What if Target became a mascot for Target?  🎯 😂

I was working in a comic shop when Dark Horse released their Basil Wolverton In Space trade with most of the Spacehawk stories in it.  I'd already run in to his work, but most of our customers hadn't even heard of him.  Must have convinced fifty people to give him a try, and most of them thanked me for cluing them in.  The guy's style was just uniquely compelling, and (at least until the publishers forced him into prosaic anti-Axis stories during WW2) his storytelling was tremendously imaginative.

the funny thing about Blue Bolt's comics was that they pioneered the love triangle dynamics that would dominate the silver age especially when it comes to the superman staple of books, part of me wants to do an anthology that's just Blue Bolt and company getting into the shenanigans that you'd expect in Lois Lane or Superboy but I don't think I'd be able to get enough people together for it.

Some good batch of characters. And man that editors page letter somethings never change.

The Spacehawk stories are wonderful! Wolverton didn't just think outside of the box, it seems as though he didn't even know that the box existed. Such unique style and vision. One of the best.

I love learning about fun, obscure old stuff like this!

Spacehawk is a treasure.

Interesting to hear about comic book publishers that didn't make it

The Blue Bolt is a really great idea. I've been working on my own version of his story. It emphasises the John Carter background and scifi setting, while also presenting the Green Sorceress in a more relatable light. I actually have a reprinted collection of Blue Bolt comics for reference. Also, if you are writing your own stuff, be careful; Joe Simon's estate is notorious for their lawsuits.

That flub with the Blue Bolt had me doubled over with laughter.  Thank you for leaving it in.  This video was a fun look at forgotten heroes of yesteryear(and the impressive talent behind them).

Another exemplary foray into the Golden Age, Fizz! Your patented approach of taking the material -- but not yourself -- seriously, continues to delight.  Long may you run! (I think another aspect that allowed Wolverton to develop such a unique style, along with his distance from the bullpens of power, was his vaudeville background.  The relationship between comics and performance is a neglected avenue -- even if only as the road to revisiting Wally Wood's 'Separation Blues' :)

Once again yet another kickass upload my dude. Fun fact: I actually had a print out of a Target comics cover I really liked hung up on my bedroom wall and it actually was looking at that cover that got me into seriously bodybuilding when I was in my early teens. Something about the way Bob Wood drew the character seemed still impressive but more attainable than batman or superman.
Years later I'm still only about three quarters way to that goal, but making progress lol. 😂

Truly like seeing that letter, it’s great to see that Karen’s or Kevin’s were around even back then 😊

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You know, after reading that, I'm convinced Clarence Pool wasn't a 12-year-old kid but was actually the kid's parent

I think you should do an entire episode on  The Target or redo the  Spacehawk epside, those seem like interesting ideas

This was great. I don't think I have ever heard of Novelty Press, but its history is amazing. The best part was seeing the art of Basil Wolverton, who sounds like a superhero's name, and finding out his wife was Honor Lovette was perfect. I knew Wolverton's work at first sight, but I never knew the artist's name. Great job, thanks.

I wasn't overly thrilled by their superheroes, but I really liked the detective stories in Young King Cole!

Space Hawk’s artwork looks kinda similar to Little Nemo...or the guy how did the artwork for Where The Wild Things Are.

I browsed through Novelty Press’ comics and favored quite a bit of their art, with artists like Jack Warren, John Jordan, Ray Ramsey, Ken Battefield, and Nina Albright. Novelty was probably the comic book publisher Albright ended up working for the most, even more so than the reputably woman-staffed Fiction House.

Although much of the interior art from Star Publications was either re-printed or standard, horror artists such as Lee Loeb and George Peltz stuck out to me, and then there’s Jay Disbrow, whose probably the artist people subsconciously picture when it comes to early 1950s monster comic art. I think he only did one cover, so much of his art could only be seen looking past the cover, and was one of the few who drew interior art that truly lived up to Cole’s covers.

My hands are full with old characters that you introduced me to. There is a straight road between your Channel and our board Game. Many thanks! Great video as always