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"DANGER" artists: DON HECK and PETE MORISI
paw broon:
Thanks, for the link. Noticing the Iron Man introduction reminds me that I always preferred the huge metal suit to the later slimmed down editions.
Not only do I remember that Mandrake but I have it and the rest of the series. And there is a 4 page Phantom story in the middle of this issue. Doesn't get much better.
philcom55:
I always liked the fact that you never knew who was going to turn up in a King Comic. For example, one issue of The Phantom actually featured Wally Wood's only Flash Gordon story beyond his famous Mad spoof (at least the only one I'm aware of) - and what's more it included a 'Dan Dare' spaceship swiped from Britain's own Frank Bellamy! :)
- Phil Rushton
John C:
--- Quote from: josemas on May 23, 2011, 07:30:04 AM ---One thing I just remembered about Morisi was that sometime in the 1950s he became a NYC police officer. His comic work from that time on was signed as PAM (his initials).
--- End quote ---
It may have been an editor having some fun with the audience, but at least twice when I read through the letter columns, there was a strong impression given that nobody at Charlton even knew who PAM was or how to contact him.
Mind you, it's Charlton, so it may have been not so much of a secret identity as them having had his name written on a Rolodex card that was later used to make a comic or disintegrated from someone looking at it too hard. But I rather like the idea of an artist sending confederates with secret hand signals to pick up his paychecks...
JonTheScanner:
As I recall, the letter column said something more along the lines of PAM prefers to keep his identity secret. No implication that Charlton didn't know, though I suppose you could read it that way.
philcom55:
I'm pretty sure Dick Giordano knew who PAM was, and understood his reasons for remaining anonymous (ie the worry that his employers in the NYPD would take a dim view of one of their officers having another job).
- Phil Rushton
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