Vol. 1 No. 7
March 1999

In This Issue:

Contents Page

Vulcan

Dynamic Man

The Liberator

Other issues!


Next Month:

Three more
great heroes!


Bill Nolan's
Other Pages:

The Gallery of Golden Age Heroes!
A closer look at some great Golden Age characters!

Prescription
for Excitement!
A look at
classic "in-house"
comic book ads.

Home Page

Custom Action
Figure Page

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Related Links:

The Cheeks The Toy Wonder Home Page
A fantastic place for fans of Silver Age comics to explore!

The Good Guys and Gals of the Golden Age Art Gallery
A great "who's who" of Golden Age heroes.

MicroComics
Offering affordable Golden Age comics on microfiche.

Comcs on CD-ROM
Offering Golden Age covers and stories on affordable CD-ROMS. Highly recommended!

Mikel Midnight Golden Age Directory
A great on-line resource for Golden Age fans. Great links.

Goldenagers!
A Yahoo! Club I founded to allow Golden Age discussion and chats. Everyone is invited to join!

Justice Society of America!
Another great Yahoo! Club!

AC Comics
Publishers of Golden Age Men of Mystery and more.

Well, that's it for the seventh issue of Pure Excitement Comics! All of the back issues are still available online -- but at several diverse locations. Head back to the main page for links to all of the other issues!
My plea for letters last issue seems to have worked, so I'll just dig into the stack...

Hi there!
What?!? No letters from #5? It's an outrage! Hopefully, this missive will help make up for it. I've just finished reading through all six issues of PE, and I'm glad I found you! Being able to read these classic (and not-so-classic) stories brings a smile to my face. I particularly enjoyed American Eagle and Eglet.
Maybe you can consider some theme issues in the future? For example, perhaps for June or July you can have an all-patriots issue... and an issue devoted to the fairer sex would be welcomed, as well.... heck, why not have April's issue be filled with three of the goofiest stories you can find (although what could be goofier than the Music Master is beyond me!)?
Looking forward to the next issue with bated breath...

Jon B. Knutson

First off, Jon, let me apologize for not replying personally to this e-mail when I first received it. My wife recently switched e-mail programs on our home computer and lost a day's worth of mail! She was only recently able to resurrect the text of your letter, but not your e-mail address! Secondly, thank you for the kind words! It will probably be a while until I put together another all-female issue of PEC -- it was a struggle to find three usuable and scannable stories for my first all-female issue! I'll consider the all-patriots issue, but I've used two of the best candidates (American Eagle and the Liberator) in the last two issues, so that could also be a problem. Keep reading, I'll see what I can do!

Love your web site!! Love your web site!! Love your web site!! Longer letter to follow. I'm too busy reading all those kewl comix. Thanks

John Hegenberger

Now this is the type of enthusiasm I enjoy, people!

I really enjoyed your new issue. The Music Master was pretty much beyond belief. Mr. E proved that hallucinogenic drugs were indeed available in the 40s (the internment camp scene was sad, though). It was interesting how Mr. E yells for the elves to bash the villian's head on the jagged rocks at the end. My faves remain Man-O-Metal, War Nurse, and Mr. "Strip for Action" himself, The Target.

John Dalton

(WOW! Three John/Jon's so far...weird!) I'll see what I can do about return appearances from Man-O-Metal and the Target in the future. My goal, for the most part, is to feature characters only once in the regular issues of PEC. I may, however, put together "Specials" or "Annuals" featuring return appearances by some old favorites. John and I also had a discussion concerning where I locate the material on my site and I pointed him toward eBay (www.ebay.com). Anyone interested in tracking down Golden Age comics should check out that site (but try not to outbid me!). John, who has a local cable access show about comics, also has a great web site. Check it out!

Bill, Here's your e-mail. I am 56 years old and learned to read on such fare as you are reprinting. This fills a nostalgic hole in my life; the forties were fantastic for kids looking for heroes. Stories were usually short and action packed except for certain characters.
It is a shame you can't do DC books--they had a lot of minor series.
Actually, I would love to see the Lev Gleason family of books returned. Gleason published Daredevil (the original), Crimebuster in Boy Illustories and Silver Streak (Daredevil and the Yellow Claw debuted here).
Keep up the good work. Hope to see some of the westerns as well.

Don Bearden

Don, I'll see what I can do about getting at least one of your requests into an upcoming issue. I do own some issues of Boy Comics, so Crimebuster may be showing up soon. I agree with you about the DC stuff...I'm sure we'll never see a Robotman or Star-Spangled Kid Archives, so my site would be a perfect alternative. How about it, DC? I've also heard from some quarters that I COULD legally feature certain Quality and Fawcett stuff on this site, but I don't want to push it. I'll stick to the REALLY obscure stuff! Thanks for writing in, Don. I'm glad you enjoyed the site as much as you did -- that's why it's here!

See ya next month, everybody, when Pure Excitement Comics features three more great heroes from the Golden Age!

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