face the insidious Soviet threat of the mid-1950s. Reading Duke’s adventures today the influence of Ian Fleming’s super spy seem obvious but keep in mind that…
The complete adventures of “Trail” Colt, U.S. Marshal from the pages of 1940s M.E. comics. Includes art by Frank Frazetta, Graham Ingles, and others. 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…
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…
This volume primarily takes focus on aviation and science fiction stories.
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…
Classic science fiction and mystery tales by British comics great Denis McLoughlin and others.
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.
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