[narfstar]

Did anyone else notice that the indicia says V2#1?  It appears that #4 is a repeat of issue 1.  According to titles on the GCD it looks to be the case.  Does anyone have a #1 to check.  If you did you would already have uploaded but just thought I would ask   Now it seems there may be a number 5 with actual Blazing content.  I am currently trying to get confirmation.  Anyone know

[John C]

From Blazing #1, I have old scans of the Green Turtle and Jun-Gal stories (presumably from one of the usual suspects like Richard), and they don't match anything in #4.  But I had heard the reprint story, too.

To add to the rumor, I also remember hearing that #5 was an overrun cover that was slapped on a variety of content, but since the #4 story is probably wrong, I'm guessing this one is, too.

[narfstar]

I bought the number 5.  The remaindered version does exist with the cover over any number of things.  But there appears to be an actual #5 with Blazing content.  Lonestar Comics has one listed also with the Blazing contact matching the one I got off ebay.  The titles for Tommy Paige and Redhawk are the same for one and four.  Marvel through in a lot of reprints when they got behind in the SA so maybe this company had a Green Turtle and Jun-Gal ready to go but had to fill in with some reprints.  PLEASE post the scans for Green Turtle and Jun-Gal.  Once I get my #5 scanned and uploaded we will have a complete GT and JG.  We can get another archive edition of the complete Jun-Gal by Phabox and Yoc.

[John C]

Oh.  Yeah.  Duh.  I guess if you're asking about it, not everybody has a copy like I had assumed.  By the time you (or anybody who moves uploads into place) reads this, it'll be in my folder on the FTP site.  Also, in case you need/want them to go with your scan, I tossed in the covers (inside and out) for that fifth issue, apparently from Darkmark (but upload-wranglers like Yoc should probably ignore it).

Now, any thoughts on #6?  If #4 isn't #1 as predicted, and #5 isn't only remaindered material...

[narfstar]

Nooooo   #6 must be only remaindered.  This is the first time I have found and found out about a #5 so I may never be able to afford a really rare 6.  I got #5 for $31 not bad for such a rare treat.

[John C]

Heh.  Let's hope so.  Or something.  But your mention of it yesterday was the first time I had heard of a "real" fifth issue to the series, so I guess one never knows.

What's the date on that issue, by the way?  My recollection was that the remaindered books were all from the '50s.  Does the actual book match that?  (Not that I won't see it when you upload it, but the curiousity has gotten the better of me, here.)

[Yoc]

Guys, you can read a nice article by Michelle Nolan on Blazing and other Rural Home/Enwil Comics comics here:
http://www.cgccomics.com/news/enews/cgc_enews_0507july.htm

Sounds like a 'real' Blazing#6 might be a myth as the cover was used with remainders much like what I thought #5 was.  If there IS a Blazing #5 with a Green Turtle story I'd LOVE to see scans of it!  Green Turtle doesn't get a cover mention on either #5 or #6.   

-Yoc

[Yoc]

Hi Gang,

I've split this off of the 'srca1941's uploads' as we were starting to dominate his topic and I hope giving it it's own thread might generate more interest in the title.

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Well, there seems to be some confusion on GCD concerning Blazing Comics #1.

What little info listed there points to the Red Hawk story being called 'Cargo of Death' which we know is really the title for the RH story found in #4 from scans provided by Steve Rogers on GAC.
AFAIK we only have two stories from Blazing #1 - Green Turtle and Jun-Gal's origin which could be called 'Pit of Death' looking at the first page.  These stories can be found on Pappy Golden Age Comics blog.  You can grab them using this link:
http://tinyurl.com/5amxh4
Finally checking some listings for Blazing #1 on Heritage we learn from several that it contains the origin of Jun-Gal which we can confirm in Pappy's story above.  For an example of the Heritage listing check this link:
http://tinyurl.com/6az2k2
From another Heritage listing of Blazing #1 we can see them quote the Green Turtle's first line from pg4, middle row far left.  You can see this listing here:
http://tinyurl.com/5zgoz9
So I believe it's safe to say the GCD listing for story titles is WRONG on GCD and leads one to incorrectly deduce that #4 is a reprint when we know for sure the GT and Jun-Gal stories differ between them.

I also see confirmation from other Heritage listings that there are some issues of Blazing #5 that DO have new material in them so I certainly look forward to Narfstar's scans of the book at some point!

Sadly I don't know if we can ever expect to see anything more from Pappy's #1.  I've already begged him for more in the comments section but haven't seen any evidence of him reading it.  I left pointers to GAC among other things and I don't see any members with the Pappy name or anything close to it.

There is also a Canadian edition of Blazing #1 but we have no other details on the book.  I'd love to see a complete collection of all the books one day.  Who knows, we finally managed to pull all of Planet Comics together but I'm positive the audience for Blazing is nothing close to the FH titles.

-Yoc

[John C]

Sadly I don't know if we can ever expect to see anything more from Pappy's #1.  I've already begged him for more in the comments section but haven't seen any evidence of him reading it.  I left pointers to GAC among other things and I don't see any members with the Pappy name or anything close to it.

I do notice that his profile has an e-mail address.  It could be that he doesn't read comments.

[darkmark]

Oh, yes he does, because he's read mine.

[JVJ]

When my Blazing 1-6 return from Little Rock, I will try to at least report the contents of the copies I have. An interesting and little-known fact about the Green Turtle is that he appears to be an Asian hero and the artist (and creator?) was Chu Hing, also of Asian extraction. If you study the four covers on which he appears, only on #2 can you actually see his full face and I've often wondered if this was not intentional on Hing's part, because he didn't want his hero to be mistaken for a Japanese.

[Yoc]

Yep, I've heard much of the same stories Jim.
It's part of the fun of the title and I'm really hoping we can get a complete run of Blazing here one day.
We are darn close as it is!

[JVJ]

My Blazing Comics have returned from their sojourn in Arkansas, folks, so what I'm going to do is log on to GCD and update the contents there. It might take the rest of the evening, so check the GCD tomorrow, Sept. 23, 20058.

[JVJ]

Please ignore my last post. As happens all too frequently when I attempt to log onto the GCD, I'm faced with the perpetual hour glass and the "waiting for www.comics.org..." Sorry.

[JVJ]

Here's what I have:
#1-4 - all new, all different contents. With the odd exception of the cover on issue #2, The Green Turtle NEVER shows his face on the covers NOR inside. Bizarre. All GT stories and covers (with the possible exception of the pencils on issue #2 cover) are by Chu Hing. Imagine a super-hero who appears in four issues of a comic book and shows his (masked) face a total of ONCE.

Jun-Gal is by Harold DeLay in issues 1-3 and by ? in issue 4. Black Buccaneer is pencilled by a young Gil Kane in all four issues. Mr. Ree, by H.C. Kiefer, is in all four issues, although he mysteriously becomes "Mr. Lee" in issue 4.

My copy of #5 has an indicia for Vol II, #2 March 1945 issue of Blazing Comics, yet the interior is from Fox's Feature Stories Magazine adapting The Iroquois Trail.

My copy of #6 has an indicia for Vol. II, #3 April 1945 issue of Blazing Comics, yet the interior is from Fox's Colossal Features Magazine with crime stories.

Having said all that, Hames reminds me the we have NOTES that attribute the Jun-Gal story in "Blazing v2:#2 3/45" to Gus Schrotter, which seems to substantiate the fact that there are TWO different versions of #5. All of which corroborates most of the previous posts (with the exception of the #4 [v2:#1] being a reprint of #1).

For what it's worth....

And, when I return, we can definitely add whichever issues are needed to complete the scanned run here.

[Yoc]

Thanks for the info Jim.
And enjoy your trip as well!


Looking forward to your return,
-Yoc

[narfstar]

Thank you for the info Jim.  One of my recent prized acquisitions was a "real" Blazing #5 the scans of which I quickly posted here.  Please take a look. Even my untrained eye thought The Green Turtle was by someone else and will not tell you something you might be surprised to see in it  . We only need issue 1 to complete our set.

[JVJ]

Here are my shots at art IDs on the "real" Blazing Comics #5:
Cover and Black Buccaneer are probably Gil Kane and Leonard Starr
Green Turtle is still Chu Hing and we STILL don't see his face.
Tommy Paige is someone trying to imitate William M. Allison (I should know who, but I don't)
Super Drooper & Drip is by someone who signs "Moore" - don't know first name.
Red Hawk looks a lot like Ken Battefield, but I believe it's a Canadian artist named Leo Bachle
Jun-Gal is by Gus Schrotter
Mr. Lee is by Henry Kiefer
Sound Off is signed Hal Sherman.

Hope that helps.

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