It’s Spring and love is in the air! Wait a sec…it’s 35 degrees outside with a chance of flurries. Maybe that’s why these 1950′s love comics are actually crime comics in disguise…except one is actually a crime comic disguised as a love comic. ???!!! Ogden Whitney and Tex Blaisdell do the illustration honors,

http://pappysgoldenage.blogspot.com/2009/10/number-614-two-tough-broads-in-his.html

Here’s a look at Gil Kane’s self-referential story, HIS NAME IS…KANE as published in an early 1970′s HOUSE OF MYSTERY. With references to the previous HofM story in that issue by Kane, also with inks by Wally Wood, it’s hard to accept Kane’s own statement that the story was NOT necessarily intended for him even though the story is credited to Mike Friedrich. Either way, a lot of nicely drawn fun.

http://doctor-k100.blogspot.com/2009/10/halloween-countdown-day-20-gil-kane.html

Artist Russ Manning’s great layouts and amazingly smooth style are on display in a sequence of color Sunday TARZAN strips from 1970 here. Manning was a very influential artist who, along with Burne Hogarth, Hal Foster and Joe Kubert is up there with the best of the ERB illustrators.

http://bronzeageofblogs.blogspot.com/2009/10/russ-mannings-tarzan.html

Amongst other nifty nostalgic pieces in his latest post, Waffyjon shares a number of the cool covers from Marvels’ 1970′s fan club publication, FOOM! Art is by, among others, John Romita Sr (seen above) Dave Cockrum, Jim Steranko and Gene Colan.

http://waffyjon.blogspot.com/2009/10/cool-stuff_21.html