Aquaman by Nick Cardy

Some cool Aquaman covers by Nick Cardy.

Aquaman #37, Jan - Feb 1968.

Aquaman #39, May - June 1968.

Aquaman #45, May - June 1969.

Aquaman #46, July - Aug 1969.

Aquaman #51, May - June 1970.

The Wrightson Completionist: Part 11

The eleventh in a series of posts highlighting oddball Bernie Wrightson items in my collection.

What do you do when you've bought all the Bernie Wrightson stuff, except for the stuff that's really expensive (S&N The Stand book, weird-ass Nakotomi prints they made five of) or impossible to find (Nozdrovia, Gothic Blimp)? The answer is you start buying foreign editions of his work, which I've spent a lot time doing the last couple years.

Here's an Italian edition of Wrightson's masterwork: the illustrated Frankenstein: or The Modern Prometheus by Mary W. Shelley. It's smaller than the Dark Horse edition or the original Dodd-Mead edition, about 7" x 9 3/4". It has the full endpapers and all the illustrations. Like the Dark Horse edition, there are small greyish vignettes from the illustration on the previous page.

Nothing here you haven't seen before, but if you're a nut about this like me, it's worth getting. As of this writing, it's available on the Italian Amazon page, your regular Amazon user name and password will work. It ended up costing me about $35 with postage. It took about two or three or weeks to get it in the mail. The book is published by a company called Oscar Ink. It's a hardcover and is 302 pages.

Ciao everybody!

Christmas Pinups

Christmas Elf by Forest H. Clough, n.d.




Christmas Ornaments by Jim Schaeffing, circa 1950.




Pin-Up in Front of Fireplace by Gil Elvgren, n.d.




A Christmas Eve (Waiting for Santa) by Gil Elvgren, 1954.





Christmas Pin-Up by Earl Moran, n.d.

The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction: The 1950's

Here's some classic 1950's covers for The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction. They are all for sale in my eBay store.

February 1952, cover art by Chesley Bonestell.

June 1952, cover art by Ed Emshwiller.

May 1953, cover art by Jack Coggins.

July 1953, cover art by Ed Emshwiller.

September 1953, cover art by Jack Coggins.

October 1953, cover art by Ed Emshwiller.

January 1954, cover art by Fred Kirberger.

February 1954, cover art by Chesley Bonestell.

March 1954, cover art by Fred Kirberger.

May 1954, cover art by Jack Coggins.

July 1954, cover art by Fred Kirberger.

January 1955, cover art by Nick Solovioff.

August 1955, cover art by Ed Emshwiller.

September 1955, cover art by Frank Kelly Freas.

November 1955, cover art by Ed Emshwiller.

May 1956, cover art by Ed Emshwiller.

July 1956, cover art by Chesley Bonestell.

October 1956, cover art by Frank Kelly Freas.

November 1956, cover art by Frank Kelly Freas.

December 1956, cover art by Frank Kelly Freas.

Jack Kirby Centennial

Jack Kirby, August 28, 2017 - February 6, 1994.


The Avengers #12, January 1965.


Boy Commandos #3, Summer 1943.


Captain America, 1966.


The Demon #4, December 1972.


Devil Dinosaur #2, May 1978.


The Fantastic Four #29, August 1964.




The Forever People #6, January 1972.


The Incredible Hulk #5, January 1963.


Thor pinup, from Journey Into Mystery #110, November 1964.


Justice Traps the Guilty #1, October 1947.


Kamandi #1, November 1972.


Marvel Mystery Comics #12, October 1940.


New Gods #10, September 1972.


Stuntman #2, June 1946.


Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #138, June 1971.


X-Men #17, February 1966.