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Reading Group#338-Boy Heroes-Boy Comics12, Boy Detective1 & Dickie Dare2

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gregjh

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Re: Reading Group#338-Boy Heroes-Boy Comics12, Boy Detective1 & Dickie Dare2
« Reply #25 on: December 21, 2024, 12:42:14 PM »

I read Boy detective. normally I critique golden age stories for being shallow (though I understand why). The two stories I read - Death Wears a Plastic Mask and School for Crime  - actually had potential to be much longer, more detailed tales. It would have been good to see and learn more about how the crime school imprisoned and treated the kids and more details and build up to Boy Detective's escape plan. Still, good quality art, writing and storytelling.
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Re: Reading Group#338-Boy Heroes-Boy Comics12, Boy Detective1 & Dickie Dare2
« Reply #26 on: December 21, 2024, 08:18:25 PM »

So, i’m looking at these and wondering how big a thing the boy super hero genre was. I mean, there was AIR BOY, but was there anybody else? And he had pretty good run.

The favourite of the three was the second one. You had panels arranged  in interesting patterns and there was a more dynamic vibe to the art.
I used to LOVE the illustrations in MOTORS AUTO REPAIR MANUAL. The ultra realism was just such a rabbit hole for me. And the murder mysteries were definitely worth a look.
Q.Q.: get well quick...also, you’ll be interested to know some Americans didn’t know their geography any better in 1941 then they do NOW. My uncle says a LOT of people thought Pearl Harbour was ‘just up the Pacific coast’ and fully expected an attack on Christmas day. “1941” with Dan Aykroyd from Steven Spielberg was one of his favourites on the subject. He compared it to “It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World” but done with live ammo.
Geez, Panther, TWO kidney stones?? My prayers go with you. Makes me want to eat healthy and give up the deli meat.
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« Reply #27 on: December 21, 2024, 09:56:46 PM »

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  I assume Wags and Snowy were based on a real breed of dog


Funny you should ask that, SuperScrounge!
What Sort of Dog is Tintin’s Snowy? Unraveling the Enigma of the Loyal Companion ?
https://vetadvises.com/what-sort-of-dog-is-tintins-snowy/

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Tintin’s Snowy is a white Wire Fox Terrier, a breed known for its intelligence and loyalty. With its distinctive look and playful nature, Snowy has become an iconic character in the world of comics and animation. 

Whole article is worth reading.

cheers!
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Re: Reading Group#338-Boy Heroes-Boy Comics12, Boy Detective1 & Dickie Dare2
« Reply #28 on: December 21, 2024, 10:13:32 PM »

So, i’m looking at these and wondering how big a thing the boy super hero genre was. I mean, there was AIR BOY, but was there anybody else? And he had pretty good run.

I'm not sure I'd consider Air Boy a superhero per se. If not for the silly name, he'd probably be considered an adventure hero. Then again if Boy Detective used that for his name and wore a silly costume, he'd probably be considered a superhero, so...

Other than that I'd say, yes the boy super hero genre was big. I'm not sure Robin was the first, but his creation did lead to the whole hero & teen sidekick gimmick. Additionally Robin had his own solo series in Star Spangled Comics, and that solo series means that Robin actually appeared in more Golden Age comics than Batman.
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Re: Reading Group#338-Boy Heroes-Boy Comics12, Boy Detective1 & Dickie Dare2
« Reply #29 on: December 21, 2024, 10:18:41 PM »

Thanks, Panther.

I'd had a thought running in my head, and looking it up Asta, the dog in the Thin Man films, was also a wire hair fox terrier. First appearing in 1934. Hmmm...
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« Reply #30 on: December 21, 2024, 11:18:17 PM »



Q.Q.: get well quick...also, you’ll be interested to know some Americans didn’t know their geography any better in 1941 then they do NOW. My uncle says a LOT of people thought Pearl Harbour was ‘just up the Pacific coast’ and fully expected an attack on Christmas day. “1941” with Dan Aykroyd from Steven Spielberg was one of his favourites on the subject. He compared it to “It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World” but done with live ammo.
Geez, Panther, TWO kidney stones?? My prayers go with you. Makes me want to eat healthy and give up the deli meat.


Thanks for your good wishes, Morgus (and also to Panther and Lyons). On the mend, but not sure I'll be out and about by Christmas. Hubby has it too, so it will be a quiet one.

And I knew you'd have a story about the war. I've been to the transit lounge in Hawaii in the middle of the night a couple of times and saw the Pearl Harbor site from the air one time when I actually managed the transit lounge in daylight (I've been to the US six times, but have never managed to get off at Hawaii). I can assure the West Coasters that's it's another four-hour flight to the continental US (maybe quicker now). But it must have been scary for people at the time, and of course a huge loss of life. And if it's any consolation, I've heard Guadalcanal mentioned a number of times in relation to the war in the Pacific, and only recently discovered it's in the Solomon Islands, which isn't that far from Australia. So my geography needs a boost sometimes too.

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« Reply #31 on: December 21, 2024, 11:19:52 PM »


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Have had COVID since Sunday. Hopefully on the mend now. I've enjoyed reading your comments

QQ, you have my sympathy. ! don't have Covid, but had a Kidney Stone operation a week ago and will have another one in early January. [One in the other kidney!] so I am by no means physically back to normal. Not a great Christmas. So, yeah, my Sympathy.
Oh, and I hope you will have recovered enough to enjoy Christmas Day!


Hi Panther

Sorry to hear you have kidney stones. That must be painful. I hope you're able to enjoy Christmas Day and that the second op goes smoothly.

Take care

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Re: Reading Group#338-Boy Heroes-Boy Comics12, Boy Detective1 & Dickie Dare2
« Reply #32 on: December 22, 2024, 05:01:25 AM »


Hi Robb and all - I had intended to read the other comic, but I don't think I'll get there now. Have had COVID since Sunday. Hopefully on the mend now. I've enjoyed reading your comments

Cheers

QQ

Sorry to hear that bad news.  I hope you'll be well soon. and you'll be able to enjoy the holiday period, at least from Christmas eve onward.   I wish you good luck, and no after effects.
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« Reply #33 on: December 22, 2024, 05:10:59 AM »


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Have had COVID since Sunday. Hopefully on the mend now. I've enjoyed reading your comments

QQ, you have my sympathy. ! don't have Covid, but had a Kidney Stone operation a week ago and will have another one in early January. [One in the other kidney!] so I am by no means physically back to normal. Not a great Christmas. So, yeah, my Sympathy.
Oh, and I hope you will have recovered enough to enjoy Christmas Day!

Sorry to hear that you're suffering, too, Panther.  Best wishes on the success of your 2nd operation.  I hope you'll be able to enjoy Christmas and New Year's, with as little pain as possible.  I have no idea about what it feels like to suffer through those 2 diseases.  Luckily, I've avoided catching Covid by living basically as a hermit, not going out in public for 5 years now, and seeing only my sister and brother-in-law, who have worked from home. 
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Re: Reading Group#338-Boy Heroes-Boy Comics12, Boy Detective1 & Dickie Dare2
« Reply #34 on: December 22, 2024, 08:57:09 AM »

Boy Comics 121943
1. Crimebuster - Written by Charles Biro, drawn by Norman Maurer
This story has an interesting plot, with private ranchers using incarcerated youths from a state's or county's justice (jail) system as free labour.  I agree the the comments above that this plot idea deserved many more pages to flesh out the plot and characters, presenting more detail and information  in the drawn panels , narratives and dialogue balloons, instead of only having room to introduce an interesting aspect but only be able to 'brush over it" and move on.  This mirrors what wealthy "Caucasian-American landowners did to take advantage of incarcerated African-Americanprison and jail inmates during the post-Reconstruction days of "The Jim Crow South from 1877, all the way to World War II, and German industrial firms did to concentration camp inmates to produce goods and supplies for The German war effort during World war II.  The GCD "data" on this story designates it as being in the "Superhero" genre.  But, I didn't notice Crimebuster as having any "superpowers", which is why I termed these stories as "Boy Crimefighter" genre.  Crimebuster's "origin story" didn't show him having any superpowers.  So, I assume he had none all through his series.  I guess we need to assume that Crimebuster is so dedicated to fighting crime, because a criminal killed his father, and tried to kill his mother, that he spent a lot of time training in combat and self-defence methods, and uses weight-lifting and other methods to become as strong as he can at his late teen age, as well as becoming as proficient as he can in general athletic skills and body condition, so he can hold his own in combat against fully grown and mature men in peak of their prime athletic years.  I also assume he uses his intelligence to help make up the gap of their more mature and developed strength and athletic abilities.  As he has already been fighting crime, and working with the police, it is somewhat believable that he could be the inmate to organise the inmates' fight against the criminal overseers, to gain their freedom.

And don't some US states, even to this day, make monetary profits from selling the products of their incarcerated prison inmates' to help pay for their upkeep?

Regarding Crimebuster being rude to The Farm's Owner's daughter, who used her situation basically to "force" him to act as her "boyfriend", I think it was only natural for him to be angry at her because her father was using the boys as slave workers, and not only beating, and torturing many of them, but also killing some.  And she was basically blackmailing him into doing her bidding, or possibly being killed by her father IF he'd refuse.  Who wouldn't be angry enough to insult her in that situation?  I understand that, in general, insulting a girl because one doesn't like her looks enough to be attracted to her is not a good look for a story protagonist.  It is true that she cannot help having the face and body she was given.  But, just because her father was cruel to the boys, did not mean that she had to ADD to that cruelty.  She could actually tried to help them, instead of hurting them more for her own selfish reasons.  The only way to avoid that issue is to drop the "blackmail" situation from the story.  However, it does add to the emotions of the character and his hatred of unfeeling criminals hurting others for their own gain, which In believe, adds more to the story with which the boy readers could identify, when imagining themselves being put into such a situation. 

2. Swoop Storm - uncredited
This story has no credits listed, but the artwork looks to me like Maurer's.  In suspect that it was written either by editor, Charles Biro, or his assistant, Bob Wood.  What are two underage boys doing on their own in a war zone, just after the enemy has been driven out?  At that time 21 years of age was the age of majority, and 18 was the age to enter the military.  IF they are past their 18th birthdays, why have they not enlisted in one of The US armed services, or been drafted?  And on the very first page, I see a researching error.  If I had been assigned to draw such a story, I'd have looked at photographs of Tunis before drawing.  In The Middle East and North Africa, wood is fairly rare, and at a very high premium.  Almost all buildings are made of stone or mud brick.  They have, for the most part, flat roofs, or very large public buildings, like mosques and paces may have domes.  You won't find a wood-framed A-frame building in any of those countries.  I worked in Morocco, Tunisia, Egypt, and several other Arab countries for almost 20 years, and can't remember seeing even one.

It's ridiculously unbelievable that The US military would use a US Civilian underaged boy to deliver important military messages in combat zones during a war.  In fact, I'm sure that doing that was illegal, and likely would involve the officer in a court marshal trial, stripping him of his rank, and probably ending with a dishonourable discharge from their US army.  And if the boys were killed, he would be charged with a criminal offence (wrongful death, manslaughter?)  I don't mind civilians using their children to deliver messages to other underground members during occupation of their country by foreign military.  I remember a Canadian White series we had during World War II, about a brave young boy in occupied France, who was an Underground messenger, because adults in that job would be suspected and watched closely. But especially young (but very intelligent) boys would NOT be suspected and closely watched.  He was very brave, but the story was believable.  This story's premise is so outlandishly fantastic, it would have bothered me even at 8 years old.  (I know, I was already an "old fogey" at that age).   I'm not so sure that this heroic boy, who takes his life in his own hands having a hapless, worthless comedic sidekick on missions of mortal danger is a good idea.   But then, I never liked mixing in comedy with drama, except when it came naturally, and was in the story to provide information on characters' character.  Just adding "comedic relief" actually takes me OUT of the flow of the story, and lessens the impact of the impact of the action, buildup of suspense, dramatic mood, etc.  On this military mission, this underaged civilian is flying a military plane - another breach of military regulation.  IF it is NOT a military plane, we should see that clearly in the set-up of that story segment.  But, only a full-book story would have room enough to include that.  The hapless, comedic boy apparently is a trained gunner, who with his machine gun, downs 2 German fighter planes. A fuel line in their plane has a leak from a German bullet, which the fat sidekick blocks with an apple core allowing them to get to their destination in Occupied Europe.  A local Underground officer asks the boys to help him free his arrested colleagues.  This would have been a lot easier to stomach if it had been a pre-teen falling asleep at the beginning, and dreaming all this.  They end up carrying a German General back to Tunis to The US Army headquarters there.  What fantasy!!!! 

3. Little Dynamite - Written by Bob Wood
This story looks as if it were also drawn by Maurer.  It's quite a bit more palatable, in that the street-tough teenager Dynamite, is turned down by The US Army for being too young to enlist, so he and his gang organise a campaign to raise a million Dollars worth of War Bonds, to do their part in the war effort.  Dynamite gets a famous female movie star to help.  He has her selling kisses to get as many men to buy them, as possible.  Dynamite captures a gangster that was forcing the local butcher to pay outrageous prices for black-market meat.  The gang buys the last war bond to reach their bond drive goal, and gives it to the butcher's widow.  Not a bad story.

4. Yankee Longago in The Land of Yesterday - Drawn by Dick Briefer (maybe written by him)
This series uses dreams to show the protagonist boy's fantasies.  This story was a big surprise!  Almost completely comedy, with no attempt to teach any history.  The good thing about a dream is that the story doesn't need to make sense.  So the reader can just enjoy the artwork, and if any of the jokes are funny, that's a bonus.  The reader doesn't get the common feeling from serious historical stories that try to be educational, that he or she is being "preached to".

5. Hero of The Month - Ilya Kuzin
I like this story of a disabled young man who wanted to fight to save his country.

6. Young Robinhood and His Band - Written by K. Hubbell (Carl?) - Drawn by Norman Maurer
I was hoping this would be a period piece, about legends of Robinhood's youth.  But no such luck.  It's a weird fantasy about a gang of crimefighters who dress up in Middle Ages garb, and fight crime with ancient weapons and tactics.  Not bloody likely!  The US' most powerful Organised Crime leaders are cringing in their boots over a youthful gang of amateur crimefighters thwarting their every move.  So they wear Robinhood and His Merry Men's costumes to impersonate them and get them arrested and sent to prison, so these mobsters can once again profit from their criminal activities.  Having the mysterious veiled lady as a major mobster, and leading their group in this story is unexpected.  That veil isn't much of a disguise.  Of course, the real Robinhood gang capture the imposters, but the Veild Lady gets away to continue a life of crime.
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Re: Reading Group#338-Boy Heroes-Boy Comics12, Boy Detective1 & Dickie Dare2
« Reply #35 on: December 22, 2024, 09:56:03 AM »

Best wishes to both our unwell readers. Hope neither of you have it affect your Christmas.

(And hoping the next reading group is Christmas-themed!)
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« Reply #36 on: December 22, 2024, 09:57:53 AM »

The GCD "data" on this story designates it as being in the "Superhero" genre.  But, I didn't notice Crimebuster as having any "superpowers"

A number of superheroes don't have powers, Batman & Robin, Crimebuster, Midnight, etc. As I understand it the term term superhero for the genre didn't become common until the 1960s. If I recall correctly writers of the Golden Age usually referred to what we call superheroes as "union-suit heroes", or "masked men".
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« Reply #37 on: December 22, 2024, 05:21:56 PM »

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The GCD "data" on this story designates it as being in the "Superhero" genre.  But, I didn't notice Crimebuster as having any "superpowers"

A number of superheroes don't have powers, Batman & Robin, Crimebuster, Midnight, etc. As I understand it the term term superhero for the genre didn't become common until the 1960s. If I recall correctly writers of the Golden Age usually referred to what we call superheroes as "union-suit heroes", or "masked men".


I admit to having a bee in my bonnet about this, preferring where possible to use the terms, "Masked Mystery Men" and "Superheroes" depending. I realise it's the geek in me but I've been reading their adventures since the early '50's. It slowly became obvious to me that Ace Hart was a superhero and  The Phantom was a MMM.
Just to frustrate me, how should I think of Flip McCoy of Hoppicopter/Jetcopter fame?  Is it even important?
Certainly not but it is fun reading their stories. And just to be controversial. Batman - the hero I grew up with - is a Masked Mystery Man. The Big Red Cheese is a superhero. I've given up on mewer versions of Batman and other heroes.
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Re: Reading Group#338-Boy Heroes-Boy Comics12, Boy Detective1 & Dickie Dare2
« Reply #38 on: December 22, 2024, 09:10:53 PM »

My pet Peeve, Paw;-
Superman does not wear ' his undies over his trousers'!
Those are in fact a 1940's era men's swimsuit. as the wide yellow belt demonstrates.
I have photographs of my father wearing same.
https://au.pinterest.com/pin/406872147572003124/

Still in style up to the 1960's!
https://au.pinterest.com/pin/664632857487508285/

Why are so many journalists so lazy?

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« Reply #39 on: December 22, 2024, 09:56:31 PM »

Dan Tayler - Boy Detective - Crimefighting Adventures of a Boy Mastermind
Yet another series about a teenager or very young adult whose father was murdered by a criminal, and the youngster vows to fight against crime for the rest of his life.  The artwork by Carmine Infantino is excellent.  The use of alternating close and far shots, and unusual camera angles sets sets an agitated mood, helpful in accentuating the danger.

1. Death Wears A Plastic Mask
I like the portrayal of the 16-year old, heroic boy as using mainly his courage and brains to outwit his much bigger and stronger and armed adversaries by capitalising on their mistakes and narrow thinking, rather than impossibly defeating them using his meagre strength against the villains' greater advantage.  Our hero junior detective, the son of a cop, is raised by another cop colleague of his father, and brings the boy into his precinct's station, as their mascot, to learn everything he can about solving crimes.  Somehow, I've got to believe that wouldn't be allowed in such an active area as New York City.  Maybe in a village of 1,000 people, but not in a crime-ridden metropolis like New York.  I don't mind that young Tayler has the incredible memory for details, like Sherlock Holmes.  The boy is so determined to put his father's killer in the electric chair, that he shadows him every day after school, but, after notifying the police to arrive at the villain's house, the killer kidnaps him, using him as a shield to get away from a sure capture.  Tayler, being very brave takes a dive downward, leaving his captor uncovered for a shot at him from his stepfather.   And that ends in his father's murderer coming to justice.  That could be Tayler's last story, ending this series.  But the kid loved bringing criminals to justice so much that he'll make it his life's work.

2. School For Crime
A good premise for a crime/detective story, a school where younger, aspiring criminals can learn from the veteran masters (who are currently out of prison).  It certainly isn't illegal for a stepparent to send his stepson to a boys' school, even if it is known to have ex-convicts and suspected criminals as teachers, and even if it is known that trouble is going on there among the boys, and one of them has been murdered.  But almost every parent on Earth wouldn't send their child there knowing all that.  The least the author should have done to make the scenario a little less unbelievable would have been to mention in the first (origin) story, that Dan had been taking intense martial arts training with the consulting instructor who instructs their city's police fore and The US Military, ever since his father was killed (if not a few years before), so he can protect himself living in that den of thugs.  So, we are expected to believe that Dan has undergone an intensive study of The British posh Oxford accent and learning about England for a few weeks, to help make his disguise work?  2 students were already beat to death.  Not sure I would volunteer for that job at age 16. or send my son into that situation. Having the kids commit crimes, and then blackmailing their wealthy and influential parents so their reputations aren't ruined, is a novel crime for a comic book story.  Kudos to the author or scenarist, for coming up with that great idea.  And I like it that with the police already at the showdown scene, the author still allows the boy hero to head off the head villain, and use his realistic athletic talent to catch up to his path, jump on him, and struggle with him until the cops arrive.  It IS actually believable, because the villain is a middle-aged man in not very good physical condition. And so, that allows the boy to be a real hero in a believable way, unlike most "boy hero stories that show the boys doing things that young teenagers wouldn't really be capable of doing.

3. The Statue of Liberty Murder Case
Dan's school class is visiting The Statue of Liberty, and he finds a dead body with his throat cut.  Working on a murder case while still attending school, Dan visits the city morgue to look over the victim's body, before heading for school!  What a life!  After school he reads the newspaper headlines about a famous aeronautics scientist reported missing while on leave to test a secretly developed plane.  Dan, on his on volition, alone, sneaks aboard a ship containing a crew suspected of being involved in the murder of the scientist.  A very reckless idea, without having the police know what he's doing.   He finds airplane parts aboard, realising they are smugglers.  Dan and Sgt. Gargon capture the ship's captain, just as other police officers arrive to help.  Dan solves the mystery, figuring out that the storm flung the scientist out of the plane and killed him, crashed the plane, with some parts falling on the ship. The smugglers didn't want the police to find the smuggled goods. But thanks to their attempted murder of Dan and Gargon, they go to prison.  A complicated plot. 

4. Foo Shampoo - 2 page Gag
Old joke that the hypnotist gets hypnotised, himself.  Not funny at all. The artwork is interesting.  I wonder who the artist is?

5. Rusty and Dusty -Young Folks At Home
With their parents ouit at night Rusty and Dusty hear an intruder who climbed through an open window, and jump on him.  The find that's he's just a pre-teenaged kid, with no family, who hooked up with a burglar, who wants to use him as an apprentice.  They persuade him to side with them against the burglar.  Dusty dresses in the orphan's clothes and the other 2 come to help, apprehend him.

Overall Assessment
The artwork is better, on the whole than in "Boy Comics 12",n and the stories are better thought out, with better, tighter, and more believable plots.  And so, to me, they were more entertaining.
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« Reply #40 on: December 22, 2024, 11:46:53 PM »



I've given up on newer versions of Batman and other heroes.


Some of the newer Batman ones are very dark. I like the older ones or I read the ones that are meant for kids (e.g., the Scooby Doo and Batman crossovers or the Batman Adventure ones). I find these days though, there are lots of different versions of the various heroes, so you can sometimes pick whether you want the dark or lighter stories. I still like some of the current Superman, The Flash and Iron Man ones, buy I have to pick and choose. For me, I'm quite happy if they're thought-provoking, but I don't want the gruesome ones verging on horror.

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Re: Reading Group#338-Boy Heroes-Boy Comics12, Boy Detective1 & Dickie Dare2
« Reply #41 on: December 23, 2024, 08:55:12 AM »

It's interesting that others prefer the non-dark versions of Batman when I'm very much a fan of the darker take, though I like the earlier versions, too.

I think a lot of it is down to nostalgia, we often prefer the version we discover in childhood. My son prefers Miles Morales as Spider-Man.
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« Reply #42 on: December 23, 2024, 09:30:20 AM »

Dickie Dare 2
1. The Golden Idol Adventure
This is an interesting story, with some good action.  The artwork (by Coulton Waugh) is a bit primitive, but typical of newspaper adventure strips of the late 1930s.  I don't like the cluttered newspaper format of 4 or 5 panels per tier, because it tends to have too many small panels with too many close ups for my taste, and too many panels with characters standing and talking. But, I enjoyed this story very much.  The writer, Milt Caniff, knew something about New Mexico (where I worked for Pueblo Tribes and The Navajo Nation.

2. Shanghaied on a Whaling Ship
I like the artwork in this story even more than the first story.  That is especially because of the way he drew the ocean waves and the great detail on the sailing ships and sea birds. The action scenes in this story are good, too.  This story used "Moby Dick" as a template.  Several of the whaling scenes look like they were taken from stills from that classic film.

3. Kit Carson and The White Rhino
This story is somewhat similar to the Shanghaied on The Whaler story, with great seascapes, sailing boat scenes, and action (fighting) scenes, in the late 1930s newspaper strip style.  The animals were drawn fairly well.
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« Reply #43 on: December 23, 2024, 06:39:52 PM »

As Christmas approaches I offer to QQ and the Panther my best wishes for a speedy and complete recovery. Being ill for the holidays sucks. Fortunately we have comics to ease the discomfort.
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