Thumbprint #2

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Warning for racism

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Thumbprint #3

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Thor & Loki: Double Trouble #3

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Archie's 80th anniversary: She Was a Teen-Age Snob

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Of all the regular writer/artist team-ups in the long history of Archie Comics, one of my favourites is Frank Doyle and Dan DeCarlo. Once his editors gave DeCarlo permission, circa 1959-1960, to draw in his own style rather than that modelled after Bob Montana (because he said he'd work much more quickly that way), his pencilling helped establish the house style the publisher would use for the next four decades at minimum. Doyle brought to the table his witty dialogue, eye for characterization, and a willingness to stretch and sometimes subvert the conventions of comics storytelling. Together, the two men created a number of the most memorable and frequently reprinted Archie stories.

Today's post, as this 80th anniversary series moves on to the sixties, shows how at times, Doyle and DeCarlo created stories capable of more than just making us laugh.

( 'My daddy [...] does not DROP IN to see people!' )

The Silver Coin #1

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"Eisner-winning artist MICHAEL WALSH (Star Wars, Black Hammer/Justice League) teams with an all-star lineup of collaborators-CHIP ZDARSKY (STILLWATER), KELLY THOMPSON (Sabrina the Teenage Witch), ED BRISSON (Old Man Logan), and JEFF LEMIRE (GIDEON FALLS)-on a new horror anthology miniseries for mature readers. Each issue will tell a tale of terror in a shared supernatural world. The story starts in 1978 with a failing rock band whose fortune suddenly changes when they find the mysterious Silver Coin. Little do they know that fame comes with a cost, and a curse is always hungry." -- Image Comics

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Marjorie Finnegan: Temporal Criminal #1

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Project Patron's about the people behind a superhero.

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The superhero's the Patron, caped defender of the world.

Issue #1 opened on his fight with ' Woe.

' The monster that killed the dinosaurs. '

It was an evocation of Superman #75, right up to the end.

( That end was reached by page 3. )