August 2010
whole number 248
2010 pages 057-064
Don Mangus discusses the original art for a 1947 Simon&Kirby cover that had recently been for sale, inscribed to Dave Wigransky, an early comics fan who wrote a piece for The Saturday Review of Literature in 1948 defending comics against attacks of contributing to juvenile delinquency.
The S&K original art appears on the back.
There's also a look at the editorial staff of Western through the years.
Part 32 of "Just Imagine", the on-going Paul S. Newman bibliography, just has a short section, with one Dell book from 1962.
Notes on the passing of Valerie Barclay, Alice Cobb, Shel Dorf, Eric Freiwald, Irving Tripp, Geroge Tuska and Nevio Zeccara.
A long Under the Gun letter column including Mark McMurray, Joe Frank, Nick Caputo, Zetta De Voe, Ray Bottoroff, Rob Imes and Dave Sim.
