Friday Fun P.S. The Batman Meets the ORIGINAL Bat-Man...or Is It ORIGINAL Man-Bat?

"But...We're Practically Brothers!"

A never-reprinted cartoon from Mercury Press' P.S. #2 (1966)

This immediately-followed the nostalgia article "Guys in the Trick Suits" about Golden Age comic books from the same magazine that we ran last Friday!

Friday Fun P.S. "Guys in the Trick Suits"

During the Era of Batmania (In the 1960s)...

...mass market magazines oriented towards the over-30 crowd (who apparently had forgotten their childhoods only a decade or two earlier), sought an explanation as to the appeal of comic books to the under-30 crowd.

P.S., a short-lived magazine (only three issues) dedicated to nostalgia, brought in William F Nolan, a noted science fiction writer with numerous teleplays and short stories to his credit.

You've read his piece, written and published just after the Batman TV series debuted in January, 1966.

What do you think of his look back at his childhood during the Golden Age?
Note: A year after this, Nolan, in collaboration with George Clayton Johnson, wrote the novel Logan's Run.

Friday Fun THE SEQUEL TO THE ALMOST 40 YEAR-OLD FILM STARRING THE 99 YEAR-OLD GUY...

...as Our World Collapses...

...let's have a good laugh!

God knows we need it!

Tomorrow On Space Hero Saturdays:

You Thought Disney Went Nuts on Star Wars Spinoffs?

SpaceBalls Beat Them to It!

Friday Fun BABE "Dora Dumm"

Yes, It's "Politically-Incorrect"...

...but this never-reprinted short is not as bad as you might think!

Illustrated and likely written by Dick Briefer, who was in the middle of his humorous revival of the Frankenstein Monster for Prize Comics!

This sole appearance of Dora Dumm appeared in tbe back of the premiere issue of Boody Rogers' female version of Li'l Abner, Prize Comics' Babe #1 (1948).

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Frankenstein

The Mad Science of Dick Briefer

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Friday Fun BLAST "R.O.T.C.NoteBook"

When is Dan DeCarlo Art Not Dan DeCarlo art?

When it's by one of the best DeCarlo imitators in the business...Stan Goldberg!

Written by Nick Cuti and illustrated by the aforementioned Stan Goldberg, this never-reprinted feature from the short-lived MAD Magazine clone G&D Publishing's Blast #1 (1971) featured an awesome assortment of established pros like Goldberg, Bill Everett, Jim Mooney, and Bob Jenney, along with talented up-and-comers like Cuti, Berni Wrightson, Mike Kaluta, and Marv Wolfman!

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Friday Fun DUNC AND LOO "Loo in 'Hot Potato' "

Remember When Not All "Teen Humor" Comics Looked Like Archie?

This never-reprinted story from Dell's Dunc and Loo #8 (1963), featuring title slacker Loo is a kool example!

Scallions, also called "green onions" or "spring onions", are immature, not fully-grown onions!
Usually, they're used as a minor flavor element in cooked dishes and salads.
I've never heard of a "scallion sandwich"!
Trivia: The book was originally-titled Around the Block with Dunc and Loo, but was shortened to just Dunc and Loo as of #4.
(Apparently suburban and rural readers used "corner" or "street" instead of "block" when referring to addresses, so the original title confused them!)

Written by John Stanley and illustrated by Bill Williams (the series' co-creators).

It was one of three "teen humor" series created for Dell by Stanley, including Kookie and Thirteen (Going on Eighteen) for Dell.

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Thirteen Going on Eighteen

by John Stanley

Friday Fun ABBOTT AND COSTELLO COMICS "Hail, Hail, the Gangplank's Here"

You Want Fun?
Let the Cry Ring Forth..."Heyyyyy, Abotttttt!"

...as we proudly re-present a fun frolic unseen by readers since its' only reprinting in 1955 (70 years, readers!)

This tale, illustrated by Lily Renee & Eric Peters, was cover-featured in it's premiere appearance in St. John's Abbott and Costello Comics #8 (1949)

It's final appearance was in St John's Abbott and Costello Comics #28 (1955)

So, either way, unless you paid a hefty sum for either issue, this is the first time you're seeing it!

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Sixty Years of "Who's on First?"
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Friday Fun FAIRY TALES "Belling the Cat" "Boy Who Cried Wolf!" "Lion and the Mouse"

Here's trio of never-reprinted one-pagers from Ziff-Davis' short-lived Fairy Tales!

A short based on the classic folktale rendered in a very Walt Kelly-esque style from Ziff-Davis' Fairy Tales #11 (1951)!

Short but effective, this re-telling of the parable/fable, also from Fairy Tales #11, was the inside back cover feature, which is why it's b/w instead of four-color!

The inside front cover of Fairy Tales #10 (which is actually the first issue) presents an adaption of one of Aesop's Fables, not a "fairy tale", per se!

We don't know who the creatives are, but we're willing to bet the writer/adapter is the comic's editor, Jerry (Superman) Siegel!

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Golden Treasury of

Klassic Krazy Kool Kids Komics

Friday Fun GRIN "Pollution is a 9 Letter Word"

We End the Week as We Began It...Talking About Ecology!

...with a never-reprinted feature from APAG House's short-lived MAD magazine clone, Grin #3 (1973)!

Scripted by D J Arneson and illustrated by Al Scaduto, it's a lightweight, mild take on a problem that still affects us to this day!

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Monday Madness / Easter Reading Room EASTER WITH MOTHER GOOSE "Easter Bunny and the Dwarf"

To be clear, "dwarf" is not politically incorrect...

...so just sit back and enjoy the never-reprinted tale from Dell's Four Color Comics: Easter with Mother Goose #140 (1947) without any guilt!

This story, written and illustrated by Walt (Pogo) Kelly features a number of nursery rhyme characters including Jack and Jill (who went up a hill), Little Jack Horner, and Mother Goose herself.

But, it is not, as was often the case with Kelly's holiday pieces, an adaptation of existing nursery rhymes, but a totally-new tale!
It's also a prequel to the book's main tale featuring an Easter party...which you'll see on Easter Sunday!

Easter Reading Room EASTER WITH MOTHER GOOSE "Chicken Little"

It's a classic tale with a holiday twist...

...as told by the legendary Walt (Pogo) Kelly in Dell's Four Color Comics: Easter with Mother Goose #140 (1947)

"Fudgy-wudgy" indeed!