(July 2004)
Fantagraphics,
2004 Series
Published in English
(United States)
- Volume
- 2
- Price
- 49.95 USD
- Pages
- 248
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Fantagraphics Books
- Brand
-
Fantagraphics Books [serif, double border]
- ISBN
-
1-56097-573-3
- Barcode
- 9781560975731
- Editing
- Greg Sadowski
- Color
- Color
- Dimensions
- 9.5" x 12.5"
- Binding
- Hardcover with Dustjacket
- Publishing Format
- Collected Edition
Issue Notes
This is a companion volume to an earlier work that primarily contained Bernie Krigstein's non-comics work. Reprinted by the publisher in 2013 as "Messages in a Bottle: Comic Book Stories by B. Krigstein"
[no title indexed]
Nyoka / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page
- Genre
- jungle
- Reprints
- from Nyoka the Jungle Girl (Fawcett, 1945 series) #8 (June 1947), #10 (August 1947), #12 (October 1947), #13 (November 1947)
-
Eugene Vidocq...First Great Detective
Eugene Vidocq / comic story / 8 pages
- Genre
- detective-mystery
- Reprints
- from Justice Traps the Guilty (Prize, 1947 series) #v2#2 (8) (January-February 1949)
-
Indexer Notes
Restored by Lou Copeland and Greg Sadowski.
Conning The Confidence Man
comic story / 9 pages
- Genre
- crime
- Reprints
- from Justice Traps the Guilty (Prize, 1947 series) #v2#4 (10) (June-July 1949)
-
Indexer Notes
Restored by Greg Sadowski.
Double Trouble
Nuggets Nugent / comic story / 5.67 pages
- Genre
- western-frontier
- Reprints
- from The Westerner Comics (Orbit-Wanted, 1948 series) #24 (December 1949)
-
Indexer Notes
Restored by Greg Sadowski.
Tone Up Time
public service announcement / 0.33 page
- Genre
- non-fiction
- Synopsis
- Krigstein's wife Natalie was the model for this PSA.
- Reprints
- from Love Diary (Orbit-Wanted, 1949 series) #2 (October 1949)
-
Liar
comic story / 8 pages
- Genre
- romance
- Reprints
- from Love Diary (Orbit-Wanted, 1949 series) #2 (October 1949)
-
Indexer Notes
Restored by Greg Sadowski.
One Way Street
comic story / 6.67 pages
- Genre
- crime
- Synopsis
- Restored by Greg Sadowski.
- Reprints
- from Wanted Comics (Orbit-Wanted, 1947 series) #24 (January 1950)
-
[no title indexed]
illustration / 0.33 page
Indexer Notes
Reproduction of penciled panel for "The One and Only Tex" from All-Time Sports Comics (Hillman, 1949 series) #7.
Cooked In Oil
comic story / 8 pages
- Genre
- crime
- Reprints
- from Crime Detective Comics (Hillman, 1948 series) #v2#1 (March-April 1950)
-
Indexer Notes
Restored by Greg Sadowski.
The World's Strangest Shuffle
comic story / 8 pages
- Genre
- crime
- Reprints
- from Real Clue Crime Stories (Hillman, 1947 series) #v5#6 [54] (August 1950)
-
Indexer Notes
Restored by Greg Sadowski.
Now I Can Die Easy...
comic story / 9 pages
- Genre
- crime
- Reprints
- from Crime Detective Comics (Hillman, 1948 series) #v2#4 (September-October 1950)
-
Indexer Notes
Restored by Greg Sadowski.
Lily White Joe
comic story / 8 pages
- Genre
- crime
- Reprints
- from Real Clue Crime Stories (Hillman, 1947 series) #v5#9 [57] (November 1950)
-
The Highwayman
comic story / 7 pages
- Genre
- non-fiction; crime; historical
- Reprints
- from All True Crime (Marvel, 1949 series) #42 (January 1951)
-
The Huckster's Castle
comic story / 6.67 pages
- Genre
- crime
- Reprints
- from Crime Detective Comics (Hillman, 1948 series) #v2#7 (March-April 1951)
-
Indexer Notes
Bottom tier of page 5 replaced by a photo.
[no title indexed]
illustration / 0.33 page
- Characters
- Bernie Krigstein
Indexer Notes
Photograph of Bernie Krigstein at a private party, taken around 1950.
Blacksmith Belle Malone
Belle Malone / comic story / 8 pages
- Genre
- western-frontier
- Reprints
- from Dead-Eye Western Comics (Hillman, 1948 series) #v2#3 (April-May 1951)
-
Indexer Notes
Restored by Greg Sadowski.
Monster Of The Sea
comic story / 7 pages
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Reprints
- from Airboy Comics (Hillman, 1945 series) #v8#4 [87] (May 1951)
-
- Keywords
- monsters
Indexer Notes
original title: "Captain Splint's Hairy Helper"
Lester Of The Bowery
comic story / 8 pages
- Genre
- crime
- Reprints
- from Real Clue Crime Stories (Hillman, 1947 series) #v6#6 [66] (August 1951)
-
The Kid Talks Tough
comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- western-frontier
- Reprints
- from Western Fighters (Hillman, 1948 series) #v4#2 (January 1952)
-
Indexer Notes
Restored by Greg Sadowski.
Love Puzzle
comic story / 8 pages
- Genre
- romance
- Reprints
- from Darling Love (Archie, 1949 series) #9 (1952)
-
Indexer Notes
Restored by Greg Sadowski and Lou Copeland.
Ghoul's Gold
comic story / 4 pages
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Reprints
- from Astonishing (Marvel, 1951 series) #13 (May 1952)
-
Indexer Notes
missing last page(s)
Under Glass
comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Reprints
- from Astonishing (Marvel, 1951 series) #14 (June 1952)
-
Indexer Notes
First page printed from photostat of Krigstein's original art. Page as it was originally printed appears in the "notes" at the end of this volume.
The Miser
comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Reprints
- from Astonishing (Marvel, 1951 series) #16 (August 1952)
-
War Horse!
comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- war
- Reprints
- from War Action (Marvel, 1952 series) #12 (March 1953)
-
Last Bullet
comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- war
- Reprints
- from Battle (Marvel, 1951 series) #23 (November 1953)
-
The Terrorist
comic story / 3 pages
- Genre
- adventure
- Reprints
- from Approved Comics (St. John, 1954 series) #6 (May 1954)
-
Indexer Notes
Restored by Greg Sadowski.
The Monster from the Fourth Dimension
comic story / 8 pages
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Reprints
- from Three Dimensional EC Classics (EC, 1954 series) #1 (Spring 1954)
-
- Keywords
- monsters
Indexer Notes
Reproduction in black and white, shot from original art.
Pipe-Dream
comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- Johnny Craig
- Pencils
- Bernie Krigstein
- Inks
- Bernie Krigstein
- Colors
- Marie Severin
- Letters
- Jim Wroten
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Reprints
- from Vault of Horror (EC, 1950 series) #36 (April-May 1954)
-
Indexer Notes
Marie Severin was also the original colorist.
More Blessed To Give...
comic story / 7 pages
- Genre
- crime
- Reprints
- from Crime SuspenStories (EC, 1950 series) #24 (August-September 1954)
-
Indexer Notes
Restored by Greg Sadowski.
Marie Severin was also the original colorist.
Key Chain
comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- crime
- Reprints
- from Crime SuspenStories (EC, 1950 series) #25 (October-November 1954)
-
Murder Dream
comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Reprints
- from Tales from the Crypt (EC, 1950 series) #45 (December 1954-January 1955)
-
In The Bag
comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- Carl Wessler
- Pencils
- Bernie Krigstein
- Inks
- Bernie Krigstein
- Colors
- Marie Severin
- Letters
- Jim Wroten
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Reprints
- from Shock SuspenStories (EC, 1952 series) #18 (December 1954 - January 1955)
-
Poetic Justice
comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- historical
- Reprints
- from Valor (EC, 1955 series) #2 (May-June 1955)
-
Salvage
comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- adventure
- Reprints
- from Piracy (EC, 1954 series) #5 (June-July 1955)
-
- Keywords
- pirate
Indexer Notes
Restored by Greg Sadowski.
Garibaldi
comic story / 4 pages
- Genre
- war
- Reprints
- from Battleground (Marvel, 1954 series) #9 (January 1956)
-
Dinosaur
comic story / 4 pages
- Genre
- adventure
- Reprints
- from Mystic (Marvel, 1951 series) #58 (April 1957)
-
Survival!
comic story / 4 pages
- Genre
- war
- Reprints
- from Navy Tales (Marvel, 1957 series) #3 (May 1957)
-
The Last Look
comic story / 4 pages
- Genre
- adventure
- Reprints
- from Marvel Tales (Marvel, 1949 series) #159 (August 1957)
-
[no title indexed]
illustration / 1.5 pages
- Reprints
- Six reduced single pages of Bernie Krigstein's early comic book work. One page each from Treasure Comics (Prize, 1945 series) #5, Whiz Comics (Fawcett, 1940 series) #78, Target Comics (Novelty Press, 1940 series) #v8#7 [85], Nyoka the Jungle Girl (Fawcett, 1945 series) #13, Western Fighters (Hillman 1948 series) #4, and The Westerner (Orbit-Wanted, 1948 series) #18.
Indexer Notes
Source of page from Western Fighters given as #1, but title ["The Iron Octopus"] appears in #4 according to GCD.
Title of story from The Westerner given as "Man with the Golden Hand", while GCD record of original comic book shows title being "Man with the Broken Hand".
notes
text article / 8.5 pages
- Script
- Greg Sadowski
- Pencils
- Bernie Krigstein; Mort Leav
- Inks
- Bernie Krigstein
- Colors
- Marie Severin ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- non-fiction
- Reprints
- Reduced single pages from Patches (Orbit-Wanted, 1945 series) #9, Dead-Eye Western Comics (Hillman, 1948 series) #v2#3, Real Clue Crime Stories (Hillman, 1947 series) #v6#6 [66], as well as reproduction of first page of "Under Glass" from Astonishing (Marvel, 1951 series) #14 as originally printed.
Indexer Notes
Illustrations include two censored pages from "Drummer Of Waterloo" from Our Army At War (DC, 1952 series) # 14. DC would not allow this story to be reprinted in its entirety.
Pepper Young's Family
Pepper Young / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- drama
Indexer Notes
Unsold newspaper strip.
[no title indexed]
Bernie Krigstein / illustration / 2 pages
- Pencils
- photo
Indexer Notes
Photos of Bernie Krigstein.
Editing
Related Scans
Table of Contents
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0.
[no title indexed]
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1.
[Frontispiece]
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2.
[no title indexed]
-
3.
[no title indexed]
Nyoka -
4.
Eugene Vidocq...First Great Detective
Eugene Vidocq -
5.
Conning The Confidence Man
-
6.
Double Trouble
Nuggets Nugent -
7.
Tone Up Time
-
8.
Liar
-
9.
One Way Street
-
10.
[no title indexed]
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11.
Cooked In Oil
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12.
The World's Strangest Shuffle
-
13.
Now I Can Die Easy...
-
14.
Lily White Joe
-
15.
The Highwayman
-
16.
The Huckster's Castle
-
17.
[no title indexed]
-
18.
Blacksmith Belle Malone
Belle Malone -
19.
Monster Of The Sea
-
20.
Lester Of The Bowery
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21.
The Kid Talks Tough
-
22.
Love Puzzle
-
23.
Ghoul's Gold
-
24.
Under Glass
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25.
The Miser
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26.
War Horse!
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27.
Last Bullet
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28.
The Terrorist
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29.
The Monster from the Fourth Dimension
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30.
Pipe-Dream
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31.
More Blessed To Give...
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32.
Key Chain
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33.
Murder Dream
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34.
In The Bag
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35.
Poetic Justice
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36.
Salvage
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37.
Garibaldi
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38.
Dinosaur
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39.
Survival!
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40.
The Last Look
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41.
[no title indexed]
Bernie Krigstein -
42.
[no title indexed]
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43.
notes
-
44.
Pepper Young's Family
Pepper Young -
45.
[no title indexed]
Bernie Krigstein -
46.
[Frontispiece]
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47.
["The virtuosity, graphic invention ..."]
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