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Masked Reprints

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dhfh

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Masked Reprints
« on: May 17, 2011, 07:32:27 PM »

Hey guys,

Thought you might be interested in a couple of discoveries I've made (if you didn't already know about them, that is) that have to do with some comic material that was either a reprint under a different feature name or made with recycled artwork:

The first of these two types is a story from the "Tailspin Comics" one-shot.  The "Firebird" feature is actually a retitled, recolored, and slightly retouched (specifically the splash page) reprint of the Blackout story from Cat-Man Comics #24 ("The Valkyrie" story).  The text looks like it's exactly the same in both stories, except that the name "Blackout" has been replaced with "Firebird" everywhere--and this is especially great since in the site's current, incomplete copy of Cat-Man #24, the Blackout story is missing the last 2 pages.  So it looks like with this "Firebird story" we should be able to find out how it ends anyway!

The specimen of the second type is in certain respects even more interesting--or at least more unusual.  A while ago I was looking at "Strange Terrors" #6, and noticed that the story within entitled "Carnival of Death", was a recolored and rewritten reprint of the first Green Knight story (from "Dynamic Comics" #2, and reprinted in "Bulls Eye Comics" #11).  The artwork panels are the same but the entire story has been rewritten from scratch to try and match the events depicted--with somewhat dubious results.

At the moment I don't know if either of these issues feature any other re-used stories/artwork, but I think it rather probable.

Anyway, I thought that anyone who wasn't already aware of these might find them interesting.


Cheers,

--DHFH
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narfstar

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Re: Masked Reprints
« Reply #1 on: May 18, 2011, 01:04:07 AM »

YES I for one found it very interesting and please keep us informed of any more such you may find.
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boox909

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Re: Masked Reprints
« Reply #2 on: May 18, 2011, 02:41:39 AM »

Narf articulated what I wanted to earlier until I got distracted by shiny comic book covers.  ;D
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