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| Swipe or no swipe, that's one heck of a cover, especially for the mid-1940s! |
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| The giveaway is - that's a swing, not a punch. There was something in his hand in the original.
A Hammer? Was this an early version of Thor from Kirby? The wings on the Helmet are generic Kirby too.
I don't think its a swipe, itts too good, More like a copy. it may have been lifted wholes from somewhere else. |
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| If you ignore the wings on the helmet, it kind of looks like DC Comics' Guardian from Simon & Kirby's Newsboy Legion, so either an unused Guardian sketch with wings added and shield removed, or a tracing of an interior drawing since I couldn't find a cover with Guardian looking like that at the GCD. |
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| Additional Information |
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| Publication | October 1945 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: quarterly |
| Notes | Artist credits from "Action! Mystery! Thrills! Comic Book Covers of the Golden Age: 1933-45" (Fantagraphics, 2011). Character on cover is not one of the featured characters inside. There is no reason to think that Kirby ever worked for Jason Comic Art. Therefore this is almost certainly a swipe. |
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| Cover | Superhero punching above a skyline |
| Credits | Inks:? [as JCA (Jason Comic Art)] |
| Content | Genre: Superhero |
| Notes | Artist credits from "Action! Mystery! Thrills! Comic Book Covers of the Golden Age: 1933-45" (Fantagraphics, 2011). Character on cover is not one of the featured characters inside. There is no reason to think that Kirby ever worked for Jason Comic Art. Therefore this is almost certainly a swipe. |
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| Advertisement | 3 Big Values in One (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Ad for billfold from Illinois Merchandise Mart. "Zippers are back!!" They must have been banned because of the war. |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Notes | Inside front cover. Also includes indicia which gives title as K-O Komics and states that it is published quarterly by Gerona Publishing Co. |
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| Comic Story | Professor Evil (12 pages) |
| Featuring | Duke of Darkness |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Duke of Darkness [Paddy Sullivan] (first appearance) |
| Notes | Sam Cooper attribution as artist from original indexer. Art does not match artwork done on same feature in Top Spot Comics #1 which was identified as John Giunta by Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr.. Bails' Who's Who identifies Sam Cooper as drawing Duke of Darkness for Gerona. |
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| Comic Story | Ostriches (1 page) |
| Featuring | Prof. Jabberwacky |
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| Text Story | Death Writes the Ad (2 pages) |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
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| Comic Story | Whales (1 page) |
| Featuring | Prof. Jabberwacky |
| Content | Genre: Humor |
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| Comic Story | Time Will Tell (7 pages) |
| Featuring | Magnificent Epod |
| Content | Characters: Magnificent Epod (first appearance) |
| Notes | August Froehlich art id based on art id for Top Notch Comics #1 by Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr. |
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| Featuring | The Menace |
| Content | Characters: The Menace [Dennis Temple] (first appearance) |
| Notes | Not by Infantino and Cohen (the artists on The Menace story in Top Spot Comics #1) according to Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr. |
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| Advertisement | Genuine Photo Master Candid Camera (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Ad for camera and cigarette case from National Novelties. |
| Notes | Inside back cover. |
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| Advertisement | Send Secret Messages in Code with Invisible Ink (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Ad for code maker from National Novelties. |
| Notes | On back cover of comic. |
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