Volume 34, Number 12

Vol. 34, No. 12
December 2023
whole number 408
2023 pages 089-096

A pair of features from newsletter regulars in here, with a few pages of Robert Kanigher's unused script for a Green Lantern story "The Light That Failed" and a few pages of Sheldon Mayer work with Tenny Henson on the unpublished Rudolph story "Christmas For A Cave-Man".

Robin Snyder discusses the background of those stories, and other unused inventory from his time at DC, some of which he got published, others which remain unseen.

Under The Gun has a letter from Nick Caputo, and a few recommended recent books.

And as usual for the year-end issue, there's an index to the past year.

Volume 34, Number 4

Vol. 34, No. 4
April 2023
whole number 400
2023 pages 025-033 (8 pages)

Great issue for the landmark 400th, with a focus on Sheldon Mayer in his birthday month.  Up front is an unpublished single page Sugar & Spike comic from circa 1960 that even I had never seen before (and I have a list of some 300 pages of unpublished S&S material by Mayer).

Inside is a sample daily strip of Mayer's circa 1980 comic strip proposal for Sugar & Spike and four pages of an unfinished Rudolph the Reindeer story "Easter Parade", from the late 1970s and inked by Tenny Henson. The backcover goes back to 1949 for a look at the cover of SCRIBBLY #5, with a classic Mayer gag.

Also this issue, RS notes the passing of Neal Adams in 2022 with some words on his work and influence.

Volume 10, Number 12

Vol. 10, No. 12
December 1999
whole number 120
1999 pages 085-092 (8 pages)

Cover: Unfinished Rudolph page by Shelly Mayer circa 1979

Under the Gun: letters from Tim Barnes, Robert Kanigher and Jerry DeFuccio

The Ultimate Disclosure by Jerry DeFuccio: A personal account of student DeFuccio and his journey to New York with fellow students  seeing the giant Superman float at the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade. Includes a page by DeFuccio and Mark Heike and the original art to Jack Burnley's page that appeared in the New York Journal American on Nov 24, 1940

Illustrated ad by Ditko for The Mocker

Tsk! Tsk! C # 2 by Ditko "Public Debates" illustrated editorial (back cover)

-- Indexed by: Nick Caputo