Tuesday, August 10, 2004

Joe Helped

We've managed to dig up the info that Joe Sinnott (artist supreme) needed. Both stories appeared in Kid Colt, Outlaw #90 but were miscredited. They're listed everywhere as having been drawn wholly by Jack Keller but in fact, Keller pencilled and Sinnott inked. Thanks to all who helped solve this important question.

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Recommended Reading

I like the whole idea of stem-cell research. I think the negatives about it are silly posturings by groups who are opposed to abortion rights and have wrongly decided that stem-cell research is vaguely in the same arena. On the other hand, this article by William Saletan actually caused me to slightly modify my thinking on the issue.

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Matthew Yglesias points out that — and here's a shocker — that some of what George W. Bush is saying about his and John Kerry's tax plans might not be accurate.

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Helpin' Joe

This message is just for folks who have a ton of old Marvel comic books...

I got a call today from Joe Sinnott...and if you have a ton of old Marvel comic books, you sure know who that is. Joe is trying to clean up his record book which lists everything he's done and when he did it. I helped him solve a couple of mysteries but I was stumped on two, both involving Marvel western comics from around 1960.

Joe's records say he inked a short Jack Kirby story called "The Man From Fargo" which appeared in Kid Colt, Outlaw #90. The Grand Comic Book Database (a wonderful thing but not without occasional errors) lists that story in that issue as being pencilled and inked by Jack Keller. I don't have that issue. Can someone who does check it and see if it's Keller or Kirby/Sinnott?

Also, Joe's notes say he inked a short Kirby story called "Beware the Gun Wizard" but he has no idea where it appeared. He did his work on it October 27-30 of 1959 so I'm guessing the earliest it might have been printed would have been in an issue cover-dated March or more likely April of '60. Anyone have any idea where it ran? Thanks!

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