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Posts from ‘April, 2006’

Golden Age of Comic Books – April 26, 2006 – #40

Apr 26th, 2006
by Bill Jourdain.
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In this episode, we discuss Firehair from Fiction House.  She first appeared in Rangers Comics #21 (February, 1945) and appeared in every issue until #65 (May, 1952).   Firehair, a red headed (thus the name) english woman who became an indian maiden (and warrior), also had her own title, Firehair, which for a few issues was [...]

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Golden Age of Comic Books – April 20, 2006 – #39

Apr 20th, 2006
by Bill Jourdain.
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In this episode, we discuss the Fighting Yank from Nedor Comics.  The Fighting Yank first got his start in the pages of Startling Comics #10 (September, 1941).  The Fighting Yank appeared in his own title and in Nedor’s America’s Best Comics.  His last appearance in the Golden Age of Comics books was in 1949. Golden [...]

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Golden Age of Comics Books – April 4, 2006 – #38

Apr 4th, 2006
by Bill Jourdain.
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In this episode we discuss one of the great MLJ superheroes, The Shield!  The Shield got his start in the pages of Pep Comics #1 (January, 1940), and was one of MLJ’s most enduring characters until they shifted focus to their most popular character, Archie Andrews.  The Shield also appeared in the pages of Shield-Wizard [...]

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