Volume 35, Number 11

Vol. 35, No. 11
November 2024
whole number 419
2024 pages 081-088

Cover this time is a script page to THE THREE STOOGES IN ORBIT by Marvin A. Karp from 1962.  Karp's 2003 passing is noted with some notes on his career, as is Roger Elwood's 2007 passing.

Bob Haney provides a long memoir, "The Sixties", about some of his prolific career at DC, hitting all the highlights including Metamorpho and The Brave and the Bold.

Dave Sim reviews INTRODUCING CAPTAIN ATOM, the recent collection of Ditko's work at Charlton in 1960.

Part 60 of Carl Wessler's Upon Reflection has entries from 1968, including work at Harvey and DC.

Letters from Margaret Johnson, G.G. Faircloth, Joe Frank,T homas W. Scott III,W illiam Barker, Bernard Brannigan and Jim Stenstrum

Volume 5, Number 3

Vol. 5, No. 3
March 1994
whole number 51
1994 pages 021-032 (12 pages)

A copy of an old A Date With Judy page up front, to go with part 3 of writer Paul S. Newman's bibliography, covering 1947/1948. 

"Newman's comics earnings increased to $4500 in this year [1948]"

An obituary for the recently deceased Jack Kirby in here, with an anecdote about an interaction Snyder had with Jack and Roz Kirby when he was processing art returns for DC. One of those pages, the brilliant intro page to the then-unpublished In The Days Of The Mob #2, is on the backcover. DC has subsequently published the stories meant for that issue in various formats.

Long Under The Gun column this time, with a header by Fred Rhoads and correspondence from Rhoads, Jerry DeFuccio, Paul Norris, Creig Flessel, Jack Schiff, Dick Ayers, Bob Haney, Paul S. Newman (with a sample of a Smokey The Bear strip by Newman and artist Wes Wood from 1958), Chris Pedrin, Jon R. Warren, Nick Caputo, Ray Bottorff, Harry W. Miller, Michael Teitelbaum, Tim Barnes, Robert Rowe, Frances Saint Martin, Mike Benton, Joel Thingvall, Rodney Schroeter,

As a note of trivia, this appears to be the issue that the title of the newsletter took its final form, The Comics (unless you want to count punctuation).

Volume 4, Number 11

Vol. 4, No. 11
November 1993
whole number 47
1993 pages 000-xxx (6 pages)

cover: character studies by Alex Toth

Under the Gun: LOC from Russ Martin, Bob Haney, Jerry DeFuccio, Will Murray, Francis Saint-Martin and Alex Hiderwski (continues on back page)

Bravo for Toth Pt. 4: 1949-50 bibliography

-- Indexed by: Nick Caputo

Volume 3, Number 6 - Extra Tags

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Volume 2, Number 11

Vol. 2, No. 11
November 1991
whole number 24
1991 pages 117-124 (8 pages)   

Timely stories written by Carl Wessler in 1956, compiled by Mary Wessler from his account books (including "Those Who Vanish", early Ditko shown on the cover)

Under the Gun: snips of letters from Mary Wessler, Joe Gill, Paul Pope, Bob Haney, Brenda Benton, James Schumeister, Bill Walker, Fred Rhoads, Bill Wormsted, Steve Rowe, Beverly Cooper, Roger Hill and Nick Caputo

comics for sale by Robin Snyder (back page)

-- Indexed by: Nick Caputo

Volume 1, Number 13

Vol. 1, No. 13
December 1990
whole number 13
1990 pages 095-102 (8 pages)

The first year of the newsletter ended up with 13 issues, before settling down to consistently monthly (with one issue missed in Vol. 3).

Steve Ditko's "Identity, Identification" opens the issue, continuing his thoughts on comics and the definition of art. This is reprinted in AVENGING WORLD [2002].

A discussion on the creation of the Flash (the Barry Allen version), including comments from Joe Kubert and Carmine Infantino, with an Infantino sketch.

Ernie Colon has a long memorial post about Jim Miele, a long-time contributor to Harvey Comics and creator of Wendy the Good Little Witch.

A lot of letters in Under the Gun, including Mark Heike, Joe Simon, Tim Truman, Frank Doyle, Bob Haney, Nick Caputo, Bob Palin, Jerry Nagel, Pete Morisi, Rich Morrissey, Murray Boltinoff and John L. Goldwater (including corrections he sent in to an article about Archie Comics in the New York Times).

Volume 1, Number 12

Vol. 1, No. 12
November 1990
whole number 12
1990 pages 087-094

Creig Flessel provides a Sandman drawing and a short biographical essay in "Apples and Comic Books".

Flessel also leads the letter column in Under the Gun, with additional letters from Dick Sprang, Robert Rowe, Bob Haney, Rich Morrissey and Dick Ayers.

Robin Snyder takes a page to address some on-going issues, including communications with Eclipse, the Jack Kirby Hall of Fame not notifying inductees Steve Ditko and Alex Toth.

On the topic of "Who Created The Challengers of the Unknown", writer George Kashdan shares some recollections.

Dick Ayers writes "Fun", about his work method in his first decade in comics, and includes a drawing of Jimmy Durante, who he drew for Magazine Enterprises in 1948-1949.

Sam Glanzman provides a very entertaining look at his long career in comics, with a sample of his early work in Fly-Man and discussion about Charlton, Joe Kubert, his work and Marvel and then-current work at 4Winds.  There's also a brief bibliography of some of his major works and a funny comic strip in a different style than his usual.

Volume 1, Number 11

Vol. 1, No. 11
October 1990
whole number 11
1990 pages 077-086

Reminisces of a Comic Book Editor by Jack Schiff and Gene Reed

(6 page essay originally published in the 1983-84 Overstreet Price Guide)

Under The Gun: Letters from Bob Haney, Shelly Moldoff, Dick Ayers, Henry Boltinoff, Pete Morisi, and Stan Goldberg.

Promo for upcoming Ditko Public Service Package

Note and art by Joe Simon on his book The Comic Book Makers

RS writes about the problem of who owns original art, lack of credit on the Flash TV series and lack of notification to Ditko and Alex Toth on their being inducted into the Comic Book Hall of Fame.

Alex Toth: A Bibliography Part 2: 1987-1990 by Robin Snyder

Back page character faces by Alex Toth.

-- Indexed by: Nick Caputo

Volume 1, Number 8

Vol. 1, No. 8
September 5, 1990
whole number 8
1990 pages 000-xxx

“ART” !?

Steve Ditko analyzes the matter of Art, original art, the Art expert and more.  This is reprinted in AVENGING WORLD [2002].

Bob Haney and Robert Kanigher are featured in Under the Gun

This issue concludes with an ad for Joe Kubert, the War Years by Al Dellinges

-- Indexer: Robin Snyder

Volume 1, Number 4

Vol. 1, No. 4
April 1990
whole number 4
1990 pages 029-032 (4 pages)

Detour!...Danger Trail: essay by Robert Kanigher on the origins of King Faraday

Scrap by Alex Toth: a short paragraph on photo-swipes Toth used to illustrate "Appointment in Paris"

Who Created Kanigher? by Bob Haney: Haney disputes Kanigher's account of the genesis of Sgt. Rock. (back page)

In The Works: upcoming pieces for The Comics (back page)

-- Indexer: Nick Caputo