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| Thank you, editor, for this incredible, and very welcome, upgrade for this awesome book! |
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| 'The Clock' - oldest and best comic book character'
Any truth to this claim?
One of the oddest scans i have ever seen. Some pages are clear and obviously photocopied. Others are microfich. In some in some instances, both on the same page!
Cheers! |
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| Gorgeous scan overall, perhaps a wee bit on the dark side. Black Condor never looked better and the colours enhance Lou Fine's superb line-work. Alias the Spider by the unique Paul Gustavson looks excellent sans the one unfortunate page. It appears to have some page damage (a clip out?) which was replaced by a poor quality micofiche section.
No complaints, just observations and I'm very glad to see this upgraded addition to the repository. |
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| Australian Panther- yep, The Clock was the first masked detective/mystery man character in comic books, first appearing in 1936. Lee Falk's The Phantom beat him by a few months in newspaper comic strips, though. And there were several masked/costumed heroes in pulps and novels, including Zorro and The Scarlet Pimpernel. |
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| Lou Fine, Fred Guardineer, Jack Cole, Paul Gustavson, Al McWilliams, Rube Goldberg! And Vern Henkel and George Brenneraren't slouches either. Plus some good girl art and the bizarre Madam Fatal, the drag queen crimefighter. Golden Age gold. |
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| Additional Information |
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| Publication | October 1941 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: monthly |
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| Content | Genre: Detective-mystery | Characters: The Clock [Brian O'Brien]; The Black Condor [Richard Grey, Jr] (inset); Molly the Model (inset); The Spider [Tom Hallaway] (inset); Ned Brant 9Inset) |
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| Comic Story | A flying enemy of all evil... (9 pages) |
| Synopsis | When Senator Wright sides with the Indians on a proposed tax bill, Jaspar Crow objects because he stands to gain from it. A group of fifth columnists incite the Indians, who then turn on the tax collectors, forcing the Condor to use his Black Ray to help turn some of the Indians to his side. |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: The Black Condor [Richard Grey, Jr. as Senator Thomas Wright]; Wendy Foster; Dr. Foster; Senator Jaspar Crow (villain); Fifth Columnists (villains) |
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| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Molly The Model |
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| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Molly The Model |
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| Comic Story | The Stolen Bombsight (6 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Tor [Jim Slade] |
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| Comic Story | The Man with the Terrible Machine (5 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Science Fiction | Characters: Space Legion; Rock Braddon; Commander Crosby; Dr. Dram |
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| Content | Genre: Humor |
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| Comic Story | The Red Torpedo vs. the Black Shark (5 pages) |
| Synopsis | The Red Torpedo goes fearlessly into the lair of the Black Shark via parachute without his ship. |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: The Red Torpedo [Jim Lockhart]; The Black Shark (villain) |
| Notes | The Who's Who suggests, as do Mike Kooiman and Jim Amash in the Quality Companion, that Kiefer not only created this feature but did the art for it through the strip's entire run. Kiefer is also usually considered to have written it. |
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| Content | Genre: Drama |
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| Content | Genre: Humor |
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| Comic Story | The Monster Men (6 pages) |
| Synopsis | In Manhattan, green gas was unleashed by the Green Horde, an army of monster men. The Spider succumbed to the gas and was taken beneath the streets to their leader, who claimed that his network of caverns criss-crossed the Earth. The Spider eventually choked him into unconsciousness and his Horde fell asleep as well. |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: The Spider [Tom Hallaway]; Leader of the Green Horde (villain); The Green Hoard (villains) |
| Notes | All Gustavson credits verified and courtesy of Terry Gustafson, son of Paul Gustavson. |
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| Comic Story | Having delivered a new bomber... (6 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Aviation | Characters: Tex Adams |
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| Content | Genre: Sports |
| Notes | strip reprints |
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| Text Story | Valley of Doom (2 pages) |
| Featuring | Eric Vale |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Adventure | Characters: Eric Vale |
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| Comic Story | Little Butch |
| Content | Genre: Humor |
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| Comic Story | Brad and Dad |
| Content | Genre: Humor |
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| Comic Story | Weekly Invention |
| Content | Genre: Humor |
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| Content | Genre: Humor |
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| Comic Story | Old Skipper Bly (5 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Madam Fatal [Richard Stanton] |
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| Content | Genre: Humor |
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| Comic Story | Killer Kale Dies Tonight (7 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Clock [Brian O'Brien]; Killer Kale; Pug |
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