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Friday, September 7, 2012
So... Why Are So Many Marvel Comics From The Mid-1970's Cut Up ??
Mood:  caffeinated
Topic: Comic Book History

                                        

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TODAY'S FEATURE IS BLOG #3711 -   Just had an email from a potential customer who asked me to check my comic book before he clicked a 'Buy It Now' link on my comic book listing in my online comic book shop.   That's because he learned the hard way about why so many comics from the 1970s are cut up!

That's right!  If You own a Marvel comic book from the time period of 1974-1976, your comic book may be incomplete !

Why????

Well back in March of 1974, Marvel Comics ran a campaign that enticed readers to cut out a certain portion of each comic!

Every month pictures of its most popular characters, either heroes or villains, were printed onto the Letters Pages section of various comics.  The Letter Page would be where Stan Lee or others of the 'Bullpen' printed either editorials, coming attractions or fan mail.

The pictures appeared in the format of a numbered 'stamp'.  To the chagrin of today's collectors the readers of the comics were encouraged to both "clip 'em and collect 'em".  Yikes !!

Ultimately there were 100 different stamps in the set and those first 100 are referred to as the 'Series A'  group.

Later on that year, in-house ads were printed to entice the reader to send away for a Mighty Marvel Value Stamp Book to place their 'Value Stamps' in.  The cost of the book was just 50 cents.

Unfortunately for collectors, the campaign was so successful that in December of 1975 Marvel produced a second set, referred to as 'Series B'.  This group consisted of 100 value stamps too, but these were really different from the first set.  Each of the stamps was not of an individual character but a single piece that formed one full image, similar to a puzzle.

Once again, in-house printed ads in the comics offered another Mighty Marvel Value Stamp Book to paste them into for the same price of only 50 cents!

So coming to today, a Marvel Comic from this 1974 - 76 era with its Marvel Value Stamp clipped out loses most of its  value.  It is so necessary to stress when listing a comic with the stamp out, that when grading such a comic, there is a term specifically created to identify it, the 'Marvel Value Stamp Flaw'.

I check each of the comics that I list in my online comic shop at ComicBooksCircus.com.  For those of you interested in Marvel comic books we have several of their comics listed in our shop right now!

~ Michael

 


NOTE FROM Michael D Hamersky On ComicsMy thanks again to all of YOU reading this blog and our archived blog posts, now at 3,711 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 2,772 '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!!!

Note:  My online 'Loca8' 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'll find under the BIG TOP of Comics, at Comic Books Circus.com, including the book 'Gotham City 14 Miles' that I am shown holding to the left. I'm 1 of 14 essayists in that book! !     

Web Page Note:  This blog post is written per the IE Browser standards.  Chrome, Safari, Netscape, Firefox and the other browsers serve the page up slightly 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:  Your computer's resoulution may be set differently, but the above resolution is the most commonly used resolution at the time of this blog post. 

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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In Addition, I started a YouTube Channel just before the 2011 Comic-Con International, where I am slowly uploading videos from conventions or other events that we attend that are also pop culture related.  You are invited to 'subscribe' to that channel also!  As found at 'HamerskyOnComics'!
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Updated: Friday, September 7, 2012 6:34 AM PDT
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Thursday, September 6, 2012
Think You Have What It Takes to Survive a Zombie Apocalypse?
Mood:  caffeinated
Topic: Comic Cons

                                        

 
Think You Have What It Takes to Survive a Zombie Apocalypse?
Check it out September 15th - 16th
 
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TODAY'S FEATURE IS BLOG #3710 -   Today's blog is a guest blog from Tina LoSasso!

 


Think You Have What It Takes to Survive a Zombie Apocalypse?

Find out at the Comikaze Zombie Apocalypse at the LA Convention Center on Saturday and Sunday, September 15-16.

You've watched the movies, devoured the comics and are probably (like me) in withdrawal from A&E's The Walking Dead, but what have you learned about surviving in a world overrun by zombies? Do you think you have what it takes to beat back the relentless hordes of undead to stay alive?

Now you can test your skills in this zombie survival course packed with 75,000 square feet of brain-eating, head-bashing, flesh-chomping fun!

Stan Lee's Comikaze Expo invades the LA Convention Center on September 15-16. The Zombie Apocalypse Survival Course is an exciting addition this year.

This is your chance to kick some zombie butt. As a Survivor, you'll run, crawl, and climb your way through the long, snaking course infested with zombies at every turn.

Or maybe you want to join the ranks of the undead and eat some brains? YOU CAN BE A ZOMBIE! Professional special effects artists will transform you into a fleshing-eating monster before they turn you loose on the course to terrorize the Survivors. Awesome!

Learn more about the course, times, and ticket information at this link!

NOTE: YOU MUST PURCHASE A COMIKAZE TICKET TO GET INTO THE ZOMBIE APOCALYPSE

Learn more about Stan Lee's Comikaze at this link!

~ Tina LoSasso

 


NOTE FROM Michael D Hamersky On ComicsMy thanks again to all of YOU reading this blog and our archived blog posts, now at 3,710 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 2,771 '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!!!

Note:  My online 'Loca8' 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'll find under the BIG TOP of Comics, at Comic Books Circus.com, including the book 'Gotham City 14 Miles' that I am shown holding to the left. I'm 1 of 14 essayists in that book! !     

Web Page Note:  This blog post is written per the IE Browser standards.  Chrome, Safari, Netscape, Firefox and the other browsers serve the page up slightly 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:  Your computer's resoulution may be set differently, but the above resolution is the most commonly used resolution at the time of this blog post. 

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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In Addition, I started a YouTube Channel just before the 2011 Comic-Con International, where I am slowly uploading videos from conventions or other events that we attend that are also pop culture related.  You are invited to 'subscribe' to that channel also!  As found at 'HamerskyOnComics'!
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Updated: Thursday, September 6, 2012 8:49 AM PDT
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Wednesday, September 5, 2012
My Take On: Humorama - A Division Of Martin Goodman's Publishing Empire
Mood:  caffeinated
Topic: Comic Book History

                                        

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Humorama - A Division Of Martin Goodman's Publishing Empire
From the 1950s to the 1980s
 
 
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TODAY'S FEATURE IS BLOG #3709 -   I'm continuing on a 'comics history' kick right now in this blog.  That started when I wanted to share a special photo album at my Facebook Fan Page, titled... "Red Circle Imprint of Lion Books".

The first nine photos shown at that link are from Martin Goodman's company, Lion Books, that published Red Circle Books.  Those pictures were talked about in blog #3706, titled: My Take On: Red Circle Books - From Martin Goodman's Company.

Martin Goodman, (pictured to the left in 1942), was the owner of the magazine house 'Magazine Management Company'.

In blog #3707, I added a little more info on Robert 'Robbie' Solomon, who introduced his nephews Stanley Martin Lieber (aka Stan Lee!), and Larry Lieber to Martin Goodman's publishing empire.

In blog #3708, I blogged about the Timely superheroes revival in the mid 1950s.

In this blog, I'm going to present a small amount of info on the Humorama division of Martin's publishing empire.

First, it was Martin's brother, Abe Goodman, who headed this division. Humorama was actually a line of digest-sized magazines.  Several of these magazines were featuring 'girlie' cartoons by the likes of Bill Ward, Archie's Dan DeCarlo, Bill Wenzel,  Playboy's Jack Cole,  illustrator Jefferson Machamer, Basil Wolverton, Mad's Dave Berg, Belvedere's George Crenshaw and others.

In addition to the cartoons, the magazines also displayed black and white photos of pin-up models, that included Bettie (Betty) Page, Eve Myer, Lili St. Cyr.  Also there were minor actresses, including Joi Lansing, Tina Louise, Irish McCalla, and Julie Newmar that were featured, among many others.

The Humorama magazine line was published from at least the mid-1950s up to the early 1980s. These Humorama titles were thought to be profitable for the company, because the content pages were inexpensive and production costs were minimal in comparison to the more complex full-size magazines published by the company's other divisions.

Indeed, these magazines outgrew the digest sized and became full sized magazines by the late 1970s. For example, 'Popular Cartoons' cover page was subtitled: "Wild Adult Sex And Comedy Magazine".  Yet a lot of the cartoons were 'reprinted' cartoons by that issue...

I don't see a history of this division being written, which is a shame, as there appears to be quite a few magazines that this division published.

Among the titles published by this 'Humorama' division were:  Breezy, Cartoon Parade, Comedy, Eyeful of Fun, Fun House, Gaze, Gee-Whiz, Humorama, Instant Laughs, Jest, Joker, Laugh Circus, Laugh Digest, Laugh Riot, Popular Cartoons, Popular Jokes, Romp, Stare, Snappy, and Zip.

I'm posting a couple of pics from the magazine line here in this blog, and the rest will be posted at this special photo album on my Facebook fan page.

~ Michael

 


NOTE FROM Michael D Hamersky On ComicsMy thanks again to all of YOU reading this blog and our archived blog posts, now at 3,709 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 2,770 '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!!!

Note:  My online 'Loca8' 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'll find under the BIG TOP of Comics, at Comic Books Circus.com, including the book 'Gotham City 14 Miles' that I am shown holding to the left. I'm 1 of 14 essayists in that book! !     

Web Page Note:  This blog post is written per the IE Browser standards.  Chrome, Safari, Netscape, Firefox and the other browsers serve the page up slightly 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:  Your computer's resoulution may be set differently, but the above resolution is the most commonly used resolution at the time of this blog post. 

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!
---------------            
      
In Addition, I started a YouTube Channel just before the 2011 Comic-Con International, where I am slowly uploading videos from conventions or other events that we attend that are also pop culture related.  You are invited to 'subscribe' to that channel also!  As found at 'HamerskyOnComics'!
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Updated: Wednesday, September 5, 2012 7:31 AM PDT
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Tuesday, September 4, 2012
My Take On: The Atlas Comics Superheroes Revival In the Mid 1950s
Mood:  caffeinated
Topic: Comic Book History

                                        

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The Atlas Comics Superheroes Revival In The Mid 1950s
From December 1953 - October 1955
 
 
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TODAY'S FEATURE IS BLOG #3708 -   Yes, it would appear that I'm on a 'comics history' kick right now in this blog.  That started when I wanted to share a special photo album at my Facebook Fan Page, titled... "Magazine Management Company's History".

The first nine photos shown at that link are from Martin Goodman's company, Lion Books, that published Red Circle Books.  Those pictures were talked about in blog #3706, titled: My Take On: Red Circle Books - From Martin Goodman's Company.

Martin Goodman, (pictured to the left in 1942), who was the owner of the magazine house 'Magazine Management Company', had started Timely Comics in 1939 with Marvel Comics #1.

As you can see from the cover of that first comic book for Timely Comics... It included 'The Human Torch' and the 'Sub-Mariner'.

Those two characters, plus a third, Captain America, that was started in March of  1941 with issue #1, were the three superstars of Timely Comics.

However, by the end of World War II, all three superstars had seen their comic book titles come to an end.

Captain America's comic book title ended with issue #73 in July of 1949.  Two more issues titled Captain America's Weird Tales continued with two issues, ending with issue #75 in February of 1950.  But, other than having his name on the front cover of issue #75, 'Cap' didn't appear at all in the comic book!

The Human Torch's comic book titled 'The Human Torch' started with issue #2 in the Fall of 1940. It stopped publishing with issue #35 in March 1949.

Sub-Mariner Comics #1 started Spring of 1941.  It ended with issue #32 in June of 1949.

So as you can see from the above... 1949 was NOT a good year for the once mighty superstars of Timely Comics!

Yet, there was a Timely Comics / Atlas Comics "super-hero revival” shortly afterwards.  It took place in the mid-1950’s. The revival actually began with a comic book titled:  Young Men #24 (cover dated December of 1953).  

This issue actually had new stories from Captain America, The Human Torch and the Sub-Mariner, all in one comic book!

The writer / editor, Stan Lee, actually used those stories in Young Men #24 - "Back from the Dead", (in which Captain America & Bucky both are resurected), "The Return of the Human Torch", and "The Sub-Mariner Returns" to explain the why that the trio of heroes had returned to comics.

However, this revival hardly lasted a year, except for the Sub-Mariner title, which lasted until issue #42, cover dated October of 1955, due to negotiations on a TV show possibility, similar to DC Comics' Adventures of Superman TV show with George Reeves.  Unfortunately that TV show with the Sub-Mariner never saw air-time.

Plus, even though Showcase Comics #4, from September / October of 1956,  with the Flash is popularly declared as the start of the 'Silver Age of Comics', others have pointed to this mini-period of Atlas Comics superheroes revival as the 'real beginning' of the Silver-Age!

Here are links to the comic books that are included in this Revival of the mid 1950s:

Young Men -  #24, #25, #26, #27, #28. These ran from December 1953 - June 1954.

Mens Adventures - #27#28. These ran from May 1954 - July 1954.

The Human Torch - #36, #37, #38.  These ran  from April 1954 - August 1954.

Captain America - #76, #77, #78.  These ran from May 1954 - September 1954.

Sub-Mariner Comics  - #33, #34, #35, #36, #37, #38, #39, #40, #41, #42. These ran from April 1954 - October 1955.

The above numbered twenty-three issues are all that consisted of this short-lived revival of the Timely / Atlas Comics revival in the mid 1950s.

To collect them all nowadays would cost far more than the thin dime that each cost when first published!

Note:  When reading these twenty-three comic books, you'll notice that the main difference between these stories from the mid 1950s and the Golden Age Timely Comics is that most of these stories had a 'Cold War' theme to them.  This in contrast to the Nazis and Japs from the Timely Comics.  Heck, even the 'Red Skull' was shown working for the Kremlin during the Atlas revival!

BTW, after the Sub-Mariner's final issue dated October 1955, Atlas Comics placed this trio of super-heroes in publishing limbo for the next six years.  It wasn't until  November of 1961 when the 'Human Torch' name resurfaced as a member of the Fantstic Four in issue #1.

Matter of fact, it was also in Fantastic Four, issue #4 of May 1962, that the Sub-Mariner was revived!  Plus in the teenaged Human Torch's feature strip in Strange Tales, issue #114 from November of 1963 that 'Captain America' was brought back! Although this 'Cap' turned out to be an imposter, and actually didn't come back until Avengers issue #4 in March of 1964! 

I myself was very young at this time period, and it wasn't until I saw 'Fantasy Masterpieces' comics from Marvel Comics starting in 1966 with issue #3 of that series, that I came to realize the history of these three Timely / Atlas superheroes!

Thus I present in capsule form this little blog on that time period for your perusal. Plus this link to a special photo album where I show the comic book covers.

Best,

~ Michael

 


NOTE FROM Michael D Hamersky On ComicsMy thanks again to all of YOU reading this blog and our archived blog posts, now at 3,708 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 2,770 '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!!!

Note:  My online 'Loca8' 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'll find under the BIG TOP of Comics, at Comic Books Circus.com, including the book 'Gotham City 14 Miles' that I am shown holding to the left. I'm 1 of 14 essayists in that book! !     

Web Page Note:  This blog post is written per the IE Browser standards.  Chrome, Safari, Netscape, Firefox and the other browsers serve the page up slightly 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:  Your computer's resoulution may be set differently, but the above resolution is the most commonly used resolution at the time of this blog post. 

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!
---------------            
      
In Addition, I started a YouTube Channel just before the 2011 Comic-Con International, where I am slowly uploading videos from conventions or other events that we attend that are also pop culture related.  You are invited to 'subscribe' to that channel also!  As found at 'HamerskyOnComics'!
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Updated: Tuesday, September 4, 2012 7:24 AM PDT
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Monday, September 3, 2012
Robbie Solomon Brought These Two Young Men To The Timely Comics / Atlas Comics Companies
Mood:  caffeinated
Topic: Comic Book History

                                        

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Robert 'Robbie' Solomon
Who Worked For Martin Goodman's Companies...
Brought These Two Young Men To Comics!
Pictured above (L-R) Stan Lee (aka Stanley Martin Lieber) & Larry Lieber circa 1969!
    

TODAY'S FEATURE IS BLOG #3707 -   This past Saturday, in Blog #3606, I shared with you a special photo album that I featured on my Facebook Fan Page, titled... "Magazine Management Company's History".

On Sunday, I heard from Mr. Allen Bellman, a 'Golden Age' comic book creator that has been mentioned in this blog before.   Here's the email from Allen Bellman:

Stan Lee was the nephew of Robert Solomon, called "Uncle  Robby" who was a brother in law to Martin Goodman, Solomon was a former ladies hat salesman who was brought in to work for Goodman. And that is how Stan began his career. I can always remember Stan walking behind Robby Solomon following him around, I suppose "breaking"  him in for his job . After  passing, Robert Solomon,  at a young age, Stan Lee never walked behind anyone again !

I should know, I WAS THERE !  (Photo of Allen at age 21 in 1945 shown.)

Have a great day,

Allen

After reading the above... I remembered seeing the name Robert Solomon before.  As a matter of fact, it was a paragraph from Larry Lieber in  an article.  Larry, for those of you that don't know... Is the younger brother of Stan Lee, (aka Stanley Martin Lieber, before he changed his name).

Larry Lieber:  "I remember once, and I don’t know when it was, but my uncle, Rob Solomon, took me down to Timely Comics. They were in a building called the McGraw Hill Building, (seen to the left in 1936), later on in the Empire State Building. I actually worked there when I was about 17, but not in the comics; and he took me down there."

So that would make both Larry and his brother, Stan, that were both introduced to Timely / Atlas Comics by their Uncle Robbie Solomon!

Here's what Joe Simon, (who hired Stan at eight dollars a week), said in an interview: "Simon: "Your Uncle Robbie brought you into the office one day and he said, 'This is Martin Goodman's wife's nephew'. [sic] ... You were seventeen years old".
Lee: "Sixteen and a half!"
Simon: "Well, Stan, you told me seventeen. You were probably trying to be older.... I did hire you."

As to what relationship Robbie was to Stan and Larry... Robert Solomon was a brother to Stan & Larry's mother, Cecilia née Solomon, who married Jack Lieber.

So what did Robert do for Martin's companies?

Here's a bit from Brad Elliott:  "If you pay attention to the names in the Ownership Statements, you’ll notice that up until 1952, Robert Solomon is listed as the Atlas Business Manager".

From Vince Fago, (source - Alter Ego #11 by Jim Amash): "Robert Solomon was married to Martin Goodman's sister, and he kept everybody honest. It was a sin if you worked on the side for anybody else. Some guys would rent a hotel room and moonlight".

BTW, I couldn't find a photo of Robert Solomon, and mentioned this to Allen Bellman. As a follow up email from Allen Bellman stated:  "Michael, I once asked Stan for his (Solomon's) foto, and he didn't have one. I was going to write a story on Robby Solomon for Alter-Ego mag.  He was a short gentleman, nice looking face but got on every ones back to draw like Mac Raboy and artists like him".

From HollywoodNepotism.net: "Martin Goodman, (shown at the left), began publishing pulp magazines in 1933, just as the earliest comics books were appearing.  His company was nepotistic from the start, with his brother Abe Goodman in charge of accounting, his brother Dave Goodman doing photography, and his brother Artie Goodman in production. Martin's brother-in-law, Robbie Solomon, was the office gopher".

From CopyCatEffect Blog on Blogspot: "(Mel) Stuart was also survived by his first cousin, Marvel Comics genius Stan Lee. Stan Lee was born Stanley Martin Lieber in New York City on December 28, 1922, in the apartment of his Romanian-born Jewish immigrant parents, Celia (née Solomon) and Jack Lieber, in Manhattan. Recall that Mel Stuart was born Stuart Solomon. It was with the help of Stan Lee's uncle Robbie Solomon, Lee became an assistant in 1939 at the new Timely Comics division of pulp magazine and comic-book publisher Martin Goodman's company. Young Stanley Lieber made his comic-book debut with the text filler "Captain America Foils the Traitor's Revenge" in Captain America Comics #3 (May 1941), using the pseudonym "Stan Lee," which years later he would legally take as his name. Lee, whose cousin Jean was Goodman's wife, was formally hired by Timely editor Joe Simon".

From the book, 'Stan Lee: Comic Book Superhero':  "Lee's Uncle Robbie, who set up Lee with the job at Timely, did not bother telling Goodman that Lee had been hired. According to Lee, Goodman appeared suprised when he saw him in the office". 

Vince Fago, (Source - Alter Ego #11 by Jim Amash):  Anyway, Solomon just sat in the offices and talked. He had a store on 34th Street and sold women's hats, but he'd always come into the offices. He never worked. He was loud and talked all the time and knew absolutely nothing. He was just a watchman for Goodman.

Via the Marvel Wiki:  Link.  As you can see, there is next to nothing on Robert at that link.

Per Atlas Tales... Robert Solomon was the Business Manger for Atlas Comics in 1951, as seen at this comic book listing, and others at the web site.

It would also be shown that Robert was also involved as an 'editor'. From GCD - The credits for Robert Solomon are seen at:  List of searched items.

That's about it on Robert 'Robbie' Solomon at this time, as there just isn't that much online to refer to him... Other than the same repeated line that he helped get Stan Lee into comics.

For more info on Larry Lieber, here is the link to his Wikipedia entry.

Here is the link to Stan Lee's Wikipedia entry.

Unfortunately Robert Solomon doesn't have a Wiki entry...

Again, my thanks to Mr. Allen Bellman, (his web site linked here), who started this blog post!

~ Michael

 


NOTE FROM Michael D Hamersky On ComicsMy thanks again to all of YOU reading this blog and our archived blog posts, now at 3,707 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 2,770 '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!!!

Note:  My online 'Loca8' 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'll find under the BIG TOP of Comics, at Comic Books Circus.com, including the book 'Gotham City 14 Miles' that I am shown holding to the left. I'm 1 of 14 essayists in that book! !     

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Updated: Monday, September 3, 2012 7:06 AM PDT
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