I haven't even begun.

RELEASE THE HOUNDS !!!

Why do you think that I started this thread?

M

Comics.org creits the ST 7 to Everett (pencils and inks), but as I mentioned it is not universally accepted. I read somewhere else that the woman's face looks like Everett.

JiM 1 is credited to Heath for both pencils and inks.

Mike

Any credits on who did the inks on the War Comics #7?

I would say Brodsky looking at the proof but I don't have any proof to back that up.

Good call Conner, I think you might be right.

More Burgos (Not a book I own, unfortunately).

Fred Kida (born December 12, 1920, New York City, New York) is an American comic book and comic strip artist best known for the characters Airboy and Valkyrie. Born and raised in Manhattan, Kida attended New York City's American School of Design. Like many young artists in the Golden Age of comic books, he then broke into the field at the Jerry Iger Studio, formerly Eisner & Iger, one of the earliest "packagers" that produced outsourced comic book content for publishers entering the new medium. Starting as an inker and background artist in 1941, Kida moved on to a staff position at Iger client Quality Comics. There he both penciled and inked his first known credited work, the feature "Phantom Clipper" in Military Comics #9 (April 1942).

In 1942, he joined Hillman Periodicals, where he drew such features as "Iron Ace", "Boy King" and "Gunmaster", and the following year began work on his most prominent Golden Age character, Airboy. That aviation hero, created by writer Charles Biro with scripter Dick Wood and artist Al Camy, appeared initially in Air Fighters Comics, later renamed "Airboy Comics". Aside from Airboy himself, the feature was known for the sexy antagonist the Valkyrie, a cleavage-baring Axis aviatrix who soon defected and became his ally.

Kida remained on the feature through 1948, afterward working with writer Biro on such Hillman crime comics as the seminal Crime Does Not Pay. In 1953, he left to freelance for Atlas Comics, the 1950s forerunner of Marvel Comics. There he worked on characters including the Western gunslingers the Ringo Kid and the Two-Gun Kid and the medieval hero the Black Knight, and anthological horror, war and Bible stories.

In addition to his comic-book work, Kida in 1941 was one of writer-artist Will Eisner's assistants on the newspaper Sunday-supplement comic-book The Spirit; and from 1946-47 assisted artist Bob Fujitani (also known as "Bob Wells") on the comic strip Judge Wright. He also briefly assisted Milt Caniff on the strip Steve Canyon. Most notably, however, Kida assisted artist Dan Barry on the long-running strip Flash Gordon from 1958-61 and then again from 1968-71; and, under his own byline, drew the comic strip The Amazing Spider-Man from 1981-86.

After spending time concentrating on comic strips, Kida returned to Marvel in the 1970s, primarily as an inker, working on such characters as Iron Man, Godzilla, Ka-Zar, Luke Cage, Man-Wolf, and (for Marvel UK) Captain Britain. His final known full comic-book credit is the superhero-team title The Defenders #72 (June 1979) - featuring Marvel's own character called Valkyrie. His last known published comic book work was in the 1980s Eclipse Comics revamp of Airboy, to which he contributed a full-page pinup featuring both Airboy and Valkyrie.

Great educational info Mike. I never even heard of Fred Kida.

Excellent reading, Mike, as usual.

That Hillman Valkyrie to Marvel Valkyrie to Eclipse/Hillman Valkyrie is a pretty interesting turn of events.

Newest purchase just picked up at the PO today.

Burgos cover, three Dick Ayers Torch stories and an Everett Namor story for good measure.

More Atlas:


We need more posts here so. Guess the cover artist![/list]

Hmm, lemme guess... X Atencio?

Newest addition to my collection. Another cover by Harry Anderson who is discussed briefly in the Friday Afternoon Atlas Tales thread.

Russ Heath, pre-code, vampire cover

This is a fun book for lovers of Marvel pre-hero stories! Kirby, Ayers, Ditko, Heck, Everett.





I Unleashed SHAGG Upon the World!
Stan Lee (Script), Jack Kirby (Pencils), Dick Ayers (Inks)
Reprinted: From Journey Into Mystery (Marvel, 1952 series) #59

I Come from the Shadow World!
Stan Lee (Script), Steve Ditko (Pencils), Steve Ditko (Inks)
Reprinted: from Tales of Suspense (Marvel, 1959 series) #7

He Waits for Us in the Glacier!
? (Script), Don Heck (Pencils), Don Heck (Inks)
Reprinted: From Tales to Astonish (Marvel, 1959 series) #7

I Became a... Human Bomb!
? (Script), Paul Reinman (Pencils), Paul Reinman (Inks)
Reprinted: From Tales to Astonish (Marvel, 1959 series) #6

GROTTU, King of the Insects!
? (Script), Jack Kirby (Pencils), Bill Everett (Inks)
Reprinted: From Strange Tales (Marvel, 1951 series) #73

I Know the Secret of the Poltergeist!
? (Script), Steve Ditko (Pencils), Steve Ditko (Inks)
Reprinted: from Tales to Astonish (Marvel, 1959 series) #1

I Saw the Serpent that Saved the World!
? (Script), Don Heck (Pencils), Don Heck (Inks)
Reprinted: From Journey Into Mystery (Marvel, 1952 series) #55

The Stranger in Space!
? (Script), John Forte (Pencils), John Forte (Inks)
Reprinted: From Journey Into Mystery (Marvel 1952 series) #53

I Saw DIABLO! The Demon from the 5th Dimension!
? (Script), Jack Kirby (Pencils), Dick Ayers (Inks)
Reprinted: from Tales of Suspense (Marvel, 1959 series) #9

I Found the Giant in the Sky!
? (Script), Steve Ditko (Pencils), Steve Ditko (Inks)
Reprinted: From Journey Into Mystery (Marvel, 1952 series) #55

Beware!! The Ghosts Surround Me!!
? (Script), Don Heck (Pencils), Don Heck (Inks)
Reprinted: From Strange Tales (Marvel, 1951 series) #76

I Saw the Invasion of the Stone Men
? (Script), Steve Ditko (Pencils), Steve Ditko (Inks)
Reprinted: From Tales to Astonish (Marvel, 1959 series) #6

A Martian Walks Among Us!
? (Script), Jack Kirby (Pencils), Dick Ayers (Inks)
Reprinted: From Strange Tales (Marvel, 1951 series) #78

One of my very favorites!

Hey Mike, is that my old 7.5 that you won from me off of eBay many years back? I still remember dropping it off at the front desk of the hotel for you.

Yep.

M

It's pics like this that make me wish I had've collected this stuff when it was still affordable.

Great Burgos cover. Reminds me of that Twilight ZOne episode.

"Going My Way?"


The Hitch-Hiker (1960) will be aired at 7:30 pm EST as part of a Twilight Zone Marathon on December 31st on The SciFi Channel.

Sweet. Gonna load up on some junk food and find a cozy spot on the couch.

Unfortunately they chop about 3 minutes off each episode and the commercial breaks drive me nuts, which is why I DVR all of them. It is possible they may air these uncut as has been done in the past, though I kinda doubt it. The prints are incredible quality on SciFi HD if you get that.

I submit for your approval....
This is the one to get !

http://www.amazon.com/Twilight-Zone-Sea ... B00068NVMK

How dare they butcher the classics

You might recall years ago these were made available exclusively via mail order in VHS. Someone I know loaned them to me and I dubbed every episode to S-VHS.