Old-fashioned Comics: December 2021

Thursday, 30 December 2021

Eagle Annual 009 (1959) Hulton Press

1960's Eagle Annual starts to get adventurous with a new highlighted section on the cover showing the Exciting New Contents!. Dan Dare moves to page 30. Last of the annuals published by Hulton Press Ltd. Amazingly the price remains the same as previous years. Nature appears as a contents list heading for the first time.

Published by : Hulton Press Ltd, London in 1959

Edited by : Marcus Morris

Dimensions : 21.5cm x 26cm with 176 pages.

Selected highlights:

Dan Dare's story is entitled : The Vanishing Scientists
Jeff Arnold find some Guns For Hire
Take a historical adventure with Jack O'Lantern
Learn how the telephone works

Haunted #01 - #75 (1971 - 1984) Complete Series [Charlton Comics Collection]

Charlton, 1971 Series

Published in English (United States) United States

Publication Dates:

September 1971 - September 1984

Number of Issues Published:

75 (#1 - #75)

Color: Color

Dimensions: Standard Golden Age US

Paper Stock: Glossy Cover; Newsprint Interior

Binding: Saddle-stitched

Publishing: Format: Was ongoing

Publication: Type: magazine

Pages: 36 Indicia Frequency: bi-monthly

Notes

Publishing hiatus between:

- #15 (November 1973) and #16 (June 1974);

- #30 (November 1976) and #31 (September 1977)

"Baron Weirwulf's Haunted Library" on covers of #21-47, 49-68, 70-74.

"Baron Weirwulf's Haunted" on cover of #69.

Authors:

Script

Joe Gill ?, Pat Boyette ?,

Pencils :

Steve Ditko, Fred Himes (signed), Pat Boyette, Pete Morisi (signed),

Charles Nicholas (signed),

Don Perlin, Jack Abel, Sanho Kim, Jack Abel,

Tom Sutton (signed), Wayne Howard (signed),

Demetrio Sánchez Gómez,

Inks :

Steve Ditko, Fred Himes (signed), Pat Boyette, Pete Morisi (signed),

Vince Alascia (signed), Jack Abel, Wayne Howard (signed),

Tom Sutton (signed),

Demetrio Sánchez Gómez, Nicola Cuti, Sanho Kim,

Letters :

Charlotte Jetter, Pat Boyette, Fred Himes, Ray Burzon, Pete Morisi, Don Perlin ?,

Sanho Kim, Jack Abel ?

https://www.comics.org/issue/25792/

The Firefly Complete Collection by FraBig

Here's the complete collection of every appearance of The Firefly, a character published

by MLJ Comics. This collection contains: Top-Notch Comics (1939) #8-#27-

151 Pages

Firefly is a fictional comic book character created by Harry Shorten and

Bob Wood for MLJ Comics in 1940. He first appeared in Top-Notch Comics #8.

Artist Warren King and writer Joe Blair loaned their talents to many

of the Firefly's installments.

The Firefly was the fourth superhero launched by MLJ in the eighth issue of their title Top-Notch Comics. He was a mainstay in Top-Notch Comics until its 28th issue, when MLJ changed its format from a superhero book to a humor book.

The popularity of superheroes waned in the late 1940s. The Firefly has had very few appearances since, although when he did briefly reappear during the sixties in The Mighty Crusaders #4 he had gained the ability to glow brightly like his namesake. As part of the team the character reappeared in the 2000s Archie's Weird Mysteries #3 and 14 and

Tales From Riverdale Digest #27.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Firefly