#Prize Comics

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Frankenstein - art by Dick Briefer (1953)

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Vintage Comic - Headline Comics #035

Pencils: Jack Kirby

Inks: Joe Simon

Prize (May-June1949)

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New Adventures of Frankenstein by Dick Briefer

(Prize Comics, December 1940)

Dick Briefer's Frankenstein the 1st version

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"Our best present will be to get you into the union...by hook or crook!!"

The Ghost & Ghoul Guild (now apparently renamed the Ghost, Ghoul, and Vampire Union, or GG&VU) reappeared in another Frankenstein story in PRIZE COMICS #59 (May/June 1946). Here's the whole thing:

Given that the previous Ghost & Ghoul Guild story showed that the union recruits some members by scaring people to death and then convincing their ghosts to join, I think Franky got off pretty easy here.

By this time, Briefer's more comedic Frankenstein strip had become so popular that Feature Publications had also given Frankenstein his own title, whose third issue was published shortly after this story in 1946. It actually outlasted PRIZE COMICS by a few months, ending in early 1949, and it was briefly revived three years later, returning Frankenstein to his more horrific roots.

Frankenstein's friend Marvin the ghoul, incidentally, is obviously modeled after the makeup worn by Lon Chaney Sr. as Erik in the 1925 film adaptation of THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA, which is probably still the single best-known image of the silent movie era.

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Vintage Comic - Prize Comics Western #076

Pencils: N/A

Inks: N/A

Photo: Canadian Pacific: Tom Andrews (Randolph Scott)

Prize (July-Aug1949)

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#ComicBookAds 'Strange World of Your Dreams' — Vol. 1, No. 4, Page 14.  Colophon Publisher: Headline Publications, Inc. Brand: Prize Group. Editing: Joe Simon; Jack Kirby; Mort Meskin (associate editor). Published: January-February 1953.

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Prologue pages 3-5

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AU where jason todd goes back to school and gets a phd because while he was describing his multi-step plan to take over gotham and use bruce to kill the joker to talia she just said “oh, so you want to become a useless dropout just like your brother and father? talk about setting a bad example for damian.” which offended jason so much that he immediately re-enrolled to finish high school.

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something about found family and pop punk covers

(full version on webtoon)

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they will be destroying the science lab <3

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silly little thing I dreamt up while thinking about knights (based on this meme comic [link])

[image ID: a two panel ms paint comic with simple characters. in panel one, character a says, "don't worry, I'll watch your back." in panel two, character b smiles, imagining the two of them back to back holding swords, and character a smirks, imagining staring at a butt. end ID]

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TIM DRAKE: ROBIN #7 YOU WILL ALWAYS BE FAMOUS

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Vintage Comic - Prize Comics #050

Pencils: Carmine Infantino

Inks: ?

Prize (Feb1945)

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OMG WAIT I GOTTA POST THIS COMIC I LOVE IT A LOT. UMMM Grillby’s Rogue gallery really made me feel things. I love them so much I am FULLY convinced it was Dess and Noelle who made the snowman.

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Batman Wins a Prize by Norman Saunders

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ladynoir as quotes from childhood shows that have stuck in my head for some reason p1