Old Comics

I would read the hell out of this comic.

Flashpoint is going to end in new #1 issues across the board and new origin issues for everyone, that much is clear. Will it be the earth shattering annihilation of Crisis on Infinite Earths, or the long-forgotten supposed reboot of Zero Hour?

Via Yesterday's Papers, aging goodness from Knockout.

That's the original from "Silver #22" but the reimagining by Robert Goodin is even more disturbing -- please click on the link to enjoy! But we couldn't help wondering...what is this "Silver"? An early comic by Jim Woodring or Hans Rickheit? The work of an unknown cousin to Fletcher Hanks? Or a spin-off from KRAMERS ERGOT? Surely only the fecund imaginations of a contemporary indie cartoonist could imagine a calfskin giving birth to an Indian, face first, through a large vagina in its throat. Right?

As The Beatrix, on vacation up country, deals with the new server and its delusion that it's an electronic bulletin board from 1982, I am performing caretaker duties here at Stately Beat Manor. So, some...

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If this cover to FOUR COLOR No. 423, September 1952 were published today it would totally be hipsteriffic.

Case of the Explosive Vegetables! John Broome, Carmine Infantino and Murphy Anderson THE FLASH #152; May, 1965

Can an old-fashioned comic book company that lasted about a year in the newsstand era find happiness in the modern world of licensing and Hollywood exploitation? That's what Stan Lee's cousin (by marriage) is counting on, with the relaunch of Atlas Comics. Atlas/Seaboard was founded by Martin Goodman, founder of the original Marvel/Atlas/Timely. After selling Marvel to the distributor Cadence, Goodman got back into the publishing game in 1974 with Atlas Comics, a short-lived but innovative outfit that offered art returns, profit sharing, and other ahead-of-their-times perks. However, it didn't last long -- by 1975, it was dead.

Via Superitch, an example of Canada's WWII comics efforts, in the shape of a complete Johnny Canuck story. We would give a lot to have a larger image of this cover, but alas, the internet has failed us. THAT'S how special Johnny Canuck is.

Via Comic Book Bin, info on the new Felix the Cat: The Great Comic Book Tails from IDW, compiled by inexhaustible Craig Yoe.

Via PR, another swell-looking collection of vintage kids comics, this time collated by Craig Yoe as part of his line of books at IDW. Award-winning comics creator and historian Craig Yoe has done it...