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Issue Details

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Published 2006
Cover Price 40 USD; 48 CAD; 24.95 GBP
Pages 328
Editing Dan Nadel

4 page insert or dust jacket "Art Out Of Time: Unknown Comics Visionaries, 1900-1969"

Script Dan Nadel
Pencils Gustav Verbeek; Harry Grant Dart; Charles Forbell
Inks Gustav Verbeek; Harry Grant Dart; Charles Forbell
Letters typeset
Notes Art from comic strips; front jacket: art by Gustav Verbeek and Harry Grant Dart (from sequence 12, The Explorigator, circa 1908); back jacket: art by Charles Forbell; inside front jacket: introduction; inside back jacket: Dan Nadel biography

Cover Details - "Art Out Of Time: Unknown Comics Visionaries, 1900-1969"

Pencils Herbert Crowley
Inks Herbert Crowley
Letters typeset
Notes Wraparound cover; title on the spine

2 page illustration

Pencils Ogden Whitney; Milt Gross; Boody Rogers; Bob Powell; Howard Nostrand; George Carlson
Inks Ogden Whitney; Milt Gross; Boody Rogers; Bob Powell; Howard Nostrand; George Carlson
Notes endpapers made up of various covers: Herbie #3 August 1964, Milt Gross Funnies #2 September 1947, Sparky Watts #8 1948, Black Cat Mystic #61 January 1958, Witches Tales #25 June 1954, Jingle Jangle Comics #2 April 194?

1 page filler "Art Out Of Time"

Letters typeset
Notes half-title page, preceded by a blank page

2 page illustration "Art Out Of Time: Unknown Comics Visionaries, 1900-1969"

Letters typeset
Notes full title page

2 page S'Matter Pop foreword, introduction, preface, afterword

Pencils Charles M. Payne
Inks Charles M. Payne
Letters typeset
Notes Dedication and Contents page, background art from S'Matter Pop July 21, 1918

4 page foreword, introduction, preface, afterword "Introduction"

Script Dan Nadel
Letters typeset
Notes Introduction + a brief chronology of modern comics

1 page The Explorigator illustration

Pencils Harry Grant Dart
Inks Harry Grant Dart
Reprinted from The Explorigator, July 26, 1908

1 page text article "Exercises in Exploration"

Script Dan Nadel
Letters typeset
Notes Introduction to the works of Harry Grant Dart, Howard Nostrand, Herbert Crowley, Ogden Whitney, Raymond Crawford Ewer, Stanley Armstrong, Bob Powell, Walter Quermann

1 page The Explorigator story "Admiral Fudge Visits the Moon Lady"

Genre Fantasy
Script Harry Grant Dart
Pencils Harry Grant Dart
Inks Harry Grant Dart
Letters Harry Grant Dart
Reprinted from The Call, June 14, 1908

1 page The Explorigator story "Ahfergettit Goes to the Moon-Queen's Party"

Script Harry Grant Dart
Pencils Harry Grant Dart
Inks Harry Grant Dart
Letters Harry Grant Dart
Reprinted from The Call, June 21, 1908

1 page The Explorigator story "They Make Their Escape in the Skipdoodle"

Script Harry Grant Dart
Pencils Harry Grant Dart
Inks Harry Grant Dart
Letters Harry Grant Dart
Reprinted from July 26, 1908

1 page The Explorigator story "Admiral Fudge Comes Back to Earth Again"

Script Harry Grant Dart
Pencils Harry Grant Dart
Inks Harry Grant Dart
Letters Harry Grant Dart
Reprinted from circa July 1908

1 page illustration

Script Howard Nostrand
Pencils Howard Nostrand
Inks Howard Nostrand
Notes from page 4 panel 7 of the following story

5 page story "What's Happening at... 8:30 P.M."

Script Howard Nostrand
Pencils Howard Nostrand
Inks Howard Nostrand
Reprinted from Witches Tales (Harvey, 1951 series) #25

6 page The Wiggle Much story

Script Herbert Crowley
Pencils Herbert Crowley
Inks Herbert Crowley
Letters Herbert Crowley
Notes April 3, 1910; April 17, 1910; May 1, 1910; May 8, 1910; May 15, 1910; May 22, 1910; June 5, 1910; June 12, 1910

12 page Herbie story "Herbie and the Loch Ness Monster"

Characters Herbie Popnecker; Pincus Popnecker; Mrs. Popnecker; Grandpa; Winston Churchill; Loch Ness Monster; Queen Elizabeth II
Genre humor; satire
Script Richard Hughes [as Shane O'Shea]
Pencils Ogden Whitney
Inks Ogden Whitney
Letters Ed Hamilton
Reprinted from Herbie (American Comics Group, 1964 series) #3

1 page Slim Jim illustration

Pencils Raymond Crawford Ewer
Inks Raymond Crawford Ewer
Letters Raymond Crawford Ewer
Notes taken from May 27, 1911 strip

1 page Colorama illustration

Pencils Bob Powell
Inks Bob Powell
Reprinted from Black Cat (Harvey, 1946 series) #45

5 page story "Colorama"

Script Bob Powell
Pencils Bob Powell
Inks Howard Nostrand
Reprinted from Black Cat (Harvey, 1946 series) #45

1 page Hickory Hollow Folks illustration

Pencils Walter Quermann
Inks Walter Quermann
Notes art extracted from Oct 23, 1938 strip

1 page illustration

Pencils Milt Gross
Inks Milt Gross
Notes art from page 14 panel 5 of Pete the Pooch Milt Gross Funnies #2

1 page text article "Slapstick"

Script Dan Nadel
Letters typeset
Notes Introduction to the work of Milt Gross, Stan Mac Govern, Dick Briefer, Jack Mendelsohn

15 page Pete the Pooch story

Script Milt Gross
Pencils Milt Gross
Inks Milt Gross
Letters Milt Gross
Reprinted from Milt Gross Funnies (American Comics Group, 1947 series) #2

6 page Silly Milly story

Genre humor
Script Stan Mac Govern
Pencils Stan Mac Govern
Inks Stan Mac Govern
Letters Stan Mac Govern
Notes 30 strips from July 3, 5-7, 10-13, September 5, December 11, 19-22 1944; March 26-30, April 3-6, May 21, June 11-15 1945

1 page Frankenstein illustration

Pencils Dick Briefer
Inks Dick Briefer
Notes From page 7 panel 3 of "Frankensetin and the Sorcerer " in Frankenstein (Prize, 1945 series) #4

8 page Frankenstein story "Frankenstein and the Sorcerer"

Genre humor; horror
Script Dick Briefer
Pencils Dick Briefer
Inks Dick Briefer
Reprinted from Frankenstein (Prize, 1945 series) #4

7 page Frankenstein story "It's too bad Dopey Dan couldn't be around for the party"

Genre humor; horror
Script Dick Briefer
Pencils Dick Briefer
Inks Dick Briefer
Reprinted from Frankenstein Comics (Prize, 1945 series) #4

12 page Jacky's Diary story "A Visit to the Circus"

Script Jack Mendelsohn
Pencils Jack Mendelsohn
Inks Jack Mendelsohn
Letters Jack Mendelsohn
Notes The Dell comic reprints the 1959 Sunday comic
Reprinted from Jacky's Diary (Dell, 1960 series) #1

1 page Say, Pop illustration

Pencils Charles M. Payne
Inks Charles M. Payne
Notes Art from the 1918 strip first reprinted on page 118

1 page text article "Acts of Drawing"

Script Dan Nadel
Letters typeset
Notes Introduction to the work of Charles M. Payne, Fletcher Hanks, Garrett Price, A.E. Hayward, Jefferson Machamer, Rory Hayes

8 page Stardust story "Some fiend is planning to wreck the civilized planets"

Characters Stardust; The Super Fiend (villain, introduction)
Synopsis When the Super Fiend sets the planet Mars on fire and sends it hurtling towards Earth, only Stardust can prevent Earth's destruction.
Genre science fiction; superhero
Script Fletcher Hanks (signed)
Pencils Fletcher Hanks (signed)
Inks Fletcher Hanks (signed)
Letters Fletcher Hanks (signed)
Reprinted from Fantastic Comics (Fox, 1939 series) #10

18 page White Boy story

Genre adventure; western
Script Garrett Price
Pencils Garrett Price
Inks Garrett Price
Notes 18 consecutive Sunday pages from June 3 to September 30, 1934

1 page Somebody's Stenog illustration

Genre humor
Pencils A. E. Hayward
Inks A. E. Hayward
Notes art from panel 11 of May 12, 1929 strip

1 page Gags and Gals illustration

Pencils Jefferson Machamer
Inks Jefferson Machamer
Notes art from last panel of November 28, 1937

1 page Bogeyman Comics illustration

Genre horror
Pencils Rory Hayes
Inks Rory Hayes
Notes art from panel 3 page 17 of Bogeyman's Comics #1

5 page story "The Creatures in the Tunnels"

Genre horror
Script Rory Hayes
Pencils Rory Hayes
Inks Rory Hayes
Letters Rory Hayes
Notes pages numbered 15 to 19
Reprinted from Bogeyman Comics (Rory Hayes, 1969 series) #1

4 page story "Evolve"

Genre horror
Script Rory Hayes
Pencils Rory Hayes
Inks Rory Hayes
Letters Rory Hayes
Reprinted from Bogeyman Comics (Rory Hayes, 1969 series) #2

1 page Dauntless Durham of the U.S.A. illustration

Pencils Harry Hershfield
Inks Harry Hershfield
Letters Harry Hershfield
Notes art taken from an unidentified strip

1 page text article "Words in Pictures"

Script Dan Nadel
Letters typeset
Notes Introduction to the work of Harry Hershfield, Cecil Jensen, Boody Rogers, Harry J. Tuthill, C. W. Kahles

16 page Dauntless Durham of the U.S.A. story

Script Harry Hershfield
Pencils Harry Hershfield
Inks Harry Hershfield
Letters Harry Hershfield
Notes 62 daily strips, four on each page

12 page Elmo story

Script Cecil Jensen
Pencils Cecil Jensen
Inks Cecil Jensen
Notes This started as a comic strip in 1946 before being reprinted in comic book form.
Reprinted from Elmo (St. John, 1948 series) #1

10 page Sparky Watts story "Oooo! What an awful nightmare!"

Genre humor
Script Boody Rogers (signed)
Pencils Boody Rogers (signed)
Inks Boody Rogers (signed)
Letters Boody Rogers
Reprinted from Sparky Watts (Columbia, 1942 series) #8

10 page Sparky Watts story

Genre humor
Script Boody Rogers (signed)
Pencils Boody Rogers (signed)
Inks Boody Rogers (signed)
Reprinted from Sparky Watts (Columbia, 1942 series) #8

1 page Naughty Pete illustration

Pencils Charles Forbell
Inks Charles Forbell
Letters Charles Forbell
Notes art from panel 11 of October 5, 1913 page

1 page text article "Form and Style"

Script Dan Nadel
Letters typeset
Notes Introduction to the work of Charles Forbell, T.E. Powers, Gustave Verbeek, Gene Deitch, George Carlson, Norman E. Jennett

1 page Naughty Pete illustration

Pencils Charles Forbell
Inks Charles Forbell
Notes Art taken from panel 10 of August 17, 1913 page

1 page The Upsides Down illustration

Pencils Gustave Vebeek
Inks Gustave Vebeek
Notes art from panel 3 of May 22, 1904 page

6 page Terr'ble Thompson story

Script Gene Deitch
Pencils Gene Deitch
Inks Gene Deitch
Notes 18 consecutive daily and Sunday strips from October 20 to November 6, 1966

1 page Terr'ble Thompson story

Script Gene Deitch
Pencils Gene Deitch
Inks Gene Deitch
Notes 4 consecutive daily and Sunday strips from November 10-13, 1955

Half page Terr'ble Thompson story

Script Gene Deitch
Pencils Gene Deitch
Inks Gene Deitch
Notes Sunday page from February 5, 1955

Half page Terr'ble Thompson story

Script Gene Deitch
Pencils Gene Deitch
Inks Gene Deitch

10 page Jingle Jangle Tales story "The Youthful Yodler and the Zig-Zag Zither"

Genre Children
Script George Carlson
Pencils George Carlson
Inks George Carlson
Reprinted from Jingle Jangle Comics (Eastern Color, 1942 series) #2

15 page biography (nonfictional) "Biographies"

Script Dan Nadel
Letters typeset

75 page text article "Sources"

Script Dan Nadel
Letters typeset
Notes Bibliographical sources

1 page foreword, introduction, preface, afterword "Acknowledgments"

Script Dan Nadel
Letters typeset
Notes Acknowlegments, credits, copyright information, Library of Congress cataloging data, Publisher data; this is followed by a blank page

2 page illustration

Pencils Boody Rogers; Dick Briefer; Bob Powell; George Carlson; Jack Mendelsohn; Alex Kotzky?
Inks Boody Rogers; Dick Briefer; Bob Powell; George Carlson; Jack Mendelsohn; Alex Kotzky?
Notes montage of covers Sparky Watts #8, Frankenstein #4, Black Cat #61, Jingle Jangle Comics #2; Jacky's Diary #1091; Fantastic Comics #10