Shock Gibson Meets The Black Cat and Captain Freedom

Shock Gibson is having a hard day. There is a mass of Nazi planes headed for the United Sates, he can't make a quick get away from his First Sargent, and he is quickly finding he is in the kind of trouble he won't live though on his own.

Find out the story behind the cover.

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Piano lesson got you down? Here is just the thing for you.

From Suizie Comics #60

Too Many Boy Friends

Kathy wasn't a romance comics, but it did often have a romantic comedy based plots. The text story below is a bit more serous than the normal Kathy fair, but it fits well for the Season of Love!

From Kathy 11

This story is by Mickey Marks. From what I can piece together he/she spent most of their comics writing career most of his writing for on comedy features. He also worked on on issues of Blue Bolt (Novelty Press) as "Mickey Klar Marks" You can some of the comics he/she wrote for here. Mostly though he embraced the 'funny animal' genre. 

Man-Huntin' Minne

1950s comics had little love for women. I mean, look at poor Lois Lane (although she gotten no respect since the 1930s).

Man-Huntin' Minne is right up there with Knothead Nellie in the world of Dizzy Dames. Minnie's strip just last longer. 

From Dizzy Dames #2 (1952)

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Pink Elephants, A Fact

Atomic Comics #1 brings you one page of facts.

Things that are also facts:

1) That tree would not hold that house in for long, if you could pull that off at all.

2) If your elephant is pink, you have had way too much of something. 

Blue Beetle, Civic-Minded Hero

Mystery Men Comics #4 (Fox, 1939)

Just a reminder Blue Beetle is awesome. 

Talk about Talkies by Mary Patrick

A little historical object interest from More Fun Comics #10 (May, 1936)

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Too be honest this one isn't from a comic, but file it under too interesting to ignore.

Source

The Evil Oak

Oooo! Tree Scary!

Here we a a short crime story written by Gardner Fox (Paul Dean) and illustrated by Creig Flessel from Atomic Comics #1, a reprint from Detective Comics #4.

Happy New Year!

Barry O'Neill and Fang Gow of China

No one speaks normal English
in this comic

Not too long before the publication of Superman and the rise of the capes, there was Barry O’Neill. Barry is lauded as the first modern action hero in comics. He has a strong jaw, quick punch, and blank personality.

Barry is a creation Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson. A idea born to help his new business a line of comic books containing all original material. Barry started appearing in National Periodical Publications' (DC) very first comic, New Fun Comics, in 1935. He moved to More Fun Comics when the title changed, continuing in two pages installments until #25.

His arch villain, Fang Gow, was yet another Fu Manchu-styled stereotype. The plots and side characters could have easily been lifted from the pages of Sax Rohmer's Fu Manchu.

Fang Gow was never really as interesting as his fellow yellow peril villains. His only unique feature is his directed hatred for France rather than some vague white, western enemy.Given China history with France at the time, this effort makes some historical sense.

He did make a serum to turn men in to wax dummies one time. That was interesting.  Sadly, like most really cool serums of the 1930s and 40s, it was never heard from again.

Barry and his side kick Legrande returned to fight their genius adversary in 1946. Atomic Comics reprinted 12 of their adventures with new art by Leo O'Mealia. With World War II over negative Chinese stereotypes were deemed usable again. See his reprinted adventures from Atomic Comics #1 below.


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Leo O'Mealia also did the art for the news strip adaption of Fu Manchu in 1931 to 1933.

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Suzie Comics #60 (1945)