The history behind Victor Fox's Wonder Comics gives us a fascinating glimpse behind the scenes of the comic book industry of 1939.
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Often compared to the Joker because of his appearance, the Clown was more like a combo of Joker and the Red Skull with a dash of Lex Luthor.
Blackstone the Magician unravels a Water Wizard mystery at Fort San Felipe, a historic Spanish fortress in Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic.
Created by Gardner Fox and Gil Kane, Madame .44 seems to have been introduced to shake up what was then DC Comics' worst-selling title.
St. John published its own Reform School Girl just a year after the notorious Avon version, launching its Teen-Age Temptations romance title.
St. John launched men's magazine Nugget shortly after publisher Archer St. John's death in 1955. The debut issue included Matt Baker artwork.
Identified as the publication containing Matt Baker's first published comic work, Jumbo Comics #69 features his art on jungle girl Sheena.
The cover of Cinderella Love #25 is one Matt Baker's most famous covers, and its inspiration in a 1947 Liberty Magazine has a story to tell.
After a short run of painted covers from Ziff-Davis inventory, Matt Baker returned to St. John's Teen-Age Romances with a sizzling cover run.
St. John Publications' Authentic Police Cases helped give Matt Baker his start at that publisher, but then it disappeared... for awhile.
Matt Baker's first South Sea Girl cover for Seven Seas Comics #3 would lead to work on Phantom Lady, Rulah and beyond.
Matt Baker's handful of covers for the Quality Comics romance line came at an important turning point in his career.
St. John's True Love Pictorial #11 from 1954 is the last issue of the series, but it features an absolutely scorching Matt Baker romance cover.
Authentic Police Cases #3 features a stand-out cover by Matt Baker, and a tale of bootlegging gone wrong called "Mountain Dew Murder."
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.
In Seven Seas Comics #4, Matt Baker's South Sea Girl stars in a movie which seems to point to the character's film inspirations.
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.
Was comic publisher Archer St. John's approach to Authentic Police Cases influenced by his 1925 abduction by notorious gangster Al Capone?