MMMS ("Marie's Marvel Marching Society"): ESQUIRE Volume LXVI, No. 3, Whole No. 394!

[Scott Shaw!]

This week's ODDBALL COMIC is something unusual, even for me:

ODDBALL COMIC #1,247 -- MONDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 2008 -- The Lone Labor Kid! Good-Bye Girl! The Phantom Of “Fraud Field”! The Blazing Blueprint Boy! The Furtive Pusher! Sylph Of The Seventh Crisis! The God Of Free Love! Confi-Girl! Okay, so maybe these collegiate superheroes aren't from an actual COMIC, but they sure are ODDBALL! Don't miss this 1966 “College Issue” of ESQUIRE magazine, featuring the fantastic, fateful and funny art-gig that directly led to mega-talented Mirthful Marie Severin becoming a Marvel Comics super-star who would go on to draw classic exploits of Dr. Strange, the incredible Hulk, Prince Namor the Sub-Mariner, King Kull and NOT BRAND ECHH! Plus, rare, unpublished-anywhere-else Marvel artwork by Jack “King” Kirby!

It's up now, so prepare to be stunned by some of the most energetic Silver Age artwork ever!

http://www.oddballcomics.com

Aloha,

Scott!

[dan bailey]

Crap. The link on Scott!'s site isn't working on my machine.

Anyone else?

Edit: Actually I see that none of the links on that site are working for me ...

[Red Oak Kid]

Nope, not working.

[InfoBroker]

It's working for me. Try again or perhaps you can navigate around from this sideways links (http://www.oddballcomics.com/article.php?story=2008-11-17).

-jb the ib

[Red Oak Kid]

It's working for me. Try again or perhaps you can navigate around from this sideways links (http://www.oddballcomics.com/article.php?story=2008-11-17).

-jb the ib

That works.

[Red Oak Kid]

Holy cow, this is the first I've heard about the Jack Ruby story that Kirby drew.

[benday-dot]

Ultra obscure. Ultra cool. Thanks so much Scott!

The Jack Ruby 3 pager was a treat. However, I really, really loved that black and white 2 pager by Kirby “O.K., You Passed The 2-S Test -- Now You’re Smart Enough For Comic Books”

Wished I could make out more of the text.

[Red Oak Kid]

Do we know who inked the Kirby Ruby story?

[InfoBroker]

I had heard about the Jack Ruby story circa 1967-68 in a Castle of Frankenstein magazine article relating to comics and have been curious about, never before had a chance to see it until now. Thanks Scott! A wonderful article full of tidbits of information. I also now know the source of several decals that were incorporated into the Marvelmania International kits from 1969-70.

As for the inker, I'm looking in the direction of Chic Stone.

-jb the "Hi Chic, how's tricks" ib -

[Red Oak Kid]

My bad, Scott! credits Stone as the inker in his description of the art.