Follow-Up Follies

Just like the title says, today we're doing some follow-ups on previous posts. Maybe even grab at a dangling thread or two in passing. The first of which goes back to The Spider Widow from Frank Borth.

When we were looking at her, i said we'd come back to see when Spider Widow met Spider-Man. You might not have waited as long as some of those mentioned upcoming posts, but it's been more than plenty long enough...

Oh, come on! You knew it wasn't that Spider-Man since Pete didn't get bit for another couple decades. 

Let's jump to more recent posts now with the second Un-Comic featuring Captain Marvel And The Lieutenants Of Safety. As teased last time, in this one we face the dangers of Climbing!

Our second second is the next strip in the series featuring the original Hank And Lank, by Frank Thomas, in which the Sooper Sweeps decide to join the Army...

One more Hank And Lank, Sooper Sweeps strip remains.

Bonus Sorta Follow-Up:
Here's a strip that got squeezed out by time and circumstance when we looked at Champ Comics. The writer and artist are unknown -

Proof that a child could do a better job than what we have now?

(BTW - If you notice any tags missing from this post, it's because blogger limits the total number of characters to 200, but flat refuses to tell you how many you're currently using so it's nigh impossible to correct without just randomly throwing some out. I really wish they had somebody who uses the system doing the design work. Especially since they always ignore any feedback, questions, or suggestions.)

page art by Frank Borth, C.C. Beck, Frank Thomas and ??? from Feature Comics #66, Champ Comics #23, Camp Comics #2, and Captain Marvel And The Lieutenants Of Safety #2 (1942, 1943, 1950)

Cleaning Up With Hank And Lank

Last week we saw one of the most unusual superhero characters of all time, The Eye, from Frank Thomas.
As you may recall, yesterday we were on our way to visit Camp Comics when we got distracted en route. 
Once we did finally arrive at Camp, much to our delight did we find another very odd superhero creation from Mr. Thomas. Meet Hank And Lank -

Hank and Lank not only appeared in all three issues of Camp Comics, they appeared in about 3 dozen more comics in short (0.5-1 page) tales. Only, they weren't themselves any more after the original trilogy. 

Not even when Harvey Kurtzman was drawing them.

BTW - there are plenty of reasons for us to dig deeper into those three issues, like Dave Berg... 

...not just more Hank and Lank.

page art by Frank Thomas from Camp Comics #1 (1942)

Seeing Eye Comics

So, i was chatting with the Mindbender (from a more than social distance) about some of the old Centaur comics line and i mentioned that i was using one of their characters in The 3rd Colony. 

Eventually, it occurred to me that we had yet to see that character here, even though it was one of the great ODD characters of the Golden Age. So let us turn back to 1939 and gaze upon The Eye.

I'm not going to try to describe or summarize The Eye for you. Here are the first three tales by Frank Thomas from Keen Detective Funnies and you can see for yourself -

 

As you can see, the Eye was an interesting character, but rather limited in dramatic character interaction for an ongoing series. However, i thought that as a mysterious guide, aid, and plot mover, The Eye might work rather well in a video game context.

Or maybe it's just more clutter in project.
Either way, i rather like The Eye, or Detective Eye as it was sometimes known (like in its own title).

Here's is the cover to the 3rd tale above -

I expect we'll be seeing more of The Eye - maybe quite soon.

page art by Frank Thomas from Keen Detective Funnies #s 16-18 (1939, 1940)