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Wednesday, October 5, 2011
My Take On: Scarlet Huntress #2 From SMComics.com!
Mood:  caffeinated
Topic: Comic Books - New

                                        

Scarlet Huntress 

#2

From SMComics.com!

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Top Left Photo: Sean Forney invites you to see him at the Wizard World Mid-Ohio Con running October 22-23 of 2011.
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Above Top Photo:  The Front Cover to Scarlet Huntress #2 - The Photo Cover Variant - With Grianne Jeanette as the Scarlet Huntress - Photographer - Renee Needham!
  

TODAY'S FEATURE - Blog #3519:

This past Saturday I blogged about the upcoming Long Beach Comic & HoRRoR Con that is running October 29th & 30th in Long Beach, California.

The con's promoters had just added the 'HoRRoR' title to the name of the con, as the con keeps occuring during the Halloween period.

So I thought to continue this week with review blogs on HoRRor / MoNSTer / Sci-Fi comic books that have been given to me or mailed in for review. Here's the third one of this week's reviews:

Scarlet Huntress #2 - Photo Cover Variant!

I've review blogged the Scarlet Huntress Preview Issue before in blog #3232 back in September of 2010.  So I was looking forward to seeing how the 2nd issue of this series turned out in print...

Here's what I found when reading the comic book:

Front Cover -  I received the photo cover variant to possibly review.  I usually like female characters with live models on the front cover... And this photo cover variant was no exception!  She came across exactly as what the creator, Sean Forney, had illustrated in the Preview issue I had review blogged earlier!

Inside Front Cover - Showed that there were three different covers to this issue #2, which I am not usually a fan of... Unless there are only two covers, with one a photo cover.  There were additional credits and links shown on this inside front cover, which was used as a 'credits page'.

Splash Page - Not used as a 'splash page', but rather as page one of the story.

Interior Pages - Tells the following story:  "After running away for two years due to the death of her mother, Scarlet returns hoping to move on with her life. Instead her plans change when she learns of a secret family legacy that will change her life forever. Through her grandmother Scarlet learns of a hidden world full of evil, werewolves, and huntresses. Now Scarlet must decide if she can truly complete her first kill as a Huntress."

After 24 pages of story, which are printed in black & white, there are 2 pages of color pin-ups, 3 pages of black & white pin-ups, and then a color photo page of the model as 'Scarlet Huntress', with a house ad page of the Scarlet Huntress as a 'game'. 

The Inside Back Cover is a color ad...

The Back Cover is a color pin up page of the Scarlet Huntress.

So what's my take on this 2nd issue?

I found that the cover variant I received was a nice touch in having the character jump out at me when first looking at it.  The model fit the image that Sean had illustrated over a year ago in the Preview issue.

The inside cover page was okay, but could have been laid out a little better for reading.

The interior pages, in black and white, were fine... UNTIL I came to the color pin up pages!

I'm not a 'color snob'... But after seeing those pages in color, this comic book could be far easier to read AND sell to a wider audience range.

What I viewed in the Scarlet Huntress Preview comic that I review blogged last year, is turning out to be a good comic book series.  But seriously... The next issue should be looked at closely as printing in color...

So... I'm giving this a VERY FINE / NEAR MINT (VF/NM) 9.0 out of a possible 10.0 comic book grade, because of what I just mentioned above.

If you don't see this comic book at your LCBS... You can purchase this comic issue #2 in a digital format at Graphicly at this link. Or check out the SM Comics web site for it.

To be interactive with Sean Forney and / or his wife Stephanie Forney, who is the writer of this issue, you can 'Like' their Facebook Fan Page at: Sean Forney Illustration!

Thanks again to Sean & Stephanie Forney for bringing this issue #2 to my attention!

~Michael D Hamersky On Comics!


NOTE FROM THE BLOGGER:

My thanks again to all of YOU reading this blog and our archived blog posts, now at 3,519 total posts in number!   I do appreciate your continued reading and support of this Blog!

BTW, You can 'follow' this blog by clicking the 'Follow' Button at this NetworkedBlogs app link!  We currently have over 2,561 'Followers'!  Thanks to ALL of YOU that have already clicked that button! 

And for those of YOU that haven't yet... I would appreciate it if YOU would!!!

~ Michael D Hamersky

Note:  My online 'Local' Comic Book Shop (LCBS), carries many different genres of comics, magazines, graphic novels, and comic con promotional items. Possibly even copies of the item(s) that was mentioned here today...!

If I have it... You can find it 'Under The Big Top Of Comics' at:  

http://www.ComicBooksCircus.com/ 

Web Page Note:  This blog post is written for the IE Browser standards.  Chrome, Safari, Netscape, Firefox and the other browsers serve the page up differently, sorry about that!

The screen display resolution is best seen at the setting of 1024 x 768 on your laptop or desktop computer.  Note:  As of Monday, June 27th, 2011, I'll be using my new laptop, where the default resolution is 'higher', so there may be some temporary glitches until I am used to the new resolution.

NOTE: All images and characters within this blog post are copyright and trademark their respective owners.

Comics Creators: If you are breaking into, or already work in the comic book industry or other pop culture productions, you are welcome to email or mail us press releases, news items, and updates that you feel would be of interest to our blog readers. Including YOUR own works!

To mail printed items to us for possible review, send to:

Make It So Marketing Inc., PO Box 130653, Carlsbad, CA 92013

 Also, if you are a Facebook member, I would have liked you to send me a 'Friend Request'. However, I have reached the maximum limit of 5,000 Facebook Friends and Fan pages already, so I've added a New 'Facebook Fan Page' so that even more of YOU can 'Like' what I am doing, and be interactive with me and others there.  Here is the link to that 'Facebook Fan Page': Michael D Hamersky On Comics! Please click the 'Like' button on that page! 
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Posted by makeitsomarketing at 12:01 AM PDT
Updated: Wednesday, October 5, 2011 5:39 AM PDT
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Tuesday, October 4, 2011
My Take On: Territory 51 #1 From LawDog Comics!
Mood:  caffeinated
Topic: Comic Books - New

                                        

Territory 51 #1

From LawDog Comics!

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Top Left Photo: The Front Cover to Territory 51 #1.
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Above Top Photo:  James Heffron, Publisher, with Michael D Hamersky at the 2011 Comic-Con International: San Diego!
  

TODAY'S FEATURE - Blog #3518:

Saturday I blogged about the upcoming Long Beach Comic & HoRRoR Con that is running October 29th & 30th in Long Beach, California.

The con's promoters had just added the 'HoRRoR' title to the name of the con, as the con keeps occuring during the Halloween period.

So I thought to continue this week with review blogs on HoRRor / MoNSTer / Sci-Fi comic books that have been given to me or mailed in for review. Here's the second one of this week's reviews:

Territory 51 #1 From Law Dog Comics, which I missed when it first came out a few years back. 

I saw this at the recent 2011 San Diego Comic Con International, as seen in the top right photo of this blog post, where I am with James Heffron, Publisher at LawDog Comics.

I've already reviewed blogged another 'Law Dog Comics' graphic novel, written by Michael Heffron, EIC at LawDog Comics, in blog #3227 as seen here. That one was on The Further Adventures Of D.B. Cooper. When Michael saw me at the Law Dog Comics booth, he introduced me to James.  

Anyways, long story short... I ended up walking away with Territory 51 #1 and another comic that caught my interest, that is available for review in the future.

Right now I want to review this issue:

Front Cover - I'm definitely into what this cover shows... Cowboys and Monsters / Aliens?   (See my review blog  #3474 on Cowboys & Aliens film here, which I didn't see until after the SDCC.) 

Inside Front Cover - Credits Page... Very well done, with tongue in cheek listings!

Splash Page... More of a cinematic opening than an actual splash page... Which got me right into the storyline!

Interior Pages - The creators of this title start off with what could be considered a 'classic scene', where the modern day military discovers something that has happened in the past which now gives them concern in the present.  The story moves right along, and yeah, we are going back in time to view what happened. I'm fine with all of this, except for the lettering, which at times seems to be varied a little too much.

Last Page - What a ride so far! There's 22 pages of story, and then 10 pages of house ads. For other titles from Law Dog Comics, including Athena Voltaire, which I've also received and need to review soon. (I do get backed up after big cons like SDCC in review blogging!) There are also 2 pages from Issue #2 of Territory 51, inclluding interior art previewed, so yeah, I'm very interested in how this storyline turned out!

Inside Back Cover - Another 'house ad', this one for comics creators to enter the LawDog Talent Search.

Back Cover - The Logo for Law Dog Comics.

So What's My Take on this 1st Issue?

There was a lot of storyline and action in the jam-packed 22 pages of story in this issue. The storyline, dialogue, artwork and colors were a good introduction to this series.

I have to come back to the lettering though... It did make the issue a little hard to read, when I sit back and think about it.  

All in all, this 1st issue delivered what the front cover hinted at... And I am satisfied for a first issue being an intro to the series!

So... I'm giving this a VERY FINE / NEAR MINT (VF/NM) 9.0 out of a possible 10.0 comic book grade, because of what I just mentioned above.

You can purchase this comic book to see for yourself.  I don't see a 'shop' at their web site to purchase a hard copy,  but at this link you can can see that they are setting up their digital comics line at Graphicly.  I will have to update this blog post in the future on how to obtain their comics easier, as their main web site appears to be undergoing rennovation.

In the meantime, thanks to the Heffrons for suggesting this comic book title as one that I would enjoy... As I did!

~Michael D Hamersky On Comics!


NOTE FROM THE BLOGGER:

My thanks again to all of YOU reading this blog and our archived blog posts, now at 3,518 total posts in number!   I do appreciate your continued reading and support of this Blog!

BTW, You can 'follow' this blog by clicking the 'Follow' Button at this NetworkedBlogs app link!  We currently have over 2,565 'Followers'!  Thanks to ALL of YOU that have already clicked that button! 

And for those of YOU that haven't yet... I would appreciate it if YOU would!!!

~ Michael D Hamersky

Note:  My online 'Local' Comic Book Shop (LCBS), carries many different genres of comics, magazines, graphic novels, and comic con promotional items. Possibly even copies of the item(s) that was mentioned here today...!

If I have it... You can find it 'Under The Big Top Of Comics' at:  

http://www.ComicBooksCircus.com/ 

Web Page Note:  This blog post is written for the IE Browser standards.  Chrome, Safari, Netscape, Firefox and the other browsers serve the page up differently, sorry about that!

The screen display resolution is best seen at the setting of 1024 x 768 on your laptop or desktop computer.  Note:  As of Monday, June 27th, 2011, I'll be using my new laptop, where the default resolution is 'higher', so there may be some temporary glitches until I am used to the new resolution.

NOTE: All images and characters within this blog post are copyright and trademark their respective owners.

Comics Creators: If you are breaking into, or already work in the comic book industry or other pop culture productions, you are welcome to email or mail us press releases, news items, and updates that you feel would be of interest to our blog readers. Including YOUR own works!

To mail printed items to us for possible review, send to:

Make It So Marketing Inc., PO Box 130653, Carlsbad, CA 92013

 Also, if you are a Facebook member, I would have liked you to send me a 'Friend Request'. However, I have reached the maximum limit of 5,000 Facebook Friends and Fan pages already, so I've added a New 'Facebook Fan Page' so that even more of YOU can 'Like' what I am doing, and be interactive with me and others there.  Here is the link to that 'Facebook Fan Page': Michael D Hamersky On Comics! Please click the 'Like' button on that page! 
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Posted by makeitsomarketing at 12:01 AM PDT
Updated: Tuesday, October 4, 2011 5:50 AM PDT
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Monday, October 3, 2011
My Take On: The Attic #1 - From Main Enterprises!
Mood:  caffeinated
Topic: Comic Books - New

                                        

The Attic #1

From Main Enterprises!

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Top Left Photo: The Main Enterprises Logo.
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Above Top Photo:  The Front Cover to 'The Attic' Issue #1 - from Main Enterprises - The Fall of 2011 Issue!
  

TODAY'S FEATURE - Blog #3517:

Yesterday I blogged about the upcoming Long Beach Comic & HoRRoR Con that is running October 29th & 30th in Long Beach, California.

The con's promoters had just added the 'HoRRoR' title to the name of the con, as the con keeps occuring during the Halloween period.

So I thought to continue this week with review blogs on HoRRor / MoNSTer / Sci-Fi comic books that have been given to me or mailed in for review. Here's the first one of this week's reviews:

The Attic #1... From Main Enterprises.

Jim Main, Publisher of several comics & magazines, has decided to publish another anthology.  This one is captioned at the top of the comic book as 'Tales of Horror, Fantasy, and Suspense!

Okay... What do we have here?

Front Cover:  By Scott McClung... Which I like, because I do like having 'hosts' in anthology comics, which this front cover indicates this could be.  The production design is also very well done.. I like the layout, the title using a 'skull' to dot the 'i' in 'Attic'.  Good start...

Inside Front Cover: Pinup page by Rick Limacher... Black & White... Quite a bit different in style from the front cover, enough to make me move on next to the Table of Contents page, which is used instead of a 'splash page'.

Table of Contents (TOC) Page:  Nice layout.  Pages numbered for easy access... and a few panels from stories featured inside.  Quality TOC.

1st Story:  Intro to 'Grimsby'... 'Alistair Grimsby', humble caretaker of the Thorndyke Manor... which includes 'The Attic'!   Good intro for this first story in this new anthology series.  Liked this story and art by Jack Bertram and Jim Main!

2nd Story: 'The Axe of Modo' by Al Limacher with lettering by Rick Limacher... Six page story... Where the art fit the storyline.

3rd Story: 'Regret' by Robert J Sodaro and Jack Bertram... Eight Pager, where the lettering font seemed to take away just a little from the storyline.

4th Story: 'Cowbell, by Rick Limacher... Nine pager, where the storyline, the dialogue, and the art flowed together along with the lettering used.

5th Story: 'Incomplete' by Sam Gafford... A one page prose piece, like I used to see in older comic books to meet the USPS mailing requirements for mailing.  Well done.

Inside Back Cover:  By John Lambert... Not for sure what this what meant to be, other than it does feature 'Grimsby' at the forefront of the pinup page.

Back Cover:  Ad page by the printer, ComiXpress... Which is the 'norm' for small press publishers.  Almost all of the comics submitted to me for possible review are printed by either ComiXpress or Ka-Blam!

So what's my thoughts on this first issue of 'The Attic'?!

Well, I enjoy most of the publications that are published by Main Enterprises... Which is why you see so many review blogs on their comics / mags here at 'ComicBookCollectorsBlog.com'!

However, as I have also said before... Publishing 'anthology' comics has to be one of the hardest things to do...Period! 

This anthology's first issue set out very well on the Front Cover, and definitely caught my interest!  The setting of the Table of Contents page was well done, and showed that the Production Manager, Marc Haines, as well as the Publisher, Jim Main, wanted to produce a high quality comic.

I've got to say that the majority of the stories fit that bill.  Enough for me to want to see a second issue in this comic book title series.

The concept of this comic book is one that is a good one, although it has been used before.  However, the totally different artwork in almost each story presented from each other didn't help to jell this concept together in the first issue for me.

Yet I still enjoyed reading it and it is well worth the $2.99 cover price for fans of this genre of comic book. Please note that the interiors of this comic book are printed in black & white. 

Again, the Editor of an anthology comic book such as this one has a hard job in compiling a presentation, let alone using a comic book host such as 'Grimsby'. The first issue is a good representation of this genre, but a little more 'tweaking' in artwork presented will make it even better. 

I'm giving this a VERY FINE PLUS (VF+) 8.5 out of a possible 10.0 comic book grade, because of what I just mentioned above.

You can purchase this comic book to see for yourself at the Main Enterprises order page! While you are there... Check out the other publications that have been published to date!

If you need some help on what else to order... Here are several more review blogs I've posted on Main Enterprises publications over the years.

My thanks to Main Publications for submitting this issue for possible review! As I said above... This is a publisher with quality publications, and I'm pleased to see my reviews & re-posts by others at 441 different listings at Google at the time of writing this blog!

~Michael D Hamersky On Comics!


NOTE FROM THE BLOGGER:

My thanks again to all of YOU reading this blog and our archived blog posts, now at 3,517 total posts in number!   I do appreciate your continued reading and support of this Blog!

BTW, You can 'follow' this blog by clicking the 'Follow' Button at this NetworkedBlogs app link!  We currently have over 2,561 'Followers'!  Thanks to ALL of YOU that have already clicked that button! 

And for those of YOU that haven't yet... I would appreciate it if YOU would!!!

~ Michael D Hamersky

Note:  My online 'Local' Comic Book Shop (LCBS), carries many different genres of comics, magazines, graphic novels, and comic con promotional items. Possibly even copies of the item(s) that was mentioned here today...!

If I have it... You can find it 'Under The Big Top Of Comics' at:  

http://www.ComicBooksCircus.com/ 

Web Page Note:  This blog post is written for the IE Browser standards.  Chrome, Safari, Netscape, Firefox and the other browsers serve the page up differently, sorry about that!

The screen display resolution is best seen at the setting of 1024 x 768 on your laptop or desktop computer.  Note:  As of Monday, June 27th, 2011, I'll be using my new laptop, where the default resolution is 'higher', so there may be some temporary glitches until I am used to the new resolution.

NOTE: All images and characters within this blog post are copyright and trademark their respective owners.

Comics Creators: If you are breaking into, or already work in the comic book industry or other pop culture productions, you are welcome to email or mail us press releases, news items, and updates that you feel would be of interest to our blog readers. Including YOUR own works!

To mail printed items to us for possible review, send to:

Make It So Marketing Inc., PO Box 130653, Carlsbad, CA 92013

 Also, if you are a Facebook member, I would have liked you to send me a 'Friend Request'. However, I have reached the maximum limit of 5,000 Facebook Friends and Fan pages already, so I've added a New 'Facebook Fan Page' so that even more of YOU can 'Like' what I am doing, and be interactive with me and others there.  Here is the link to that 'Facebook Fan Page': Michael D Hamersky On Comics! Please click the 'Like' button on that page! 
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Posted by makeitsomarketing at 12:01 AM PDT
Updated: Monday, October 3, 2011 10:08 AM PDT
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Sunday, October 2, 2011
The 2011 Long Beach Comic (& HoRRoR) Con Is Running October 29th - 30th!
Mood:  caffeinated
Topic: Comic Cons

                                        

The 2011 Long Beach Comic

(& HoRRoR) Con

Is Running October 29th - 30th!

At the Long Beach Convention Center in Metro Los Angeles Area

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Top Left Photo: The Long Beach Comic Con Logo.
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Above Top Photo:  Since the Long Beach Comic Con keeps being scheduled during or near the Halloween Night... Why NOT add 'HoRRoR' to its promos & publicity?!  Good move, LBCC promoters!
  

TODAY'S FEATURE - Blog #3516:

It's that time of year in the Los Angeles Metro Area that one of the most fun comic cons that I attend is happening once again!

When I say 'happening' it actually takes shape months earlier in preparation for this weekend con, but the results of it take place usually just before or during Halloween Night on the 31st!

Which makes very good promotional sense that the promoters of this con have added 'Horror' to its name this year, as seen by the top right flyer published in this blog!

If the scheduling continues to have this convention occur during this time period, then I think it is a smart move on the part of the con's promoters!

So... I want YOU to definitely mark on your calendars that this con is taking place the two days just before Halloween this year, and attend, like Tina and I will be doing again!

Why?

Well here are just a few photos from the earlier cons, as uploaded at my Facebook Fan Page, Michael D Hamersky On Comics:

2009 LBCC

2010 LBCC 1 Day Expo

2010 LBCC

2011 LBCC 1 Day Expo

2011 LBC&HC (to be added to after the con is over)

So those are just a few of the reasons why this con is a 'MUST' for me to attend!  And you'll notice that I have been to all the LBCC events including the two 1 day Expos since this event started back in 2009.  It's that GOOD of a show to attend!

Plus here are NEW reasons for you to attend this 2 day con:

The 2011 Scheduled Guests

The 2011 Artist Alley Tables

The 2011 Exhibitors

The 2011 Programming Schedule Including 1st time Masquerade Ball

As I said above, when first starting blogging this post... There are many reasons why I haven't missed any of these Cons / Expos that the Long Beach Comic Con promoters have set up! And with the guests / exhibitors / programming for this year... I'm not going to miss this one either!

So about the only thing left is... How do YOU buy tickets?  Well... You could wait till you get there, but why not buy them online now?  At this link:

2011 Long Beach Comic & HoRRoR Con tickets!

Oh, and so that you don't miss any of the as yet unannounced Halloween Tricks or Treats... Here's the Facebook Fan Page for the LBCC, so that you can be interactive with the promoters / attendees for this year's Con and see what else they have in store for this year's Comic and HoRRoR Con!

See YOU there??!!

~Michael D Hamersky On Comics!


NOTE FROM THE BLOGGER:

My thanks again to all of YOU reading this blog and our archived blog posts, now at 3,516 total posts in number!   I do appreciate your continued reading and support of this Blog!

BTW, You can 'follow' this blog by clicking the 'Follow' Button at this NetworkedBlogs app link!  We currently have over 2,561 'Followers'!  Thanks to ALL of YOU that have already clicked that button! 

And for those of YOU that haven't yet... I would appreciate it if YOU would!!!

~ Michael D Hamersky

Note:  My online 'Local' Comic Book Shop (LCBS), carries many different genres of comics, magazines, graphic novels, and comic con promotional items. Possibly even copies of the item(s) that was mentioned here today...!

If I have it... You can find it 'Under The Big Top Of Comics' at:  

http://www.ComicBooksCircus.com/ 

Web Page Note:  This blog post is written for the IE Browser standards.  Chrome, Safari, Netscape, Firefox and the other browsers serve the page up differently, sorry about that!

The screen display resolution is best seen at the setting of 1024 x 768 on your laptop or desktop computer.  Note:  As of Monday, June 27th, 2011, I'll be using my new laptop, where the default resolution is 'higher', so there may be some temporary glitches until I am used to the new resolution.

NOTE: All images and characters within this blog post are copyright and trademark their respective owners.

Comics Creators: If you are breaking into, or already work in the comic book industry or other pop culture productions, you are welcome to email or mail us press releases, news items, and updates that you feel would be of interest to our blog readers. Including YOUR own works!

To mail printed items to us for possible review, send to:

Make It So Marketing Inc., PO Box 130653, Carlsbad, CA 92013

 Also, if you are a Facebook member, I would have liked you to send me a 'Friend Request'. However, I have reached the maximum limit of 5,000 Facebook Friends and Fan pages already, so I've added a New 'Facebook Fan Page' so that even more of YOU can 'Like' what I am doing, and be interactive with me and others there.  Here is the link to that 'Facebook Fan Page': Michael D Hamersky On Comics! Please click the 'Like' button on that page! 
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Posted by makeitsomarketing at 6:59 AM PDT
Updated: Sunday, October 2, 2011 7:42 AM PDT
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Friday, September 30, 2011
My Take On: Comix: A History of Comic Books in America - 40 Years Later!
Mood:  caffeinated
Topic: Comic Book History

                                        

Michael D Hamersky On Comics Looks Back & Reviews...

COMIX:

A History of Comic Books in America

First Published in 1971 by Bonanza Books!  

Written by Les Daniels with Graphics by Mad Peck Studios

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TODAY'S FEATURE - Blog #3515:

Every so often in my travels I come across books on comics that I have read in the past. Today's blog is on one of those...

Most of this blog's readers will know Les Daniels best for his coffee table books that I have shared with you before, namely: 'Marvel: Five Fabulous Decades of the World's Greatest Comics' (1991), and 'DC Comics: Sixty Years of the World’s Favorite Comic Book Heroes' (1995). 

Man, it doesn't seem that long ago that the 'Marvel history book' was published!  But it has been twenty years now!  I have bought and sold several copies of that book, as well as the 'DC history book' since the dates of those books being published!

One I haven't seen in a long time is this one from forty years ago!  Sheesh, it was when I hadn't yet set up as a comics dealer at the San Diego Comic Con at El Cortez Hotel in 1972!  (See bottom left of this blog post for my 1973 setup pic.)

So when I had an opportunity to pick this book up... I just had to!

The book could be considered kind of 'dated', in that the Fantastic Four had only recently reached issue #100 in numbers, and almost all of the comics inserts are all in black and white instead of color like the more recent books by Les... But this book is like a time capsule as to what comics & comix were all about at the start of the 1970's!

For those of you that weren't fortunate to grow up in those days... Or even if you were, but weren't reading or collecting at that time... This book is a fine presentation with several chapters of what 'Comic Books in America' had evolved to at that point in 1970.

There's even a section at the end on 'underground comix', with a brief history of where they had come from, which most comics readers today probably don't know!

Of course there is the now 'obligatory' chapters on 'The Coming of Comics', 'The Birth of the Comic Book', 'The E.C. Revolution', and 'The Comics Code Controversy', but I found that the writer's chapter on 'Mighty Marvel' was pretty much the way I felt back in 1970 also, having started with them in 1962.

The notes / bibliography section was well documented.  I would put this book right up there with  the very few others from this time period as ones to be placed in your personal library as a reference to the history of comics!

Please note though... Les Daniels was circa 28 years of age when he wrote this book.  At the time there was very little published on the history of comics.  Thus this book is written more by a fan of comics, than a scientific treatise.  It does make for easier reading though, and really is a 'snapshot' of what comics were thought of back in 1970 by enthusiastic fans like Les!

My comic book grade for this book is a VERY FINE / NEAR MINT (VF/NM) 9.0 out of a possible 10.0 comic book grading scale.  After forty years it still holds the test of time as a good reference book.

Here's the only problem for obtaining one for your personal library.  You will more than likely have to buy this from an online comics dealer like myself / or other online source, as it has long been OOP (Out of Print).  I do notice that it was reprinted back in 1988, so I'll give you the info on that edition:

Hardcover: 198 pages
Publisher: Random House Value Publishing (December 12, 1988)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0517110377
ISBN-13: 978-0517110379
Product Dimensions: 11.1 x 8.7 x 0.8 inches
Shipping Weight: 1.5 pounds
 

Last year I published a blog on what I would suggest as 2010 holiday gifts for either yourself or friends that enjoy reading / collecting comics.  I will be adding this book to my 2012 shopping list!

There isn't a Facebook fan page for Les Daniels, nor did I find any photos of Les during that 1970s time period, so I'm just going to post a link to his Wikipedia entry so that you can see what else Les has written!

~Michael D Hamersky On Comics!


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