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| Beautiful Bagnoli art job on the Robin Hood story. But the printing on this book is so B-a-a-a-d! |
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| This is interesting. Having just learned that the story "Frog Men Against Belzar" had originally been intended for publication in Ziff-Davis' SPACE BUSTERS comic before it was cancelled with issue #2, I went back to have another look at SPACE BUSTERS. In the St. John DARING ADVENTURES issue, the names of the Space Busters characters Captain Brett Crockett and Sergeant Bolo have been re-lettered as "Captain Andall" and "Sgt. Bala", but more interesting than that is the fact that the original Ziff-Davis SPACE BUSTERS comic book bears the notice "Copyright 1952 by Approved Comics Inc." on its first page. Since "Approved Comics" was more or less the official name that Archer St. John chose to operate under as a publisher, and he became heir to some of Ziff-Davis' unused inventory stories, this leads me to suspect some sort of previously-undocumented publishing arrangement between Ziff-Davis and Archer St. John. |
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| Additional Information |
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| Publication | May 1954 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: bi-monthly |
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| Featuring | The Son of Robin Hood |
| Content | Genre: Adventure | Characters: Robin Hood; "Young Robin" [aka The Son of Robin Hood] |
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| Comic Story | The Son of Robin Hood (11 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Historical | Characters: Robin Hood; The Black Baron; Maid Marion [sic]; "Young Robin" [aka The Son of Robin Hood]; Will Scarlett; Friar Tuck; Little John |
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| Comic Story | The Saga of Marco Polo! (2 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Adventure; Non-fiction | Characters: Marco Polo; Kublai Khan |
| Notes | Art credit per Jim Vadeboncoeur Jr. |
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| Comic Story | The Mystery of Atlantis (1 page) |
| Content | Genre: Non-fiction |
| Notes | Art credit per Jim Vadeboncoeur Jr. |
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| Comic Story | Frog Men against Belzar (7 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Science Fiction | Characters: Captain Andall; The Empress of Belzar; Sergeant Bala |
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| Comic Story | The Terrorist (3 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Spy | Characters: Baron De Plehve; Ezno Azeff (terrorist chief, aka Valentine) |
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| Comic Story | Step-Sons of France (2 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Adventure; Historical | Characters: King Louis Phillippe pf France |
| Notes | Art credit per Jim Vadeboncoeur Jr. |
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| Comic Story | Devil's Arena (6 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Adventure | Characters: Anthony Hammond; John Bernard; Kearns |
| Notes | Art credit per Jim Vadeboncoeur Jr.
Anthony Hammond is misnamed John in the splash panel. |
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