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Post by Rob Allen on May 11, 2017 16:56:12 GMT -5
I've had too much going on to post the last few requests Roy has made, but life is getting better so here's what Roy posted today:
Could use better scans (not reproduced from my bound volumes, in other
words) of the following for ALTER EGO #148, which deals with the 2000
All Time Classic con in White Plains, NY:
Page from Flash story in COMIC CAVALCADE #10 that has 3 panels of the
Three Dimwits, plus a big panel of the Flash slugging a trio of crooks
Last page of Flash story in COMIC CAVALCADE #24
Flash splashes from COMIC CAVALCADE #24 & #28
Atom splash panel from ALL-STAR COMICS #34
Cotton-Top Katie splash panel from ALL-STAR COMICS #34
Green Lantern splash page from COMIC CAVALCADE #19
Green Lantern splash page from COMIC CAVALCADE #28
Naturally, a copy of AE #148 will go out this August to all persons who
send me pages from the above list that are used in the issue, so it's
first-come-first-served, but I appreciate your consideration in any event.
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Post by Rob Allen on May 12, 2017 13:01:51 GMT -5
And another request from Roy:
At the last minute, I've gotten permission (from his daughter) to
serialize John Broome's memoir MY LIFE IN LITTLE PIECES in ALTER EGO,
starting in #149 (mostly a Gil Kane issue--fitting, since of course they
began the Silver Age GREEN LANTERN together). Actually, he mentions
relatively little about his SF and comics work, but we'll naturally be
using that kind of art (and other that might be suggested) to illustrate
his story, along with photos supplied by his daughter and others. I
could really use any of the following that you might have access to...
for #149 and for the issues that will follow:
Covers of issues of pulp magazines (I'm not sure which ones--probably
PLANET, among others) in which Broome's prose work appeared after WWII
(agented by Julie Schwartz)... or, perhaps even better, the
illustrations that accompanied his stories!
Comics stories from STRANGE ADVENTURES, MYSTERY IN SPACE, and key
splashes or pages from FLASH or GREEN LANTERN, either Silver or Golden
Age...
Other DC work by Broome, including lesser features in FLASH COMICS,
ALL-AMERICAN, etc.
Work by Broome done for other comics companies.
And, in particular-- photos and work by comics writer DAVID VERN REED,
who wrote Batman, et al., through the 1960s... esp. revamp of Batplane
in BATMAN #61 and intro of Deadshot in BATMAN #59, according to
wikipedia. Have never seen a photo of Reed... and it would really be
helpful. (He and Julie Schwartz, alas, are about the only comics people
mentioned in the memoir. At least we have a number of pics of the two
of them together circa 1946, together with their (future) wives.
Someone else provided this:
the list of John Broome's fiction (taken from philsp.com) - to help
those looking for these. (email from Steven Rowe)
BROOME, JOHN (1913-1999) (chron.)
* Appointment in Space, (ss) Thrilling Wonder Stories Aug 1941
* John Broome, (bg) Fantastic Adventures Sep 1941
Fantastic Adventures Quarterly (Reissue) Spr 1942
* The Cosmic Derelict, (ss) Planet Stories Sum 1942
* Introducing the Author:
* ___ John Broome, (bg) Fantastic Adventures Sep 1941
Fantastic Adventures Quarterly (Reissue) Spr 1942
* Land of Wooden Men, (nv) Fantastic Adventures Apr 1940
* Mr. Pym Makes a Deal, (ss) Fantastic Adventures May 1942
Fantastic Adventures Quarterly (Reissue) Win 1942
* The Pulsating Planet, (nv) Fantastic Adventures Sep 1941
Fantastic Adventures Quarterly (Reissue) Spr 1942
Fantastic Apr 1970
* The Redoubtable Horace Goppendyke, (ss) Weird Tales Jul 1942
Weird Tales (Canada) Nov 1942
* Trail’s End, (ss) Startling Stories Nov 1941
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Post by Rob Allen on May 24, 2017 17:34:31 GMT -5
Today's plea from Roy:
Still looking for a good 300 dpi scan of the Flash splash page from
COMIC CAVALCADE #25 (Feb.-March 1948). Any help would be appreciated.
Also, a preview of upcoming issues:
ALTER EGO #150+ Blurb Info
#150: STAN LEE’s 95th birthday—a special celebration! Rare LEE interview by WILL MURRAY, conducted in the 1980s—GER APELDOORN on Stan’s non-Marvel writing in the 1950s—STAN LEE/ROY THOMAS e-mails of the 21st century (yes, they used private servers!)—and more special features than you could shake Irving Forbush at! Also FCA, BILL SCHELLY, & MICHAEL T. GILBERT! Colorful Marvel multi-hero cover by Big JOHN BUSCEMA!
#151: The Owl! The Eye! Dr. Hypno! Solarman! Fantom of the Fair! These are just some of the fabulous Golden Age heroes drawn by FRANK THOMAS, whose life and times are celebrated by Comic Crypt’s MICHAEL T. GILBERT! Plus—from Captain Midnight to Korak—from Magic Morro to Magnus, Robot Fighter—the scintillating (and often offbeat) Golden & Silver Age super-heroes of Western Publishing’s DELL & GOLD KEY comics, annotated by STUART FISCHER! Art by MANNING, DITKO, KANE, MARSH, GILL, SPIEGLE, SPRINGER, NORRIS, SANTOS, THORNE, et al.! Plus FCA, BILL SCHELLY, & more!
#152: Presenting LARRY IVIE—maybe the most important Silver Age comic book artist/writer you never heard of! He conceived (and named!) the Justice League of America—he helped develop the T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents—he brought EC art greats to the world of Edgar Rice Burroughs—and he created Monsters & Heroes, one of the first magazines ever to bridge the gap between fan & pro! Artist/friend SANDY PLUNKETT chronicles this unsung star’s career, with art by WOOD, FRAZETTA, CRANDALL, KRENKEL, DOOLIN, & others—plus rarely-seen & never-seen Ivie art & story pages spotlighting Justice League, Hawkman, The Atom, Sandman, & Superman! Plus FCA, MICHAEL T. GILBERT, BILL SCHELLY, & more!
#153: The All Time Classic New York Comic Convention lives again! Building on A/E #148, this issue features all-star panels from JOE PETRILAK’s legendary 2000 con, showcasing the Golden Age (CUIDERA, HASEN, SCHWARTZ [LEW & ALVIN], BOLTINOFF, LAMPERT, GILL, FLESSEL) & the Silver Age (ANDERSON, FRADON, AYERS, [MARIE] SEVERIN, SINNOTT, DRAKE, BOLLE, GREEN, SIMONSON, WRIGHTSON, THOMAS). Plus FCA, MICHAEL T. GILBERT, BILL SCHELLY, & more!
#154: ALLEN BELLMAN—last man standing from the early-1940s Timely/Marvel Bullpen—interviewed by DR. MICHAEL J. VASSALLO about his memories of COLAN, LEE, SHORES, BUSCEMA, BRODSKY, et al.—and about his amazing Life After Comics on the comic-con circuit! Plus— coverage of the early-70s Marvel heroines The Cat, Shanna the She-Devil, and Night Nurse, featuring interviews with writers Linda Fite and Carole Seuling (and Roy Thomas on Jean Thomas' work), plus Cat artist Paty Cockrum.
#155: Great Golden Age artist NORMAN MAURER, remembered by his wife JOAN MAURER! Memories of CHARLES BIRO’s Daredevil, Crimebuster, Crime Does Not Pay—of St. John 3-D & Three Stooges comics with fellow legend JOE KUBERT—of his 1960s movies starring THE THREE STOOGES (MOE HOWARD was his father-in-law!)—plus NM’s work for Marvel, DC, Gold Key, Fox, et al.!
#156: Special FCA [Fawcett Collectors of America] issue! Captain Marvel painted cover by DON NEWTON!
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Post by Rob Allen on Jun 19, 2017 18:59:48 GMT -5
Today's missive from The Rascally One:
Trying to put together Gil Kane interviews and articles for ALTER EGO
#149 in the next couple of weeks tops. I have a lot of the mainstream
stuff, but there are some particularly needs... both of Gil's own work
and of some of the "history of comics" items and artists he wrote about
in a 1974 article for the HARVARD PICTORIAL FICTION magazine.
One thing I could really use--and did run in b&w in the trade paperback
collection ALTER EGO: THE COMIC BOOK ARTIST COLLECTION (out of print)
was an action page of Newsboy Legion and the Guardian from STAR SPANGLED
COMICS #35 (Aug. 1944)--I think it might be "page 10" (hard to read the
precise number). Any MLJ work would be welcome, too.
I'll be back, as other needs become apparent.
Thanks for listening,
Roy
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Post by Rob Allen on Jun 27, 2017 13:17:26 GMT -5
Any Ivy Leaguers here?
re: HARVARD JOURNAL OF PICTORIAL FICTION April 1974 - Gil Kane article
I've discovered that the version of the text of the above article by Gil
Kane that I've been using as I prepare ALTER EGO #149 has some serious
flaws in it... but I don't have access to an actual copy of the
magazine. Does anyone out there have an actual copy that could be
loaned to quickly and briefly... or perhaps scans of the pages could be
sent?
I've discovered, for instance, that in addition to a mistake at the
beginning of the text as to where the editor's intro leaves off and
Gil's actual article begins, there is a severe screw-up of some kind in
a paragraph, just a page or two into the article, that begins: "What is
each narrative art form best suited to?" I suspect that that sentence
may have been an editorial addition intended (but not used) as a
bold-lettered heading... but more important is the second sentence in
that paragraph, which reads:
From the pivotal statement, "A hero can be far more heroic in
comics than as played by a real person, "the author moves to a theory
that all forms of fiction draw images and motifs from the same source.
This sentence makes no sense, because "the author" intended, I could
tell at once, must be Gil Kane--who is being talked about there, and
certainly doesn't refer to himself as "the author" and describe what he
does in an article that we are right in the middle of! And sure enough,
just 3 sentences later, this sentence appears:
A hero can be far more heroic, or handsome, or spectacular in
comics than as played by a real person.
Something really got messed up here, and I'd like the text of the
article to be as good as it can be in AE #147. Anybody have any ideas?
If I have a copy of that issue anywhere, I sure haven't been able to lay
my hands on it.
Thanks for listening,
Roy
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Post by Rob Allen on Jun 28, 2017 19:27:03 GMT -5
A new request:
I always hate to throw something out like this, because several of you
generous souls will respond... yet I can only send a copy of the related
issue of ALTER EGO to the first person who sends a usable scan. I need
the splash page of the story "Battle Flag of the Foreign Legion" from
DC's DANGER TRAIL #3.
Thanks for listening,
Roy
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Post by Rob Allen on Jul 6, 2017 19:23:06 GMT -5
This just in:
Won't be at phone or PC for a couple of days, but really need the splash
of a Wally Wood war story done for DC in 50s... think there was just one
or so. Please send to Chris Day at chris@chrisdaydesign.com, and he'll
use the first copy that arrives. I just need to find out the comic,
issue, and date... I'll do my best to give a copy of AE #149 to first
provider(s).
If anyone wants to send them to me, please do so right now ONLY between
3:00 and 7:30 Eastern time... whatever that is in your time zone, if
different. Technical...
Thanks for listening,
Roy
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Post by Rob Allen on Jul 7, 2017 11:06:20 GMT -5
Followup to the last request, and a new one:
Thanks to Sharon Karibian of the list, I've discovered that Wally Wood
drew three 1956 war stories for DC. I have room for only use one good
splash in ALTER EGO #149, and I'm loath to waste anyone's time since I
have only one comp issue to give out (not counting Sharon). If someone
has one of these splashes, I'm hoping that person can e-mail it to
me--but only between the hours (Eastern time) of 3:00 AM to 7:30 AM.
Otherwise, heavy digital traffic can cause me severe problems with my
satellite server, which would negate any good. Anyway, the three
Wood-drawn stories are:
ALL-AMERICAN MEN OF WAR #29 (Jan. 1956) - "Battle Bridges"
ALL-AMERICAN MEN OF WAR #30 (Feb. 1956) - "Flying Camera"
OUR FIGHTING FORCES #10 (April-May 1956) - "Three Doors to War"
Thanks for listening, and sorry that lack of broadband is making me so
difficult to help just now. I'm hoping for better.
One last item for AE #149, and then I'll stop bothering you, I hope.
In the late 1950s, I think, there was at least one issue of a HENNESSEY
comic book published by Dell (perhaps in its FOUR COLOR series?) drawn
by Gil Kane. I need the splash page of that issue, along with issues #
and dates. Once again, due to potential problems with my server at this
time, I'm hoping that in this case the page can be sent NOT to me, but
to AE layout man Chris Day at chris@chrisdaydesign.com, and he will
inform me which person sent the page first and thus who is owed a copy
of ALTER EGO #149. But to all others, thanks... wish I could give you
all copies, but my publisher has nixed that arrangement.
Thanks,
Roy
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Post by Rob Allen on Jul 14, 2017 11:26:34 GMT -5
Here's one that I'll bet a few people here have:
Wondering if anyone has a good scan, from the original comic, of the
lead Hawkman splash from BRAVE AND THE BOLD #43. Alas, can only give
out a copy of ALTER EGO #149 to the first person who send me a 300 dpi
scan... but I don't have any way to fine-tune this request, I'm afraid.
Thanks for listening,
Roy
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Post by Rob Allen on Jul 31, 2017 10:37:38 GMT -5
Did anyone here ever communicate with Flo Steinberg? Here's Roy:
I've decided that I'm going to delay the second issue of ALTER EGO
devoted to the 2000 All Time Classic New York Comic Book Convention (the
first, in AE #148, is due out any day) and devoted issue #153 instead to
my late friend and colleague Flo Steinberg. I'd be interested in
first-hand reminiscences of Flo (that might well include encounters via
mail back in the day) for a special section of the issue... but I'm
always looking hard for a drawing of Flo that I can use on the cover of
the issue. I thought perhaps some good artist has done one that I might
be able to use, and I'm simply unaware of it. Any help out there?
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Post by Rob Allen on Aug 3, 2017 11:31:05 GMT -5
Roy would like to watch a couple of Marvel TV shows, and he has an update on upcoming issues of AE:
Seeing Marvel announce not just "The Defenders" now coming out but even
a second season of "Iron Fist," I was reminded that, since I'm not on
broadband out here in the Styx, I haven't even seen the first season of
"Iron Fist." I don't suppose there's anyone out there who's scored a
copy of that (or "The Defenders," of course) and could arrange to send
me DVDs of it? I could try to make it worth someone's while, if they'd
contact me off-list.
Thought I'd mention that, because of the untimely passing of my friend
and longtime colleague Flo Steinberg (ANY passing would have been
"untimely"), and since she and I never did quite get around to the
"final interview" she was going to do for AE, I've decided that ALTER
EGO #153, out next June, will cover-feature her and will contain, along
with a couple of rare interviews, tributes to her by various pros and
fans... and more are solicited, if you know someone who has any. The
rest of that issue will probably be filled out, coincidentally, by an
interview with her late-60s replacement at Marvel, Robin Green, who went
on to write a major piece for ROLLING STONE about Marvel a year or two
later (it'll be reprinted in the AE issue) and eventually became an
Emmy-winning writer on "The Sopranos."
The very next issue, #154, will cover-feature a new interview by Dr.
Michael J. Vassallo with Timely/Marvel Golden Ager Allen Bellman, and
also, in all probability, the coverage of the Marvel heroine titles of
45 years ago, THE CAT, SHANNA THE SHE-DEVIL, and NIGHT NURSE, with
interviews with writers Linda Fite and Carol Seuling, artist Paty
Cockrum, and with me on NIGHT NURSE since my former wife Jean has
decided against giving one. (#155 will feature
Daredevil/Crimebuster/CRIME DOES NOT PAY/Three Stooges artist Norman
Maurer... and #156 will be an FCA/Fawcett issue with Don Newton and
other Fawcett and Captain Marvel-related topics... with #151 starring
Frank Thomas (the Owl, the Eye, etc.) by Michael T. Gilbert...and #152
focusing on fan/pro artist Larry Ivie, covered by friend and artist
Sandy Plunkett... both, I think, will be real eye-openers as to why
Thomas and Ivie deserve our attention.
By the way, the second issue featuring panels and pictures from the 2000
All Time Classic New York Comic Book Convention (the first is #148, just
now coming out) has thus had to be pushed back from #153 to #157, in
February of 2019. For a guy who never liked to think about THE AVENGERS
two issues ahead, I sure have to do a lot of planning in advance for
ALTER EGO!
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Post by Rob Allen on Aug 28, 2017 17:10:10 GMT -5
This just in:
Does anyone have one good daily and/or one Sunday from the SPIDER-MAN
strip of 1988? Could use it for AE #150.
HOWEVER--please don't send it without contacting me first! As many of
you know, I don't have broadband, and I get penalized severely by my
satellite server (like, slowing down of Internet for days, etc.) if I go
over a certain amount of digital info sent AND/OR received during a
given period... and I'm perilously close to that situation right now.
One can send any amount of data to me if it's done between 3:00 AM and
7:00 AM Eastern time... but only then, right now, please!
Thanks for listening,
Roy
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Post by Rob Allen on Sept 1, 2017 16:29:10 GMT -5
Anybody with unslabbed early Marvels?
I know these are rare items, and I am looking for scans shot from the original comics, not from reprints... but I could sure use the lead splash pages from the following 1962 Marvel comics:
Thor in JOURNEY INTO MYSTERY #83
Ant-Man in TALES TO ASTONISH #35
INCREDIBLE HULK #3
Might be best to contact me before sending them; I don't want anyone to risk manhandling such valuable comics (even though there were printed on paper that was the next thing to old rags) and then find out someone else has already sent me that page.
Thanks for listening,
Roy
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Post by Rob Allen on Oct 27, 2017 15:38:41 GMT -5
Today's Rascally Request:
Looking for a bit of help, as usual. Does anyone have a scan of good interior art from the 1964 BUCK ROGERS Gold Key one-shot drawn by Ray Bailey?
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Post by Rob Allen on Oct 30, 2017 13:03:00 GMT -5
And another:
Combination of factors (including eye problems) put me behind on this issue... and now I belatedly realize, as I should have earlier, that the public domain sites I was counting on don't have Gold Key or even later Dell material. I can give copies of AE #151 to the first person who sends the pages I use from these...
I don't need covers (they're easily available from the GCD), but could use good representative action or dramatic pages, no more than 1 or 2 from each, please, of:
Dell:
Dracula (the 3 super-heroes for these first 3, not the movie adaptations)
Frankenstein
The Werewolf
Mandrake the Magician (1956 one-shot)
Superheroes (1967)
Gold Key:
Doc Savage (1966 one-shot)
Jungle Twins
Neutro (one-shot, 1967)
Nukla
Tiger Girl
Tragg and the Sky Gods
Thanks for listening,
Roy
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