It's HERE and ready to "THRILL" you!
The long-awaited Gold Key Select: Boris Karloff Thriller #1 from Gold Key Entertainment "thrillingly" takes its proud place alongside the previously released Boris Karloff Gold Key Mysteries #1 and #2!
Named after my former Fanzine and APA column est. 1994,"The Issue At Hand"! This Blog offers "The Universe of Things that Interest Me" – Now just a click away! Comics, DVDs, Animation, Classic TV, and occasionally more. Please enjoy your visit! Blog est. 2008.
It's HERE and ready to "THRILL" you!
The long-awaited Gold Key Select: Boris Karloff Thriller #1 from Gold Key Entertainment "thrillingly" takes its proud place alongside the previously released Boris Karloff Gold Key Mysteries #1 and #2!
From the back cover of BLONDIE #7 (David McKay, Cover Date (August-September, 1948), comes this artifact of post-war suburban bliss - BLONDIE'S COOK BOOK!
...Bon Appétit!
When the great editor Julius Schwartz was in charge of certain Silver Age DC Comics titles, he used to say (...and I'm paraphrasing as best I can) that the story should, in some way, highlight - or otherwise showcase - the particular hero's individual powers.
Meaning that a FLASH story should be geared toward velocity, a GREEN LANTERN story should feature "power ring" stunts, and an ATOM story should involve its star becoming very small!
Otherwise, you just have a generic story that could be told for any old generic hero.
I'm reminded of that when I read the Inside Back Cover Gag from ADVENTURES OF MIGHTY MOUSE #151 (Dell Comics, Cover Date: July-September, 1961) titled "The Free Book", with art by Dan Gormley...
Here's a little oddity that I noticed while indexing issues of RICK AND MORTY for GCD!
It's something no one would ever notice... unless they had two versions of the same promo ad - from two consecutive issues - open at the same time! ...And, frankly, who in the world would do THAT, unless they were making the world's greatest overall comics information site all the better each and every day?
From RICK AND MORTY (2023 Series) #1 (Oni Press, Cover Date: January, 2023), we have THIS!
I guess if you're trapped in the titular "Time Zoo", you'd be prone to say... "February? March? What's the difference!"... and you'd be right!
But, in the granular and detail obsessed world of GCD Indexing, it would mean all the difference in the "granular and detail obsessed world"! As you can see HERE!
...See you next TIME... in February... or March... but, hopefully long before that!
I never cease to be amazed at how different comic books can be outside of the USA! But this German edition of THE PINK PANTHER (Der Rosarote Panther #65), takes the Bavarian Chocolate Cake!
Mighty Mouse AND The Pink Panther??! ...And for 100 Seiten... er, pages?
Golly, has The Commissioner ever looked so happy when in the presence of The Inspector?
I guess he figures that, however badly The Inspector messes up, Mighty Mouse will be there to save the day!
Either that or, after so many years of The Inspector's incompetence, The Commissioner has finally gone batty!
If faced with a choice of soapy bath water as in POPEYE #50 (Dell Comics, Cover Date: October-December, 1959), or soapy wash water as in YOSEMITE SAM #27 (Gold Key Comics, Cover Date: April, 1975), what would YOU do to keep from dying of thirst?
The oddball thing about poor Sam's predicament is that Bugs Bunny DOESN'T WEAR ANY CLOTHES, so what is he washing?
When it comes to PENGUINS, Warner Bros. Looney Tunes has a pretty memorable one that twice co-starred with Bugs Bunny...
Walter Lantz had a pretty memorable one of his own... CHILLY WILLY!
But there must have been a brief period during Chilly's tenure at Lantz when he may have become dissatisfied with his contract... and briefly defected to Warner Bros.
Otherwise, how would you explain THIS?!