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L. B. Cole
Leonard Brandt Cole (August 28, 1918 β December 5, 1995) was a comic book artist, editor, and publisher who worked during the Golden Age of Comic Books, producing work in various genres. Cole was particularly known for his bold covers, featuring what he referred to as "poster colors"βthe use of primary colors often over black backgrounds. In addition to his covers, Cole did interior art for comics published by Holyoke Publications, Gilberton (publisher), Gilberton, and Ajax/Farrell. He also worked as an editor for Holyoke in the 1940s. Biography Born in Germany, Cole was awarded a doctorate of Anatomy & Physiology at the University of Berlin. Before entering the comic book industry, Cole worked as art director in the lithography industry. Cole's comic book career started in the early 1940s, mainly as a cover artist for titles such as ''Suspense Comics'' (Et-Es-Go Magazines) and ''Contact Comics'' (Aviation Press). He soon became known for his distinctive covers: examples inc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Germany
Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in Europe after Russia, and the most populous member state of the European Union. Germany is situated between the Baltic and North seas to the north, and the Alps to the south; it covers an area of , with a population of almost 84 million within its 16 constituent states. Germany borders Denmark to the north, Poland and the Czech Republic to the east, Austria and Switzerland to the south, and France, Luxembourg, Belgium, and the Netherlands to the west. The nation's capital and most populous city is Berlin and its financial centre is Frankfurt; the largest urban area is the Ruhr. Various Germanic tribes have inhabited the northern parts of modern Germany since classical antiquity. A region named Germania was documented before AD 100. In 962, the Kingdom of Germany formed the bulk of the Holy Roman Empire. During the 16th ce ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Captain Flight Comics
''Captain Flight Comics'' is an American comic book series published by Four Star Publications during the period that is known by fans and historians as the Golden Age of Comic Books. A total of eleven issues were printed from March 1944 to February 1947. Noted artist L.B. Cole contributed his distinctive cover illustrations to many of the issues. Regular features *Captain Flight: The Captain is an inventor and pilot who fights the Nazis. He appears in all eleven issues of the title. He invents a "microbe plane" that's stolen and mass-produced for war, and he has to work with co-pilot Clark and girlfriend Lily to shoot down the flying fortress that controls the drones. *Black Cobra: After originally appearing in Harry "A" Chesler's ''Dynamic Comics'', the rights to the Black Cobra were purchased by Four Star. He debuted in ''Captain Flight Comics'' before receiving his own series. The Black Cobra is secretly Jim Hornsby, who adopts his costume identity to fight crime. He is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spotlight Comics
Spotlight Comics was an American comic publisher based in western Connecticut. It is best known for a short run of comic books based on licensed characters such as Mighty Mouse and Heckle and Jeckle that contained contributions from several major US comic book creators. Company history After beginning his career in collectible magazines such as the ''Comics Collector'' and ''Toy Values Monthly'', Richard "Rich" Maurizio and his then-significant other Kelley Jarvis wrote, drew, and published two issues of a comic entitled ''Samurai Squirrel: Master of the Sword'', under the publisher name Spotlight Comics starting in 1983. They also produced a comic containing reprints of the daily ''Stern Wheeler'' comic strip from ''The Hartford Times'', illustrated by Jim Aparo, and another comic, ''L. T. Caper, Agent for H.E.R.O. (the Higher Espionage Reinforcement Organization)'', written and drawn by Maurizio. Spotlight expanded into licensed character comics and acquired the rights to Migh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Magazine Enterprises
Magazine Enterprises was an American comic book company lasting from 1943 to 1958, which published primarily Western comics, Western, humor, crime comics, crime, adventure, and children's literature, children's comics, with virtually no superheroes. It was founded by Vin Sullivan, an editor at Columbia Comics and before that the editor at National Allied Publications, the future DC Comics. Magazine Enterprises' characters include the Jungle girl (stock character), jungle goddess Cave Girl (comics), Cave Girl, drawn by Bob Powell (comics), Bob Powell, and Phantom Rider, Ghost Rider, a horror fiction-themed Western avenger created by writer Ray Krank and artist Dick Ayers in 1949; after the trademark lapsed, Ayers and others adapted it as Marvel Comics' non-horror but otherwise near-identical Western character Phantom Rider, Ghost Rider in 1967. Magazine Enterprises should not be confused with the same-name Scotland, Scottish company that published science fiction magazines from at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Holyoke Publishing
The Holyoke Publishing Company was an American magazine and comic-book publisher with offices in Holyoke, and Springfield, Massachusetts, and New York City, Its best-known comics characters were Blue Beetle and the superhero duo Cat-Man (later rendered as Catman, sans hyphen) and Kitten, all inherited from defunct former clients of Holyoke's printing business. Holyoke is sometimes confused with companies owned by Frank Z. Temerson, including Helnit, Et-Es-Go, and Continental; with Worth Carnahan's Bilbara Publishing Company; and with Temerson's art director L. B. Cole's packaging clients Narrative Publishers and Aviation Press. Publication history Holyoke Publishing originated with Sherman Bowles, who had taken over his family's Springfield, Massachusetts newspaper dynasty, consisting of '' The Republican'' and other papers. He entered comic-book publishing through his printing division, [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fawcett Comics
Fawcett Comics, a division of Fawcett Publications, was one of several successful comic book publishers during the Golden Age of Comic Books in the 1940s. Its most popular character was Captain Marvel, the alter ego of radio reporter Billy Batson, who transformed into the hero whenever he said the magic word "Shazam!". Other characters published by Fawcett include Captain Video, Hopalong Cassidy, Ibis the Invincible, Bulletman and Bulletgirl, Spy Smasher, Captain Midnight, Phantom Eagle, Mister Scarlet and Pinky, Minute-Man, Commando Yank and Golden Arrow. Aside from the better known superhero books, Fawcett also published a short-lived line of horror comics during the early 1950s, a string of titles which included '' This Magazine Is Haunted'', ''Beware! Terror Tales'', ''Worlds of Fear'', ''Strange Suspense Stories,'' and ''Unknown World''. Other genres included teenage humor ''(Otis and Babs),'' cartoon animal ''(Hoppy the Marvel Bunny),'' romance ''(Sweethearts),'' war ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Farrell Publications
Farrell Publications is the name of a series of American comic book publishing companies founded and operated by Robert W. Farrell in the 1940s and 1950s, including Elliot Publishing Company, Farrell Comic Group, and Excellent Publications. Farrell is particularly known for its pre-Comics Code horror comics, mostly produced by the S. M. Iger Studio.Howlett, Mike. ''The Weird World of Eerie Publications: Comic Gore That Warped Millions of Young Minds'' (Feral House, 2010). Farrell also published romance, Western, adventure, superhero, and talking animal comics. Farrell acted as editor throughout. In addition to packaging art for Farrell from the beginning, Jerry Iger was the company's art director from 1955β1957. History Robert Farrell Robert W. Farrell (born Izzy Katz)Farrell entry Who's Who of American Comic Books, 1928β ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harry "A" Chesler
Harry Chesler (January 12, 1897, or January 12, 1898 (sources differ) β December 1981),Harry Chesler at the United States Archived from the original on January 18, 2012. often credited as Harry "A" Chesler, with the "A" an affectation rather than a true initial, was the behind the first |
Ace Magazines
Ace Magazines was a comic book and pulp-magazine publishing company headed by Aaron A. Wyn and his wife Rose Wyn. The Wyns had been publishing pulp fiction under the Periodical House and A. A. Wyn's Magazine Publishers names since 1928, and published comics between 1940 and the end of 1956. Its most successful and longest-running superhero title was ''Super-Mystery Comics'' featuring Magno the Magnetic Man and his boy partner Davey,Magno and Davey at Archived from the original on March 21, 2015. who appeared in 28 i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Great Comics 01
Great may refer to: Descriptions or measurements * Great, a relative measurement in physical space, see Size * Greatness, being divine, majestic, superior, majestic, or transcendent People * List of people known as "the Great" *Artel Great (born 1981), American actor Other uses * ''Great'' (1975 film), a British animated short about Isambard Kingdom Brunel * ''Great'' (2013 film), a German short film * Great (supermarket), a supermarket in Hong Kong * GReAT, Graph Rewriting and Transformation, a Model Transformation Language * Gang Resistance Education and Training Gang Resistance Education And Training, abbreviated G.R.E.A.T., provides a school-based, police officer instructed program that includes classroom instruction and various learning activities. Their intention is to teach the students to avoid gang ..., or GREAT, a school-based and police officer-instructed program * Global Research and Analysis Team (GReAT), a cybersecurity team at Kaspersky Lab *'' Great!'', a 20 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aviation
Aviation includes the activities surrounding mechanical flight and the aircraft industry. ''Aircraft'' includes fixed-wing and rotary-wing types, morphable wings, wing-less lifting bodies, as well as lighter-than-air craft such as hot air balloons and airships. Aviation began in the 18th century with the development of the hot air balloon, an apparatus capable of atmospheric displacement through buoyancy. Some of the most significant advancements in aviation technology came with the controlled gliding flying of Otto Lilienthal in 1896; then a large step in significance came with the construction of the first powered airplane by the Wright brothers in the early 1900s. Since that time, aviation has been technologically revolutionized by the introduction of the jet which permitted a major form of transport throughout the world. Etymology The word ''aviation'' was coined by the French writer and former naval officer Gabriel La Landelle in 1863. He derived the term from the v ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ray Gun
A raygun is a science-fiction directed-energy weapon that releases energy, usually with destructive effect.Jeff Prucher, '' Brave New Words: The Oxford Dictionary of Science Fiction,'' Oxford University Press, 2007, page 162 They have various alternate names: ray gun, death ray, beam gun, blaster, laser gun, laser pistol, phaser, zap gun, etc. In most stories, when activated, a raygun emits a ray, typically visible, usually lethal if it hits a human target, often destructive if it hits mechanical objects, with properties and other effects unspecified or varying. Real-world analogues are directed-energy weapons or electrolasers: electroshock weapons which send current along an electrically conductive laser-induced plasma channel. History A very early example of a raygun is the Heat-Ray featured in H. G. Wells' novel ''The War of the Worlds'' (1898).Van Riper, op. cit., p. 46. Science fiction during the 1920s described death rays. Early science fiction often described or depic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
