Everetts

Posted in: Comics, Heritage Sponsored, Vintage Paper | Tagged: atlas, bill everett, pre-code horror, VenusThe Marvel/Atlas Venus series ended with a seven-issue run with covers, stories, art and even letters by legendary creator Bill Everett.A foundational creator of the Golden Age, Bill Everett is best known for his creation of Namor the Sub-Mariner in that era and his co-creation of Daredevil in the Silver Age.  But Everett excelled at an astonishing range of material, and his work between those two ages for…

Bill Everett's The Conqueror debuted in Victory Comics from Hillman Periodicals as a superhero transformed by cosmic rays. | Beginning with issue #3, Victory Comics contained a brief letter column with answers to reader emails by editor John H. Compton (presumably).  Something of a rarity in the Golden Age, one eyebrow-raising letter in this issue had a reader taking issue with the focus on what he termed as "England's War" and preferred that Victory Comics hero The Conqueror take on Stalin in Russia.  While this issue…

The debut of Eastern Color Printing's Heroic Comics features Submariner creator Bill Everett's Hydroman, and Tarpé Mills Purple Zombie. | The debut issue of Heroic Comics is significant for several reasons, but first and foremost, it features the first appearance of Hydroman, created by comic book legend and Sub-Mariner creator Bill Everett. Heroic Comics #1 also features the debut of the Purple Zombie, a wonderfully weird creation of Black Fury creator Tarpé Mills. The series was published by the important Golden Age…

Bill Everett's The Conqueror debuted in Victory Comics from Hillman Periodicals as a superhero transformed by cosmic rays. | When Writer's Digest announced that former Funnies, Inc editor John H. Compton would be editing two new titles for Hillman Periodicals (Victory Comics and Air Fighters Comics), they only got the details half right: "There are no super-men in these. The emphasis is on story and character values."  While Air Fighters Comics, which introduced Airboy in its second issue, is certainly not a superhero…