DARE-DEVIL ACES-- 10 cents-- bombers"Leatherback Wings" "The Hell Divers' Last Patrol"
LIBERTY-- 10 cents
G-MEN DETECTIVES-- 10 cents-- Nazis on cover
TEN DETECTIVE ACES-- 10 cents
.44 WESTERN MAGAZINE-- 10 cents-- cowboys
THRILLING DETECTIVES-- 10 cents
SUPER SPORTS-- 15 cents-- baseball on cover
COWBOY- LIFE ROMANCE-- 20 cents
THRILLING WESTERN-- 10 cents
SUPER SCIENCE STORIES-- 20 cents
WEST-- 15
You could sure get a lot of reading for a buck back then.
--GreGen
The USS North Carolina (BB-55) My all-time favorite warship. As an elementary school student in North Carolina, I donated nickels and dimes to save this ship back in the early sixties.
Showing posts with label comics. Show all posts
Showing posts with label comics. Show all posts
Friday, February 20, 2015
Thursday, February 19, 2015
Shorpy's Yreka, Cal. Magazine Stand, June 26, 1942-- Part 1
From the Feb. 11, 2015, Shorpy "Yreka Comix: 1942." You can see the photo by typing in the title. "Yreka, California Magazine Stand." by Russell Lee, OWI (Office of War Information).
I was interested in seeing what people back then were reading, especially kids. Were some of the comics about the war?
Here are the magazines, newspapers and comics I could make out in the photo with headlines
LIFE MAGAZINE-- "War Stamp Bride" 10 cents
SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE-- "Rommel Drives On Deep Into Egypt"
COLLIER'S
The rest are comic books.
ACTION STORIES-- 20 cents
SKYFIGHTERS-- 10 cents World War II, "Wings of Victory"
Great Reads. --GreGen
I was interested in seeing what people back then were reading, especially kids. Were some of the comics about the war?
Here are the magazines, newspapers and comics I could make out in the photo with headlines
LIFE MAGAZINE-- "War Stamp Bride" 10 cents
SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE-- "Rommel Drives On Deep Into Egypt"
COLLIER'S
The rest are comic books.
ACTION STORIES-- 20 cents
SKYFIGHTERS-- 10 cents World War II, "Wings of Victory"
Great Reads. --GreGen
Wednesday, November 19, 2014
"Sgt. Rock" Co-creator Joe Kubert, Died in 2012
From the August 14, 2012, Chicago Sun-Times
JOE KUBERT, 85
Ground-breaking comic artist and educator died August 12th.
Founded the Joe Kubert School of Cartooning and Graphic Art in 1976
But, to me, he was the one who gave me those great old Sgt. Rock and Easy Company comic books that I religiously read back in my way-younger years. I also see he helped create the Hawkman character.
Sgt. Frank Rock had a dangerously accurate shot and the uncanny ability to survive war wounds with his Easy Company. And, he was a youthful hero of mine.Plus, I liked the haunted Jeb Stuart tank, the Indian Mustang pilot.
Sgt. Rock and his company sure killed a whole lot of enemy soldiers with all that "Rat-a-Tat" and "Ka-Pows." "Kubert was known for his war comics, expressionist drawings of macho men, muscles rippling as they performed heroics."
He was born to a Jewish family in Poland in 1926 and came to the U.S. as a baby, growing up in Brooklyn. He did his first work for D.C. Comics in the 1940s.
Sgt. Rock first appeared in a comic book in June 1959 and was created by Robert Kanigher and Joe Kubert.
With all the success that Marvel has had with their movies, I sure wish we'd get some Sgt. Rock ones.
JOE KUBERT, 85
Ground-breaking comic artist and educator died August 12th.
Founded the Joe Kubert School of Cartooning and Graphic Art in 1976
But, to me, he was the one who gave me those great old Sgt. Rock and Easy Company comic books that I religiously read back in my way-younger years. I also see he helped create the Hawkman character.
Sgt. Frank Rock had a dangerously accurate shot and the uncanny ability to survive war wounds with his Easy Company. And, he was a youthful hero of mine.Plus, I liked the haunted Jeb Stuart tank, the Indian Mustang pilot.
Sgt. Rock and his company sure killed a whole lot of enemy soldiers with all that "Rat-a-Tat" and "Ka-Pows." "Kubert was known for his war comics, expressionist drawings of macho men, muscles rippling as they performed heroics."
He was born to a Jewish family in Poland in 1926 and came to the U.S. as a baby, growing up in Brooklyn. He did his first work for D.C. Comics in the 1940s.
Sgt. Rock first appeared in a comic book in June 1959 and was created by Robert Kanigher and Joe Kubert.
With all the success that Marvel has had with their movies, I sure wish we'd get some Sgt. Rock ones.
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