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 21 
 on: March 24, 2024, 08:07:02 AM 
Started by Downunder Dan - Last post by Downunder Dan
There's some info on Cliff W Barnes at AusReprints at https:ausreprints.net/creator/333/1/50 - detail is scarce, other than about his cartooning work.

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 22 
 on: March 23, 2024, 11:13:19 PM 
Started by The Australian Panther - Last post by Quirky Quokka

Adventures into the Unknown #1

The Living Ghost

Interesting that Malevo's image etched itself into the mirror. The explanation why vampires don't show up in mirror's is that because it's a noble metal it won't reflect pure evil. (A ridiculous explanation, but that was the superstitious belief.) So it's odd that in this story the superstitious belief seems to be flipped with the silver etching Malevo's face into itself. (True Malevo isn't a vampire, but he is evil.)



Thanks for the explanation, SuperScrounge. I was wondering about that.

Cheers

QQ

 23 
 on: March 23, 2024, 08:14:17 PM 
Started by The Australian Panther - Last post by SuperScrounge
Don't forget that both early Marvel and early Archie used comic book packagers so some similarities were because the same people were creating stories for different companies (or finished stories were rewritten to sell to another company.)

 24 
 on: March 23, 2024, 10:07:02 AM 
Started by The Australian Panther - Last post by The Australian Panther
Character is remarkably similar to the Marvel {Timely] original Black Widow, who became an agent on earth for Satan to harvest likely candidates.
Why do I feel that Madame Satan was the template that Stranley may have used?

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 25 
 on: March 23, 2024, 06:07:02 AM 
Started by selket13 - Last post by selket13
Madame Satan is named Tyra (though called Iola in most of the later stories) who is chosen by The Devil to become his emissary of evil on Earth! Much later, she hosted America's Next Top Model.

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 26 
 on: March 23, 2024, 04:48:52 AM 
Started by The Australian Panther - Last post by SuperScrounge
One more thing about the Journey Into Madness story. I'm pretty sure that the area that is now Florida was sea floor during the time of the dinosaurs (just like Kansas). That doesn't make it impossible to find dino fossils there since dinos could have been washed out to sea, sunk and fossilized, but without any land above water a group of living dinos is unlikely.

 27 
 on: March 23, 2024, 02:37:12 AM 
Started by nzumel - Last post by nzumel
So we are now at episode 24 out of 28, and our protagonist and antagonist finally meet each other!

https://multoghost.wordpress.com/2024/03/22/1950s-darna-darna-and-valentina-face-off/

As I mentioned last time, we are back to the episodes that are here on Comic Book Plus. This one happens to be the first one in the Darna of the 1950s compilation (the compilation is incomplete and out of order).

So if you want to read and enjoy the original, with all its lovely Nestor Redondo lettering (I assume it's his lettering), and use my translated pdf as a crib, now's your chance.

 28 
 on: March 23, 2024, 02:16:38 AM 
Started by Mick22 - Last post by nzumel
I was a huge fan of Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine when I was in Junior High and High School. I will still pick up an old vintage copy (pre-1990s) when I see it.

I stopped reading them for a long time when I got to college and changed my reading habits. I remember picking one up maybe ten or fifteen years ago and being very disappointed in the quality of the stories. But I guess it's still a viable publishing venue for new mystery writers while they're still in their short story stage (before they give them up completely and go exclusively to novels).

 29 
 on: March 23, 2024, 01:25:04 AM 
Started by The Australian Panther - Last post by The Australian Panther
David's continuing assessment.
David is using a 10 year old computer - and sometimes has trouble posting.

AITU # 1   2nd story    the living ghost    great art by Fred Guardineer   my Favorite story overall    the daily bugle???   Lol!   living ghost would make a good Spidey villain.    odd how pg. 5 has the same green face seen in a mirror motif as AITU's # 21's cover.    coincidence?? Maybe -  some great gruesome characters in this story - sadly this was the only story Fred G. drew of the living ghost. by issue # 2  his missing red eye socket has been filled in and his last story was # 3  Sigh! I would have preferred the Living Ghost over ACG's  Spirit of Frankenstein for an occasional series.         AITU # 21   2nd story ,,,   Portrait without a Soul.   adequate art by Lin Streeter    kudos to Eric Chandler. gruesome artist   Screw the stuffy critics. The story I found to be a little convoluted with too much sappy romance. So for the 2nd story, AITU #1 wins again !!
     AITU # 1  3rd story  strange spirits, voodoo.   good art by King Ward   A somewhat misinformed piece. but wadda they know ??
     AITU # 21 editorial. They announce the coming of AITU's companion mag, Forbidden Worlds.      3rd story     The Zombies Prowl. good art by ED Moritz. An overly worded little epic trying to connect the Toltec and Egyptian pyramids. I would have liked to have seen a real battle between the Egyptian gods,,,,    but nope,,,didn't happen   it seems like Ed Moritz's art got toned down from his more descriptive style in issue # 1. the zombies don't look very decayed etc. This story could have been a lot better, so even with a 1 pager AITU # 1 wins again.....         
AITU  #1, 4th story It walked by night.      good art by Max Elkan. The story is decent enough as well.
AITU #21  4th story.      uncanny mysteries  Mysterious Mr Home. OK art by Lin Streeter. Not bad for a 1 pager -  this guy actually existed! but still.....  AITU # 1 wins again...   
AITU # 1   5TH story the cursed pistol. Good art by Ed Moritz  again -  not bad for a 1 pager.   
AITU # 21   5th story   Journey into Madness. good art by Charles Sultan It had possibilities but was ultimately a big letdown. Professor Martin Fletcher thinks there were dinos in the everglades - his boss crotchety asshole professor Mottram, disagrees and cuts him down at every turn. On a trip to prove otherwise Martin and Betty his lady go off on their own and thru an earthquake etc land in live walking dino land.  All too soon they escape back to camp and because of a brought back T-Rex egg, the previously totally skeptical professor Mottram is suddenly completely  convinced ??  phtttt   I don't buy it. I wanted more dinosaurs  and to see professor Mottram get eaten by something. So again for me a 1 pager in AITU # 1 wins again, I sense a trend..... OK that's enough for now. I’ll wrap it up later.
Much thanks, David.

 30 
 on: March 23, 2024, 12:37:02 AM 
Started by The Australian Panther - Last post by The Australian Panther
Frabig, It's an Ebook. It will open as a #.CBR file, but badly, most of it is missing.
But if you download it and right-click it will give you the option to open it as an Ebook. if you have an Ebook reader and do that you have the whole index but not the whole site.
This is the best one I know. But it is complex - does everything but butter your toast. And make sure it is right for your computer.
https:calibre-ebook.com/

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