Wednesday, July 2, 2014

Comic Gallery: JOHN SEVERIN Out West (1970-71)




Admire earlier Severin westerns HERE.

8 comments:

Stephen Mertz said...

Man, in school and the army I used to read these cowboy funny books by the ton, Kid Colt being my favorite and Severin my favorite artist in that bunch. In this era of expensive, glossy "graphic novels," I hadn't thought in years about these titles where you could get good art and fun stories all for 15 cents. Thanks for the memories!

Rick said...

I remember Kid Colt and read him every chance I could get a dime. I loved those old comics. The ones today are too slick and too dark for my taste. Give me the old comics for a dime. Now that was entertainment.

Oscar Case said...

Great, colorful, covers filled with
action.

Mike Britt said...

Love those Severin covers. I've got a stack of them...just the covers. Back in the fifties, in my clouded wisdom I thought tearing the covers off the crappy Atlas comics was a good idea. That way I could keep all the covers in one place and throw the rest of the comic away. Boy, was I smart or what?

Evan Lewis said...

You were a true visionary, Mike. At least you have the real covers, while all I have is scans of the covers.

Anonymous said...

In the 1960's and earlier, almost everybody had "clouded wisdom." Comic books were read once, then thrown away. Or, at best, donated to paper drives. Even if a kid kept his comics, they eventually fell apart just from normal handling. Then there were all the mail order ads, meaning coupons to cut. And back then, the audience for comics was mainly kids twelve and younger, who handled them roughly.

Today, young collectors don't understand why more people didn't save and preserve their comics. I'm often amazed that any comics at all survived intact.

Evan Lewis said...

I'm amazed I managed to save my early Marvels, but pissed I didn't didn't think about condition.

Cap'n Bob said...

My mother threw away mine. I wonder where she lives these days. :]