It's summertime and what better time to reminisce about the Marvel Annuals/Specials of the 1960s. http://nick-caputo.blogspot.com/...
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Allen Smith
smithallen30...
Jul 26, 2012 2:46 pm
I read somewhere recently that there was a Kid Colt Annual in the mid sixties, Nick. Any information on that particular issue? Was it new or reprinted...
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Sam Kujava
samiamkujava
Jul 26, 2012 4:38 pm
KID COLT OUTLAW #130 was a Super Special Request Issue, square bound and priced at 25 cents, and looked like an Annual. It reprinted five Kid Colt Outlaw...
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Allen Smith
smithallen30...
Jul 26, 2012 4:59 pm
Thanks for the information, Sam. I read comics in every genre, enjoyed the Marvel westerns along with the spandex clad crowd of comics. And read comics...
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nick
caputon66
Jul 26, 2012 6:12 pm
That issue, and the next 2 issues to follow, which were also 25 cents, were an anomaly. It looks like they were originally going to produce a Kid Colt Special...
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barryprl
Jul 30, 2012 5:59 pm
I put up a new blog today about the search for Golden Age comics in the 1960s, this concentrates on the paperbacks that were available. ...
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Joe Zierman
joezierman
Jul 31, 2012 1:10 am
I enjoy your blog. Sixties reprints are where I first discovered Golden-Age stories and art. As a sidenote, I recently picked up a reader copy of Marvel...
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Finfangfoom
barryprl
Jul 31, 2012 1:19 am
Thanks for letting me know! All in color for a dollar, that is great!...
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barryprl
Aug 3, 2012 4:10 am
I am continuing the discovery of the Golden Age of comics through reprints. This time I look into the comics of the Golden age and the Comic Book characters...
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Bruce Buchanan
brucebuchanan53
Aug 3, 2012 5:33 pm
I've never read any of the Marvel westerns. Any particular runs I should check out? I think these are collected in the Marvel Essentials now, right? Â Thanks,...
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Allen Smith
smithallen30...
Aug 3, 2012 7:28 pm
Just about any Marvel western drawn by Kirby is good. But other artists also drew stories for Atlas/Marvel western comics. John Severin, Al Williamson among...
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Sam Kujava
samiamkujava
Aug 3, 2012 11:55 pm
There's a RAWHIDEÂ KID Essential, starting with the Lee/Kirby red-headed owlhoot reboot....(just wanted to write it that way!) No Essentials yet for TWO-GUN...
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robimes
Aug 4, 2012 2:39 am
Marvel had two anthology series in the 1970s reprinting their 1950s-60s westerns: "Mighty Marvel Western" and "Western Gunfighters." The latter series is my...
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Allen Smith
smithallen30...
Aug 5, 2012 2:19 am
From 1972:...
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Allen Smith
smithallen30...
Aug 5, 2012 2:31 am
Charlton had all the bases covered when imitating the then popular monsters of cinema. They had Konga, a rip off of King Kong, and Gorgo, a "tribute" to...
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charlie_brown_stain
charlie_brow...
Aug 5, 2012 8:24 pm
Wow, very nice Allen. What immediately strikes me is the beautiful composition and art by Ditko juxtaposed with the abysmal "All New Haunted" logo by Charlton....
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Rodney Schroeter
silent_reels
Aug 5, 2012 9:13 pm
Two Journey pages on eBay. The final bid amount goes to WML. Journey #21, page 3: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=221093022661 Journey #21,...
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charlie_brown_stain
charlie_brow...
Aug 5, 2012 10:55 pm
Great stuff, it brings to mind those great Lee-Ditko fantasy/monster books. I especially liked his Gorgo, where he drew some great undersea scenes. It made me...
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Allen Smith
smithallen30...
Aug 6, 2012 1:33 am
I'm fairly sure that Ditko enjoyed working at Charlton for the freedom he had. No matter the low production values. I enjoyed a ton of their books, wish...
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nick
caputon66
Aug 6, 2012 2:23 am
My latest Blog Post features a mystery about early, little known Barry Smith artwork: ...
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Allen Smith
smithallen30...
Aug 6, 2012 3:08 am
The page below is a page purportedly relettered from being a Flash Gordon page to a Star Trek spoof of some kind. Wish those Flash Gordon unpublished stories...
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Rodney Schroeter
silent_reels
Aug 6, 2012 11:09 am
Two items on eBay: I did not notice the Ditko inks on the Giant-Man / Wasp story, at first. But for the auction, I scanned a page where I think a trained eye...
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nick
caputon66
Aug 6, 2012 8:14 pm
I've updated my blog post on Barry Smith, with some input from rascally Roy Thomas himself! http://nick-caputo.blogspot.com/...
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Bob Bailey
funnybook
Aug 6, 2012 11:45 pm
I've said for years that Steve Ditko did not ink the Giant Man story. This is a case of the lettering being done before the story was inked. That ink job is by...
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nick
caputon66
Aug 7, 2012 2:01 pm
Bob, I don't see any sign of Stone inks. I agree that Ditko's inking is hardly noticable but I suspect it is becacause he pretty much traced Kirby's pencils,...
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Bob Bailey
funnybook
Aug 7, 2012 4:00 pm
Nick, If you compare it to Stones inks on Kirbys Thor and Ditko's inks on Kirby's FF I think you'll see what I mean. Thanks Bob ... Â Bob, I don't see any...
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Bruce Buchanan
brucebuchanan53
Aug 7, 2012 7:34 pm
Yeah, why were these guys all named "Kid," anyway? :) Â Thanks for the recommendations, Sam. I'll track down that Rawhide Kid Essential - can't imagine Kirby...
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Robert Beerbohm
blbcomics
Aug 7, 2012 10:50 pm
If there might be some interest, I currently have these Kirby westerns for sale in my eBay store - fun stuff to be sure ...
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nick
caputon66
Aug 9, 2012 4:18 pm
My latest Blog post is a mystery about an obscure artist from the early 1970s: http://nick-caputo.blogspot.com/...
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barryprl
Aug 9, 2012 7:27 pm
Part 6: DC from the 1930s and the Origins of Marvel I put up part 1 of a two part post, showing how in the 1970s Marvel and DC began to look to their pasts in...
