#094.Phil Corrigan Special (Indrajal Comics 44)

Ajnaabi & secret agent Phil Corrigan wish you a Very Happy New Year - "GANG". :)))

Ajnaabi says:

"A Happy New 2009 to u.

I had to fight against all odds for these Corrigans. Firstly I was sick for the last 3 days. My Windows crashed yesterday...... LOL

.... and finaly at last... i was able to keep my promise..... :)

Give my new year greetings to the gang... with those corrigans. :) "

Here is first post of 2009 - 9 Phil Corrigan Indrajal Comics.

New Links (2nd Jan 2009, 17.33): Not only Ajnaabi's, my window also crashed today...... Links deleleted....... Reinstalled Window.... Just reloaded links . JANTA JANARDAN Enjoy. All these efforts are only for you. :)))

V21N21-1984-Phil Corrigan-The Criminal Genius (NEW SCANS) (15.11 MB)

V21N36-1984-Phil Corrigan-Assasin of the Inner Circle (13.56 MB)

V22N07-1985-Phil Corrigan-The Electronic Devil (13.77 MB)

V22N15-1985-Phil Corrigan-The Ghastly Noose (13.21 MB)

V22N26-1985-Phil Corrigan-A Crime Empire (15.35 MB)

V23N04-1986-Phil Corrigan-The Greedy Traitors (15.75 MB)

V23N39-1986-Phil Corrigan-The Conspiring Crime Baron (NEW Scan) (15.97 MB)

V23N52-1986-Phil Corrigan-Mystery of the Moon Island (16.54 MB)

V24N13-1987-Phil Corrigan-Scandal from the Grave (17.17 MB)

These are Ajnaabi's contributions.

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Single Issue Review: Strange Tales #120

Strange Tales was another one of Marvel's anthology magazines. It had originally been a horror comic, but after the debut of the Fantastic Four, the cover slot and main feature had been turned over to the Human Torch effective with Strange Tales #101.

Crossovers were frequent in the Marvel Silver Age, and the Human Torch's feature was no exception. It was perhaps inevitable that the Torch and the Iceman, both teens and representing the opposite ends of the temperature spectrum, would end up meeting. As it happens, Johnny Storm is on a date with his gal Doris on a pleasure boat around Manhattan, while Bobby takes the same ride solo. He tries to pick up Doris, but she's not interested:



As it turns out, and as shown on the cover, the ship is attacked by Captain Barracuda, and the Iceman and the Torch go into action:



Comments: An amusing little story with solid sequential art by Kirby, although I confess that Dick Ayers' inks leave me cold.

The backup feature is Dr. Strange, who had debuted only ten issues earlier in this magazine. This series had still not hit its stride and this story is a silly little adventure about a haunted house that a reporter has agreed to stay inside overnight. Predictably, he emerges much the worse for his experience:



Comments: As indicated, this is a pedestrian tale, lent some luster by Steve Ditko's dark, brooding artwork:



This series was about to lift off into the stratosphere, but there is little sign of it here.

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Number 445


Happy New Year with Cosmo Cat!


I didn't realize when I posted this Cosmo Cat story that it would get such a good response. Thanks to Dave Miller, who provided the original scans from Cosmo Cat #8, August 1947. He's also gone the extra mile and provided scans for another three stories from that same issue. Dave, you are a very cool cat for doing that.

By following the link above you can read more about Cosmo from longtime fan Martin Greim.

This will be my last posting for 2008, so I want to wish everyone a Happy New Year! I'm looking forward to 2009. Since I joined the blogging world I've met some really great people, those who have left positive comments, constructive criticism, those who have e-mailed me to ask questions or share information. When I started Pappy's 2 1/2 years ago I wasn't sure what kind of reaction I'd get, but I've been pleasantly surprised by the overwhelmingly positive and friendly feedback. Looking at the many blogs that have sprung up with fans sharing comics makes me feel very good. It's great to know that the history of comic books is well represented on the World Wide Web, and as my StatCounter software shows me, people from around the world are participating by looking in.

I'll see you in 2009, and best to you from your Pappy!

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A Question About Complete Comics or Stories

I have noticed that quite a few blogs are now posting scans of either complete comics or complete stories online. I'll be right up front and say that I think it's great. But... can it last? Will the comics companies accept this as a natural progression? A friend of mine reposted an issue of Fantastic Four to the Usenet newsgroup alt.binaries.pictures.comics.reposts a few months ago, and received a cease and desist letter from Marvel's lawyers.

What say you?

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Number 444


Rocky and Simpy pull big boners


According to the Grand Comics Database this is the second of the Rocky X of the Rocketeers stories featured in Lev Gleason's Boy Comics. This particular episode is from Boy #81. In this story the characters do, as Simpy admits on page 8, ". . .pull boners--big ones." Training did not seem to be a big part of Rocketeer school...more like flying by the seat of your pants. It's fun reading about space travel from the imaginations of a comic book writer and artist, as opposed to what it became in real life just a few years after this story was published in 1953. We all know with the real-life astronauts training was paramount. No letting a couple of guys take off in an untested rocket ship and hope for the best.

I have the second part of this continuing story, and I'll probably show it next week. Artist Norman Maurer, who married Stooge Moe Howard's daughter and later became the Three Stooges' producer, himself produces a story that with the ineptness of the characters might have fit right into a Stooges' short. A little eye-poking or hair-pulling might have added considerably to the fun.

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Number 443


Blackhawk solves the mystery of the flying saucers


The Blackhawks take on a mystery much in the news in the late 1940s and early 1950s. What are the flying saucers and where do they come from? Blackhawk says they come from our own planet; no little gray guys, but giant white guys.


The story is from Blackhawk #71, December 1953, and is drawn by the team of Dick Dillin and Chuck Cuidera.

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