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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 741
EAN: 9781569719794
ISBN: 1569719799
Label: Dark Horse
Manufacturer: Dark Horse
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 256
Publication Date: February 04, 2004
Publisher: Dark Horse
Sales Rank: 1047671
Studio: Dark Horse
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Thrill to the celestial dangers of space travel and the science fiction action of yesteryear's Flash Gordon weekly series! Ming the Merciless, the traitorous Klag, a mysterious creature known as "The Mind," and a host of villains and dangers oppose the hardy, heroic Flash in a reprint series that marks the first time that Mac Raboy's run on this acclaimed strip has ever been collected. From Alex Raymond to Reed Crandall to Al Williamson, stellar artists have long-contributed to the success of Flash Gordon, and Mac Raboy is in the same class of top talent. Beginning his comics career in 1940, Emanuel 'Mac' Raboy is perhaps best known for his work on Captain Marvel, Jr. and the Green Lama in the 1940s. In the Spring of 1948, he signed on with King Features to illustrate the 'Flash Gordon' Sunday page, and Mac Raboy's run on this serial was actually longer than Alex Raymond's. Join Flash, Dale, and Dr. Zarkov in these exquisitely drawn, fantastical adventures!
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I saw the original comics in the Milwaukee Sentinel long ago, in color. Enjoyed them, then, and enjoyed seeing these again.
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Excellent for readers who were fans of the Mac Raboy era of the comic strip. I prefer Raboy's work to Alex Raymond's. Both were fine artists, but Raboy's drawing style is a bit more sophisticated, and his story-telling was less corny. (Raymond worked in an era when it was apparently considered necessary to constantly heap praise upon the hero.) Of course these stories have the episodic structure that all collections of this type have, a result of originally being published in short installments ... Read More
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Having heard great things of Mac Raboy and seen some engaging examples of his art in Steranko's "History of the Comics," I was really expecting something a lot better. IMHO, Raboy's art is similar to but less engaging than that of either Alex Raymond or Al Williamson. Raboy's work seems slicker and overworked by comparison. Part of the problem may be the daily-strip format, a series of identical-sized panels, which does not permit the kind of layouts possible in the color Sunday pages or Williamson's ... Read More
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Good news: The Dark Horse web page lists this as the first of four volumes, each covering five years of Raboy's time on the strip (Spring 1948 to his death in Dec 1967).
Bad news: Customers should be aware that these are black and white strips, not coloured. Given the often bizzare colours chosen for non-US strips, that may be a good decision, but imo there would still be a demand for a collection of Raboy's Flash as it appeared in US Sunday pages.
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