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| Matt Baker at his peak!
Have the reprint, but being able to see the original (some of the screens didn't reprint well) is priceless!
If you were a girl, I'd kiss you! |
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| I have a coverless copy and am glad to have complete scans now. Thanks! |
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| At last! I've been wanting to see this legendary item for years. Thanks for posting it. |
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| This one is a must read. Great story and nice artwork. |
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| Archer St. John's first experiment with the heretofore untested form of the "Picture Novel" (the 2nd, "The Case of the Winking Buddha," illustrated by Charles Raab, sold even worse than this volume did and essentially killed St. John's experiment with the format) features stellar pencil artwork by the unsurpassed Matt Baker, doing some of his finest , most expressive work here, inked by Ray Osrin (Penciller and inker at Charlton, Dell, and Archie among others), and a noirish pulp-fiction-style story by Arnold Drake (who later went on to work for both DC and Marvel) and Les Waller (who went on to work in PR as well as become a novelist whose work includes novelizations of DOG DAY AFTERNOON, CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND, HIDE IN PLAIN SIGHT and FALCON CREST) writing together under the name "Drake Waller.") |
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| Unlike "It Rhymes with Lust", "The Case of the Winking Buddha" was adapted to standard comics page format and published as a 32-page color comic tale in St John's "Authentic Police Cases" #25 (available on CB+), so you can read a modified version of it. |
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| Nice to see this pioneering graphic novel here, and it's a good one. |
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| Additional Information |
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| Publication | 1950 | Price: 0.25 USD | Pages: 1 |
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| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Crime | Characters: Rust Masson |
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| Credits | title page (1 page) |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
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| Credits | copyright statement page (1 page) |
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| Comic Story | It Rhymes with Lust (126 pages) |
| Synopsis | Hal Weber, one-time crusading journalist, is summoned to Copper City by his old flame Rust after the death of her husband, mining magnate and political heavyweight Arthur "Buck" Masson. As editor of The Express, a newspaper with an anti-Masson stance secretly owned by Rust, Hal is drawn back to her even as he falls for her stepdaughter Audrey. The situation in Copper City soon literally becomes explosive, with Hal having to choose between Rust and Audrey, the bottle and his conscience, safety and the truth. |
| Content | Genre: Crime | Characters: Rust Masson; Hal Weber; Audrey Masson; Monk Shirl; Marcus Jeffers; Arthur "Buck" Masson (picture); Jimmy Sloan; Jake; McPhee; Tiny Shirl; Mary; J. J. Cheever; Lefty; Mike; Wally; Novak; Clancy; Fatso; Pat O'Rourke; Sam Klein; Studsy; Mr. Sloan; Grace Sloan; Bill; Martha; Paul; Tommy; Mr. Morelli; Sam Reynolds; Phil; Joe |
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| Content | Characters: Rust Masson; Hal Weber; Audrey Masson; Monk Shirl; Marcus Jeffers |
| Notes | Back cover; small portraits and brief descriptions of 5 main characters. |
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| The data in the additional content section is courtesy of the Grand Comics Database under a
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