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Joseph William Marek
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Daring Mystery Comics
#1, January 1940 [published 30 Oct 39]
The trouble, I think, with
Daring Mystery Comics
is that all its features were backup stories. By that I mean the stories were good enough to get published, but there was nothing good enough to be a lead feature. There were no Human Torches or Sub-Mariners; there weren’t even any Angels or Ka-Zars or Masked Raiders.
*SIGH!*
That’s too bad, I like the idea of these anthology titles. It’s just that
Daring Mystery Comics
and
Mystic Comics
went nowhere!
Let’s talk about the cover:
Alex Schomburg usually drew these
weird menace
covers. It’s hard to describe the
“weird menace”
genre of pulp fiction. The closest thing I can think of that some of you might be familiar with are the older
Scooby Doo
cartoons. You know, the one where the menace looked like it was going to be supernatural but in the end we find out it wasn’t supernatural at all. Well, that’s a
“weird menace”
story, and Alex Schomburg drew plenty of covers like that that had nothing to do with the interior stories; only in the Simon/Kirby
Captain America Comics
did we actually get stories that were truly
“weird menace”
, and weren’t they a lot of fun!
The Fiery Mask:
“The Fantastic Thriller of the Walking Corpses” –
Man!
Joe Simon pours it on thick.
I love it!
I think he left out the kitchen sink. The only thing missing is Dr. Frankenstein yelling “It lives! It lives!”
Page 9, panel 4:
Joe Simon pulls off a nice off-the-shoulder look.
Page 10, panel 2:
Simon has the elements wrong, they are Fire, Water, Air and Earth . . . and I agree this reads like a kind of a prologue. This one could have been developed as a lead feature, but it wasn’t!
John Steele:
“Soldier of Fortune” – I’m not too crazy for this; I mean: the humor is okay, but I get the feeling the writer doesn’t even take this story seriously.
Later:
I’ve come to the end of the story; my comment is
“Eh”
.
“The Texas Kid, Robin Hood of the Range” – There was also an Atlas Era
Texas Kid
title: #1 (01/51) - #10 (07/52). A horse named “Spot”, come on now. Say, the artwork here is pretty good. Over all a pretty interesting story: good triumphs in the end!
“Monako, Prince of Magic” – The artwork is okay, but the composition of each individual panel could be better. This story is too episodic; we need one central battle, not a bunch of encounters.
Untitled (text story) – This is funny. The title must have fallen off the paste-ups on the way to the printer. I’ve had stuff like that happen. I really don’t like the idea of mixing Science Fiction with Westerns; it is somehow extra dorky.
“Flash Foster at Midwestern” – I kinda like the stylized artwork. The larger faces are fun. The pacing of the story is kind of good; it’s not slow, maybe a little jumpy, and the comeback in the game at the end kept my interest.
Phantom of the Underworld:
“The Case of Perrone” – There’s some nice use of shadowing in this story. The narrative is a little choppy, but a lot is happening. I’m not sure where the "phantom" part comes in.
“Wartime Wonders” – This is interesting trivia; I’m not sure if it’s all true.
“Barney Mullen Sea Rover” – I like the use of shadow in this story too. Nice twist ending, but this was also a choppy story. The story had some good points really; but most of these stories don’t flow very smoothly. I am not comparing these stories to mid-’60s
Fantastic Four;
I’m just comparing these to
Marvel Mystery Comics,
which is a way superior story to these tales. Too few of these tales fail to achieve star ratings.
*SIGH!*
Anarchy and Chaos are the natural state of the human race. Civilization is unnatural. It is a whim of circumstance. And Chaos must always ultimately triumph.
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