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Hey everyone,

I just want to throw an idea out there that I've always thought would be interesting. I'm not necessarily expecting it to go anywhere, just seeing what people think of it.

Years ago I came across a comic called Doctor Hormone that really caught my attention. I've heard about it before, but there seems to be very little information about the comic besides people ripping on it on their blogs and whatnot. I'm sure you've all at least heard of it in passing, as it is a pretty ridiculous name for a character.

Doctor Hormone only lasted 8 issues in Popular Comics, but is a pretty fascinating work. It was drawn by Bob Bugg, an under rated golden age cartoonist who did a lot of stuff like magazine cartoons, cigarette ads, etc. Doctor Hormone is infamous for sounding stupid, but I found the comic to be genuinely funny (mostly because of how insane it is) and completely different than anything I have ever read, old or new. Bob Bugg's artwork is visually striking, and the story has a lot of interesting themes that are insightful about when it was made (early 1940s).

I always thought it deserved to be reprinted in a collected edition. I'm not talking about a collection of just yellow, faded scans. I think it would be a nice comic if it were cleaned up and presented in a decent quality volume. Its the kind of thing thing that I'm surprised doesn't exist already from somewhere like Fantagraphics or IDW. Doctor Hormone is relatively famous for it's title, but it's oddly difficult to track down the comics and read them, much less in print format.

Anyway, just entertaining myself with the idea and wondering if anyone else agrees.

Wow - this compilation is just plain awesome! Thank you, chuck006, for all your time and effort in putting it all together!

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Hi everyone!
I've just uploaded a new compilation, it stars a Lev Gleason superhero called Thirteen, and his sidekick Jinx. It features nice art by Bernard Klein, and the concept behind the superhero is overall pretty original.

Here's the link:
https://comicbookplus.com/?dlid=89268

Hope you'll enjoy it!

Thanks Dan, this was a good read.

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Thank you Chuck.
Bruce Gordon was the good alter ego of the DC villain, ECLIPSO.
Just Coincidence?

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Spy Smasher Serial Pressbook

I enjoyed having a flick through this book. As Panther and SuperScrounge have noted, this kind of publicity is nothing new. A lot of websites for authors, celebrities etc have a media kit you can download. However, I didn't realise this was such a thing with comic books. When I was a kid, I would have loved seeing a movie and then buying the tie-in comic book on my way out. By the time I was going to movies, they usually showed a cartoon and a short before the main feature, but never a serial. I didn't see one until many years later when they used to show classic movies once a month in my town and I saw a couple of episodes of a Captain Marvel serial. And a few years back, I managed to pick up a DVD of a Phantom serial that would have been shown in cinemas back in the day. By the time I was a teenager and in my twenties, it was common to have movie books for sale at the cinema and I would always buy one, but not comics.

But back to Spy Smasher. I can see how this would have helped theatre owners decide which serials to run. The synopsis of the 12 episodes would have been handy. Also, the first newsy item 'Keen censorship practised on all serials put out' would have allayed any fears of theatre owners, parents and teachers. I'm sure it would have been reassuring to know that Spy Smasher provided 'good, healthy excitement for the younger generation without putting any wrong ideas into their heads'.  I suppose it also helped that America was at war and that Spy Smasher was beating the Nazis. I've always been a movie buff, so I would have been interested in all the snippets about the stars too.

Thanks Panther. An interesting choice.

Cheers

QQ

Sky Wizard's robot terror bears some resemblance to Superman's mechanical monsters in the animated cartoon released in November of that year. Robots that rob banks and fly away - similar but not identical. Coincidence, or inspiration?

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A gorgeous presentation. Well done.

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Thanks very much, SuperMack, for uploading this great Golden Age Funny Animal comic book. I've been looking for it for many years. We now are missing only numbers 3 and 4!

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Superscrounge said,

You seem surprised.

 
Nope!
I remember the anecdote I read decades ago about the man who, when asked by his son, what he did for a living, told him he was a piano player in a whorehouse, rather than admit he was a journalist. And that anecdote was told by a fairly respectable journalist.