Mystery Hoard

Comics, Culture, and Class

Thursday, November 02, 2017

Jack Kirby on Unions and Efforts to Organize Comic Book Artists

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Kirby was very much of his times in the post-War world. Although many of his heroes seek solutions in collective action, many of his earl...
Friday, October 27, 2017

Working Class Heroes: Humphrey Bogart and the Steel Fist

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I have to thank Humphrey Bogart for helping me find out about another working class superhero . Here's Bogey reading a copy of Blue...
Tuesday, October 24, 2017

The Future of (Digital) Collecting?

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by BK Munn The future of collecting? As a marxist grad student in the 90s I was obsessed with comics/the commodification of art and wrote a ...
Friday, October 20, 2017

Comic Fan Project: Don Heck era Avengers

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A new entry in the Comic Fan Project, the search for early Canadian comic book fans! This entry brings us a letter printed in Marvel's...
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Tuesday, October 17, 2017

Forgotten Comic Book Character: The Lepra-Duck

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Panels from the first appearance of The Lepra-Duck from the story "The Battle at Hadrian's Wall", the cover-feature of W...
Monday, October 16, 2017

I Want This Old Jack Kirby Thing T-Shirt

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I'm currently loving this early 60s ad for a Thing sweatshirt with a ack Kirby signature. IF YOU CAN READ THIS YOU'RE TOO DARN CL...
Friday, December 16, 2016

Prole Art Threat: The Gong, Time, Work-Discipline, and the Revolt Against Industrial Capitalism in Batman #55

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The Guides, the Wardens of our faculties,  And Stewards of our labour, watchful men  And skilful in the usury of time, Sages,...
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Sunday, November 27, 2016

Umberto Eco On Fascism and His Introduction to U.S. Comics, or, "Is Dick Tracy Fascist or Not?"

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Dick  Tracy on the cover of Super Comics #71, April 1944 by BK Munn I recently came across this great concise summary of Umberto Ec...
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Tuesday, October 11, 2016

Notes: Towards A Short History of the Cartoonist Guild

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by BK Munn I had a nice Thanksgiving mini-holiday and of course bought some old comics, including a couple issues of The Little Scouts by...
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Thursday, June 04, 2015

Review: Little Archie #50

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Little Archie #50 (November, 1968), by Dexter Taylor, Joe Edwards, et al. review by BK Munn My big comic book purchase this week. The Adven...
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