24 January 2020

I Would Have Expected Johnny Dark

Okay, okay...
You can have a real post today, too.

As you may recall, when we were looking at the line-up in Daredevil Comics, we saw Pat Patriot's first splash. Not this guy, who came out the same year (1941)...


...we're talking Pat Patriot, America's Joan Of Arc! Here's her first tale which accompanied that introductory page (repeated here for convenience)...


Hmm... 
We need an Odd Bit - they've been running light lately. 
How about this one...

Both Pat Patriot characters were created & written by Bob Wood (with Charles Biro on America's Joan Of Arc - the two using "Chuck" Woodro as a combination name) Wood is also the artist on the one-pager. To my knowledge, after deciding to use the name for the latter strip, the former character never appeared again.

Patricia's first adventure was noticed by TPTB, leading to a second...



Despite the seeming physical toll taken by her adventures, Pat was soon engaging in all sorts of excitement...



...even donning underwater Iron Man armor to battle a big octopus in the first story confirmed to be drawn by Frank Borth...



It would be decades before we saw such a spectacle again...



...or maybe not...

identified page art by Frank Borth and Bob Wood from Daredevil Comics #s 2, 3, 5, & 7 and Silver Streak #10, screen cap from Giant Woman Vs. Big Octopus (1941, 1942, 2011)

Futura-Ramu Friday

It's afternoon already?

It's Friday already?

Damn - losing time Again.
Probably zoning out watching those Japanese Futurama cartoons...


I'll unwarp the brain and drag it back to this world directly...

screens from FuturaRamu!

23 January 2020

SM Adventures

Some may recall that when we saw Super Pup not too long ago, i made these remarks:
Oddly enough, we came to Super Pup looking for the other side of the Cat.
In theory, we'll get there soon...
This is the guy we were talking about -


Of course, it was no surprise to find the Mouse in the Pup's book - they're both drawn by Frank Carin. Space Mouse actually got his own title the previous year. It was the '50s, so i'll comment on the ginchy use of Electronic Eyes in this one...


Actually, eyes seemed to be something of a subtle theme in this issue...
 

But i have no answer.

Maybe we'll find one when we return with more mouse, and more mice...

page art by Frank Carin from Super Pup #4 and Space Mouse #1 (1954, 1953)