#654 - Hi-Res Phantom strips

Emile has come up with a bunch of Hi-Res Phantom Daily strips. I am posting D194 & D195 here for you to enjoy.http://www.mediafire.com/download/lyn33a56e8fqrgy/D194_-_The_Albee_-_1999-01-11_to_1999-03-13_-_9_weeks.cbrhttp://www.mediafire.com/download/c9p9f52ggdo9tzl/D195_Terror_at_the_Opera_1999-03-15_to_1999-07-10_-_17_weeks.cbrEnjoy [...]

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#653 - D237 The_Aeronaut

Here is the recently concluded Phantom Daily strip - The Aeronaut. Once again a contribution of the one and only Emile.Download this story from Emile's original link and shower your thanks upon himEnjoy,Ven [...]

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#652 - The latest Phantom - Mandrake combo

This past Thursday was Thanks Giving here in the USA. People got to be with the ones they loved and shared their happiness. It was a period of reflection of who they were and who they were thankful for.For me it turned out [...]

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Al Plastino and JFK, 50 Years Later

I wrote many years ago about the famed Action #309 issue, where Superman divulges his secret identity to President Kennedy so the later can impersonate him (as Clark Kent) at an event where both Supes and Clark are both [...]

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#651 - (7811-7892)_TarzanandtheQueenofDiamonds_(1964-08-07_to_1964-11-10)

I present here the latest reprint of a Tarzan strip. This was sent to me by Emile.Emile is one of the most selfless sharers of comic strips, and I feel honored that he considers me one of his friends.Here is the original [...]

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#650 - A Tarzan daily strip by the late Nick (Nicholas Viscardi) Cardy (October 16, 1920 - November 3, 2013)

LEGENDARY COMIC BOOK ARTIST NICK CARDY PASSED AWAY AT THE AGE OF 93.Here are some more links to some of his work.His comic book credits at Bails' Who's Who: http://bailsprojects.com/bio. aspx?Name=CARDY%2c+NICKSome of Cardy's handiwork on display at [...]

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Say Hello to:

Unforgettable Sights of a Paper World, a blog about comics from Antonio Gatti, an Italian comics blogger (don't worry, it's written in English).  It's interesting to get a foreigner's perspective on the Man of Steel.Here's a review of the terrific [...]

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#649 - The just concluded Tarzan Sunday strip

Thanks to Emile, we have the just concluded Sunday Tarzan strip - The Compleat Collector. (Yes, there is a spelling mistake in the original name)Download from Emile's original links.EnglishSpanishEnjoy and shower your thanks [...]

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Another Superpower that Time Forgot?

Mark Engblom had a lot of fun with these a few years back but here's one he missed.  Apparently Superman can shrink or expand his muscles at will:In the story, Superman is supposedly out of town and so Lois hits on [...]

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Who Is Killing the Great Capes of Heropa? Review

What do you do when someone offers to let you review their novel, as Andrez Bergen did, with Who is Killing the Great Capes of Heropa?1. Just say yes, in the hopes it will just go away.2. Just say yes, and sweat it out thinking it won't go away.3. Just [...]

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Wheaties Wishes They Had This One Back

Okay, Golden Age, here but still quite funny:Take a tip from me, Wheaties, and don't fall in love with 30-year-old ballplayers who have a big season in AAA.  I'm a big baseball fan, have been ever since I was 8 years [...]

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#648 - The just concluded Tarzan daily strip reprint

Thanks to Emile, we now have the just concluded Tarzan daily strip - (7735-7810)_Tarzan meets I.B.Pompus_(05-11-64_to_08-06-64)Download from Emile's original link and shower your thanks on Emile.Enjoy,Ven [...]

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#647 - The just concluded Tarzan Sunday

Here is the Sunday story of Tarzan that just concluded last Sunday. Thanks to Emile, for sending this story.http://www.mediafire.com/download/sz6z86wtswb8ies/S182._The_Return_of_La_-_1991-04-21_(3114)_to_1991-07-21_(3127)_-_14_weeks.zipEnjoy and express [...]

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One of My Favorite Covers

I may have pointed this one out before but I came across it again, and just was awed:There's a lot there.  From the tropical plants, we can tell it's in the South Pacific, so he's facing the Japanese.  He's hot [...]

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#646 - Emile discovers more Phantom strips.

Here is a bunch of Phantom strips which were missing from the earlier upload. Emile is veritably a powerhouse source of better and different version of Phantom strips. I have no words to thank Emile, except to say that I am honored that he considers [...]

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You Can Learn A Lot From Comics!

Gotta love this, from Gold Key's "Peoples of Africa" #17, the East Indians:"Some" of the "young" girls are very beautiful?  Yeesh!  One supposes that the older gals are quite homely.And from the People of Australia [...]

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#645 - Enjoy more Phantom daily strips

Emile has been quite busy these days hunting down quite a few larger versions of the Phantom strips. here is a bunch of those:http://www.mediafire.com/download/s8a13r244w1gyr4/D196._The_Ghost_Wall_-_1999-07-12_to_1999-10-20_-_14.5_weeks.ziphttp://www.mediafire.com/download/cjyiikhks455o3a/D197._The_Halloween_Kidnappers_-_1999-10-21_to_2000-01-15_-_12.5_weeks.ziphttp://www.mediafire.com/download/wr2q5rm1hc25jmu/D198._The_Treasure_Hunters_-_2000-01-17_to_2000-05-06_-_16_weeks.ziphttp://www.mediafire.com/download/pxlajsg7ai97y6b/D199._The_Strange_Robber_-_2000-05-08_to_2000-08-05_-_13_weeks.ziphttp://www.mediafire.com/download/2a2f81dp8q2o830/D200._The_Secret_City_-_2000-08-07_to_2000-11-11_-_14_weeks.ziphttp://www.mediafire.com/download/ojujo2ovd34mjjo/D201._Valley_of_the_Gorillaman_-_2000-11-13_to_2001-03-17_-_18_weeks.ziphttp://www.mediafire.com/download/vpiqp226owqplwx/D202._Ghost_Quest_-_2001-03-19_to_2001-07-21_-_18_weeks.ziphttp://www.mediafire.com/download/e7hzfskjtgzhtop/D203._The_Ghost_Pirates_-_2001-07-23_to_2001-11-17_-_17_weeks.ziphttp://www.mediafire.com/download/3fh6uyg6macqjyj/D205._The_Immortal_Man_-_2002-04-01_to_2002-08-03_-_18_weeks.ziphttp://www.mediafire.com/download/bb6zliokxc627wr/D206._The_Crusader%27s_Treasure_-_2002-08-05_to_2002-12-28_-_21_weeks.zipEnjoy [...]

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#644 - A few more Phantom strips for your enjoyment

Below are the links for morePhantom Sunday (900 pixels wide) color stories: We may already have them, but of smaller size in colors.Links:http://www.mediafire.com/download/nr94s74lcxktf4q/S155._The_War_Mongers_-_2001-10-14_to_2002-04-07_-_26_Strips.ziphttp://www.mediafire.com/download/jcvbwf8dczomxbl/S156._The_Briefcase_-_2002-04-14_to_2002-09-29_-_25_Strips.ziphttp://www.mediafire.com/download/pdqkhnl6z8edk5x/S157._The_Snake_Goddesss_Island_-_2002-10-06_to_2003-03-30_-_26_Strips.ziphttp://www.mediafire.com/download/1do9h8x7zqsr9t8/S158._Terror_in_Mawitaan_-_2003-04-06_to_2003-09-28_-_26_Strips.ziphttp://www.mediafire.com/download/05doaomevkyd1wv/S159._The_Sinbad_Stone_-_2003-10-05_to_2004-03-28_-_26_Strips.ziphttp://www.mediafire.com/download/nh5pia25743n1yl/S160._The_Vicking_Castle_-_2004-04-04_to_2004-09-26_-_26_Strips.zipSome [...]

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#643 - A couple of Phantom strips - this time Dailies

Here I am presenting a couple of Phantom Daily strips 900 pixels wide: Archive Name: D194. The Albee - 1999-01-11 to 1999-03-13 - 9 Weeks.zip Size: 7.57MB URL: http://www.mediafire.com/download/7z4849h713daxc6/D194._The_Albee_-_1999-01-11_to_1999-03-13_-_9_Weeks.zip [...]

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#642 - A couple of Phantom Sunday strips - better versions in color

Emile has been hard at work getting alternate versions of both Sunday and Daily strips of the Phantom. I am presenting two of the Sunday strips shared by Emile.Archive:Name:  S152. The Shipwreckers - 2000-01-02 to 2000-07-30.zipSize:    [...]

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Silver Age Aspects of the Man of Steel

I went to see the Man of Steel movie yesterday.  I enjoyed it a lot, although I will confess that I started out a little suspicious, especially given the build-up during the scenes on Krypton.  I did like the high-tech [...]

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Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Superman

On one tidy page.  Couple of errors there that I have alerted them to in the artists' nam [...]

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D142. Tarzan and The Fox - 1964-03-30 (7699) to 1964-05-09 (7734) - 36 days

I am presenting here the latest Tarzan daily strip that just concluded its reprint run yesterday. The story is "Tarzan and The Fox". Classic art by John Celardo.As usual it goes without saving that this comes from the collection of Emile. So all [...]

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S181 - Bigfoot - 1991-01-27 to 1991-04-14

This story specs are: Tarzan of the Apes Art by Gray Morrow Script by Don Kraar Title: BigfootSunday Strips # 181 Start: 1991-01-27 (3102) End: 1991-04-14 (3113) Span: 12 weeksStart of reprint: 2013-02-17 End of reprint: [...]

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The JLA Villains

With the Justice League of America, Julius Schwartz and Gardner Fox had something of a problem.  During the JSA's run in All-Star during the Golden Age, comics were larger and thus could accommodate what were essentially separate adventures for [...]

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S177 - Revenge in Rhodia

Here is the latest daily strip of The Phantom, the Ghost Who Walks, which just concluded a couple of weeks ago on April 14, 2013. Written by Tony DePaul and art by Terry Beatty.Download the strip here.The story is courtesy [...]

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D141 - The Treasure Chest _(1963-12-18 to 1964-03-28)

I am presenting here the latest Tarzan daily strip that just concluded its reprint run. The story is "Tarzan and The Treasure Chest". Covers a lot of things like the Nazis in North Africa and also a love affair between a Muslim girl and an ex-Nazi Christian [...]

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Some more Tarzan comic strips

I am presenting her a couple of Tarzan Sunday strips. These are from the e-collection of Emile.S179 - The Land Beyond the Mountains - 1990-07-29 (3076) to 1990-10-28 (3089) - 14 weeksS180 - Celebrity Safari - 1990-11-04 (3090) to 1991-01-20 (3101) - [...]

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1000 Comics You Must Read by Tony Isabella

I've lusted after this book for quite awhile, but when it first came out in 2009 I was too broke, and the local comic store had it shrink-wrapped so I couldn't browse it for free to see how I liked it.  In retrospect that was a huge mistake, as [...]

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Some more Sunday Tarzan strips from Emile

I am presenting a few more Tarzan strips sent to me by Emile.S174 - Survive - 1989-06-04 (3016) to 1989-08-20 (3027) - 12 weeksS175 - City of Lights, City of Darkness - 1989-08-27 (3028) to 1989-11-12 (3039) - 12 weeksS176 - New Age - 1989-11-19 (3040) [...]

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RIP, Carmine Infantino

One of the major talents of the Silver Age has passed.  Some of my favorite covers of his:Here's a guide that Infantino created for Flash Annual #1:Infantino called a famous meeting of DC's top brass together in 1968, [...]

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D236_ThePhantomLion_(08-20-2012_to_03-30-2013

Here is the latest daily strip of The Phantom, the Ghost Who Walks, which just concluded yesterday. Written by DePaul and art by Ryan.Download the strip hereThis has been a contribution of Emile. So all thanks and credit [...]

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3 Tarzan Sunday strips

Here are 3 Sunday strips of Tarzan sent to me by Emile.Name: S159 - The Forests of Eden - 1985-11-10 to 1986-01-26 - 12 weeks.zipName: S160 - Mokele Mbembe - 1986-02-02 - 1986-04-20 - 12 weeksName: S161 - Castle of Assassins - 1986-04-27 - 1986-07-13 [...]

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Modern Silver: Ultimate Spiderman #1-2

Marvel came out with the Ultimates series around 2000.  The idea was to create new series about their most popular characters, without requiring the reader to know all the continuity jazz that clutters up the regular [...]

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Julius Schwartz Builds an Empire

In early 1959, Whitney Ellsworth's name finally disappeared as editor from the indicia of every DC comic. It is well-established that he had actually ceased working in New York by the early 1950s, instead pitching DC's properties to Hollywood and the [...]

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Lord Of The Jungle - 03

I am presenting the 3rd installment of this new Tarzan.Download story here.Enjoy,Venkitacha [...]

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Lord Of the Jungle - 002

A few months ago I had posted the first part of a new take on Tarzan. Here is the second part. So far 13 have come out.Download Lord Of the Jungle 002 hereEnjoyVen [...]

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Fun With Sexism

You gotta love these two panels from a particularly wacky story appearing in Lois Lane #28: The first one doesn't really make much sense. See, the super-powered Lois Lane of the future (the gal flying alongside Superman) [...]

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I Suspect the Drawing Was Not Random

I was looking through Action #42 (November 1941) and came across this announcement:That third prize winner's name sure sounds familiar, and it's not as if it's a common one.  George Kashdan was a long-time editor at [...]

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The Marvel Covers

The Marvel covers did not start out all that different from the DC covers, although that soon changed.  The early Fantastic Four covers featured the characters demonstrating their various powers:The characters are so [...]

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Cover Comparisons

This is something I've been mulling over for awhile.  Obviously every character is different, and presents different challenges for the editor and cover artist(s).The Atom, for example, is tiny.  So Julius Schwartz [...]

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