CRIVENS! COMICS & STUFF!: 'ON THE SCENE': PART SIX

Sunday, 19 April 2015

'ON THE SCENE': PART SIX - SHAZAM...

At last - part six of On The SCENE, featuring the original CAPTAIN (SHAZAM) MARVEL. It's been almost a year since part five in this occasional series, and I reckon two more instalments will cover practically the complete 1966 magazine. Still to come is a feature on the then-new BATMAN movie with ADAM WEST and BURT WARD, plus more great ads than you can shake a stick at.

See you in part seven - if not before!

8 comments:

John Pitt said...: I never actually saw the golden age CM until the 70's. The first one I encountered was Mar-Vel when it came out. Next I discovered the M.F. Enterprises CM. Although I had heard there had been a golden age CM, it wasn't until DC brought him back in Shazam that I actually saw him for the first time. And I soon began to prefer him to the Marvel CM.
However, since Ms. Marvel has been promoted, he's been knocked down to second place!; 19 April 2015 at 22:12
Kid said...: I don't think I'd seen him either, JP, until DC brought out their mag. However, it's still a bit of a mystery to me as to why he was so popular back in the '40s.; 19 April 2015 at 23:02
TC said...: The first "Captain Marvel" that I ever saw was the M.F. ("Split!") version in 1966. Then there was Marvel Super Heroes #12, about three years later, introducing Mar-vell.

I knew about the original version from articles in the book All In Color For A Dime and in Larry Ivie's Monsters & Heroes fanzine, but had never read any of the comics themselves.

My first encounter with the 1940's CM was when I saw the movie serial (and loved it) at a sci-fi convention in the 1970's. Then I bought some back issues of DC's Shazam at a local comic shop. Since then, for me, there's only one Captain Marvel, and that's Billy Batson.; 19 April 2015 at 23:32
Kid said...: I bought the video release of the CM serial a good number of years ago, TC, and quite enjoyed it. I'll have to update to DVD at some stage.; 20 April 2015 at 00:20
Unknown said...: Funnily enough, the magazine features late on in this 10-minute clip of a 1967 French documentary I was watching yesterday. Love those lovely Silver Age comics on display!
http://www.ina.fr/video/I08148125/les-heros-des-comics-video.html; 20 April 2015 at 10:09
Kid said...: Thanks, PP. It's interesting that they only showed the back page pin-ups of Fantastic and Terrific rather than the covers - wonder why? The covers are more interesting.; 20 April 2015 at 13:35
Unknown said...: Yes, I wondered about that. Perhaps they wanted to disguise their British origin? Would love to see the rest of the programme.

Incidentally, the same comic shop and proprietor can be seen in another earlier clip:
http://www.ina.fr/video/AFE86000900/un-marche-peu-commun-l-histoire-de-la-bande-dessinee-video.html; 20 April 2015 at 16:31
Kid said...: Could be, PP. I'll take a look at that other clip shortly. Shame I don't speak French.; 20 April 2015 at 19:47

About the artist:

From 1985 to 2000 A.D. (little joke there), I contributed to a variety of high profile comics and magazines for various companies.

For IPC/FLEETWAY/EGMONT, I freelanced as a lettering and logo artist on various weekly comics and monthly magazines, and also as a resize comic artist and spot illustrator on pocket books, summer specials and annuals.

For MARVEL U.K., BLACK LIBRARY, REDAN and USBORNE BOOKS, I again freelanced as a lettering artist, also working as a restoration artist for MARVEL U.S., restoring and re-creating certain pages of JACK KIRBY art for their MARVEL MASTERWORKS editions.

I also lettered the MARVELMAN sample pages submitted to MARVEL U.S. when they were considering acquiring the character, which - as we all now know - they DID.

Supplied comic strips, cartoons and illustrated advertisements for local business campaigns and newspaper publication on a professional basis since the age of 16. Did my first paid art job for publication at 14 or 15 for Lanarkshire Education Board.

Have also made TV appearances as a collector of memorabilia.

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2000 A.D. * JUDGE DREDD MEGAZINE * DICEMAN * SONIC The COMIC * JUDGE DREDD, LAWMAN Of The FUTURE * CRISIS * REVOLVER * EAGLE * TIGER * BATTLE ACTION-FORCE * BUSTER * WHIZZER & CHIPS * WHOOPEE * NIPPER * SCHOOL FUN * ACE VENTURA, PET DETECTIVE * The REAL GHOSTBUSTERS * DOCTOR WHO MAGAZINE * COUNT DUCKULA * RUGRATS * The TRANSFORMERS * DEATH'S HEAD * THUNDERCATS * GALAXY RANGERS * DRAGON'S CLAWS * SINDY * MARVEL MASTERWORKS * The TROLLS * LOADED * INFERNO * WARHAMMER * ROSE BLACK.

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