Great Supporting Players #2: Gran'pa Feeb

I was going to write a bit about Feeb myself, but there is a very good character piece and story scans from his first appearance (in Tubby and His Clubhouse Pals #1, 1956) over at Pappy's Golden Age Comics Blogzine. It's much better than what I might have written, so go check it out. You will find the articles here and here.

Here's "Chaperon Feeb" from Tubby #23 (July-August, 1957):

Knights of Knavery

It's funny to think that in the Golden Age, Batman's villains rarely teamed up. Especially considering how often the Joker appeared, it's amazing that he only teamed up with the Penguin once. But this is a great story with fun dialogue, and it is perfectly drawn by Jack Burnley and Jerry Robinson. According to the Grand Comics Database, the full credits are as follows:

Don Cameron (credit by O'Hearn) (Script)
Jack Burnley (verified by Jack Burnley) (Pencils)
Jerry Robinson (verified by Jack Burnley) (Inks)
? (Colors)
George Roussos (verified by Roussos) (Letters)

This story, from Batman #25 (Oct-Nov 1944) has only been reprinted, as far as I know, in Wanted: The World's Most Dangerous Villains #2 (Vol. 1 Sept-Oct 1972) and in "The Greatest Batman Stories Ever Told" collection. The current volume of The Affordable Batman (Batman Chronicles #6), includes Batman #10 and #11. So, this story won't turn up until about Volume 13.

This story is responsible for making Batman my favorite superhero in the 70s...at least until I got my hands on those Ditko Spider-Man pocketbooks.

Here is "Knights of Knavery":

 

More Pig Tales by Kurtzman

Here is another Pig Tales story by Harvey Kurtzman. This one isn't quite as visually inventive as the other story I posted, but there is still a lot of fun stuff going on in the poses. And I really like the series of round panels on page four, where the scientists try more and more extreme methods to crack Homer's skull.

From All Surprise Comics #11 (Fall 1946):