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#145, March of 1951, with a Jack Kamen cover. JUMBO was published by Real Adventure Publ. Co. (Fiction House), from 1938 to 1953. Sheena was one of its main features.
MPicciotto said:I should post my Jungle Comics I have. Along with Jumbo and some Kanga we could get a really good Jungle/Africa theme going.
Matt
MPicciotto said:I need to get you guys pics. But two more comics have been added to my Chelser Digest collection. I now have all two issues of "Tops in Humor" and found an elusive Private Bill #3. An issue I previously hadn't even seen evidence of!
Matt
I think comic book covers today are pretty graphic.Widebrim said:^^Man, what a great cover! Even though comics are now more graphic, I don't know if such a martial image would be "tolerated" today, one which conveys the idea that impending peace means nothing to the dead. I don't recall if any of the EC artists actually served in WWII or Korea, but they were great at expressing the realities of war (and how many other companies at that time would feature a Black man on an issue's cover?) I need to check out Corpse on the Imjin.
Widebrim said:^^...I don't recall if any of the EC artists actually served in WWII or Korea, but they were great at expressing the realities of war (and how many other companies at that time would feature a Black man on an issue's cover?) I need to check out Corpse on the Imjin.
Widebrim said:That is always a pleasure, finding an issue that is not even listed in the guides!
MPicciotto said:Thanks. Harry A. Chesler is considered a somewhat esoteric publisher. And hardly any (maybe none, I'd have to check) of the digest size comics made it into the guides. My plan once I have found all examples that I can to present them to the publisher of the Overstreet Guide. Seems a friend of mine knows him!
Matt
Corto said:Also, come to think of it, EC Comics (especially the war titles) bravely did stories about racism and race long before it was an explosive issue in American society. Those guys had guts, to say the least.
Silver Dollar said:Before my mother married my father, she used to work at National DC as a color separater and sometimes as a colorist from about 1938 to 1946. She worked for all the big wigs that DC is famous for. If I only had a small handful of the comics that crossed her desk------:eusa_doh:
Widebrim said:^^Never hear of Lord Snooty (wizard wheezes?). Was he an Englishman transplanted to Australia? I presume that in a run of 60 years, there was more than one principle artist. When it comes to comics from outside the U.S., so many of us Americans are unaware of the dearth and variety available during the Golden Age. I can recall receiving some British comics when I was a young teen, and being fascinated by the storylines and art which seemed "antiquated" to me. (One title which sticks out in my mind is "The Dandy.")