tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31723906.post1847506299178793280..comments2024-01-28T22:17:29.551-08:00Comments on Pappy's Golden Age Comics Blogzine: Number 1234: Faux FawcettPappyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01977289662431694607noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31723906.post-66351354885217741782012-10-04T04:12:42.233-07:002012-10-04T04:12:42.233-07:00Cartoonasaurus, thanks for your research, but it&#...Cartoonasaurus, thanks for your research, but it's a different Borky. Daniel (of oeconomist.com), found Alan Borky at DailyGrail.com, where he has a blog. You can check out the fascinating mind of Borky at http://www.dailygrail.com/blogs/alanborky<br /><br />Pappyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01977289662431694607noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31723906.post-10845778653590886822012-10-02T19:33:34.777-07:002012-10-02T19:33:34.777-07:00I found this obit about "Borky" here: ht...I found this obit about "Borky" here: http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/jsonline/obituary.aspx?n=emil-a-borkovich-borky&pid=154433209#fbLoggedOutDave Stephenshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08137594631831847333noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31723906.post-72420892002941605192012-10-02T08:34:41.893-07:002012-10-02T08:34:41.893-07:00Atomic Kommie Comics has a nice summary of Captain...Atomic Kommie Comics has a nice summary of Captain Midnight at http://heroheroinehistory.blogspot.com/2010/06/clock-striking-12-signals-coming-of.htmlDarcihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01598465647270663106noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31723906.post-81117447952971647032012-09-30T19:21:02.596-07:002012-09-30T19:21:02.596-07:00Yes, Ovaltine is still available at any store... i...Yes, Ovaltine is still available at any store... it's now made by another Swiss institution, Nestle (which for decades made the competing Quik, now NesQuik).<br /><br />Before marketing to American kids, Ovaltine brought the secret-club idea to British children with "The League of Ovaltineys," offering comics, code badges, etc. Because the ad-free BBC was Britain's only broadcaster then, the League's show was sent via Radio Luxembourg. rnigmahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01370724366178429029noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31723906.post-72870840730849330642012-09-30T15:51:01.373-07:002012-09-30T15:51:01.373-07:00rnigma, this is great. I just have to let my reade...rnigma, this is great. I just have to let my readers loose and do the important research for me! <br /><br />Thanks for all that information. I appreciate it very much. <br /><br />Sandoz developed the product, you say? Is Ovaltine still being sold? Perhaps I should sample it. Pappyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01977289662431694607noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31723906.post-6335482449274955132012-09-29T23:13:45.568-07:002012-09-29T23:13:45.568-07:00The original sponsor for the "Captain Midnigh...The original sponsor for the "Captain Midnight" radio show was Skelly Oil, and later Ovaltine took over, after ceasing its sponsorship of the "Little Orphan Annie" radio show. The Wander Co., Ovaltine's American manufacturer at the time (the milk additive's developer was Sandoz, the Swiss firm that also brought us LSD), bought the rights to Captain Midnight. <br />As with the "Annie" show, Ovaltine offered shake-up mugs and decoder badges on "Captain Midnight" (radio and TV).<br />In addition to the shows, the serial and comic book, there was also a Captain Midnight newspaper strip, signed "Jonwan."<br />rnigmahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01370724366178429029noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31723906.post-32710816251120592612012-09-28T15:36:16.325-07:002012-09-28T15:36:16.325-07:00Daniel, I probably knew about the Captain Midnight...Daniel, I probably knew about the Captain Midnight/Ovaltine connection at some point but forgot. I remember when radio and television shows had one sponsor.<br /><br />I remember the Jet Jackson reruns but don't remember anything specific about them, so they apparently weren't interesting to me. Even as a kid I had likes and dislikes, although in the fifties I probably watched every show on the television schedule at least once. <br /><br />My brother Rob tells people, "My brother and I were raised in a government program to see if children could be raised solely by television, with no parental guidance whatsoever."Pappyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01977289662431694607noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31723906.post-20106249727131354792012-09-28T03:27:21.405-07:002012-09-28T03:27:21.405-07:00Captain Midnight was actually owned and licensed b...Captain Midnight was actually owned and licensed by the corporation most famous for Ovaltine.<br /><br />The television show, like the radio show, was originally a vehicle for getting people to watch Ovaltine advertisements. Later, the episodes were repackaged with the character renamed (to “Jet Jackson”) and the connection to Ovaltine severed.<br /><br />(I don't remember enough of what I've seen — and perhaps never saw and heard enough in the first place — to sort-out how the story arcs of the radio show, serial movie, comic books, and television show differed or might be seen as an evolving whole.)Daniel [oeconomist.com]https://www.blogger.com/profile/06763094285750736837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31723906.post-89534791575079767662012-09-28T02:52:28.802-07:002012-09-28T02:52:28.802-07:00Sure the earth has lines in it, Brian. I used to s...Sure the earth has lines in it, Brian. I used to see them all the time when I'd look at the giant globe in my classroom! <br /><br />You notice how the earth was drawn before we had ever actually seen our own planet from space? It didn't have clouds, either.Pappyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01977289662431694607noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31723906.post-64656628924402671752012-09-27T09:53:25.140-07:002012-09-27T09:53:25.140-07:00Our first trip to the moon would have been very di...Our first trip to the moon would have been very different if Buzz Aldrin would have remember to bring his smoking pipe and moderate pumps!<br /><br />BTW: Cover artist, I don't know what you used for reference -- or if it's a stat -- but the earth doesn't have lines on it!Brian Barneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15737535617796413548noreply@blogger.com