Comments on: Comic Book Questions Answered #13

By: H Stan Boring, PHC, USN, (Ret.)

H Stan Boring, PHC, USN, (Ret.) — Mon, 02 Aug 2010 22:55:09 +0000

Well, Brian, comic books CAN be educational. Wouldn’t want the less informed to lead us astray! LOL Stan

By: Brian Cronin

Brian Cronin — Mon, 02 Aug 2010 22:45:47 +0000

Thanks, Stan!

By: H Stan Boring, PHC, USN, (Ret.)

H Stan Boring, PHC, USN, (Ret.) — Mon, 02 Aug 2010 22:40:51 +0000

That’s not a Gatling gun Superman is wielding; It’s a Browning water cooled .30 caliber machine gun. Gatling guns have multiple barrels, and were first used in the Civil War. A four gun battery served at the Battle of San Juan Hill in the Spanish American War, in 1898. Fighter aircraft have modern versions, fired electronically, notably in the A10 Wart Hog.

Chief Boring

By: Bill

Bill — Fri, 23 Apr 2010 17:45:48 +0000

I didn’t realize that the Nazi’s were in cahoots with the Skrulls back in WWII! Check out that cover for Daredevil…it’s all the proof we need. Them darn, dirty Skrulls have been messing around with humanity far longer than we realized!

By: Ivan

Ivan — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 17:24:34 +0000

Man, I’d be scared to death if I saw Superman swimming towards me. I mean, he’s so pissed off he forgot he can fly.

By: Greg Hatcher

Greg Hatcher — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 02:38:58 +0000

Glad it worked out for you, Jareth. I have very fond memories of Star*Reach and a lot of good stuff came out of those books. Enjoy.

By: Jareth

Jareth — Sun, 18 Jan 2009 17:44:06 +0000

Greg, that was it! You were so right! I found a copy on eBay. I got it at a great price just now. Thank you so much for putting me on the right path. Where I was confused was I knew the cover by the 2nd. printing which was just a skull with two nearly nude green girls. I found my mistake by searching through Mile High Comics site where they had the first few pages actually scanned in. Thank you very much man. That is why comics rule!

By: Jareth

Jareth — Sun, 18 Jan 2009 17:00:17 +0000

Thank you Greg. I’m just not sure. I remember I got the issue at a flea market in a box of other comics. I may have to go to a comic shop and actually flip through a couple of old issues here soon. I hope that is it. Regardless though I wanted to say, “Thanks” for at least giving me a direction. Do you remember those issues well enough to remember any of those stories I mentioned above? I found this page http://www.enjolrasworld.com/Richard%20Arndt/Star-Reach.htm and it does describe them just about the way I remember so I think you got it. I really can’t thank you enough. That was such an awesome book the way I remember it.

By: Jareth

Jareth — Sun, 18 Jan 2009 16:52:46 +0000

Thank you Greg. I’m just not sure. I remember I got the issue at a flea market in a box of other comics. I may have to go to a comic shop and actually flip through a couple of old issues here soon. I hope that is it. Regardless though I wanted to say, “Thanks” for at least giving me a direction. Do you remember those issues well enough to remember any of those stories I mentioned above? From the covers these look kind of like space pirate stories. Although I do see a few “deaths” scattered about so I might be waaaay off. Thanks anyway though.

By: Greg Hatcher

Greg Hatcher — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 06:11:42 +0000

Jareth, technically, it wasn't a horror book, but the only candidate I can think of off the top of my head for something like that was Mike Friedrich's famous "ground-level" (meaning not underground, nor mainstream) book Star*Reach. Any of these covers ring a bell?

By: Jareth

Jareth — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 06:01:29 +0000

Hi, I’m not sure if this is where I need to post this but the search is driving me crazy so forgive me if my exhaustion has driven me to post in the wrong area. My question? When I was a kid I remember reading an issue of a comic. I am trying to find it but I have no idea the name. What I remember is this: I believe it would be considered a horror comic, I think the title may have had the word “Star” in it, Inside I recall that there were several short stories, One of them was the origin of God (it took one page and started with a blank panel at the top, then eyes then an explosion, then the planets and stars), There was another story where a man takes acid (I think) and goes into a high-rise building, gets in an elevator and then tries to fight death. I remember he cuts death’s head off but death wins. I remember the art was really incredible. I believe some of it was in black and white. Please, if anyone has any ideas drop me a line. This one has been driving me nuts for years. I’ve told folks about this comic for years but I feel so foolish for not having a title for them.

By: The Mutt

The Mutt — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 21:24:46 +0000

http://i165.photobucket.com/albums/u51/The_Mutt_pics/Batmangodddamnit.jpg

By: Blackjak

Blackjak — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 17:30:43 +0000

Isn’t there something wonderfully ironic about “Captain Nazi” being introduced in “Master Comics”??

By: Andrew Collins

Andrew Collins — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 17:28:13 +0000

That cover of Batman with the machine gun is just disturbing, given what an ingrained part of the character the “no guns” rule has become. (And yes, I know he started out with a gun originally.)

I also find something unintentionally hilarious about that cover with Superman swimming towards the submarine. “Hmmm…I wonder what’s going on above the surface…I’ll just look through my periscope and… HOLY $&*# Superman is swimming right at us!”

By: Michael Hoskin

Michael Hoskin — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 17:21:08 +0000

>On the other hand, the Japanese xenophobia of the time was blatantly obvious in the covers portraying them as monsters. It wouldnâ€™t matter that much now, except for the unjust abuses committed again Japanese American citizens as a resultâ€¦.

But when you consider the abuses the Japanese were inflicting upon the Chinese at the time, a few silly caricatures don’t seem all that offensive in comparison.

By: R. J. Sterling

R. J. Sterling — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 15:20:23 +0000

How silly that anyone would say, “Too many covers.” Clearly the covers were the entire point. They were great. And yes, the grinning Gatling-gunning Goddamn Batman and Robin. Milleresque.

By: Teebore

Teebore — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 14:51:01 +0000

“Japanazis”

Are they like the Communazis that McBain fought?

Also, I’d like to take a moment to enjoy the cover where a smiling Batman is mowing someone down with a freakin’ Gatling gun…awesome.

By: wwk5d

wwk5d — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 14:08:17 +0000

Lawrence, as long as he doesn’t kiss them…

By: Rockin' Rich

Rockin' Rich — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 14:06:38 +0000

I don’t mind the covers at all, Brian. Fun stuff.

(And the query from Rita originally appeared as a comment in Urban Legends, so I wonder if she’ll ever see the answer…)

I’ve got a question: has the Superman 2000 proposal ever been published or posted in its entirety?

I’ve seen the excerpts and discussion here http://david.ely.fm/davextreme/2008/07/superman-2000.html but couldn’t tell if that was the whole thing or what.

Any insights, O’ Wise One?

By: Ken Raining

Ken Raining — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 13:47:39 +0000

This is a nice companion feature to Urban Legends. I would recommend, though, to not answer questions about comic book prices, lest you be swamped with such requests.