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Columbia Comics
Columbia Comics Corporation was a comic book publisher active in the 1940s whose best-known title was ''Big Shot Comics''. Comics creators who worked for Columbia included Fred Guardineer, on ''Marvelo, the Monarch of Magicians''; and Ogden Whitney and Gardner Fox on Skyman. History Columbia Comics was formed in 1940 as a partnership between artist/editor Vin Sullivan, the McNaught Syndicate, and the Frank Jay Markey Syndicate to publish comic books featuring reprints of such McNaught and Markey comic strips as '' Joe Palooka'', ''Charlie Chan'', and ''Sparky Watts'', as well as original features. Other properties published by Eastern Color Printing are also transferred to Columbia Comics. Eastern appears to have subsequently retained a close relationship with Columbia, running advertisements for Columbia books in their own comic book titles. Columbia Comics' first published title was the anthology title ''Big Shot Comics'', the premiere of which introduced Skyman and The F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1940 In Comics
Events and publications Year overall * Another boom year for the burgeoning American comic book industry, as Ace Comics, Columbia Comics, Farrell Publications, Holyoke Publishing, Novelty Press, and Street & Smith Comics all begin publishing. January * January 13: Charles Addams' classic cartoon ''Downhill Skier'' is published in ''The New Yorker'', showing a skier magically passing around a tree with each foot on one side. * ''Ace Comics'' (1937 series) #34 – David McKay Publications * ''Action Comics'' (1938 series) #20 – DC Comics * ''Adventure Comics'' (1938 series) #46 – DC Comics * ''All-American Comics'' (1939 series) #10 – DC Comics * '' Amazing Mystery Funnies'' (1938 series) #17 – Centaur Publications * ''Daring Mystery Comics'' (1940 series) #1 – Timely Comics * ''Detective Comics'' (1937 series) #35 – DC Comics * '' Double Action Comics'' (1939 series) #2 – National Periodical Publications, consisting entirely of black and white reprints from early i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boody Rogers
Gordon G. Rogers (September 8, 1904, Hobart, Oklahoma – February 6, 1996), better known as Boody Rogers, was an American comic strip and comic book cartoonist who created the superhero parody ''Sparky Watts''. Born in Hobart, Oklahoma, Rogers attended the University of Arizona, the Chicago Academy of Fine Arts and the Chicago Art Institute. His artistic influences included Walter Berndt. Comic strips In the late 1920s and through the 1930s, Rogers illustrated newspaper strips for such syndicates as the Newspaper Feature Service and the Chicago Tribune New York News Syndicate. Rogers was Zack Mosley's assistant on ''The Adventures of Smilin' Jack'' when he sold his own strip, ''Sparky Watts'', to the Frank Jay Markey Syndicate, which distributed such strips as Ed Wheelan's ''Big Top'' and Rube Goldberg's ''Lala Palooza''. ''Sparky Watts'' debuted Monday, April 29, 1940 in some 40 newspapers. The strip ended when Rogers was drafted. During World War II he gave chalk talks to se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mickey Finn (comic Strip)
''Mickey Finn'' was an American comic strip created by cartoonist Lank Leonard, which was Print syndication, syndicated to newspapers from April 6, 1936 to September 10, 1977. The successful lighthearted strip struck a balance between comedy and drama. It was adapted to a 400-page Big Little Book series, Little Big Book and was reprinted in several comic book series throughout the 1930s and 1940s. Publication history Distributed by the McNaught Syndicate, cartoonist Lank Leonard's ''Mickey Finn'' debuted as a daily strip on Monday, April 6, 1936. The Sunday strip, which eventually focused on the supporting character of Uncle Phil, began on May 17 of that same year. Leonard was assisted by Tony DiPreta (from 1945–50) and by Mart Bailey from 1950 in New York. In 1952, Bailey moved to Miami to help Leonard with the strip until July 1959. Morris Weiss, Leonard's assistant from 1936 to 1943 and again from 1960 on, took over following Leonard's illness in 1968, though under Leonard's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frank Borth
Frank M. Borth III (April 1, 1918 – August 9, 2009) was an American comic book artist. Biography Borth was born and raised in Cleveland, eventually graduating in 1940 from the Cleveland School of Art, where he majored in illustration."New Sea Adventure Strip Will Appear in Times," ''Tampa Bay Times'' (Sept. 6, 1947)Archived at Stripper's Guide Moving to New York City, Frank Borth rose to prominence during the so-called "Golden Age of Comic Books", where he first (in 1941) worked on the feature "Pat Patriot, America's Joan of Arc," for Lev Gleason Publications' '' Daredevil Comics''. After freelance jobs with Timely Comics, Harvey Comics, and Picture Scoop, Borth found a home at Quality Comics, where he was responsible for characters such as Spider Widow and (for a time) Phantom Lady. Borth served in the military during World War II, ending up in 1946 on Montauk Point, Long Island. It was there that he was inspired to create the sea adventure comic strip ''Ken Stuart'', which w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dixie Dugan
''Dixie Dugan'' is best known as a long-running syndicated newspaper comic strip published from October 21, 1929 to October 8, 1966. The title character was originally modeled after 1920s film actress Louise Brooks and early stories followed Dixie's exploits as a Hollywood showgirl. Novels ''Dixie Dugan'' first appeared in two slightly risqué novels written by J. P. McEvoy, serialized in 1928-29 in the pages of ''Liberty''. McEvoy's novels were then published in book form by Simon & Schuster as ''Show Girl'' (1928) and ''Hollywood Girl'' (1929). In the first story, Dixie begins as a Broadway chorus girl, and in the second she moves to Hollywood. The stories combine romance, glamour and a bit of scandal as Dixie pursues a career in show business. The novel's illustrations by John H. Striebel show a strong resemblance between Dixie Dugan and 1920s film actress Louise Brooks, complete with Brooks' then-fashionable "helmet" hairdo. Comic strip Beginning in October 1929, writer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1949 In Comics
Events and publications Publishers Star Publications, Toby Press, and Youthful (publisher), Youthful make their debuts; conversely, Columbia Comics, Novelty Press, and Street & Smith Comics all fold. Year overall January * January 22: Peyo's gag comic ''Poussy'' is first published in ''Le Soir''. * ''Captain America Comics'' (1941 series) #70 - Timely Comics * ''Human Torch Comics'' (1940 series) #34 - Timely Comics * ''Jughead (comic book), Jughead'' #1 - Archie Comics February * Lana (1948 series) #4 - Timely Comics *''Marvel Mystery Comics'' (1939 series) #90 - Timely Comics * ''Sub-Mariner Comics'' (1941 series) #30 - Timely Comics * ''Two-Gun Kid'' (1948 series) #6 - Timely Comics March * ''Captain America Comics'' (1941 series) #71 - Timely Comics * ''Human Torch Comics'' (1940 series) #35 - Timely Comics - (The series will be cancelled for five years) * ''Nipper'', by Doug Wright (cartoonist), Doug Wright, debuts in the March 12 issue of Montreal Standard, The Montreal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Face (Columbia Comics)
The Face is a fictional character, a comic book superhero that appeared in 1940s comics during what historians and fans call the Golden Age of Comic Books. He was created by artist Mart Bailey and an unknown writer. The Face is radio announcer Tony Trent, who decides to fight crime after having witnessed a murder committed by gangsters disguised as cops. Having no innate superpowers, he instead uses a grotesque green mask to scare criminals, not unlike Batman. With issue #63, he no longer wears the mask and fights crime as himself. Publication history The Face first appeared in the Columbia Comics omnibus title ''Big Shot Comics'' #1 (May 1940) and continued until issue #62 (January 1946). By 1947, the shock value had worn off. From issue #63 the feature continued as "Tony Trent" until ''Big Shot'' #104, the final issue of the series. Apart from appearing in ''Big Shot'', The Face also had two issues of his own title (1941-1942), as well as two as ''Tony Trent'' (1948). Origi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Skyman (Columbia Comics)
The Skyman is a fictional comic book superhero that appeared stories during the Golden Age of Comic Books. Created by writer Gardner Fox and artist Ogden Whitney, the character first appeared in the Columbia Comics omnibus title ''Big Shot Comics'' #1 (May 1940). He is unrelated to the DC Comics character. The Skyman was Allan Turner, who was raised by his uncle to become "outstanding in mind and body". A brilliant scientist, he had no superpowers but did have a flying wing-shaped airplane, dubbed ''the Wing'', that flew by the power of Earth's magnetic poles. With this and money inherited from his late uncle's will, he fought crime. In 1944, he acquired an "Icarus-Cape", a huge pair of wings which allowed him to fly without an airplane. His love interest was detective Fawn Carroll. According to ''Jess Nevins' Encyclopedia of Golden Age Superheroes'', "Skyman fights ordinary criminals, saboteurs, mad scientists, cursed idols, Soviet scientists, Emma the Spy Queen, the Gremlin, an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eastern Color Printing
The Eastern Color Printing Company was a company that published comic books, beginning in 1933. At first, it was only newspaper comic strip reprints, but later on, original material was published. Eastern Color Printing was incorporated in 1928, and soon became successful by printing color newspaper sections for several New England and New York papers. Eastern is most notable for its production of ''Funnies on Parade'' and ''Famous Funnies'', two publications that gave birth to the American comic book industry. Eastern published its own comic books until the mid-1950s, and continued to print comic books for other publishers until 1973. Eastern Color Printing struggled financially from the 1970s to 2002, when the business closed, a victim of changing printing technologies. Company history Foundation and early years In March 1924, William Jamieson Pape, owner of the '' Waterbury Republican'' newspaper in Waterbury, Connecticut, purchased a Goss International single-width ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charlie Chan
Charlie Chan is a fictional Honolulu police detective created by author Earl Derr Biggers for a series of mystery novels. Biggers loosely based Chan on Hawaiian detective Chang Apana. The benevolent and heroic Chan was conceived as an alternative to Yellow Peril stereotypes and villains like Fu Manchu. Many stories feature Chan traveling the world beyond Hawaii as he investigates mysteries and solves crimes. Chan first appeared in Biggers' novels and then was featured in a number of media. Over four dozen films featuring Charlie Chan were made, beginning in 1926. The character, featured only as a supporting character, was first portrayed by East Asian actors, and the films met with little success. In 1931, for the first film centering on Chan, ''Charlie Chan Carries On'', the Fox Film Corporation cast Swedish actor Warner Oland; the film became popular, and Fox went on to produce 15 more Chan films with Oland in the title role. After Oland's death, American actor Sidney Tole ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joe Palooka
''Joe Palooka'' was an American comic strip about a heavyweight boxing champion, created by cartoonist Ham Fisher. The strip debuted on April 19, 1930 and was carried at its peak by 900 newspapers. It was cancelled in 1984. The strip was adapted to a 15-minute CBS radio series, 12 feature-length films (chiefly from Monogram Pictures), nine Vitaphone film shorts, a 1954 syndicated television series (''The Joe Palooka Story''), comic books and merchandise, including a 1940s board game, a 1947 New Haven Clock & Watch Company wristwatch, a 1948 metal lunchbox featuring depictions of Joe, Humphrey and Little Max, and a 1946 Wheaties cereal box cut-out mask. In 1980, a mountain in Pennsylvania was named for the character. Publication history In his home town of Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, Fisher devised the character in 1921 after he met a boxer, Pete Latzo, outside a poolroom. As Fisher explained in an article in ''Collier's'': Many rejections followed before Fisher's strip wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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