Wednesday, June 16, 2010

Oh, It Was Heaven

1966 was a very good year for comic and fantasy collecting. It was a golden age for many of us. In the midst of all that, Flash Gordon #1 was published, with Al Williamson channeling Alex Raymond, and oh it was heaven.

I'm not posting the whole story, nor am I necessarily showing these pages in consecutive order. These are just some favorite panels from my golden age.







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5 comments:

Joe Jusko said...

How amazing were those books???? I still lament that he only did three issues. The fact that this book just got buried under all the superhero fodder of the year (which I loved, don't get me wrong) is such a shame.

June 16, 2010 at 7:43 AM
Michael Buntag said...

Wow! I remember reading tis as a kid. If I recall correctly, the setting of the story moved to the kingdom of Frigia.

June 17, 2010 at 12:20 AM
Martin Larreategui said...

Al Williamson´s Flash is great, I´m a big fan of his work. I never had the chance to see those original KFS books, but fortunately found those stories reprinted on a spanish edition from the 80´s.

June 18, 2010 at 8:55 PM
Steve Morris said...

Thanks for keeping all these Golden Age artist visible. As an artist myself, I really enjoy the visual sensibilities from that time period, and more often than not, find myself turning to those artist when I need inspiration. I also liked that you posted one of 1980's Science Digest covers, between SD and Omni, they really showcased some great scifi/fantasy work.

June 25, 2010 at 3:33 PM
Thomas Haller Buchanan said...

Thanks Steve--

So MANY great artists to be inspired by!

June 25, 2010 at 4:11 PM

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