Week 5: Freestyling
No theme this week, I’m free styling and I like the result. Darwyn Cooke was a breath of fresh air, his New Frontier art knocked everybody’s socks off but I’ve always liked his work on The Spirit, a beautiful homage…
Comic Book Daily
Discussing the minutiae of comic book collecting.
Comic Book Daily
Discussing the minutiae of comic book collecting.
Tag Lou Fine
Covered 365: Day 7
A great comic book cover matching each day of the year, 1 through 365. Please chime in with your favourite corresponding cover, from any era. Day 7 – National Comics #7, Artist – Lou Fine. I have no idea why…
Web Arted #288
A gathering of wonderful art spotted by yours truly these last few days: Outcault, Miller, Janson, Oliff, Adams, Fine, Byrne.
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Undervalued Spotlight #140
Wonder Comics #1, Fox Features Syndicate (May 1939) This is such a beast of a Golden Age comic. I’ve had Wonder Comics #1 in my scopes for a while but eased up on it after Undervalued Spotlight fan Warren contributed…
Undervalued Spotlight #86
Wonderworld Comics #3, Fox Features Syndicate, July 1939 A while ago in Undervalued Spotlight reader Dave contributed installment #74. I’m happy to present another fan submission. Warren is a regular column reader and felt Wonderworld #3 was a good candidate.…
Undervalued Spotlight #73
National Comics #18, Quality Comics, December 1941 A comic book that will live in infamy! This issue is famous for depicting an attack on Pearl Harbor 1 month before the event actually happened. Notably the book has the Germans doing…
Undervalued Spotlight #56
The Doll Man was introduced in a 4 page story called “Meet the Doll Man” in Quality Comics’ Feature Comics #27 (12/39). In the comic research Chemist Darrell Dane invents a formula that shrinks him down to 6 inches (though he’s still as strong as he was when he’s full size). The Doll Man is one of the very first superheroes. He predates the likes of...
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