Grantbridge Street & other misadventures: Jings! Soon Comes 'Round. . .

Saturday, 1 January 2011

Jings! Soon Comes 'Round. . .

Happy New Year to each and every one of you.

from Action Comics # 42.

originally, Journey Into Unknown Worlds # 7. this, Basil Wolverton's Planet of Terror # 1.

& some fit birds.

and, lastly, here's a wee cracker from Twisted Tales # 10.

Have a great one, guys!

10 comments:

cerebus660 said...: Happy New Year, Joe! Hope you have a good one, matey!!; 1 January 2011 15:17
The Groovy Agent said...: Happy New Year, Mighty Joe! Keep on truckin', baby!; 1 January 2011 15:23
Mykal said...: Hello, pal. Has PewPew Girl mentioned me?

Who could not love page six of that Superman comic? "Die, Sap," says the baddie. "This is to convince you I'm in earnest," says Superman, giving him an open hand; and follows that up with a threat for more. Here's a Supe that enjoys laying it on and isn't above beating the shit out of a bad guy for a little information.

If comics still looked and read like this, I'd still be buying the new stuff.; 1 January 2011 16:18
Daniel [oeconomist.com] said...: Yes, as I keep saying, the autogyro is the proper aircraft for comics, pulps, and movie serials!

Underlining what Mykal said, I note the apparent fate of the thug in (11:8): hurtling out the window, to his death.

Anyway, I join others in wishing you a happy new year, though I tend to look at calendars as pretty arbitrary things, and would as soon wish that any other 365 days were happy for you.; 1 January 2011 17:15
Thomas Haller Buchanan said...: There's just something about golden age comix ('specially DC's golden age) that feels special and comforting and makes me feel twelve again.
Just as Mykal sez: I'd still be spending my allowance on comics if they were like this, but I haven't bought a new comic in years.

And like Daniel sez: Joe, all the best to ya all the time!; 1 January 2011 17:26
Edo Bosnar said...: Hey joe, happy new year and all that; thanks for posting all the cool stuff!; 1 January 2011 18:48
Steve Does Comics said...: Happy new year, Joe. Who's the woman directly below Marilyn? She looks like my kind of gal.; 2 January 2011 00:13
Daniel [oeconomist.com] said...: @Steve—

That is Myrna Loy. She is perhaps best known now for playing Nora Charles, opposite William Powell a Nick Charles, in the Thin Man series of films. Earlier, she played femmes fatales and Fah Lo See (the daughter of Fu Manchu). Later, she played more an idealization of the wife in middle age.; 2 January 2011 01:04
Steve Does Comics said...: Thanks, Daniel. I know the name but I don't think I've ever seen her in anything.; 2 January 2011 02:12
Daniel [oeconomist.com] said...: @Steve—

Definitely find a way to watch the first four of the Thin Man movies, first and foremost for Loy's depiction of Nora.

I've not seen her earlier performances, but in the stills she's just g_dd_mn'd amazingly beautiful.; 3 January 2011 04:07

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