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Sun Publications: One Shots
Date | Number: 1 | Lang: English (en)
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NotesA rangerhouse comic and scan, Edit by Yoc with fills from justcomical. --- For the Digital Comic Museum - June 21, 2015. Ranger's copy of Colossus was damaged and missing pages. He was lucky enough to get fills from justcomical --- Sun Publications are known for only two comic books. This and 'Sun Fun Komiks #1' from a year earlier in 1939. Only a very incomplete scan exists of Sun Fun so if anyone out there has a copy, PLEASE consider scanning or letting DCM scan this book for you! Published in March, 1940 - the same date as the first Street and Smith comic book Shadow Comics #1, which features the first appearances in comic books by The Shadow, Doc Savage, and Air Ace Bill Barnes. Prize Publications starts out that same month with Prize Comics #1. It's also the same date as Adventure Comics #48 that introduces Hour-Man! --- Sun Publications, founded in 1912 by Arthur J. Gontier, Sr., (1864-1942), were previously pulp publishers. Titles include '10-Story Book' (a pin-up girl magazine where Louis L'Amour would first be published. Examples are on archive.com) and 'Golden Fleece' both were done by 1940. Colosssus and Sun Fun look to be their very short lived attempt to jump in on the new comic book boom triggered with Superman in 1938. --- To learn more about Sun and their law troubles in 1928 and 1938 use this link - http://tellersofweirdtales.blogspot.ca/2013/10/rivals-of-weird-tales-golden-fleece.html Enjoy! Yoc and Rangerhouse
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   By The Australian Panther
I'm offline, rereading the DC Showcase reprint of Norman Nodell's 'Dr No' - originally done for Classics Illustrated- and I decide to browse for Norman Nodell [Nochem Yeshaya] in DuckDuckGo. One of the links that comes up brings me here to Colossus Comics #1. But the artist is credited here as NORMAN MODELL. If this is Nodell, it is very early work. I would accept the second story 'Blond Garth' (hmm, interesting name) as Nodell's work but the first story 'The Gold of Gartok' looks like a different artist and seems even more primitive. Can anybody shed any light? About Norman Nodell here. https://www.lambiek.net/artists/n/nodel_norman.htm
   By The Australian Panther
For anybody interested in finding and using Characters out of copyright, here's one that was never even used. On the inside cover is advertised, 'Next month, an amazing new feature, ICARION - child of the sun]. Given he is pictured with wings, Icarus would have to be the inspiration. And that brings Jack Kirby's ETERNALS to mind. another sheer coincidence? Is anything really original in comics? Cheers.
   By matt-thorn
Blond Garth is reproduced in its entirety in the must-have book, "Invisible Men: The Trailblazing Black Artists of Comic Books," by Ken Quattro (Yeo Books, 2020). This was the only comic book work by Black illustrator and cartoonist, Jay Paul Jackson. The rest of the book is dreadful even by dreadful Golden Age standards, but Jackson's contribution alone makes it historically important.
   By matt-thorn
Blond Garth is reproduced in its entirety in the must-have book, "Invisible Men: The Trailblazing Black Artists of Comic Books," by Ken Quattro (Yeo Books, 2020). This was the only comic book work by Black illustrator and cartoonist, Jay Paul Jackson. The rest of the book is dreadful even by dreadful Golden Age standards, but Jackson's contribution alone makes it historically important.
   By The Australian Panther
[This was the only comic book work by Black illustrator and cartoonist, Jay Paul Jackson.] Seems to be the case. Then it should be added to the 'Notes' about the book. The Wikipedia entry on Jay Jackson doesn't mention it. The date on this is 1940 and Jay Jackson was working for Ziff/Davis from June 1938. His comic strip work for the Defender Newspaper started in 1943, [If this information is correct of course] Blond Garth is a very odd story for him to illustrate, given the directions of most of his work. If the Bugletown Green Strip he did for the Defender is PD, it would be nice, if someone had a collection of the strip, to see it on CB+. The complete 10 issue run of 'Bungleton Green in the 21st century.' Chicago Defender Cartoonist, Jay Jackson and the First Black Superhero-Finale https://chicagodefender.com/op-ed-chicago-defender-cartoonist-jay-jackson-and-the-f irst-black-superhero-finale/
   By david hatch
wow thanks to comicbookplus i get to read the semi legendary colossus comics 1 huh have to agree with another comment in that artwise it's rather weak with a couple of notable exceptions wonder if that contributed to sun publications only making 2 comic books??
   By dwilt
The "Lum Sims" strip is hillbilly humour that features absolute clones (except poorly-drawn) of Li'l Abner, Daisy Mae, and Mammy Yokum, along with a character who looks like Loweezy from Snuffy Smith.
  
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PublicationMarch 1940 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: Monthly
 
FeaturingColossus A.D. 2640
CreditsPencils: Bernie Wiest | Inks: Bernie Wiest
ContentGenre: Science Fiction
 
SynopsisScientist accidentally ingests super-growth formula and becomes huge evil giant.
FeaturingColossus A.D. 2640
CreditsScript: Mark Reinsberg | Pencils: Bernie Wiest | Inks: Bernie Wiest
ContentGenre: Science Fiction
 
FeaturingEducational Adventures of Panda-Lin
CreditsScript: Valentin Leopold | Pencils: Jan | Inks: Jan
ContentGenre: Anthropomorphic-funny Animals
Notesadventures of two pandas
 
FeaturingLucky Lucifer
CreditsScript: Berris Kregman | Pencils: Lew Segron | Inks: Lew Segron
ContentGenre: Adventure; Aviation
 
Comic StoryThe Ghost of Buzzard Mounting (8 pages)
FeaturingLum Sims
CreditsPencils: Bernie Wiest [as 'Nard] | Inks: Bernie Wiest [as 'Nard]
ContentGenre: Humor
NotesWiest's use of the alias 'Nard (short for Bernard) confirmed by his daughter Penny Wiest Augustine in correspondence with Chris Beneke.
 
Text ArticleBoomerang! (2 pages)
CreditsScript: Guy Murchie Jr.
ContentGenre: Non-fiction
 
FeaturingMory Marine
CreditsScript: Gene Rowls | Pencils: Gene Rowls | Inks: Gene Rowls
ContentGenre: Adventure
 
Comic StoryThe Gold of Gartok (11 pages)
SynopsisShai and Wolfgang have been raiding monasteries. Bart London has come to Tibet to stop them. Using his mental powers to create a Tulpa of himself, Tsang aids London to stop the nazi menace.
FeaturingThe Tulpa of Tsang
CreditsScript: Norman Modell (credited) | Pencils: Lionel N. March (credited) | Inks: Lionel N. March (credited)
ContentGenre: Adventure | Characters: Tsang; Shai; Wolfgang; Bart London
NotesPreviously credit went to Norman Nodell, an artist, instead of to the credited Norman Modell (1913-1999), a Chicago radio scripter.
 
Text StoryThe Black Heart of Red Beard (2 pages)
CreditsScript: Nick Nomad | Pencils: Bernie Wiest | Inks: Bernie Wiest | Letters: typeset
 
SynopsisGarth kills the shark sent by Cimbaru to prevent the residents of Rangipu from pearl diving.
FeaturingBlond Garth
CreditsScript: Norman Modell? [as Ramond Mellon] | Pencils: Jay Jackson | Inks: Jay Jackson
ContentGenre: Adventure | Characters: Garth; Bubu the medicine man; Tara the King's daughter; Rahui the King (death); Draka, priestess of Iktas (villain); Cimbaru (villain); Ahala the King's son (death)
NotesBlond white man raised by South Seas tribe becomes hero. Ramond Mellon is an apparent anagram, as noted by Chris Beneke.
 
FeaturingRuggey
CreditsScript: Lincoln Maher | Pencils: Bernie Wiest? [as Lincoln Maher] | Inks: Bernie Wiest? [as Lincoln Maher]
ContentGenre: Humor
NotesBernie Wiest art suggested by Chris Beneke. His daughter Penny Wiest Augustine is uncertain about the attribution, though she says, "the hands on the guy with the green cap...are definitely Dad's style."
 
Publisher advertisementNext Month Colossus Comics Will Introduce an Amazing New Feature (1 page)
FeaturingIcarion
CreditsScript:? (promo copy) | Letters: typeset
ContentGenre: Superhero | Characters: Icarion
NotesBack Cover. Promotional advertisement for a comic feature that was scheduled for issue #2 called Icarion. Story was to have been entitled, "Child of the Sun".
 
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