New at Reason

Tim Cavanaugh | March 16, 2005

As the zine universe vanishes up the digital wazoo, Brian Doherty celebrates two holdouts from the era of stapled glory.

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|3.16.05 @ 7:01PM|#

Has anyone ever seen "Cometbus?"

|3.16.05 @ 9:43PM|#

Hey, when I read Justice League comics in the 60's, Flash didn't have a hat. Here are some folks here in Denver who are into the zine thing:

http://www.denverzinelibrary.org/

(site not fully functional)

|3.17.05 @ 1:57AM|#

digital wazoo

That reminds me ... probably about time to undergo another prostate check. Must make appt. with doc in April.

|3.17.05 @ 3:35AM|#

C'mon Rick. Plenty of 60s Flash and JLA issues featured the Hermes-chapeaued Jay Garrick.

http://www.geocities.com/mbrown123/flash123.html

Hey kids! Fact Sheet 5 is alive on the web, and perhaps soon on dead tree, once again.

Kevin

|3.17.05 @ 11:30AM|#

Kevin,

The link that you provided shows the old and new Flash on the cover of a 1962 issue in the first "bring back old Flash" episode. I must have missed those. But do you really think there were "plenty" of them? Was it ever explained how old Flash's hat stayed on? Magnetic field maybe? I hope it wasn't glue.;)

fyodor|3.17.05 @ 11:53AM|#

Fans of Ugly Things should check out the book, Unknown Legends of Rock N Roll, written by one of UT's contributors, Richie Unterberger.

Rick, have you been to the zine library? I checked it out once (at its original location). I found it impressive and a bit overwhelming! I suppose like any library, you either need to know what you're looking for, or have plenty of time on your hands for browsing....

BTW, another Denver source of zine fandom is http://ironfeather.com/. They got a bookstore featuring lots of zines at 32nd & Tejon, northwest of downtown....

|3.17.05 @ 4:03PM|#

Rick:

From:

http://www.hyperborea.org/flash/jay.html

Flash #123 (September 1961): Flash of Two Worlds! Gardner Fox
Flash #129 (June 1962): Double Danger on Earth! Gardner Fox
Flash #137 (June 1963): Vengeance of the Immortal Villain, Gardner Fox
Flash #151 (March 1965): Invader from the Dark Dimension! Gardner Fox
Flash #170 (May 1967): The See-Nothing Spells of Abra Kadabra! Gardner Fox
Flash #173 (September 1967): Doomward Flight of the Flashes! John Broome
Flash #201 (November 1970): Finale for a Fiddler! Robert Kanigher

Plus, there were GA Flash stories in the 80-Page GIANT issues, and Jay was frequently in the annual JLA/JSA team-ups. Some say his winged pie-lid stayed on his melon due to some aerodynamic jiggery-pokery, akin to the way spoilers work on automobiles. Others think the (in)famous "Flash aura" cements it to his head. My take is, that since Mr. Garrick is an old-school* kinda guy, his helmet was bonded to his hair through a liberal application of Wildroot Hair Oil. No Haystack Harry, he!

Kevin

* "Midwestern U." according to Flash Comics #1

|3.17.05 @ 4:37PM|#

fyodor,

I haven't been to the zine library yet. I've been meaning to check it out though. Thanks for the tip about Ironfeather. It looks interesting. I love used bookstores and this one seems like it be a little unusual.

I was going to take this opportunity to ask you if you might be Little Fyodor. I just clicked on your name and voila, you are! I look forward to exploring your site and attending one of your shows.

|3.17.05 @ 4:41PM|#

...Make that "...it might be a little unusual."

|3.17.05 @ 4:51PM|#

Kevin,

You're right. That's plenty. Flash brings back old memories. He and Batman were my faves.

fyodor|3.17.05 @ 4:52PM|#

Rick,

On stage, I'm the craziest freaking free market advocate alive!! ;-)

|3.17.05 @ 5:39PM|#

fyodor,

YEA!!