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| Black Venus proves Harvey Kurtzman was not cut out to do superhero comics! This early art is almost painful. Johnny (p. 12) bears an uncanny resemblance to Rocco Vargas' sidekick in Daniel Torres' sci-fi series. |
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| The interesting thing about Harvey Kurtzman is that he never attempted to change his style. I'm sure he was a good enough draftsman to have done so. Which indicates a very strong will.
The strangest thing about him, for me, was his partnership with John Severin. Their styles to me,don't go together at all,and yet they did.
Just realized, Kurtzman ended up at Mad, Severin ended up at Crazy. Hmm! Indicates they did have a lot in common. |
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| Publication | March 1946 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: bi-monthly |
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| Cover | Contact Salutes Naval Aviation |
| Content | Genre: Historical; War |
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| Comic Story | Plumed Serpent (8 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Adventure; Aviation | Characters: The Golden Eagle (last appearance) |
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| Comic Story | The Prosthesis Racket (6 pages) |
| Synopsis | A former soldier borrows money under the G.I. Bill of Rights and agrees with a Mr. Bonny to go into business with him in a program called "Bonny Prosthetics", unaware that the real Mr. Bonny has been incapacitated. Black Venus investigates and discovers the truth, rounding up the villains in the process. |
| Content | Genre: Adventure; Aviation; Crime | Characters: Black Venus [Mary LeRoche]; Johnny; Mr. Bonny; Fake Mr. Bonny (villain) |
| Notes | Last appearance |
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| Comic Story | The Mysterious Art of Flying (4 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Adventure |
| Notes | Pencil credits from Steve Borock (December 2, 2003) and art credits confirmed in Al Feldstein's biography (2013). Pencils and inks originally speculatively credited to: Rudy Palais.
For this story only, the Feature Logo is "Golden Eagle's Flight Class". |
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| Comic Story | The Wahoo -- Raider of the Deep (1 page) |
| Content | Genre: Non-fiction; Military |
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| Text Story | 30 More Cornered (1.5 pages) |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
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| Comic Story | P-T vs. Battleship (1 page) |
| Content | Genre: Non-fiction; Military |
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| Comic Story | Utility Plane (6 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Non-fiction |
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| Comic Story | Bags in the Sky (6 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Aviation |
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| Comic Story | Synthetic Bombardier (6 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Aviation |
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| Comic Story | The Riddle of the Curved Paper (8 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Aviation | Characters: Tommy Tomahawk (last appearance) |
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