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The Trouble with Crediting Creators

Some creators and fans crusade for attribution, which is fair, but often nuanced.

How do you credit Adam Strange?

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2022-09-21



Nabisco's cereal mascot Buffalo Bee appears, not on a giveaway or boxtop premium, but a regular 10c kids humor comic from Dell.

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2022-09-20

Hey Kids! Send your money to us!

Comic book ads in

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2022-09-13

The Charlton Lettering

According to https://t.co/6fvnAkTu9u Charlton used a variable typewriter to save money on lettering.

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2022-09-09

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To appease the scolds, there will be no kissing ... ahem, no kissing...oh for crying out loud, will you two stop before we get a telegram?

Okay. So obviously kissing is still okay in the Silver Age.

But Ixney on the Ounguetay.

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2022-08-28

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Hey 1990s! You think your "Death of Superman" with a Cyborg Superman was all that and a bag of chips?

The Silver Age has got you beat, complete with Robot Superman, and they didn't wrap their version in black cellophane as a 'collectors item'

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2022-08-27

"The leader of a ruthless gang of claims to be The Man Who Killed The Phantom" in Lee Falk's THE PHANTOM No. 8. SilverAge
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2022-08-25

Countdown to

The Adventures of Big Boy

Published by the owners of Big Boy and Shoneys, the title began in 1957 and ran 562 issues!!!

Trivia: There *were* 2 Big Boys

Left: West Coast Big Boy
Right: East Coast Big Boy (Extinct)

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2022-08-19

And for those fans, Amazing Fantasy 15 was published by Atlas Magazines, Inc, while The Amazing Spider-Man 1 was published by Non-Pareil Publishing Corp. (Kirby/Ditko covers).

Countdown to

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2022-08-11

And as for winning a trivia contest - Fantastic Four number 1 (Cover credits: Jack Kirby pencils, George Klein Inks, Stan Goldberg color) was actually published by
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Canam Publisher's Sales Corp

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2022-08-11

PRE-CRISIS HEROINES OF DC
22x17 Commission

Companion piece to the golden age ladies I did a bit ago. Multi-figures find you figuring out placement and clear views of the characters. It’s a balance. Few ladies I’ve never drawn before.

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2022-06-08

CONSIGNMENTS WANTED! Hake's Auctions is looking for comic books for our next auction and we want your copy of Aquaman Contact Hake's today about selling yours!

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2022-05-31

A model sheet for the main character of Man-Child out now

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2022-05-22