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| Great early GA comic with art by Will Eisner, Jack Kirby, Bob Kane, Dick Briefer and more. |
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| Where's the Jack Kirby? I don't see his style-- |
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| mjb, check out "The Count of Monte Cristo." Look at the character faces on page 16, especially the old man. You have to compare them to Kirby's 40s/early-50s style, not his 60s+ style.It's Jack all right. Another tipoff is the hands. Like the man's hand in the last panel of page 15; it's the semi-formless open hand that Kirby drew his entire life.
It's odd seeing very early Kirby. At first he was heavily influenced by "illustration-style" artists like Raymond and Foster. But it wasn't long before his personal style burst through.
Now can someone tell me who "Dennis Colebrook" is? |
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| Additional Information |
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| Publication | October 1938 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: monthly |
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| Featuring | Charlie McCarthy & Edgar Bergen |
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| Comic Story | The Moon Shot: Part 2 (5 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Anthropomorphic-funny Animals | Characters: Peter Pupp; Tiny; The Weather Man; Merkin (first appearance); Buddah the Genie (first appearance); The Cloud Men [Zeke (first appearance; villain); Zeke, Jr. (first appearance; villain)] |
| Notes | Strips numbered 11-15. |
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| Comic Story | Vendetta With Merrystone: Part 2 (5 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Adventure; Historical | Characters: The Hawk; Merrystone (villain); Fluth |
| Notes | Reprinted -- re-translated into English -- in Will Eisner's Hawks of the Seas (Kitchen Sink Press, Inc., 1986 series) #1 |
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| Featuring | Jest Laffs |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Anthropomorphic-funny Animals |
| Notes | Universal Phoenix Syndicate material.
Three unrelated gag panels. |
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| Featuring | Phil-Os-Sappies |
| Content | Genre: Humor |
| Notes | Universal Phoenix Syndicate material.
Three unrelated gag panels. |
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| Featuring | Heroes of Sport |
| Content | Genre: Non-fiction; Sports | Characters: Barney Oldfield; Mrs. Oliver Grinell; Felix Carvajal |
| Notes | Universal Phoenix Syndicate material. Dated 6-21-37, 6-7-37 and 5-31-37. Other strip isn't dated. |
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| Comic Story | Part 2 (4 pages) |
| Synopsis | Dantes is arrested on trumped up charges. |
| Featuring | The Count of Monte Cristo |
| Content | Genre: Adventure | Characters: Edmond Dantes; Villefort; Danglars; Fernard Mondego |
| Notes | Letters credit identified by Greg Theakston and later Harry Mendryk on the Jack Kirby Museum web page http://kirbymuseum.org/blogs/simonandkirby/archives/2369, 31 October 2008 (retrieved 15 December 2014).
Inker credit by Craig Delich. |
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| Comic Story | The Man Who Lived Twice: Part 2 (5 pages) |
| Featuring | Spencer Steel |
| Content | Genre: Drama | Characters: Spencer Steel; "Lucky" Lucifer (villain); Doctor Blitzen; "Gardenia" Green |
| Notes | Strips numbered 34-38. |
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| Comic Story | Bobby In Hollywood: Part 2 (2 pages) |
| Featuring | Bobby |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Children | Characters: Bobby; Mister De Flicker; Miss Jones; Philip Fadeout |
| Notes | Universal Phoenix Features Syndicate. |
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| Activity | Attack!! (1 page) |
| Content | Genre: Non-fiction; Aviation |
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| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Uncle Otto |
| Notes | Universal Phoenix Features. One strip is dated 8-3-37. The other three are not dated. |
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| Comic Story | The Experiment of Kromo: Part 2 (4 pages) |
| Featuring | The Diary of Dr. Hayward |
| Content | Genre: Adventure | Characters: Dr. Hayward; Mr. Eternity (introduction); Kromo (villain) |
| Notes | Letters credit identified by Greg Theakston and later Harry Mendryk on the Jack Kirby Museum web page http://kirbymuseum.org/blogs/simonandkirby/archives/2369, 31 October 2008 (retrieved 15 December 2014).
Strips numbered 5-8. |
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| Comic Story | The Origin of Sheena: Part 2 (4 pages) |
| Credits | Script:? [as W. Morgan Thomas] (credited) |
| Content | Genre: Jungle | Characters: Sheena (origin continued); Prof. Van Dyke; the witch doctor; Cardweel Rivington (first appearance; death; flashback; Sheena's father); Bat Morgan (first appearance; villain) |
| Notes | Strips numbered 16-19. |
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| Comic Story | Bart Lugar's Cutthroats: Part 2 (4 pages) |
| Featuring | Wilton of the West |
| Credits | Script:? [as Fred Sande] (credited) |
| Content | Genre: Western-frontier | Characters: Wilton; Bart Lugar (villain, death) |
| Notes | Letters credit identified by Greg Theakston and later Harry Mendryk on the Jack Kirby Museum web page http://kirbymuseum.org/blogs/simonandkirby/archives/2369, 31 October 2008 (retrieved 15 December 2014).
Inker credit by Jack Kirby Museum. Episodes 5-8. |
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| Text Story | Red Fang (2 pages) |
| Credits | Script: Linton Davies (credited) | Pencils:? (2 spot illustrations) | Inks:? (2 spot illustrations) | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Adventure | Characters: Johnny Storm' Red Fang (police dog) |
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| Featuring | Pee Wee |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Children | Characters: Pee Wee |
| Notes | Four Universal Phoenix Syndicate strips dated 10-4-37, 8-23-37. Two with no date. |
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| Featuring | Gilda Gay - The Modern Girl |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Gilda; Judy |
| Notes | Four Universal Phoenix Syndicate strips dated 12-6-37, 11/-2-37. Two with no date. |
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| Comic Story | A Letter of Introduction (3 pages) |
| Featuring | Edgar Bergen and Charlie McCarthy |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Edgar Bergen; Charlie McCarthy; John Mannering; George Murphy |
| Notes | adaptation of Universal movie |
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| Comic Story | Chapter 6: A Rescue and a Plot; Ch. 7: Love and a Story; Ch. 8: Bitter-Sweet (4 pages) |
| Featuring | Adventures of Tom Sherrill |
| Content | Genre: Adventure | Characters: Tom Sherrill; Chief Pow-Wow; Bitter-Sweet. |
| Notes | Strips numbered 5-8. |
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| Comic Story | Sanctuary (Part 2) (4 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Adventure; Drama | Characters: Esmeralda; Quasimodo; Jehan; Phoebus |
| Notes | Strips numbered 6-9. |
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| Comic Story | The Ace of Spades Gang: Part 2 (3 pages) |
| Featuring | Inspector Dayton |
| Content | Genre: Crime | Characters: Inspector Dayton; "The Ace of Spades" (villain); Ace of Spades Gang (villains); Major Scott |
| Notes | Strips numbered 5-7. |
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| Comic Story | An Adding Machine (1 page) |
| Featuring | Jumboners starring Jumbo Jim |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Jumbo Jim; Professor Dillpickle |
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| Synopsis | Contest info |
| Featuring | Jumbo Jim's Prize Party |
| Credits | Pencils:? (spot illustration) | Inks:? (spot illustration) | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Characters: Jumbo Jim |
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| Featuring | Jest Laffs |
| Content | Genre: Humor |
| Notes | Universal Phoenix Syndicate material.
Three unrelated gag panels. |
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| Featuring | Phil-Os-Sappies |
| Content | Genre: Humor |
| Notes | Universal Phoenix Syndicate material.
Three unrelated gag panels. |
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| Activity | Nursery-Krazy Kivilt-Puzzle (1 page) |
| Featuring | Puzzle Phun |
| Notes | Strip number 20. |
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| Text Story | Horse Thief (1 page) |
| Credits | Script:? [as Hap' Casey] (credited) | Pencils:? (2 spot illustrations) | Inks:? (2 spot illustrations) | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Western-frontier | Characters: Goose-neck Trammell; Red Kennedy; Lon Sutter |
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| Comic Story | The Transovanian War: Part 2 (4 pages) |
| Synopsis | ZX-5 doubles back and captures his pursuers and then uses them to get over the border. |
| Featuring | ZX-5 Spies In Action |
| Content | Genre: Spy | Characters: ZX-5; Baron de Rolf (villain) |
| Notes | Strips numbered 5-8. |
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