Tuesday 11 August 2015

KLASSIC KIRBY KOMIC KOVERS - THE SANDMAN #1...


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SIMON & KIRBY reunited, so that fact alone makes this issue a collectors' item.  This was a different SANDMAN to the one that the famous creators had introduced in the '40s, and was originally intended only as a one-shot.  However, it must've sold reasonably well, as five more issues appeared, but Simon was absent from them.  MICHAEL FLEISHER took over the scripting chores, with ERNIE CHUA (as Chan) drawing #s 2 & 3.  Kirby returned to draw #s 4-6, inked by MIKE ROYER, and, in the final issue, WALLY WOOD.
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4 comments:

  1. Graham12 August 2015 at 00:29

    I only found the first issue. Probably would have been a pretty interesting series if Simon and Kirby had stayed on it. Never read any of the other issues to compare. To be honest, I thought it was a one-shot until a few years ago.

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  2. Kid12 August 2015 at 00:43

    It wasn't anything great, to be honest, G. 'Of its time' is the best that can be said of it, but far from overwhelming.

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  3. Dougie12 August 2015 at 11:09

    Just re-read issue 2 the other week. Awful, campy stuff from Fleisher and Chua. I don't think much of Fleisher's writing, tbh.

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  4. Kid12 August 2015 at 11:49

    I haven't read them in years, Dougie. I just remember not being terribly impressed by them.

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