tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31723906.post8028715474096233064..comments2024-01-28T22:17:29.551-08:00Comments on Pappy's Golden Age Comics Blogzine: Number 1304: Headlights on full beamPappyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01977289662431694607noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31723906.post-18770628623023532482015-04-11T18:32:42.796-07:002015-04-11T18:32:42.796-07:00I think we can put to rest the myth that Baker dre...I think we can put to rest the myth that Baker drew the cover to PL 17. It looks exactly like Al Feldstein's art and nothing like Baker's, as a look at authentic Baker art will attest. He never drew women with balloon breasts, but Feldstein did.ABhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15536547131562840293noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31723906.post-35862403141479035382013-01-26T09:16:07.634-08:002013-01-26T09:16:07.634-08:00The story was both re-written (to tone down violen...The story was both re-written (to tone down violence) and redrawn (to tone down sexiness) during <b>Phantom Lady's</b> later <i>Ajax/Farrell</i> run by the Iger studio crew.<br />You can see it here...<br />http://heroheroinehistory.blogspot.com/2012/05/reading-room-phantom-lady-what-price.html<br />(Quite a few of PL's Ajax/Farrell stories were re-dos of earlier Fox tales, and, in one case, a reworking of a totally-different character's story!)Britt Reidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07245579677452948620noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31723906.post-72853624794990597622013-01-25T22:06:10.172-08:002013-01-25T22:06:10.172-08:00I really wish that there had somehow been a superh...I really wish that there had somehow been a superhero whose range had spanned <em>every</em> comic-book universe, and who had been tasked with punishing ostensible heroes who had dropped-the-ball when it came to protecting the innocent.Daniel [oeconomist.com]https://www.blogger.com/profile/06763094285750736837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31723906.post-9390571513429730322013-01-25T20:18:38.284-08:002013-01-25T20:18:38.284-08:00Brian, astute observations on the story, as usual....Brian, astute observations on the story, as usual. Thank you.<br /><br />As for the Kamen panel, on these shop jobs I think various artists worked on them, with Matt B. probably drawing most of the Phantom Lady figures. Phantom Lady on the cover looks to be Baker, but I don't know about the rest, background figures, etc.<br /><br />I do think about stuff like that, who does what, but if I think too much my head hurts. And it's hurting now. I'll go take a couple of aspirins and lie down. I'll see you again on Sunday.Pappyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01977289662431694607noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31723906.post-87321845899152232922013-01-25T10:11:52.631-08:002013-01-25T10:11:52.631-08:00I've always said bad art couldn't ruin a g...I've always said bad art couldn't ruin a good story, but good art couldn't save a bad story. This is as close as anybody is going to come to breaking that rule.<br /><br />Phantom Lady is just awful as a super hero, isn't she? She let's her poor friend be strangled to death -- in front of her!! -- and left her boyfriend struggling with multiple guys with knifes, to, what, save her secret identity?<br /><br />Who couldn't possible know? How many big-breasted, long legged, Betty Page hair cut woman with <i>exactly the same face</i> exist in that town?<br /><br />Here's another idea: try to sneak up on the bad guys. Driving all over town in your big noisy car sounds like a bad idea.<br /><br />The pin-up on page 8 screams Jack Kamen, doesn't it? They were both at Iger, I don't know enough about that history to wonder what the connection might be in style.Brian Barneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15737535617796413548noreply@blogger.com