He comes across as a bit of a dick in this one.

for the record i dont mean to knock Kane, just simply amazed at Fosters work in comparison

Jughead > Silver Surfer > The Demon

Thanks for the Archie comics stuff lately, Brian. It's a little more upbeat than some of the superhero-creator squabbles (which are fun to read on their own merit).

Also, Jughead may want to discuss some other items with his therapist rather than his clothing, ie his binging, and his fear of the female persuasion. But that's just me...

So the "S" on Jughead's sweater really stands for SAVINGS.

Thank you and thank you very kindly.

P.S. I thought the "S" had something to do with the High school that the creator of Archie went to.

for more info, follow: http://www.twomorrows.com/alterego/articles/01surfer.html

I loved Prince Valiant and my father bought that book with that story many years ago. Those scans don't do the Foster work justice. If you ever watch the old Fox movie of Prince Valiant with Robert Wagner in the title role and James Mason as the baddie, the opening credits are all Foster's work. I especially liked the one of two knights at the point of impact in a jousting match. When I was a wee girl, the Chicago Tribune ran Prince Valiant only in the Sunday comics (no daily back then as I recall) and it was gorgeous.

Foster has a very interesting bio as I recall... he was claim jumped on a gold mine up in Canada. To improve his skills in illustration , he rode a bicycle down from Canada to Chicago and studied his craft at the Chicago Art Institute. And we complain about pot holes in the street. That had to be a bone shaker back then. I've been to the Art Institute several times and I often wished they would have some kind of exhibit about him. But I guess you have to settle for the Monets, etc.

Legends 1 and 2 are both discussed in Ronin Ro’s book, Tales to Astonish. If you’re curious to hear Lee and Kirby discuss these things in their own words, pick up the book.

I trusted Ronin Ro's book once - won't be doing that again any time soon.

Wasn’t the Jughead thing in a previous installment of Comic Book Legends Revealed?

No, but I linked to the previous installments that led to this one!

Jughead’s S: The question would be, are those explanations to be taken as ‘real’ or as throwaway comments? “Someone’s asking about my sweater…I’ll say something witty now.”

Fair question.

I'd say that the therapist one, at least, sounds like a "real" answer.

Nice one, as usual. I think the Silver Surfer bit should have included the 2 issue mini series Lee wrote and Moebius (aka Jean Giraud) drew in 1988.

Oh, and thanks for the compliment!

Nice one, as usual. I think the Silver Surfer bit should have included the 2 issue mini series Lee wrote and Moebius (aka Jean Giraud) drew in 1988.

While I liked that book, I didn't count it because it didn't illustrate the whole "only Stan Lee could write Surfer" point, as that came out after Englehart was doing the ongoing book (thereby breaking the "only Stan Lee could write Surfer" rule).