orginal art from Dell Four Color #1024

Here is an inked page  by Alex Toth for F 1024 from 1959

Wilson cover for SUPERCAR #1 November 1962

Loved this show as a kid. First Anderson show to be telecast in US.

Comic Book Short Story ~ Hard Luck Harvey

From the first of two stand-alone* TWILIGHT ZONE comics Western packaged for Dell in 1962.
 Art is by Mel Crawford and Frank Giacoia.

*not in the Four-Color numbering. In fact, ID #01-860-207 ,  somewhat resembles a Gold Key index.

Woody Woodpecker & a Blast From The Past

Many boomers learned to read with the help of Whitman, Golden Books, Wonder Books and the like. Here is one of my favorites from 1954.

LOOK Magazine, February 27, 1940

 

 

Early appearance by Supes...note that the colorist had never seen the comicbook.







Two years before Pearl Harbor, some people just couldn't wait to get into it.....

Brazilian Magnum

A V-8 coupe that  hardly anyone knows about...a prime candidate for Smeghead's Garage.

The 1979-1981 Dodge Magnum produced in Brazil.

Based on the American 1967 Dart GT. Engine was the standard 318 with either manual or automatic transmission. 165 Horsepower, 111 inch wheelbase, 202 inches overall length. Wheels were 14 inch. Your standard Dodge Dart, Charger, or Coronet of 1968.

It looked much different from the contemporary US Dodge Magnum:

(Which will be crashing into Smeg's garage soon) Although they would have been almost identical drive-wise,

The nose piece was fiberglass instead of the flexible plastic found on the northern Magnum. The roof details are like nothing I've ever seen in an American car- looks like 2 removable panels and a landau rear. I am pretty sure the panels didn't really come off.

Why does the guy need a flak jacket when walking near it?

The 4-door version of the Magnum was called the LeBaron. A sport version coupe was called the Charger RT. All three cars were variants based on the earlier 1970s version of the Dodge Dart.

original cover art for DARK SHADOWS #11 November 1971

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Fanged Frid by George Wilson




One thng that's alwayd irked me was Dell/Western's "in your face" attitude that they didn't need no steekin' Comics Code Authority, they were looking out for your kids. Dell even had that sappy PLEDGE TO PARENTS on the back page.

Now one thing that the code expressly forbade, I believe, was the depiction of vampires. So who was first out the chute with a vampire in the small,color page comic segment??It's even worse if you consider Dell's 1962 DRACLA adaption.

The color comics couldn't compete with these strings against Warren & Skywald's B/W horror titles, and soon said the hell with it. Vampires were everywhere in the early 70s

What's with the strange hats?

Are these women astronauts or something?

Dell infopage AFTER the split with Western Publishing.

This is from Stoney Burke #1, a year after Western quit providing material for Dell. They seemed to have kept the "educational page" feature for awhile. 

These were done by Mike Sekowsky.

from the 1966 Sears catalog

pretty pricey for the times..that'd be over 30 bucks today.

SEA HUNT Infopage

from Four Color 928, Aug. 1958