(Spring 1986)

Pure Imagination, 1986 Series
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Price:
5.00 USD; 6.50 CAD
Pages:
56
Indicia Publisher:
pure imagination
Brand:
PI
ISBN:
?
Editing:
Greg Theakston
Format:
Softcover

Issue Notes

Dedicated to Julie Schwartz W.G.C.B.E. and it includes special thanks to Nancy Danahy, Bill Wray, Mitch Itkowitz, Tony Dispoto, Richard Halegua, Mike Thibodeaux, Paul Levitz, and Peggy May.

Parts of this issue are reprinted:

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

cover / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Pencils:
Jack Kirby
Inks:
Greg Theakston
Colors:
Greg Theakston
Letters:
Greg Theakston

Double-Daring Adventure (Table of Contents)

foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
Greg Theakston
Pencils:
Wally Wood (signed)
Inks:
?
Letters:
typeset

Indexer Notes

An editorial illustrated with a Wally Wood unpublished newspaper strip, mid-1960s and a black & white reproduction of Animal Fair (Fawcett, 1946 Series) #9


Frazetta Favorites (Table of Contents)

text article / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:
Greg Theakston
Pencils:
N.C. Wyeth; Hal Foster
Letters:
typeset

Content Information

Genre:
biography

Indexer Notes

Brief bio, photo of Frazetta, and 4 examples of Wyeth's work and 2 examples of Hal Foster's work.


War of the Gladiators (Table of Contents)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
?
Pencils:
Frank Frazetta
Inks:
Frank Frazetta
Letters:
?

Content Information

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Adrift in a Rowboat (Table of Contents)

comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
?
Pencils:
Frank Frazetta
Inks:
Frank Frazetta
Letters:
?

Content Information

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Memorable Memorial Day (Table of Contents)

comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
?
Pencils:
Frank Frazetta
Inks:
Frank Frazetta
Letters:
?

Content Information

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Inside Stories of the Lives and Crimes of Famous Gangsters (Table of Contents)

comic story / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:
?
Pencils:
Wally Wood
Inks:
Wally Wood
Letters:
?

Content Information

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Enfant Terrible a teen-aged Kubert takes on the comics (Table of Contents)

text article / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:
Greg Theakston
Letters:
typeset

Indexer Notes

Contains a photo of Joe Kubert and 4 early examples of his work.


Buddha Was a Big Boy (Table of Contents)

comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
?
Pencils:
Joe Kubert
Inks:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

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Indexer Notes

There is a discrepancy between the number of pages here (7 pages) and the 6 pages listed in the entry at Speed Comics (Harvey, 1939 series) #43


["Irene Schroeder blazed a trail of death and destruction"] (Table of Contents)

comic story / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:
?
Pencils:
Wally Wood
Inks:
Wally Wood
Letters:
?

Content Information

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Meskin, Mort (Table of Contents)

text article / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:
Greg Theakston
Pencils:
Mort Meskin
Inks:
?; Joe Kubert
Letters:
typeset

Indexer Notes

A brief bio of Mort Meskin, quotes about him from George Roussos, Joe Simon, Jack Kirby and Jim Steranko, and 3 examples of his work from Black Magic #11 and an unpublished newspaper strip.


The Return of the Conquerors! (Table of Contents)

comic story / 9 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
?
Pencils:
Mort Meskin (signed)
Inks:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Characters:
Golden Lad

Indexer Notes

previously unpublished from 1946.


Alex Toth (Table of Contents)

text article / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:
Alex Toth
Pencils:
Alex Toth
Inks:
Alex Toth
Letters:
Alex Toth

Content Information

Genre:
biography
Synopsis:
Self written bio and self portrait of Alex Toth.

Rogue Gallery (Table of Contents)

text article / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:
Greg Theakston
Pencils:
Alex Toth
Inks:
Alex Toth
Letters:
typeset

Content Information

Synopsis:
An assortment of characters drawn by Alex Toth that look suspiciously like actor Errol Flynn.

Geronimo Joe (Table of Contents)

comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
?
Pencils:
Alex Toth
Inks:
Mike Peppe
Letters:
?
Job Number:
B-1506

Content Information

Genre:
War
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Indexer Notes

Alex Toth's notes on coloring are visible at the margins of some of the pages.


Gift of Murder (Table of Contents)

comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
?
Pencils:
Alex Toth [as Scott]
Inks:
Alex Toth [as Scott]
Letters:
?
Job Number:
VB-76

Indexer Notes

originally intended for Adventures into Darkness #153


The Crushed Gardenia (Table of Contents)

comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
?
Pencils:
Alex Toth [as Alexander Toth]
Inks:
Alex Toth
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
Crime
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Red Cross New Method of Artificial Respiration (Table of Contents)

comic story / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:
?
Pencils:
Frank Frazetta (signed)
Inks:
Frank Frazetta
Letters:
?; typeset

Content Information

Reprints:
  • from Buster Crabbe (Famous Funnies, 1951 Series) #4

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

illustration / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:
?
Pencils:
Mort Meskin
Inks:
Greg Theakston
Colors:
Greg Theakston
Letters:
?

Editing

Table of Contents

  1. 0. [no title indexed]
  2. 1. Double-Daring Adventure
  3. 2. Frazetta Favorites
  4. 3. War of the Gladiators
  5. 4. Adrift in a Rowboat
  6. 5. Memorable Memorial Day
  7. 6. Inside Stories of the Lives and Crimes of Famous Gangsters
  8. 7. Enfant Terrible a teen-aged Kubert takes on the comics
  9. 8. Buddha Was a Big Boy
  10. 9. ["Irene Schroeder blazed a trail of death and destruction"]
  11. 10. Meskin, Mort
  12. 11. The Return of the Conquerors!
  13. 12. Alex Toth
  14. 13. Rogue Gallery
  15. 14. Geronimo Joe
  16. 15. Gift of Murder
  17. 16. The Crushed Gardenia
  18. 17. Red Cross New Method of Artificial Respiration
  19. 18. [no title indexed]
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