The Ottawa Comic Book Guy

Good day everyone. When we left our last column, we had come up to end of the Atomic Age at Charlton, which was an era of acquisitions for the partners in creating their staple of characters. They had begun to expand into various genres that make up the variety of the hobby we love, and they had begun to collect the talent that they would be known for. Before we go any farther, we need to discuss Dick Giordano's contribution to the company. Originally hired as a freelance artist in 1952, by the mid-sixties he was promoted to executive editor, replacing the very successful (for a middle of the road comic publisher) Pat Masulli. Before his promotion he had done just about every job you can think off on the artistic creative side on such titles as Fightin' Army , Annie Oakley , Wyatt Earp and Billy the Kid. He was also the primary cover artist (a sample is above The Green Planet issue 1 from 1962) during his employment with the company. He was responsible for bringing Ste...

Today I am going to go a little off the "beaten path." I am going to list the various creators I have liked  and enjoyed over the years in different places. I will mention the creator and a bit of what I have read that that person had a hand in creating and why I remember liking it, in no particular order (except for last, I'm saving that for my favourite.) I know Boris is dying of anticipation: Boris Karloff - For the picture above (OK enough jokes for now). Jim Shooter - For almost everything he has done that I have read from the Legion of Super-Heroes, and for his editorialship at Marvel in the early 1980s. After Marvel's early 1960 early development years, despite what others may think, I find that Shooter's reign at Marvel had the books tight and cohesive with continuity. Stories were annotated with several asterisks per issue referencing previous books and/or series and he was responsible for bringing out the Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe...