Volume 35, Number 12

Vol. 35, No. 12
December 2024
whole number 420
2024 pages 089-096

A Dan Gormley cover of Frosty the Snowman from a 1952 Dell issue up front.

The obligatory Sheldon Mayer contribution to the Christmas issue is a two page excerpt from his unfinished Rudolph story "Christmas for a Cave Man" from 1979.

Dave Sim writes "Voice Over", a review of the Ditko at Charlton books of the 1970s and the evolution of his art over the decades.

Under The Gun Letters from Joshua Warren, G.G. Faircloth, Nick Caputo, Warren Sattler, Bernard Brannigan, Gene Hall, Joe Frank, Thomas W. Scott III and Paul Bach.

Yearly index for 2024 finishes up the issue and the year.

Volume 35, Number 4

Vol. 35, No. 4
April 2024
whole number 412
2024 pages 025-032

Up front this time is a record of Carl Wessler's 1966 writing for Harvey as Part 66 of his bibliography, "Upon Reflection".  Somewhat enigmatic notations unless you're very familiar with their publishing of the time.  I'd estimate this is over 1000 pages of writing for the year (for only one of his clients), at $7 a page.

Under the Gun has letters from Al Salton and Nick Caputo, and as usual for Sheldon Mayer's April 1 birthday there's a sample of his work, a 3-page unfinished story circa 1975 meant for PLOP, "Behind the Door of Gregor's Grisly Grotto" and two finished unpublished pages from a circa 1981 Ronald McDonald story.  Snyder writes about finding unpublished inventory stories at DC during his time there and trying to get some of them into print.

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script for a Green Lantern story "The Light That Failed" and a few pages of Sheldon Mayer work with Tenny Henson on the unpublished Rudolph story "Christmas For A Cave-Man".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  Up front is an unpublished single page Sugar & Spike comic from circa 1960 that even I had never seen before (and I have a list of some 300 pages of unpublished S&S material by Mayer).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 33, Number 12

Vol. 33, No. 12
December 2022
whole number 396
2022 pages 089-096 (8 pages)

Up front is part 72 of the Robert Kanigher bibliography, "The Mystery Of The Human Thunderbolt", featuring his character creations from 1947 to 1963.

Also featured are two pages from the Sheldon Mayer and Nestor Redondo unpublished "The Story Of Jesus" for DC, in both Mayer script/layout form and finished art by Redondo for the "Life In Bible Days" features.

There's a letter by Joe Frank "Under The Gun" and the yearly index to Vol. 33, 2022.

Volume 33, Number 10

Vol. 33, No. 10
October 2022
whole number 394
2022 pages 073-0080 (8 pages)

Volume 32, Number 12

Vol. 32, No. 12
December 2021
whole number 384
2021 pages 000-xxx

Volume 32, Number 4

Vol. 32, No. 4
April 2021
whole number 376
2021 pages 000-xxx

Volume 31, Number 12

Vol. 31, No. 12
December 2020
whole number 372
2020 pages 000-xxx

Volume 31, Number 4

Vol. 31, No. 4
April 2020
whole number 364
2020 pages 000-xxx

Volume 30, Number 12

Vol. 30, No. 12
December 2019

whole number 360
2019 pages 089-096 (8 pages)

Hy Eisman provides a seasonal cover from the Popeye comic strip for which he's long done the Sunday pages for as the latest successor to creator E.C. Segar.

Sheldon Mayer is represented as usual in the year-end issue, this time with a layout page and three script pages from the unfinished "Story of Jesus" comic.

Letters in Under The Gun by Joe Frank on Christmas comics and Gary Poole on Ditko's Konga and his own 1968 King Kong adaptation.

And the year finishes up with an index to all of Volume 30 of the newsletter

Volume 29, Number 12

Vol. 29, No. 12
December 2018
whole number 348
2018 pages 000-xxx

Volume 29, Number 4

Vol. 29, No. 4
April 2018
whole number 340
2018 pages 000-xxx

Volume 28, Number 12

Vol. 28, No. 12
December 2017
whole number 336
2017 pages 000-xxx

Volume 28, Number 10

Vol. 28, No. 10
October 2017
whole number 334

2017 pages 073-080

A look at some of the things Robin Snyder picked up in his time working for DC editorial in the early 1980s, some stuff he worked on and some earlier unfinished work from others.

The cover is an intro page intended for Ghosts #112, the final issue of the long-running series, featuring Squire Shade, the host for the last run of the book, written by Snyder and drawn by Howard Bender and Larry Mahlstedt. 

An uninked Green Lantern page by Don Heck and Snyder (with the hint that there are other unpublished GL stories by Giffen and Ditko).

 

From E. Nelson Bridwell is a layout for the first page of a Snow White parody, possibly intended for Plop.

A script for the first page of Savage World #3, an unrealized 1970s project from Robert Kanigher and Joe Kubert, this issue featuring dinosaurs (attn Stephen Bissette).

A layout for the final page from "Letter From A Corpse", a western story by Sheldon Mayer, which I believe was an "Ace Coffin" story, a prototype from the development stage of what became Bat Lash.

Volume 27, Number 12

Vol. 27, No. 12
December 2016
whole number 324
2016 pages 000-xxx

Volume 26, Number 12

Vol. 26, No. 12
December 2015
whole number 312
2015 pages 000-xxx

Volume 25, Number 12

Vol. 25, No. 12
December 2014
whole number 300
2014 pages 000-xxx

Volume 24, Number 12

Vol. 24, No. 12
December 2013
whole number 288
2013 pages 000-xxx

Volume 23, Number 12

Vol. 23, No. 12
December 2012
whole number 276
2012 pages 000-xxx