American Comics Update: Harvey’s Wacky Super-Heroes from 1966
*Harvey: During the 1960s, probably as a reaction to the Marvel Age of Comics, Harvey produced a series of short run super-hero titles, featuring characters that may by now be forgotten, but which had distinction and charm, were often by famous creators and were more than just a bit on the wacky side. The Giant-Sized Double-Dare Adventures headlined B(ee)-Man, and featured the Glowing Gladiator (art by Bob Powell), Magicmaster (with art by Jack Sparling and scripts by that famous magician Jim Steranko), plus a Jack Kirby sci-fi short. Fighting American (also Giant-Size) featured many stories of the patriotic Golden Age hero with his sidekick Speedboy, by Joe Simon and Jack Kirby. Spyman, the super-hero spy, featured scripts and a limited amount of art by Jim Steranko in #1 (his first pro-art), who was probably a spy when he wasn’t being a magician. Unearthly Spectaculars (Giant-Size) headlined Jack Q Frost by Sparling and and Gil Kane, Clawfang the Barbarian by Wally Wood and Al Williamson, Tiger Boy by Gil Kane, Miracles Inc by Wally Wood, Three Rocketeers by Mike Sekowsky and Earthman by Wally Wood. We expect demand for these to be, um, wacky…
PICTURED: ALL SOLD
DOUBLE-DARE ADVENTURES #1 VG+ £15 Small book shop stamp
FIGHTING AMERICAN #1 VG £12.50 Small book shop stamp
SPYMAN
#1 VG £40
#3 VG £20
UNEARTHLY SPECTACULARS #2 GD/VG £10