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| These are curious. Basically, these are "Archie in the Future". And these went on ten years before the premiere of "The Jetsons". |
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| Love your service! I am extremely interested in the Golden Age of comic books but grew up during the Silver Age. I am using my site to become an expert on the Golden Age as well.
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I will eventually write a review about your site.
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| This popped up on the random 12, so I get another look at it! joy! apparently, numbering aside, there were only 3 issues.
I wonder if this was an influence on the Jetsons?
Craig Yoe has collected them and added some new 'fan' art.
https://boingboing.net/2010/04/12/jetta-cute-space-gir.html
Cheers! |
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| Positively Cosmic Comic! Dan DeCarlo’s artwork is out of this world!
That Galaxy Gal, Juicy Jetta is the one for me, but if Martian Mayhap Arky has already claimed her, I’ll settle for Heliotropic Hilaria or the Strontium Hot Space Bandit!
How come they stopped producing this comic? I would have paid twice the price |
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| Apparently Fred Eng drew the Zoomer story Frat Race. I think you can see his signature (F.ENG) in the bottom right corner of the first panel. |
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| A-ha! Now I see your interest!
But have we got two artists with Hong Kong antecedents, named Fred Eng? There is this guy;- Obituary:- Frederick Ronald “Fred” Eng Sr.
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/156326326/frederick-ronald-eng
[His stylish illustrations were published in mainstream national magazines, such as Collier's Magazine, The Saturday Evening Post, House Beautiful, McCall's, Coronet, and Reader's Digest.
During the 1960s classic illustration art became unfashionable, so he began to work as a photographer. His photographs were published in Esquire, Seventeen Magazine, and Good Housekeeping.]
I'd like to see his photography!
But I think that this is our guy!
And this reference has some info on comics work!
https://pulpartists.com/EngC.html
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| I'd never heard of Jetta until I discovered these comics on this site. I was thinking the style was very much like Archie, and have since learned it was the same artist, so that explains it. One of the characters looks very much like Reggie Mantle from the Archie Gang. Very well-drawn. 10 out of 10 for the art. The stories were pretty good, though didn't have quite the sweet charm of Archie. I did like the hip space talk though. When I was a kid, I loved watching the Jetsons TV show and the most amazing futuristic invention to me was the video phone. But here they have one a decade before the Jetsons! I also liked the funny details in some of the pictures. For example, when Jetta and Arky go to an old movie starring Humphrey GoCart. Humphrey Bogart would have indeed been a current movie star when this comic was published. A nice twist on the usual teen comic. |
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| Publication | December 1952 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: Quarterly |
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| Content | Genre: Humor; Science Fiction; Teen | Characters: Jetta Raye; Arky |
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| Comic Story | Man Trouble (8 pages) |
| Credits | Job #: B-1342 |
| Content | Genre: Humor |
| Notes | Writing credit by Martin O'Hearn (at http://martinohearn.blogspot.com/2019/11/jetta-by-dan-decarlo-but-not-exclusively.html ) |
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| Comic Story | Jet Jaunt (6 pages) |
| Credits | Job #: B-1360 |
| Content | Genre: Humor |
| Notes | Writing credit by Martin O'Hearn (at http://martinohearn.blogspot.com/2019/11/jetta-by-dan-decarlo-but-not-exclusively.html ) |
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| Text Story | Fly Those Saucers (2 pages) |
| Credits | Script: Dixon Wells | Pencils:? (illustrations) | Inks:? (illustrations) | Letters: typeset | Job #: None |
| Content | Genre: Humor |
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| Featuring | Digzxy 2072 A. D. |
| Credits | Job #: B-1363 |
| Content | Genre: Humor |
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| Comic Story | Frat Race (5 pages) |
| Featuring | Zoomer |
| Credits | Job #: B-1371 |
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| Comic Story | Celestial Quiz (1 page) |
| Credits | Job #: B-1410 |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Non-fiction |
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| Comic Story | My Cosmic Hero (7 pages) |
| Credits | Job #: B-1372 |
| Content | Genre: Humor |
| Notes | Writing credit by Martin O'Hearn (at http://martinohearn.blogspot.com/2019/11/jetta-by-dan-decarlo-but-not-exclusively.html ) |
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| Activity | Puzzzle Page (1 page) |
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