[dhfh]

Love the character of the Eagle and his sidekick Bud as well. Not sure how many issues there are in this title, but hopefully the first story from #4 and the other issues of Eagle Comics will show up eventually. 

In case you haven't found out elsewhere by now, there are supposed to be only 4 issues of the Eagle's own title--with 4 Eagle stories in each--although his combined appearances in both Science and Weird Comics is said to amount to another 21 stories on top of those (Science #1 - #8, Weird #8 - #20).  And interestingly enough, when given his own title, it seems that none of the stories in any of those four issues are rerpints from any of the other series he appeared in, unlike a number of Fox characters, like both the Flame and Blue Beetle.

Cheers,

DHFH

[OtherEric]

Cursed real life, getting in the way of the important stuff, like scanning comics for everybody to enjoy! 

Here's another one for everybody:  Blue Beetle 5.  Missing IFC and IBC, but otherwise complete.  66 pages of Golden Age insanity, Fox style.  Pop open a cold Kooba Cola and enjoy!

[Yoc]

Great work Eric!
A real variety of styles in this one.  I was most impressed with the almost subtle use of colour in the last BB story by unknown artist.  Fox is not known for good printing let alone subtle colouring!  And very early Tuska art too.
Cool! 

[krankyboy]

In case you haven't found out elsewhere by now, there are supposed to be only 4 issues of the Eagle's own title--with 4 Eagle stories in each--although his combined appearances in both Science and Weird Comics is said to amount to another 21 stories on top of those (Science #1 - #8, Weird #8 - #20).  And interestingly enough, when given his own title, it seems that none of the stories in any of those four issues are rerpints from any of the other series he appeared in, unlike a number of Fox characters, like both the Flame and Blue Beetle.

Cheers,

DHFH

Thanks DHFH.

It's a shame that there were only four issues of Eagle, but I guess that the bankruptcy of Fox pretty much took care of that. Lucky for us that Blue Beetle continued over at Holyoke.

On a related note, one of the things that I did notice (aside from the stories in Eagle Comics not being reprints) was that the same artist who drew a lot of the stories in Green Mask v1 #6 also did the stories in Eagle Comics #2. At least, it looks pretty similar in terms of style and how the pages have been laid out. Could be wrong though.

Anyway, many thanks to Jim and OE for Blue Beetle #05. Always happy to see more of BB on the site. 

[OtherEric]

And, back to Jingle Jangle, with issue 32.

Somebody (presumably not Jim  ) saw fit to enhance the colors on certain pages with a crayon.  Otherwise a nice looking book with the usual two Carlton stories.  Enjoy!

I also see we have an updated copy of Blue Beetle 5 with the missing covers filled with Fiche.  Thank you, Dark.  I can only claim stupidity on my part for not having added them earlier; I appreciate the catch and fix!

[darkmark]

Not a problem, Eric.  And thanks for all the Jingle Jangles!

[OtherEric]

Two more today, Jingle Jangle 16 and Buster Crabbe (Eastern) 8.  (Like the 12, the Buster Crabbe 8 is a thank you for Jim.)

Enjoy!

[Yoc]

Always a gentlemen.
You rock Eric!

[OtherEric]

And Jingle Jangle 15 is also now ready for your enjoyment!

[OtherEric]

Jingle Jangle 12 now ready for download.

Sorry about the delays on this one; chalk it down to scheduling difficulties.  (The times when I've had time to scan the past two weeks it was also too hot to think.  We broke our all time high record by three degrees.)

[Astaldo711]

Thanks for all your hard work! It's definitely appreciated! 

[OtherEric]

Jingle Jangle 14 now ready for download.

Just a heads-up on the project in general:  Jim needed his Blue Bolts back for research, and I of course sent them back ASAP (along with a lot of other already scanned books.)  I hadn't scanned the Blue Bolts yet, however, so those will need to go back on the wish list once time permits.  My apologies to whoever originally asked for those to be scanned; we'll get them another round.

[OtherEric]

Jingle Jangle 3 now ready for download.

I need some feedback on this one, folks.  Jim frequently puts down the condition of his books; in most cases I think he's exaggerating.  On this one, he wasn't.  The book was brittle, if it wasn't for the fact the staple was missing I probably would have said "not worth the risk of damage" and skipped it.  (I later located the staple attached to the wrap one inside from the centerfold and nothing else.)  Since I could work wrap by wrap, I was able to get the book scanned without causing any new damage other than a few flakes that would have come off no matter who picked up the book.

Anyway, back to the point:  The upper corner of the book near the spine was particularly badly damaged, most notably the cover and the first 28 pages.  I did my best to repair the art on most of the pages, there were a few I had no idea how to tackle.  I also was unable to snag a cover from heritage so I tried some repair work on the cover; most notably where the letter J meets the spine and the top where the cloud meets the sky.  Now what I need to know is, how does this look to people?  And more generally, did I go too far?  I spent more time working on this book than any other I've ever scanned, I need to know if I spent too much.

If people want I'll try and post a few before & after shots here.  Like I said, I need to know if a) the fixes work for people, and b) did I go to far in trying to fix things?

With that said, at least 99% of the book is original, so enjoy!

[narfstar]

I would be happy with out the need for a lot of time editing. I am easy to please

[Yoc]

It looks fantastic to me Eric!
Well done sir. 

[OtherEric]

Jingle Jangle 13 now ready for download.  The issue is incomplete, but there are no obvious missing story pages, and according to GCD we're only missing a one page "Waldo" strip by Dave Tendlar in terms of actual content.  All the Carlson material is here.  Enjoy!

[rez]

If people want I'll try and post a few before & after shots here.  Like I said, I need to know if a) the fixes work for people, and b) did I go to far in trying to fix things?

Eric, I'd love to see the before and after pics. That kind of work can be an art form on it's own.
And if a book is really beat I wouldn't mind seeing a whole book raw scan of the original before the edits.

Cheers

[OtherEric]

Here's a quick shot of a few of my more notable fixes.  A lot of the other pages had slightly simpler fixes but still took a fair bit of time; they just don't look quite as impressive.  Like I said, I really need to know if people think going this far is appropriate.  And I'm limited in what I can do; for somebody who likes to think of themselves as reasonably educated and perceptive in regards to artwork I can't draw to save my life.  These fixes are almost all cut & paste; although I like to believe it's pretty creative use of cut & paste.

[rez]

Here's a quick shot of a few of my more notable fixes.  A lot of the other pages had slightly simpler fixes but still took a fair bit of time; they just don't look quite as impressive.  Like I said, I really need to know if people think going this far is appropriate.  And I'm limited in what I can do; for somebody who likes to think of themselves as reasonably educated and perceptive in regards to artwork I can't draw to save my life.  These fixes are almost all cut & paste; although I like to believe it's pretty creative use of cut & paste.

Yes, that is pretty much exactly what I do when editing a beat book in using a simple cut and paste. Only trouble spots are in some detailed backgrounds, as in the 4a 4b examples you give, where the question of how much time one wants to involve in prepping for the presentations has to be taken into consideration. Can be very time consuming and one has to draw a line somewhere (no pun intended)

Nice clean work on the 6a and 6b.

[OtherEric]

Well, with me, it's not so much how much time do I want to spend as do I even see a way to do it?  There were a few pages I didn't try to fix because I didn't see how.  The 4, while it took a bit, I at least saw how I could make it work.  I have no idea how I got so clean on fix 6; I do know it was a rotated copy of another corner from that page.  Sometimes you get lucky.  If I recall, it was 3 that I spent the most time on; figuring out exactly what I could move where to make it look right.  I was cut & pasting some VERY small bits of picture at points there.

[OtherEric]

Jingle Jangle 11 now ready for download.  This is the last of the Jingle Jangles in this batch; Jim still has a few of the issues from 36-42 I'll grab in the next load.  This issue is incomplete; with two centerfolds missing.  Pie Faced Prince is complete but Jingle Jangle Tales ends in the middle.  (Bingo is also incomplete, in case anybody is grabbing the series for that but ignoring the Carlton stories.  I don't consider that too likely, but it's not impossible.  )  Still, a lot of good material, so enjoy!

[narfstar]

Eric you did a great job. Not needed from my perspective as raw scans are usually my preference. I like old books that look like old books

[rez]

yes, I can see where #3 would be time involved for sure. Nice trick in the swapping corners on #6.

I always get concerned when adding something in that I aim to reproduce as close to the original as possible within reason,

hating to add my own hand or thought of what it might have looked like in those missing areas. (Were there three bolts or four on that machinery panel kind of thing) That's where Heritage Auction House is so valuable in securing covers, usually being able to find a nice grade instead of using allot of time editing a cover.

Lately I've taken to crediting Heritage for their covers and providing their site addy as a way of thanks and remuneration for the use of the covers.

[OtherEric]

And now for an upgrade from a fiche scan:

Big 3 Comics 6 now ready for download.  I patched the IBC using Darkmark's Fiche; otherwise it's Paper c2c.

Dark, my next project is going to be four issues of Fantastic Comics: 17, 18, 20, and 22.  All of which are missing covers and at least 3 of which are missing other pages, either the first wrap or the centerfold.  Do you (or anybody) happen to have fiche of the issues to use as fills?

[JonTheScanner]

A scanner named Dell 4C has fiche of Fantastic 18 20 22 (or should according to list) though he may have already sent them to Ontology.  What pages exactly do you need?