I read a lot of Black Orchid stories in the 70's -- I think maybe they were back-ups with Phantom Stranger stories? -- but I never read this run...
If I remember rightly, the Adventure Comics appearances were the Orchid's original run, and, when the book shifted to other featured characters, her feature was transplanted to Phantom Stranger.
Searching my memory -- Black Orchid was created and written by the legendary Sheldon Mayer, editor of All-Star Comics and co-creator of the JSA, but better known for his cartoon work on Scribbly and Sugar & Spike. The artist was either Nestor Redondo or Tony DeZuniga, but, for the life of me, I can't recall which.
I read a lot of Black Orchid stories in the 70's -- I think maybe they were back-ups with Phantom Stranger stories? -- but I never read this run...
If I remember rightly, the Adventure Comics appearances were the Orchid's original run, and, when the book shifted to other featured characters, her feature was transplanted to Phantom Stranger.
Searching my memory -- Black Orchid was created and written by the legendary Sheldon Mayer, editor of All-Star Comics and co-creator of the JSA, but better known for his cartoon work on Scribbly and Sugar & Spike. The artist was either Nestor Redondo or Tony DeZuniga, but, for the life of me, I can't recall which.
DeZuniga. It only went for three issues in Adventure, but they were pretty interesting.
I read a lot of Black Orchid stories in the 70's -- I think maybe they were back-ups with Phantom Stranger stories? -- but I never read this run...
If I remember rightly, the Adventure Comics appearances were the Orchid's original run, and, when the book shifted to other featured characters, her feature was transplanted to Phantom Stranger.
Searching my memory -- Black Orchid was created and written by the legendary Sheldon Mayer, editor of All-Star Comics and co-creator of the JSA, but better known for his cartoon work on Scribbly and Sugar & Spike. The artist was either Nestor Redondo or Tony DeZuniga, but, for the life of me, I can't recall which.
DeZuniga. It only went for three issues in Adventure, but they were pretty interesting.
I remember all those Phantom Stranger/Black Orchid stories fondly. I need to track them down in reprints sometime (if they exist)...
I read a lot of Black Orchid stories in the 70's -- I think maybe they were back-ups with Phantom Stranger stories? -- but I never read this run...
If I remember rightly, the Adventure Comics appearances were the Orchid's original run, and, when the book shifted to other featured characters, her feature was transplanted to Phantom Stranger.
Searching my memory -- Black Orchid was created and written by the legendary Sheldon Mayer, editor of All-Star Comics and co-creator of the JSA, but better known for his cartoon work on Scribbly and Sugar & Spike. The artist was either Nestor Redondo or Tony DeZuniga, but, for the life of me, I can't recall which.
DeZuniga. It only went for three issues in Adventure, but they were pretty interesting.
I remember all those Phantom Stranger/Black Orchid stories fondly. I need to track them down in reprints sometime (if they exist)...
The entire Phantom Stranger run from the 60's/70's has been collected in two Showcase Presents volumes, though, unless they were teamed up, I doubt the Orchid stories were included.
No, I have the Phantom Stranger volumes, and no back-ups are included except for the ones like “Dr. Thirteen” and the one “Deadman” where the Phantom Stranger shows up in the story.
Thanks, guys, The Phantom Stranger ones would be worth it to me on their own. I'll have to add those to my list. But, yeah, would love to read those Black Orchids, too...
For a time, EC Comics tried a few venues other than horror and sci-fi. Valor was a short-lived attempt to tell tales about men, real men, participating in High Adventure. Cover by Wally Wood.
The 1990's run of The Spectre was probably the best of them all, written by John Ostrander and mostly drawn by Tom Mandrake. The series took a long, hard look at the Avatar of God's Vengeance and explored his mission and its pitfalls, from his origins to a final resolution for this incarnation. And the series boasted a long run of stunning covers by a host of top artists. This one was provided by Charles Vess.
The 90's gave us a post-Crisis update of Rip Hunter, Time Master, and a revised approach to time travel after the wreckage of the Crisis, and featured a lot of DC guest stars. In all honesty, I thought this series was a better thought-out and executed approach to the character and the series than his original 60's run. Cover by Art Thibert.
That Jack Kirby! He can draw anything! Even ducks with tommy guns!
Created by Steve Gerber and drawn by Jack Kirby and Alfredo Alcala, this was a special benefit comic to help pay for Gerber's lawsuit against Marvel over the rights to Howard The Duck. There were a few extra features in the issue, and all of the writers and artists worked pro bono for this issue. Cover is by Jack Kirby and Neal Adams.
(As a bonus note, this issue also features the first appearance of Sergio Aragones' Groo.)
No idea who thought comics based on WWF would be huge. But this is one of the earliest things to be published by Valiant. Love that the Big Bossman is fighting the Mountie out in woods.
Another early title from Valiant. From the stuff I have read the Nintendo based books sold well enough for Valiant to pay to license Magnus,Solar and Turok.
This early comic from Valiant should have been titled Super Mario Land. Cause all the stories in it are based off the first Super Mario game for the Gameboy. This issue has some great Gray Morrow artwork on the interiors.
What a gorgeous cover. Charles Vess did some great pieces for Neil Gaiman's SANDMAN. Those meta-fictional adaptations of Shakespeare's plays "A Midsummer Night's Dream" and "The Tempest" are some of my favorite works in comics.
Feel free to post more of Charles Vess goodness :)>-
Always loved this cover of Princess Zelda kicking ass.
Awesome (western) take on the whole Zelda thing. I wonder about the interiors and if it also was being published in Japan.
The interiors are decent,from what I remember. I don't have this comic anymore it was another lost in the "Great ex-wife burns part of my collection" fire years ago.
It's about time I post a Spider-man cover. I love this one because not only do you get a view of Spidey but you get a most of his supporting cast. I have used this cover to help cos players and artist when they have asked me "What does the back of Spider-Man's costume look like"
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Cover by D'Israeli
Bob Oksner
And another Steranko...my random draw program is on a Steranko kick!
Jim Steranko
I had it years ago. But it was one of the many comics lost when my then wife set fire to part of my collection.
Searching my memory -- Black Orchid was created and written by the legendary Sheldon Mayer, editor of All-Star Comics and co-creator of the JSA, but better known for his cartoon work on Scribbly and Sugar & Spike. The artist was either Nestor Redondo or Tony DeZuniga, but, for the life of me, I can't recall which.
what about the story?
So much so that I have annotated them
https://sites.google.com/site/scarlettracesannotations/stickleback
and
https://sites.google.com/site/scarlettracesannotations/home/stickleback-london-s-burning
The Marvel Age makes funny!
Cover by Jack Kirby and Joe Sinnott.
For a time, EC Comics tried a few venues other than horror and sci-fi. Valor was a short-lived attempt to tell tales about men, real men, participating in High Adventure. Cover by Wally Wood.
The 1990's run of The Spectre was probably the best of them all, written by John Ostrander and mostly drawn by Tom Mandrake. The series took a long, hard look at the Avatar of God's Vengeance and explored his mission and its pitfalls, from his origins to a final resolution for this incarnation. And the series boasted a long run of stunning covers by a host of top artists. This one was provided by Charles Vess.
The 90's gave us a post-Crisis update of Rip Hunter, Time Master, and a revised approach to time travel after the wreckage of the Crisis, and featured a lot of DC guest stars. In all honesty, I thought this series was a better thought-out and executed approach to the character and the series than his original 60's run. Cover by Art Thibert.
That Jack Kirby! He can draw anything! Even ducks with tommy guns!
Created by Steve Gerber and drawn by Jack Kirby and Alfredo Alcala, this was a special benefit comic to help pay for Gerber's lawsuit against Marvel over the rights to Howard The Duck. There were a few extra features in the issue, and all of the writers and artists worked pro bono for this issue. Cover is by Jack Kirby and Neal Adams.
(As a bonus note, this issue also features the first appearance of Sergio Aragones' Groo.)
No idea who thought comics based on WWF would be huge. But this is one of the earliest things to be published by Valiant. Love that the Big Bossman is fighting the Mountie out in woods.
Another early title from Valiant. From the stuff I have read the Nintendo based books sold well enough for Valiant to pay to license Magnus,Solar and Turok.
Based on the Saturday morning cartoon,this title from Valiant actually wasn't that bad.
This early comic from Valiant should have been titled Super Mario Land. Cause all the stories in it are based off the first Super Mario game for the Gameboy. This issue has some great Gray Morrow artwork on the interiors.
Always loved this cover of Princess Zelda kicking ass.
Always loved the Dr Mario games,and this comic isn't a bad adaptation of the game.
For some reason the Bushwackers on this cover remind me of the Wonder Twins.
Feel free to post more of Charles Vess goodness :)>-
From the 50's: the first appearance of Bat-Mite. "I'm your greatest fan!"
Cover by Curt Swan and Stan Kaye.