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Hidden Gems on GAC

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Poztron

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Hidden Gems on GAC
« on: March 14, 2010, 05:11:32 PM »
What lesser-known comics have you found on GAC that deserve a wider audience and appreciation? I'm interested in your recommendations and reasons why.

My nomination is The Barker, a Quality book. Lovely Klaus Nordling art and stories...all set in a small traveling circus/sideshow. IIRC, Barker stories also ran in Quality's National comics. Nordling was probably most famous for his Lady Luck stories (also at Quality), but I don't think he has ever really gotten the props he deserves.
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Poztron

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Re: Hidden Gems on GAC
« Reply #1 on: March 14, 2010, 05:57:07 PM »
Well, shoot! I had just enough KB left in my Newbie allotment to download Hooded Horseman #24, but Cowboy Sahib wasn't in that issue! Oh well, once I'm reset, I'll give it another go. I sure do miss the days of unlimited downloads.
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Re: Hidden Gems on GAC
« Reply #2 on: March 14, 2010, 07:12:11 PM »
Moon Mullins!
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Re: Hidden Gems on GAC
« Reply #3 on: March 14, 2010, 08:10:55 PM »
Tally-Ho and not just for Frazeeta's first work it is a neat book
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Re: Hidden Gems on GAC
« Reply #4 on: March 15, 2010, 03:38:02 AM »
One of my favorite recent uploads here was Charlton Premiere #2, "Children of Doom," a haunting and trippy late-60's post-apocalypse with art that's part black and white and part color.  I've never seen anything else quite like it. 
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Re: Hidden Gems on GAC
« Reply #5 on: March 15, 2010, 03:41:29 AM »
Quote from: Poztron on March 14, 2010, 05:11:32 PM

What lesser-known comics have you found on GAC that deserve a wider audience and appreciation? I'm interested in your recommendations and reasons why.

My nomination is The Barker, a Quality book. Lovely Klaus Nordling art and stories...all set in a small traveling circus/sideshow. IIRC, Barker stories also ran in Quality's National comics. Nordling was probably most famous for his Lady Luck stories (also at Quality), but I don't think he has ever really gotten the props he deserves.


DC Comics recently revived THE BARKER for a short story arc as a back up in Detective Comics.
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narfstar

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Re: Hidden Gems on GAC
« Reply #6 on: March 15, 2010, 03:42:44 AM »
Glad you liked it Knight it has always been a fave of mine.
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Re: Hidden Gems on GAC
« Reply #7 on: March 15, 2010, 03:53:24 AM »
Quote from: DennyWilson on March 15, 2010, 03:41:29 AM


DC Comics recently revived THE BARKER for a short story arc as a back up in Detective Comics.


Which issue? I must track it down and purchase it.  ;D
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Poztron

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Re: Hidden Gems on GAC
« Reply #8 on: March 16, 2010, 03:25:20 AM »
Quote from: skybandit on March 15, 2010, 12:58:40 AM

   Sorry, Poztron, I should have specified issues 26-27 of volume 1 and 18-22 of volume 2.  He's on the cover of issue v1 #25, but not inside.
   I guess I've been doing this too long.  I just assumed you would Check the Grand Comics Database with the character's name, which is what I do when i hear about something and I'm not sure where to find it...especially now that we haven't got those unlimited downloads!


No real need to apologize, sky.... My downloading #24 was more due to the fact that I had slightly over 12 megs left of allotted downloading and #24 was just under that. I do make use of GCD quite often, but this time I opted for what was obviously available at a certain size. Just my bad luck that it didn't include Cowboy Sahib!

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Re: Hidden Gems on GAC
« Reply #9 on: March 16, 2010, 12:56:36 PM »
My fave from Popular Comics is Smokey Stover. I love all the little gags Bill Holman fits into each strip. Kind of like Bill Elder in the Mad strips.
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Re: Hidden Gems on GAC
« Reply #10 on: September 17, 2020, 06:16:14 PM »
Contact Comics, specifically issue 5. Consistently interesting art by artists like L. B. Cole, Rudy Palais, Nina Albright, and George Appel.
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