Cap'n's Comics

Visions #3 Fanzine Cover by Al Williamson

2026-11-09T20:33:47.064-08:00

First is Al's pencil sketch from the early 50a, a beatiful homage to Buster Crabbe as Flash Gordon. Then we see the fanzine cover from some 3 decades later. They shoulda kept Buster's face in the picture, in my opine. By the by, did you know scientists recently cross-bred a crab with a cheetah? Yeah, that whole thing went sideways really fast

Wally Wood and Jack Kirby Ads In TBG #4

2026-11-06T13:54:14.138-08:00

There may have been other fanzines/ adzines before The Buyer's Guide for Comic Fandom, but TBG was che awesome when it came on the scene. I remember receiving #4 in the mail and being bummed that it had no real cover (only time that happened early on), but the ads more than made up for it. First image is the ad for Wally's poster that was available from Graphic Fantasy, then the poster itself. Third image is the ad for Train of Thought, then the cover, and finally, my best attempt at show'n you the next time we saw Kirby's Red Skull in TBG, some 2 decades later. If you know any details on that issue, please holla

Larry Todd and Barry Smith

2026-11-04T22:05:32.216-08:00

An Unused Cover by Frank Frazetta?

2026-11-02T21:56:49.817-08:00

First image is the only new one on here, a page from an art catalog in the 70s. Canaveral Press stuff still kinda blows my mind, cause they really did (just like Fritz) shoot for quality

Most Villainous by Gil Kane and Jack Kirby

2026-11-02T17:12:33.644-08:00

I wanna be proactive and say they should do The Red Skull for Vol.3, and use Red's full body pose from Jack's Valentine Black Book to Roz . This whole thing reminds me once again of onea my fav Thank-you Notes from the Tonight Show--"Thank you, hot-air hand dryers, for help'n me feel like I'm hatching an evil plan while drying my hands"

Portfolio One Spider Man by Jim Steranko

2026-11-02T16:40:31.634-08:00

First is the only new one on here, the Spidey from Portfolio 1, then how I first saw it ("moonlight feels right," as the 70s song said), and finally, the FOOM version. I'm sure there's other versions of this iconic out there, but that second image was/is/will be the way I will always think of it

Cerebus by Neal Adams

2026-10-30T17:20:57.623-07:00

Who knew (well, obvi not the Cap'n)?! Onea the joys of fan'n on comic art is seeing sump'n sump'n I've never encountered. Hence me constantly say'n I'm so broke I can't even pay attention. And I bought the first issue of Anything Goes! Had to have the blink-a-the-eye return Gil Kane made of His Name. I just never saw the third issue of Anything Goes! I've long dug Barry Smith taking on Cerebus, but I dunno how I never saw Neal's take

French Fantastic Four by Jack Kirby

2026-10-29T07:15:53.819-07:00

First is the only new image on here. Apparently, like the original Shield #1 art by Steranko, see'n great art without glass cover'n it is frowned upon in this establishment

Again With The Tars Tarkas by Berni Wrightson

2026-10-27T22:40:17.967-07:00

Onea my favorite jazz riffs in comic art. Just stand up and wail, Berni

New EC Valor Art by Roy Krenkel and Al Williamson!!!

2026-10-26T21:41:44.165-07:00

Yeah, yeah, just new to me! As Miss Congeniality would say, "I had no idea!" Very cool stuff

The Awesome Fanzine That Never Was

2026-10-23T16:22:52.972-07:00

This is the kinda stuff that really makes my motor hum (ka-chow!)! First image is an ad for Galactic Illustrations #3 that I found in an old Sci-fi fanzine, then the same Ditko illo used in the ad, but colorized. By the by, that tiny Thor sketch by Jack Kirby in the ad seems familiar, but I dunno if I've ever seen it. Next is a nice version of the back of Eon #3. But why, Cap'n, why? Okay, hold onto your beanie, but the fanzine GI #3 does not exist! The Mr. A stuff by Ditko was sold to Eon, but where's the beef (er, where's the rest) ? The ad says this imaginary fanzine also has W. Wood and Fujitake and some kid named T. Kirk (the internet, by the by, says this ad appeared in RBCC #62, but I don't have that, and no mention of sci-fi fanzines). Next we have the covers to GI #s 1 and 2, which do exist. wow

Some Panoply Mind by George Metzger

2026-10-22T22:35:45.011-07:00

I want to buy a more complete version of this (is it Lost Worlds, mayhap?), but all I have is Panoply money

Capitan Marvel by Gil Kane

2026-10-22T13:34:03.622-07:00

Looks like there's at least three ways to say this dude's name (I reference Cap'n Marvel on here quite a bit)

Cap'n Science Quartet by Wally Wood

2026-10-21T19:51:32.182-07:00

Only the fourth one is new on here. I useta be on the midnight shift at a big computer firm mak'n big computers. I spliced and cured the material for a bazillion spools of reel-to-reel tape. We sang a line of a hit song a lot-"She blinded me with science!" Probly only makes sense to me, but I think of that verse whenever I see this name

Space Adventures #11 Cover by Steve Ditko

2026-10-19T21:21:06.739-07:00

Che nice

Those Wunnerful Kline-A-Saurs of Bob Kline

2026-10-15T10:08:54.893-07:00

Kline (along with Fujitake and Fantucchio and Art Cooper) was a true "fan" artist of that late sixties/early seventies fanzine golden era. I particularly loved these dinosaur render'ns, but also dug his giant snakes, other massive monsters, and anything else he did

New King Kull by Roy Krenkel!

2026-10-14T09:18:16.317-07:00

Yeah, yeah, just new to me, and just the third image. The other two are smeared all over the wayback on here, kinda like someone likes jelly on their toast, so they try it on both sides. Messy, but tasty. The only reason the paint'n is up again is because it helped me realize the sketch truly was King Kull. I remember how overjoyed I was when I found the paperback at a massive used bookstore. To alter Mitch Hedberg's great quote: I found it at a store that specialized in hard-to-find books. Nothing was alphabetized

In Memory Of Robert E. Howard by Barry Smith

2026-10-13T22:21:22.953-07:00

I'm such a space cadet, this parting shot of Conan at the end of Savage Tales #3 may have been up here before, but (as with most of the fundundant images on here) it still deserves being looked at

Far-Out Fantastic Four by Jack Kirby

2026-10-12T11:40:03.300-07:00

A Kirby blacklight I've neglected in the past, then the Marvel pin-up version on da web, then the way I've always gandered it, from FF Annual #5. Below, here's the other three blacklights that came a'born'n from that same comic, then the ad for all these bad boys, and finally, the poster I put up in the wayback with this exact same post title

Scuba Siren by Wally Wood

2026-10-09T21:38:21.388-07:00

Oh, my heck! I know the wayback is littered with Wally's Galaxies on here, but that first image is new to me, then the Galaxy cover it was under, then the other two Wood illos in that same issue, then a coupla random Galaxy that I'm enamored with

Red Nails, The Poster by Barry Smith

2026-10-07T22:35:21.408-07:00

And what I saw quite often in high school, Red Nails, The Splash

Green Lantern #168 Cover by Gil Kane

2026-10-07T07:16:32.586-07:00

Never really got into GL, which puzzles me. As a tyke, I ran around with my own Green Lantern ring that I made outta three pieces of a building toy from Germany, a green square with two little connectors on the sides of my finger. Best super-hero costume ever. I guess I blame my Marvel Maniac status for most of my later youth

Lunar Co-Inky-Dinks by Jack Kirby

2026-10-06T22:10:43.064-07:00

Not only does Jack's moon hopper make me think of The Club steering wheel lock some thirty years later, but the view of that early moon base took me away to 2001, and 2001's moon base also looks kindasorta like The Club

Who Is This Is?

2026-10-06T16:27:28.295-07:00

The first image, an unlabeled illo in a fanzine, sure looks a lot like the tiny alien in Broken Sparrow by Larry Todd, but it ain't. And like they always say, if it ain't Broken Sparrow, don't try to Fix-it Sparrow. See the not-so-distant on here for sump'n more to compare/contrast

Fist Full Of Black'n Whites by Jim Steranko

2026-10-05T13:39:48.698-07:00

aaaaand a different take on color'n the Marvelmania Hulk