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Wonder Comics
Date | Number: 13 | Lang: English (en)
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Great Schomburg's cover
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All round good comic. Had an Epiphany yesterday reading some original Raymond Flash Gordon. Have always wondered why 'Flash' was such a strong template for science fantasy back in the day. (Stories like Wonder Man and Dick Devens here for example) and I realized that 'Flash' was the Star Wars of its day. The standout here for me is the Jill Trent story. Damsels in distress covers aside, its surprising how many strong female characters there were in the Golden Age.
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Apparently you've never seen the original Flash Gordon serials. Lucus stole the opening 'caption crawl' summaries (moving from bottom to top of screen/receding in perspective) in Star Wars directly from those used to summarize the ongoing storyline at the beginning of the chapters of Flash Gordon. The comic strip itself was William Randolph Hearst's response to the popularity of BUCK ROGERS (since 1929). After the success of TARZAN (beginning the same day as Buck Rogers), Edgar Rice Burroughs sought in vain to interest Hearst in carrying a Sunday strip adaptation of ERB's John Carter of Mars, but Hearst was evasive on a commital (probably because HE wouldn't own the strip outright) -- so instead, Hearst combined elements swiped from ERB's Carter of Mars stories with the premise of the then-popular science fiction novel by Philip Wylie and Edwin Balmer, WHEN WORLDS COLLIDE, and turned it over to Alex Raymond to draw. As science fiction, it wasn't exactly intellectual stuff, but seeing the romantic fantasy world of Mongo created by Raymond left an indelible impression on its audience.
  
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NameWonder Comics 13 | Published
PublicationPrice: 0.10 USD | Pages: 52 | Frequency: every other month
 
Cover1 page
GenreScience Fiction; Superhero
CharactersWonderman [Brad Spencer]
PencilsAlex Schomburg (signed)
InksAlex Schomburg (signed)
 
Comic StorySpace-Cold for Conquest / Wonderman (12 pages)
Job #CC403
GenreSuperhero
CharactersLilith (Villain); Dr. Voodoo (Villain); Immortal Emperor (Villain); Thermodons (Villain, Introduction); Solaris (Villain, Introduction)
PencilsBob Oksner
InksBob Oksner
First LineThirtry-five milion miles from Earth is Pluto, the icy planet...
NotesNo. Pluto is about four BILLION miles from Earth (on average).
 
Comic StoryThe Case of the Black Sheep Murder! / Jill Trent, Science Sleuth (10 pages)
GenreDetective-mystery; Teen
CharactersJoe (villain, introduction); Joe's gang (villain, introduction); Mrs. Duncan (introduction); Trixie Duncan (introduction)
PencilsAl Camy (signed)
InksAl Camy (signed)
 
Text StoryHopi Magic (1 page)
Letterstypeset
GenreWestern-frontier
CharactersVincent Loughlin
Script
 
Comic StoryDesign for Death! / The Grim Reaper (9 pages)
GenreSuperhero
PencilsAl Camy ?
InksAl Camy ?
 
Text StoryControl Tower (1 page)
Letterstypeset
GenreAdventure; Aviation
CharactersJeff Kinney
Script
 
CartoonNo Title (1 page)
FeatureYa Just Can't Win!
GenreHumor
Script
PencilsJules Steiner
InksJules Steiner
First LineDon't come cryin' to me...
 
Comic StoryTomorrow's Treason! / Dick Devens of Futuria (10 pages)
GenreScience Fiction
CharactersDr. Sturm (villain, introduction, death?)
 
Text StoryJungle Gods (1 page)
Letterstypeset
GenreAdventure
CharactersFrank Kelsey; Professor Donald Kelsey (his father)
Script
 
StoryThe Joke's on Youth (1 page)
Job #CC-921
GenreHumor
Script
PencilsAl Hartley
InksAl Hartley
First LineWhat do you mean...
NotesFour 1-panel jokes.
 
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