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TODAY'S FEATURE - Blog #3426: Recently, Jim Main of Main Enterprises sent in another of his newly published periodicals for possible review in this Blog. In the past, I've blogged about several of his publications, ranging from mini-comics to full sized magazines, as seen in this link: Main Enterprises. So what's this mini-comic titled 'Myths & Legends' #1 publication all about? Here's what the publisher has for a promo blurb: "This mini-comic features 23 illustrations of well known as well as obscure characters from various mythologies, legends, folklore and tall tales. A great deal of talented artists are on display here: Jeff Austin, Rock Baker, Troy Boyle, Dave Farley, Michael Grassia, Rusty Gilligan, Doug Holverson, John Lambert, John Larter, Joe Martino, Jeff Mason, Terry Pavlet, Rick Pilote, Steve Shipley, Dan Taylor, James Taylor and JTW. $2.75 postpaid in the USA." Here's my thoughts on the issue, as I start at the front cover... Front Cover: This depicts some warrior, name unknown, until I open up the mini-comic and see it and all of the 23 illustrations listed with names of the characters and who illustrated them. Although unnamed on the front cover, 'Mars' by James Taylor and Jeff Austin does start off the issue well... Inside front cover - 'Zeus' by John Lambert. Illustrated in the style that I've come to expect from John. Page 1 - The Table of Contents, which lists all 23 of the illustrations with the name of the 'Myth' or 'Legend', along with the illustrator(s). Plus a 'Welcome' message from the editor: "Welcome! Who here hasn't been exposed to the tall tales of foklore characters? Have been reared with epic stories of the gods of various mythologies? Heard about various sightings of strange creatures of land, sea and air? I know that I have, and that I am not alone! I decided to put my fascination of these themes together and give you this new publication of mine, 'Myths and Legends'. To me this was a labor of lvoe and I was truly overwhelmed by the material I had received by the various talented individuals who took the time to send in the illustrations you'll see within this title. To them, my heartfelt thanks." Pages 2 till the back cover: The remainder of the 21 illustrations are presented. With so many illustrations in this issue, I'm only going to hi-light some of them here that stood out personally for me. Page 3 - Selene the Moon Goddess - by Steve Shipley Page 6 - Circe - by Rock Baker and Rusty Gilligan Page 7 - Paul Bunyan - by Michael Grassia Page 15 - Hera - by Rock Baker and Rusty Gilligan Page 17 - Loch Ness Monster - by Joe Martino and Jeff Austin Page 18 - Minerva - by Rock Baker and Dave Farley Page 19 - Centaur - by Troy Boyle Inside Back Cover - Thor - by Terry Pavlet Back Cover - Venus - by Rock Baker and Dan W. Taylor Reading this mini-comic kind of reminded me of the yearbooks that the San Diego Comic Con International has printed for many years. In that a 'theme' is chosen, and then artists are asked to submit their illustrations for possible publication. Say like it's the 40th Anniversary of a comic strip character, or the 25th Anniversary of a comic book title. Receiving the yearbook in our 'goodie bag' each year after receiving our membership badge each year is one of the 'hi-lites' of attending that comic con! So I was interested in what Jim had titled this publication, and what his 'Welcome' stated the theme was about. I found that this was a pretty well organized anthology mini-comic. As stated before in this blog of mine... Anthologies are the hardest comic book for me to review blog on, usually due to the varied materials selected by the Editors / Publishers of the anthologies. Quite often there isn't a reason published as to why the issue was put together, or why the features were chosen for the issue. Not here, as Jim once again took the time to explain, prior to the reader going forward with viewing the features. I enjoyed reading this 1st issue of the Myths & Legends title. The choice of illustrations were varied, and represented the title chosen for this publication, 'Myths & Legends', very well. My Review Rating for this mini-comic is a: VERY FINE / NEAR MINT (VF/NM) out of a possible 10.0 Comic Book Grading scale. Retail Cover Price $1.75 ($2.75 when mailed) Page count: 24 pages Format: This is a 'mini-comic' sized 4" x 5 &1/2" with black & white interior pages and with black and white covers. General Readership - All Ages (IMO.) Here is the link to the order page for this anthology comic. Please see the other page links on that order page for the additional publications from Main Enterprises. There isn't a Facebook Fan Page for Main Enterprises. There is a Closed -Limited Public Content Facebook Group Page, which I'm not listing here. My thanks to Jim Main for sending me this publication for possible review! ~Michael D Hamersky
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What I realized after stopping and seeing the placard to the left, I realized it was on MAD TV that I recognized him from.
Reason Number One: When I was growing up, (yeah, way back when...Cover Dated November of 1963!), Captain America had been 'dead' for many years. As well as his 'sidekick', Bucky, who had died at the end of WWII. A 'try-out' of returning Captain America, (only), was done in Strange Tales #114. (Thanks again to Stan Lee, Jack Kirby, Dick Ayers, and Stan Goldberg!) 
Reason Number Two: I became 'Facebook Friends' with Allen Bellman in February of 2010, who is a well known Captain America artist. This after meeting him briefly at the Comic-Con International: San Diego (a.k.a. SDCC) back in July of 2007.
Reason Number Three: The Captain America: The First Avenger film is coming our way in July, during the Comic-Con International: San Diego week of July 21st - 24th. The Opening Day is on Friday, July 22nd.
