...featured humorous one-page "fillers" about (what else) baseball!
Note that every page has at least one Black ballplayer in a cartoon, a rarity in the 1940s-50s unless the illustration focused on a specific Black sports figure!
BTW, "ballhawk" is outdated slang for an expert fielder! Who says comics ain't educational???
...all of whom possess super-powers which they utilize in their jobs, the Dashers are unaware of a menace not only against them but all humanity, named Quantyl, whose influence is spreading!
But, perhaps, the Dashers have finally realized that, "With Great Power, Comes Great Responsibility!"
(Where have I heard that before???)
Does this mean we could see some of the Dashers as candidates for Avengers Academy?
Not very likely, since this 2022 one-shot comic establishes that there are potentially hundreds, if not thousands of them exist in whatever section of the Marvel Mutiverse this is set in!
A Couple of Treats to Apologize for the Delay Between This Post and Part 1...
It's more "inspired" by the Robert Louis Stevenson tale than an adaptation...
...since it's set "present day" (1950s) and the dear doctor is a psychiatrist!
MikeRoss' Get Lost was one of numerous MAD comic clones that popped up in the mid-1950s when that humor comic became one of the hottest titles on the market...literally flying off newsstands!
The company, created by writer/artists Mike Esposito and Ross Andru (the "MikeRoss" of the company name) was meant to be a showcase for their talents. They edited, wrote, and illustrated almost all the material, including this tale from #1 (1954). Unfortunately, they debuted just as the legendary "Seduction of the Innocent" scandal (where comics were blamed for juvenile delinquency) hit the public consciousness! All MikeRoss published were Get Lost, Heart and Soul (a romance comic) and a couple of 3-D books using modified Heart and Soul artwork. Sadly, the company never really got off the ground as distributors became leery of handling any comics, much less titles from a brand-new, unproven company! MikeRoss folded within a year, and the creators returned to working for others, enjoying long careers in the comics business both as a team and individually until they passed away!
Even leaving out the fact that every single one of these "Dashers" is ignoring the "Prime Directive" of the Marvel Multiverse...
...and using their powers only for personal gain, isn't it weird that only they have superpowers?
Written by Paul Allor, laid out by Steve Kurth, and illustrated by Andrea Olimpieri & Valerio Befani, this promotional one-shot was handed out at NYCC '22, and possibly other conventions. Trivia: There are no copies of the comic available on Amazon, but there is one on eBay...marked down to $29.99 from $119.99! The book isn't listed in the Grand Comics Database!
We've covered the Golden Age comic book adventures of the multi-media superstars HERE, HERE, and HERE...
...now we continue with Lou in a situation which all of us can sympathize with!
Though the scripter is unknown, the art for this tale from St John's Abbott & Costello Comics #8 (1949) is clearly by the team of Lily Renee and and her husband, Erik Peters.
It was reprinted once, in 1955, and hasn't been seen since! We felt almost 75 years was too long a period to keep this from Lily Renee admirers, Abbott and Costello fans, comic book afficionados, and any combination of them!
...ask yourself what do you know about what led to it...even before the now-legendary animated TV series aired in the mid-1990s...
Did you know about the then-heavily-promoted pilot by Marvel Animation, New World Studios, and Toei Entertainmentthat aired in syndication during September 1989?
Marvel Comics devoted much of their monthly "prozine" Marvel Age's 63rd issue to the project (including a new cover by the pilot's primary character designer Russ Heath which was also used for the first VHS release of the cartoon)!
Here's the main article...
(Note the panels running along the bottom of the pages are actually from a storyboard used during production)
In addition, there was an animators' size-comparison chart...
...and the issues's back cover was an illustration showing the characters'...backsides!
Two special treats for you...
First, the centerfold from this issue of Marvel Age by ever-amazing fan-turned-pro writer/artist Fred Hembeck about the fan anticipation for the pilot...
...and here's the pilot itself!
Note, it's from an EP (6-hour speed) VHS release.
(The slower the speed, the poorer the quality!
But a studio could fit moreshows and/or movies on a single video cassette at a bargain price!)
Note: There is an SP (2 Hour Speed) VHS from New World Video...
...released to comics stores and Tower Video (remember them)? All the others are EP (6 Hour Speed)!
