Authentic Police Cases #3 features a stand-out cover by Matt Baker, and a tale of bootlegging gone wrong called "Mountain Dew Murder."
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Matt Baker's cover for Cinderella Love #29 ends that romance series on a high note, and his part of his stand-out cover run on the title.
Marvel legend Don Heck got his start at Comics Media, producing notable covers and interior stories for the publisher founded by Allen Hardy.
Captain Atom debuted in Space Adventures #33 by Steve Ditko and Joe Gill in a Charlton Comics release full of Cold War history.
Chinese-American comic book artist Chu F. Hing's The Green Turtle in Blazing Comics may have been the first Asian-American superhero.
Matt Baker covers always have a story to tell, but the cover of Giant Comics Editions #15 contains a complete romance story arc.
The DC Comics gorilla cover trend began after it was noticed by Irwin Donenfeld that Strange Adventures #8 sold better than usual in 1951.
A story which drew upon both the fiction and the real fears of Mutants in its time, "The Man in the Sky" was a step towards Marvel's X-Men.
The strange case of St. John's Blue Ribbon Comics, and what it has to do with Matt Baker. With special guest star, Nike's Phil Knight.
Matt Baker made contributions to little-known D.S. Publishing titles Outlaws and Select Detective before the beginning of his St. John era.
Cover art for Avon's The Saint #4 has been the subject of debate in recent yrs, but style & circumstances still make Matt Baker a possibility
The Golden Age comic book collection that collectors call the "Eldon Pedigree" has become popular with collectors, but there's an interesting twist.
Tiger Girl was created by artist Robert Webb and ran from 1944 to the end of Fiction House in 1954, briefly featuring Matt Baker art.
The Werewolf Hunter feature in Rangers Comics was one of Golden Age artist Lily Renée's early assignments at Fiction House.
Rip Regan, Power Man was an early Fiction House hero, Fight Comics #12 also features the earliest known comic book work by Reed Crandall.
The St. John title Crime Reporter, best known for its Matt Baker covers, was a reboot of sorts of the Jane Arden, Crime Reporter series.
A few months after beginning to work on Fiction House titles at Iger Studio, Matt Baker did his first covers for Crown Comics.
The obscure Atomic Comics #4 contains an eclectic mix of material including the boxing adventure Kid Kane by Matt Baker.
As Millie the Model Comics progressed through the 1950s, Dan DeCarlo's approach transformed the title, which eventually rebooted Millie's origin twice.
One of comic history's most notorious publishers, Lev Gleason's romance Boy Loves Girl is an overlooked title from the publisher.
The now-legendary Archie/Betty/Veronica love triangle was most memorably established on early 1940s Archie Comics covers.
After running in Famous Funnies, Russell Stamm's Invisible Scarlet O'Neil was picked up by Harvey, who gave the character her own title.
The creation of artist Frank Bolle, the masked hero Black Phantom had a classic villain-to-hero story arc in the pages of the Tim Holt comic.
Simple diagrams in Exposed #6 and #7 were used in Fredric Wertham's Seduction of the Innocent as examples of how-to crime instruction.
The Ken Shannon story in Police Comics #104 appears to be influenced by a two Gorgeous George wrestling matches that took place in May 1950.
Short-lived Key Comics from Consolidated Magazine had an eclectic mix of features, including the story of an atom that decided to smash back.
1954 Star Publications Pre-Code Horror release Spook #28 features a lurid cover by L.B. Cole for Jay Disbrow's interior tale "Creeping Death".
Fiction House star artist Maurice Whitman covered Man O' Mars #1, an attempt by the publisher to survive the turmoil of the mid-1950s.
The Ray's early Golden Age adventures in Quality's Smash Comics were beautifully drawn by legendary comic book artist Lou Fine.
Four Favorites is an underappreciated Ace Periodicals series that ranged from superheroes to horror, and included Harvey Kurtzman's early work.