tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7355407830694029222.post770978858947334429..comments2023-10-23T12:09:24.592-07:00Comments on Timely-Atlas-Comics: "A Date Which Will Live In Infamy" : December 7, 1941Doc V.http://www.blogger.com/profile/06815470072568462626noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7355407830694029222.post-38194054303166475632017-09-26T08:05:20.373-07:002017-09-26T08:05:20.373-07:00The Torch story, while very cool, was really an ad...The Torch story, while very cool, was really an ad for Marvel Mystery Comics. Pussycat was a one-shot magazine of all comic material so I suppose we can count that, although it was a reprint compilation of Pussycat stories that were scattered throughout Goodman's men's magazines.Doc V.https://www.blogger.com/profile/06815470072568462626noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7355407830694029222.post-35794510861414027842017-09-20T08:51:17.547-07:002017-09-20T08:51:17.547-07:00There was that one-page Human Torch comic in some ...There was that one-page Human Torch comic in some of Goodman's pulps that you reprinted in your book. And what about Pussycat? Wouldn't those stories qualify as the kind of thing Davide was asking about?Luke Van Hornhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00801193084314615963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7355407830694029222.post-62679134293751572202017-06-20T10:59:43.373-07:002017-06-20T10:59:43.373-07:00Hi Davide,
Thanks for the kind words about the bl...Hi Davide,<br /><br />Thanks for the kind words about the blog. It's much appreciated. To get to your question, I'll say that all of Martin Goodman's Timely/Atlas comic books have been identified and are accounted for. Even a title like Miss America Magazine, which for much of the early run was only partially comic material, is considered a "comic book" by collectors. Now there were times that Goodman's other types of publications carried comic material, but they were reprints of already published stories. An example would be Basil Wolverton Powerhouse Pepper stories reprinted in Humorama girly digests. Another example would be a Stuporman reprint found in a bedsheet issue of one of Goodman's proto-Humorama magazines in 1943 (I forget the exact issue and title). But, no, these wouldn't be considered comic books. Doc V.https://www.blogger.com/profile/06815470072568462626noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7355407830694029222.post-84415500010433739692017-06-16T00:27:52.686-07:002017-06-16T00:27:52.686-07:00Hi!
First of all, congratulations for your blog, i...Hi!<br />First of all, congratulations for your blog, it’s an awesome source of information for Marvel fans.<br />Then, I have a question (I’ll post it here since this is your last entry, but by all means tell me if you prefer me to move it to another post): were there comics in Goodman’s magazines that are not usually counted as Timely / Atlas?<br />I’ll explain myself better. Pretty much all the sources on the Internet which deal with Timely and Atlas list the same comic books: there doesn’t seem to be any doubt about how many comics were published by Timely / Atlas in the 1940s and 1950s. So I tend to assume that those lists are 100% complete.<br />However, that might not be the case. Since Goodman published under a variety of umbrella publishers (Timely Comics, Atlas Magazines, Hercules Publishing Corp., Gem Publications, Inc…), and since many of those companies also published Goodman’s pulp magazines, there is virtually no formal distinction between Goodman’s line of comic books and his line of pulp (or non-pulp) magazines. So, how to distinguish what’s Timely / Atlas and what’s “just” magazines? I came to the conclusion that anything which has comics inside is “Timely / Atlas”, the rest of Goodman’s output is not. Am I wrong?<br />So again, my question: did any of Goodman’s magazines (those which are not normally listed in the Timely / Atlas lists on the web) feature any comic story? Do you know the answer to this question? If so, how many? And again, if so, shouldn’t they be considered “Timely / Atlas” comics on par with Marvel Mystery Comics or Captain America Comics?<br /><br />Thanks!<br />DavideDavidehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17798141400789726645noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7355407830694029222.post-47123857657189475432017-02-20T10:13:50.233-08:002017-02-20T10:13:50.233-08:00Mark, my feeling is that the articles belonged to ...Mark, my feeling is that the articles belonged to Goodman unless different arrangements were made. As an example, in 1969 Goodman reprinted portions of Puzo's then best-selling novel "The Godfather " in an issue of MALE and the copyright notice at the bottom of the page reads... "Reprinted by permission of G. Putnam's Sons, from The Godfather by Mario Puzo. Copyright 1969 by Mario Puzo". All standard articles were paid by standard rates and owned by Goodman. In the pulps, Goodman paid to own them and frequently, at least early on, reprinted them without telling the original authors, getting knocked down by the FCC several times.Doc V.https://www.blogger.com/profile/06815470072568462626noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7355407830694029222.post-54496962141517763722017-02-15T10:01:49.850-08:002017-02-15T10:01:49.850-08:00Hi Doc. A question about Goodman's non-comics...Hi Doc. A question about Goodman's non-comics publications. Did Goodman own the copyright on his men's magazine articles or were they copyrighted by the authors like Mario Puzo and Bruce Jay Friedman? Were the pulps and men's mags treated any differently than the comics from the standpoint of copyright? Thanks.Mark Mayersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00065971589878678848noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7355407830694029222.post-9873400839527538822016-12-21T23:23:23.072-08:002016-12-21T23:23:23.072-08:00As for the comic ads: though the first one does no...As for the comic ads: though the first one does not look like a full Jack Betts ad, it does have enough of a similarity for me to suggest it might be an early example of his work - unless it is by someone who heavily influenced him later on. The second on inmy experience seems to have Paul Fungs hand in it. I would love to see the ads of the further weeks. My collectio usually doesn't go this far back.Ger Apeldoornhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03633862833036214748noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7355407830694029222.post-68866318147622843512016-12-08T15:14:40.169-08:002016-12-08T15:14:40.169-08:00Great reminiscences as always, Doc.Great reminiscences as always, Doc.Gene Phillipshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11495562795211277146noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7355407830694029222.post-556801578751542192016-12-07T17:26:23.527-08:002016-12-07T17:26:23.527-08:00Excellent!Excellent!CArchivisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01348781827688090654noreply@blogger.com