Out of the shadows
By: Mort Meskin ; edited by Steven Brower
Contributors: Brower, Steven, 1969- editor
Edition: First Fantagraphics Books edition.
Published: 2012
Language: eng
Number of pages: 188
ISBN-13: 9781606995327
Copyright date: 2012
Subjects: Cartoonists
Description: Selections of Meskin's comic book illustrations originally published from the 1930s-1950s in a wide variety of genres.
Table of contents: title: Adventure. Sheena, Queen of the Jungle (Origin, part 1) ; Sheena, Queen of the Jungle (Origin, part 2); title: Superheroes. "The heart of gold!" featuring Golden Lad ; "No homes for heroes!" featuring Golden Lad ; "Danger in the air!" (with Jerry Robinson) featuring the Black Terror ; "The Winston Murder!" (with Jerry Robinson) featuring the Black Terror ; "Fireworks on the fourth!" featuring the Fighting Yank ; "Flight for freedom!" (with Jerry Robinson) featuring the Fighting Yank; title: Kid gangs. "The man Who never laughed!" featuring the Kid Crusaders; title: Crime. "Female of the species!" ; "Time to kill!" ; "Face of death" ; "The saucer man!"; title: Occult. "The man Who died twice!" ; "Ghost of Jean Lafitte!"; title: Horror. "Clinging corpse" ; "Modern Achilles" ; "Werewolf"; title: Western. "Custer's massacre" ; "Weak boy!" ; "Mystery of the Calico Pony" (inked by Marvin Stein) featuring Lazo Kid; title: Science fiction. "Octopus tree" featuring Tom Corbett, Space Cadet ; "The spaceways of Peril!" featuring Tom Corbett, Space Cadet; title: Historical. Know your America ["Stamp Act"] ; Know your America ["Shot heard round the world"] ; "The pirate frogman"; title: Romance. "My destiny!"; title: Advertising."Tubby learns about Playking."