Of course, I know the Hulk and Ka-zar (basically Marvel's version of Tarzan with dinosaurs) go shirtless all the time. And DC loves them some buddy bonding. So you might like superheroes. (A surprising number of people have a crush on Thanos, of all characters.)
The character in the Hindi comic is the Phantom from American comic strips, the protector of some African tribes for 300 years (whenever he gets old, his son takes his place without notifying the natives, who think he's immortal).
I didn't read any DC/Marvel comics. It's annoying to pick up a comic and be in the midst of a story that goes on for dozens of issues of multiple titles. At least in Gold Key, the stories were self-contained most of the time (the exception being the Mickey Mouse serials).
Fair point. (Though, Ka-Zar doesn't have that many crossovers. Sometimes with X-Men.) It actually is why Infinity War went down the way it did. You can't have any good guy being the protagonist without the fans of everyone else feeling left out, so make the bad guy the protagonist.
After WWII The Phantom became a huge favorite in Papua, New Guinea, and around there. When it went out of style elsewhere else it was still huge. They painted The Phantom on their war shields and political posters etc...he was the Man Who Could Not Die ( not really but, that is what was said.) His comic books were very popular.
Maybe that furniture store (the one your cousin mentioned) had a collection/pile of used comics to keep kids busy while the parents shopped and they let your cousin take some home. I loved most comics. Harvey's were my favorites when I was 6-10 then horror, God Key and Charlton, then Super Hero, Horror and War (Marvel and DC) when I was 12 and up. You pretty much need to be dedicated and I walked to a corner store, every week, a mile away. Rain or shine or blizzard. I often had to sneak in and out on school days and tuck my bag into my pants so mom didn't see them. She was in high school and then college during the early to mid-1950s and thought comics lead to juvenile delinquency (as they used to say) and communism.
I missed Spooky, Hot Stuff (my favorite,) Wendy(the good little witch girl), Richie Rich, Little Dot, Baby Huey, etc...Hot Stuff was a popular Tattoo among the butcher set and sometimes hustlers in the 1970s. Chest or upper arm usually. I ran into it a lot. Among butch numbers and sometimes guys I suspected to be lower class male hustlers. Attractive and sort of dumb usually.On porn picture models also.
Looks like some kind of Tarzan.
ReplyDeleteOf course, I know the Hulk and Ka-zar (basically Marvel's version of Tarzan with dinosaurs) go shirtless all the time. And DC loves them some buddy bonding. So you might like superheroes. (A surprising number of people have a crush on Thanos, of all characters.)
The character in the Hindi comic is the Phantom from American comic strips, the protector of some African tribes for 300 years (whenever he gets old, his son takes his place without notifying the natives, who think he's immortal).
DeleteI didn't read any DC/Marvel comics. It's annoying to pick up a comic and be in the midst of a story that goes on for dozens of issues of multiple titles. At least in Gold Key, the stories were self-contained most of the time (the exception being the Mickey Mouse serials).
DeleteFair point. (Though, Ka-Zar doesn't have that many crossovers. Sometimes with X-Men.) It actually is why Infinity War went down the way it did. You can't have any good guy being the protagonist without the fans of everyone else feeling left out, so make the bad guy the protagonist.
DeleteIn Rock Island County in 2000, there were 262 people who spoke Hindi at home.
ReplyDeleteAfter WWII The Phantom became a huge favorite in Papua, New Guinea, and around there. When it went out of style elsewhere else it was still huge. They painted The Phantom on their war shields and political posters etc...he was the Man Who Could Not Die ( not really but, that is what was said.) His comic books were very popular.
ReplyDeleteMaybe that furniture store (the one your cousin mentioned) had a collection/pile of used comics to keep kids busy while the parents shopped and they let your cousin
take some home. I loved most comics. Harvey's were my favorites when I was 6-10 then horror, God Key and Charlton, then Super Hero, Horror and War (Marvel and DC) when I was 12 and up. You pretty much need to be dedicated and I walked to a corner store, every week, a mile away. Rain or shine or blizzard. I often had to sneak in and out on school days and tuck my bag into my pants so mom didn't see them. She was in high school and then college during the early to mid-1950s and thought comics lead to juvenile delinquency (as they used to say) and communism.
I missed Spooky, Hot Stuff (my favorite,) Wendy(the good little witch girl), Richie Rich, Little Dot, Baby Huey, etc...Hot Stuff was a popular Tattoo among the butcher set and sometimes hustlers in the 1970s. Chest or upper arm usually. I ran into it a lot. Among butch numbers and sometimes guys I suspected to be lower class male hustlers. Attractive and sort of dumb usually.On porn picture models also.
That's probably the explanation; it would have been too weird for my Cousin Buster to think of furniture stores out of nothing.
DeleteI think there's a post on "Boomer's Beefcake and Bonding" on the Phantom.
DeleteSorry, I think it was when I was 10 years old, not 9.
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