Showing posts with label Jack Sparling. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Jack Sparling. Show all posts

Friday, March 7, 2014

TIGER GIRL II "Part 2 - When the Pussy Cat Pounces - Watch Out"

 ...well, that covers it pretty well, so let's dive in, true believers!

Unfortunately for fans of campy superheroines and spies, there was no "next issue"!
Writer Jerry (Superman) Siegel and artist Jack Sparling co-created this Silver Age heroine who appeared in the only, never-reprinted issue of Gold Key's Tiger Girl (1968) and then disappeared into limbo.
BTW, Jack Sparling also illustrated another one-shot heroine for Gold Key..tv's Honey West!

Friday, February 28, 2014

TIGER GIRL II "Part 1a: Combats Wolf Hound"

Tiger Girl battled and defeated the Growler, not knowing that brief combat was but a harbinger of what terror was to come as dark forces plot her downfall...
Needless to say...
Writer Jerry (Superman) Siegel and artist Jack Sparling co-created this Silver Age heroine who appeared in the only, never-reprinted issue of Gold Key's Tiger Girl (1968) and then disappeared into limbo.
BTW, Jack Sparling also illustrated another one-shot heroine for Gold Key..tv's Honey West!

Friday, February 21, 2014

TIGER GIRL II "Part 1: Cunning Trap of the Wolf Hound"

What if...a co-creator of Superman created a super-heroine?
She'd probably be just like this one-shot heroine from the end of the Silver Age of Comics!
Well, now you know who she is and how she came to be.
But, aren't you wondering who the heck "Wolf Hound" is, and what he has to do with this story?
Be here next time for the answers to that and other questions...
Co-created by writer Jerry Siegel and artist Jack Sparling, our heroine's one appearence was in Gold Key's Tiger Girl #1 (1968).

Friday, May 10, 2013

HONEY WEST "Fall Guy" Conclusion

...she had been hired by rookie pro wrestler Acey Allan after anonymous threats to kill his manager unless the neophyte fighter throws the match.
When the detective damsel questions the fighter's manager, he seems evasive about who and why anyone would want Acey's career ended before it can begin...
Story for this never-reprinted, one-shot from Gold Key Comics (1966) by Paul S. Newman, art by Jack Sparling.
Trivia:
Most of the original novels were recently-reprinted, and a new comic series is available from Moonstone Comics.
There's been talk of a feature film based on the novels, but it's currently in Development Hell.

Friday, May 3, 2013

HONEY WEST "Fall Guy" Part 1

She's the subject of our most popular posts ever...
...so who are we to deny our frantic fans another look at her?
Methinks the manager doth protest too much...and so does Honey!
Story for this never-reprinted, one-shot from Gold Key Comics (1966) by Paul S. Newman, art by Jack Sparling.
Trivia:
Anne Francis took instruction in Okinawa Te under Sensei Gordon Doversola for a couple of months before shooting began.
The TV series the comic is based on ran only one year and Anne Francis won a Golden Globe and was nominated for an Emmy.
The Executive Producer of the show was Aaron Spelling, who later created Charlie's Angels.
The complete series is available on DVD in the US from VCI.
The British Region 2 DVD set from Delta Entertainment also contains the Burke's Law episode "Who Killed the Jackpot?" which served as a "backdoor pilot" for the character.
Most of the novels have been reprinted, and a new comic series is available from Moonstone Comics.
There's been talk of a feature film based on the novels, but it's currently in Development Hell.

Friday, September 28, 2012

HONEY WEST "Underwater Raiders" Conclusion

Millionare Lewis Trent hires Honey West to guard the valuables aboard his yacht during a costume party thrown for his friend, aircraft designer Jack Bynner to celebrate his $200,000,000 contract with the US Air Force.
Armed frogmen board the yacht and steal the model of the prototype aircraft Bynner had on display, igoring the party guests' valuables!
When Honey and the police attempt to stop the pirates, the sinister scuba divers sink the police cruiser with a magnetic mine and make their getaway underwater with the model.
Unknown to the felons, Honey managed to plant a tracer on one of them...
Story for this never-reprinted, one-shot from Gold Key Comics (1966) by Paul S. Newman, art by Jack Sparling.
Anne Francis took instruction in Okinawa Te under Sensei Gordon Doversola for a couple of months before shooting began.
The TV series the comic is based on ran only one year and Anne Francis won a Golden Globe and was nominated for an Emmy.
The Executive Producer of the show was Aaron Spelling, who later created Charlie's Angels.
The complete series is available on DVD in the US from VCI.
The British Region 2 DVD set from Delta Entertainment also contains the Burke's Law episode "Who Killed the Jackpot?" which served as a "backdoor pilot" for the character.
Most of the novels have been reprinted, and a new comic series is available from Moonstone Comics.
There's been talk of a feature film based on the novels, but it's currently in Development Hell.