#lev gleason publication

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Here is a public domain superhero,War Eagle from lev Gleason publication

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Daredevil - art by Charles Biro (1942)

[onecreatordan]

A modern take on Lev Gleason's Daredevil I wanted to do for myself.

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C.C. Beck recreated a classic battle between the original, Golden Age Daredevil and his nemesis, The Claw!

[adtothebone]

Boy Meets Girl #12 (1951)

Lev Gleason Publications

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DareDevil Not to be confused with the Marvel character, this Daredevil is an American comic book superhero that starred in popular comics from Lev Gleason Publications during the 1930s-1940s. In his debut appearance in Silver Streak #06 (September 1940), he was introduced as Bart Hill, who as a child had been rendered mute by the shock of seeing his father murdered and himself being branded with a hot iron. Orphaned, he grew up to become a marksman with the boomerang, in homage to the boomerang-shaped scar left on his chest. He wore a pale yellow and dark blue costume. In the following issue Silver Streak #07 (January 1941), only Hill's identity, spiked belt, and the boomerang remained, the mute angle was dropped without explanation, and his original costume of pale yellow and dark blue was redesigned to a dark red and blue. In Daredevil #018 (August 1943). #daredevil #daredeviledit #daredevilnetflix #daredevilnation #daredevilcosplay #daredevil😈 #daredevilfanart #daredeviltattoo #daredevilmemes #daredevilmarvel #daredevilseries #dc#dccomics #marvel #marvelcomics #comic #comics#silveragecomics #covercomics #comicsbooks #comicscovers #comics4sale #powercomics #superheros #comicheros #comicsandcoffee #comicstyle (en USA) https://www.instagram.com/p/Chg3NbfDeiw/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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Episode 157 - Public Domain Superheroes

You asked for it, so in this special bonus episode we’re talking about Public Domain Superheroes! We discuss the Golden Age of Comics, masked adventurers, copyright, crossovers, and more! Plus: Time Eggs!

You can download the podcast directly, find it on Libsyn, or get it through Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, Google Podcasts, or your favourite podcast delivery system.

In this episode

Matthew Murray | Carol Borden

Things We Read (or tried to…)

Project Superpowers (Wikipedia) by Jim Krueger, Alex Ross, Doug Klauba, Stephen Sadowsk, and Carlos Paul

Masks, vol. 1 by Chris Roberson, Alex Ross (Artist), Dennis Calero (Artist) Jae lee

See all the covers

Miss Fury: The Minor Key by Corinna Sara Bechko and Jonathan Lau

Swords of Sorrow (Women in Comics Wiki) by Gail Simone and so many others

Superheroes and Masked Adventurers (all links are to Wikipedia)

Plastic Man

Captain Marvel (DC Comics)

Captain Marvel (Marvel Comics)

The Shadow

The Spider

Miss Fury

Miss Fury and Miss Mills (article by Carol Borden on the Cultural Gutter)

Miss Fury Cut Outs

Miss Masque/Masquerade

Kato

Green Hornet

Red Sonja

Thor (Marvel Comics)

Thor in comics - DC Comics

Hercules (DC Comics)

Hercules (Marvel Comics)

Zeus (DC Comics)

Zeus (Marvel Comics)

Beowulf (DC Comics)

Beowulf (Earth-616) (Marvel Fandom Wiki)

Bucky Barnes

Black Terror (and Tim!)

Daredevil (Lev Gleason Publications) (The Death Defying 'Devil)

Jonah Hex

The Invaders

All-Star Squadron

The Twelve

Airboy

Fighting Yank

Dynamic Man

Ghost (Public Domain Super Heroes Wiki)

Cat-Man and Kitten

Irene Adler

Dejah Thoris

Green Lama

Zorro

Black Bat

Purgatori

Chastity

Lady Zorro (ComicVine)

Vampirella

Jane Porter/ Lady Greystoke

Pantha (ComicVine)

Eva, Daughter of Dracula (ComicVine)

Other Media We Mentioned

Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys

Winnie-the-Pooh by A. A. Milne and E. H. Shepard (Wikipedia)

Night of the Living Dead (Wikipedia)

Superman (1940s animated film series) (Wikipedia)

The Great Comic Book Heroes by Jules Feiffer

The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay by Michael Chabon

Spicy Library Stories

Sherlock Holmes & Kolchak the Night Stalker: Cry of Thunder by Joe Gentile, Andy Bennett, and Carlos Magno

The Incredible Hercules (Wikipedia)

Aliens vs. Predator (comics) (Wikipedia)

Freddy vs. Jason (Wikipedia)

X-Men 2099 (Wikipedia)

Justice League Unlimited (Wikipedia)

Justice League Action - Jonah Hex’s Space Rodeo! (YouTube)

Archie vs. Predator (Wikipedia)

FemForce (Wikipedia)

Tom Strong (Wikipedia)

Public domain characters show up staring in issue #11, there’s also some Terra Obscura miniseries that focus on these characters.

Savage Dragon (Wikipedia)

Next Issue Project (Wikipedia)

Miss Fury: Sensational Sundays by Tarpe Mills

Call of Cthulhu (role-playing game) (Wikipedia)

Achtung! Cthulhu (Role-Playing Game)  (H.P. Lovecraft Wiki)

Links, Articles, and Things

The Cultural Gutter

Monstrous Industry

Fox Spirit Books

Episode 155 - Literary Fan Fiction

Public Domain (Wikipedia)

Public Domain Day 2022

Public Domain Comic Books (TVTropes)

Public Domain Super Heroes Wiki

Creative Commons (Wikipedia)

5 Great Public Domain Superheroes (& 5 Worst)

Superman (ice cream flavor) (Wikipedia)

National Comics Publications, Inc. v. Fawcett Publications, Inc.

Golden Age of Comic Books

Canadian Whites (Wikipedia) (Canadian WWII-era comics)

The Canadian Captain Marvel Comics #10

Fox Feature Syndicate (Wikipedia)

Crestwood Publications (Wikipedia)

Standard Comics (Wikipedia (Nedor Publishing)

Quality Comics (Wikipedia)

Fawcett Comics (Wikipedia)

Charlton Comics (Wikipedia)

WildStorm (Wikipedia) 

The 10 Best Crossovers in Archie Comics

From KISS to 'The Addams Family': The Best 'Scooby-Doo!' Crossovers You Just Have to See

12 Strangest Scooby-Doo Crossovers, Ranked

Eclipse Comics (Wikipedia)

America’s Best Comics (Wikipedia)

Dynamite Entertainment (Wikipedia)

Alex Ross (Wikipedia)

Afraid Of Cock

The printed cover to Justice Society of America #7

‘Zorro’ Licensor, in Role Reversal, Faces Trial for Copyright Infringement

Black Legion (political movement) (Wikipedia)

Chaos! Comics (Wikipedia)

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The big three of Lev Gleason Publications.

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Lev Gleason Daredevil by Jordan Gibson

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ISOLATED COMIC BOOK PANEL #2993 title: BOY COMICS #35 - P17:6 artist: NORMAN MAURER year: 1947

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Here a public Domain villain,Mr. Crime from Crime Does Not Pay.He is a semi-abstract being that often acted as the host of the story but could also interact with his settings.

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Uncle Charlie’s Fables No.1

Lev Gleason Publications (1952)

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Celebrating Women of Marvel

* Ruth Atkinson a.k.a. Ruth Atkinson Ford, R. Atkinson - artist, Fiction House, Timely Comics (Co-Creator of Millie the Model & Patsy Walker), Lev Gleason Publications

* Violet Barclay - Timely/Atlas Comics inker

* Linda Fite - writer, The Cat (Marvel Comics)

* Marie Severin - prolific EC and Marvel Comics artist

* Sana Amanat - editor, Ms. Marvel (Marvel)

* Samm Barnes - Marvel Comics writer

* June Brigman - artist and co-creator, Power Pack (Marvel Comics); final artist Brenda Starr, Reporter comic strip (1995-2011)

* Sarah Byam - writer, Black Canary (DC Comics), Mode Extreme (Marvel/Razorline)

* Bobbie Chase - Marvel Comics editor

* Amanda Conner - artist, The Pro (Image Comics), Disney's Gargoyles (Marvel Comics)

* Kelly Sue DeConnick - writer, Captain Marvel (Marvel Comics), Avengers Assemble (Marvel Comics)

* Rachel Dodson - inker, Marvel and DC

* Jo Duffy a.k.a. Mary Jo Duffy - writer and Marvel Comics editor

* Robin Furth - plotter, The Dark Tower: The Gunslinger Born (Marvel Comics)

* Shaenon K. Garrity - writer, Marvel Comics' Marvel Holiday Special

* Carol Kalish - executive, Marvel Comics

* Elaine Lee - writer, Vamps (DC Comics), Saint Sinner (Marvel/Razorline)

* Marjorie Liu - writer, X-23, Black Widow, Dark Wolverine, NYX, Astonishing X-Men (Marvel Comics)

* Cynthia Martin - artist for (among others) Marvel Comics's Star Wars

* Laura Martin - colorist, Planetary (DC Comics/WildStorm), Astonishing X-Men (Marvel Comics), Ruse (CrossGen)

* Adriana Melo - artist, Ms. Marvel (Marvel Comics)

* Mindy Newell - writer/editor, Marvel, DC, and First

* Ann Nocenti - writer, Daredevil (Marvel Comics)

* Sonia Oback - colorist, "Uncanny X-Men", "X-23: Target X" (Marvel Comics)

* Glynis Oliver - colorist, X-Men (Marvel Comics)

* Sara Pichelli - artist, Ultimate Comics: Spider-Man, Guardians of the Galaxy (Marvel Comics)

* Tamora Pierce - writer, Marvel Comics' White Tiger

* Erica Schultz - writer, “Daredevil Annual” 2018, "Revenge: The Secret Origin of Emily Thorne" (Marvel Comics)

* Louise Simonson a.k.a. Louise Jones - Marvel Comics editor; Writer and co-creator, Power Pack (Marvel Comics);

* Mary Skrenes - writer and co-creator, Omega the Unknown (Marvel Comics)

* Christina Strain - colorist, Runaways and Spider-Man Loves Mary Jane (all Marvel Comics)

* Margaret Stohl - writer, Mighty Captain Marvel, Life of Captain Marvel, Spider-Man Noir (Marvel)

* Laurie S. Sutton - writer and editor, DC Comics and Marvel Comics

* G. Willow Wilson - writer, Cairo (Vertigo), Ms. Marvel (Marvel)

* Kim Yale - writer/editor, DC Comics, Marvel Comics, First Comics, and Warp Graphics

The readers and fans of Classic Marvel Era thank you for your contributions to the House of Ideas. For us, you are The Real Superhero Women

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The short-lived android Captain Marvel from M.F. Enterprises (the M.F. stood for  publisher Myron Fass, you perverts).  This cover is from the second of four issues of Cap’s own comic book, followed by two issues of Captain Marvel Presents the Terrible Five (which were published a year apart and numbered #1 and #5).

Fawcett Comics, the publisher of the original Captain Marvel, had originally trademarked that name.  The trademark lapsed after Fawcett Comics shut down in 1953 following a legal battle with DC Comics.  So Myron Fass was free to use the name when he published this Captain Marvel in 1966. 

Fass also didn’t seem to mind “borrowing” characters from other companies as well.  All the villains pictured above are obvious “homages” to other heroes or villains: Atom Jaw is Iron Jaw, Crimebuster’s nemesis from Lev Gleason’s Boy Comics; Elasticman is based on Plastic Man, Mr. Fantastic, Elongated Man, or - given the red hair - Jimmy Olsen’s sometime super heroic identity Elastic-Lad; Tiny Man is Doll Man or the Atom; and Dr. Fate stole his name directly from DC’s resident sorcerer Doctor Fate.

This version of Captain Marvel was created by Carl Burgos, the creator of the original Human Torch.  Cap was an android sent to Earth by an advance civilization to escape his planet’s destruction (sounds familiar). The android was possessed of super-strength, laser-firing eyes, super-speed, radar-hearing, and had jet-boots that allowed him to fly.  However, the ability that made this Captain Marvel so distinct - and incredibly goofy - was his ability Mohave his head and limbs fly off and attack his enemies when he yelled “Split!”

Marvel Comics wasn’t happy with another company using their name in the title of a comic book.  They threatened legal action, but in the end came to a settlement wherein they paid M.F. Enterprises the princely sum of $4,500.00 to cease publication. 

Marvel then created their own Captain Marvell, the Kree warrior Mar-Vell, and trademarked the name in 1967.  That created a kerfuffle when DC licensed Fawcett’s original Captain Marvel for publication in 1972 (before purchasing the character outright years later).  DC could not use the character’s name on the cover of his own comic book (they even got in hot water for using the tagline “the original Captain Marvel” on the cover, and had to drop it after a few issues), which is why the comic was entitled Shazam.

But that’s a mess of a story for another time...

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Rafael de Soto Gold & Silver, Overstreet's Comic Book Quarterly #3 Cover Original Art (Overstreet Publications, c. 1981/1994). Rendered by the well-respected pulp magazine artist, Rafael de Soto, this piece is a reimagining of Jack Cole's cover to Silver Streak Comics #7 (Lev Gleason, 1941). The piece was produced circa 1981. Mr. de Soto passed away in 1987. Created in gouache with a matted image area of 18" x 29", in a very handsome Plexiglas front 29" x 39.5" frame. In Excellent condition.

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Comic House: Discover How Canada Lost To Money-Grubbing

See how the rise of a former victim of Seduction of the Innocent @Lev_Gleason has lead to Captain Canuck under the boot of a corporate overlord! #comics #canada #corporatism

Comic House is what used to be Canada’s Chapterhouse Comics company, until Lev Gleason Publications took over. Wait… who? What? How does a defunct for decades company pull something like this off? Welcome to corporate capitalism, where names and properties might as well as be be their own country. But is this outside publisher really to blame for Americanizing Canadian heroes or is it more…