Comic Book Scans: 2014

Saturday, November 15, 2014

Thursday, November 13, 2014

Grindhouse: Drive In, Bleed Out #1 (Nov. 2014)

Wizard: The Comics Magazine #162 (April 2005)

Sunday, February 2, 2014

Wizard Of ID (1/19/71)

Another classic Wizard Of ID gag scanned from the 1975 Fawcett Gold Medal Book, "We've Got To Stop Meeting Like This". Originally published in newspapers on Jan. 19, 1971.

Friday, January 3, 2014

Wizard Of ID (2/1/71)

Another classic Wizard Of ID gag scanned and reformatted from the Fawcett Gold Medal Book, "We've Got To Stop Meeting Like This". Originally published in newspapers on Feb. 1, 1971.

Thursday, January 2, 2014

The Little Monsters #43 (Dec. 1977)

Title: The Little Monsters #43
Cover Art By: N/A
Editor: N/A
Genre: Children's/Humor
Publishing Date: Dec. 1977
Publisher: Western Publishing Company (Gold Key)
Book Type: Standard
Price: 0.30 (US) (CAN)
Pages: 36 (Stories vary)

Title: A Frightful Frame-Up
Writer: N/A
Penciller: N/A
Inker: N/A
Letterer: N/A
Colorist: N/A
Editor: N/A
Page count: 8

Title: The Little Monsters And The Monster Army
Writer: N/A
Penciller: N/A
Inker: N/A
Letterer: N/A
Colorist: N/A
Editor: N/A
Page count: 8

Title: The Family Tree
Writer: N/A
Penciller: N/A
Inker: N/A
Letterer: N/A
Colorist: N/A
Editor: N/A
Page count: 9

Notes:

The cover for this issue is a reprint of "Little Monsters" #5, July, 1966, and was also used for the cover for issue #17.
There are no credits given for the stories.
All stories in this issue are reprints.

Ads:

Starstream: Adventures in Science Fiction (Whitman/Western Publishing Co.) (Issues #1-4 mail order coupon).
Daredevil In "Because!!" (Hostess Fruit Pie ad; art by Gil Kane).
Grit (Grit Publishing Co. mail away coupon) / Clark Bars (Candy bars) (Split page ad).
Sassy Sayings Pendants (American Consumer; Necklace mail order coupon).
Poster Bonanza (Mail away coupon for posters of Farrah Fawcett, John Travolta, Donny & Marie, Lindsay Wagner (As The Bionic Woman) and Lee Majors (As The Six Million Dollar Man)).
Tank Trap Game/Supreme Command Game (Helen Of Toy, Co.; Army men toys mail away coupon).
American Circle Group (Various gag gifts; mail away coupon).
Card Games (Whitman/Western Publishing Company, Inc.; Children's card games).
Baby Snooks & Friends (Children's Treasure Club; Music album featuring Fanny Bryce as "Baby Snooks" and Looney Tunes characters, Bugs Bunny, Yosemite Sam, Daffy Duck, Tweety & Sylvester).
Super Sea Monkeys (Unicorn House; Mail away coupon).

Wednesday, January 1, 2014

Tomb Raider/The Darkness Special #1 (2001)

Title: Tomb Raider/The Darkness Special
Cover Art By: Billy Tan (Pencils/Inks) & Steve Firchow (Colorist)
Editor: Renae Geerlings
Genre: Adventure/Superhero
Publishing Date: 2001
Publisher: Image Comics/Top Cow
Book Type: Standard
Price: Free
Pages: 20

Title: N/A
Feature Characters: Tomb Raider [Lara Croft]; Witchblade [Sara Pezzini]; The Darkness [Jackie Estacado
Writer: David Wohl
Penciller: Billy Tan
Inker: Billy Tan
Letters: Robin Spehar & Dennis Heisler
Colorist: Steve Firchow
Editor: Renae Geerlings, David Wohl (Chief)
Page Count: 13

Notes:

This is a free promotional comic available through topcowstore.com.
The inside front cover featured the credits.
The story in this issue is reprinted in Darkness And Tomb Raider #1 (April 2005)
The story has no title.
There is also a gold foil cover variant available.
The first page profiles the three main characters.
Nick Chun, Alvin Coats & Beth Sotelo are credited as 'Production'.
Ar Gee Dee & Pea Pea Ess are credited as 'Design'.
On the credits page, there is a 'Special Thanks' credit to "Sutton Trout and the folks at Eidos Interactive" & "Jeremy Smith, Adrian Smith and the folks at Core".
Colorists, Robin Spehar & Dennis Heisler are credited as "Dreamer Design's: Robin Spehar & Dennis Heisler".