Friday, November 12, 2010

Tony DeZuniga Week! Bring On the Back-ups: "Island of Fear!" by Mayer and DeZuniga


Ahhhh, the legendary Black Orchid. Created by Golden Age Great and Sugar & Spike creator Sheldon Mayer, this mysterious super-heroine starred in three issues of Adventure Comics (428-430), followed by 8 issues as a back-up in The Phantom Stranger (31-32, 35-36, 38-41). Mayer wrote BO's first four appearances and our man of the hour Tony DeZuniga illustrated them, making her first appearance as back-up in The Phantom Stranger's mag their swan-song. I'm gonna have to do an "If You Blinked You Missed..." post on The Black Orchid one'a these days, but until then, savor this scintillating saga from Phantom Stranger #31 (March 1974). Follow the Black Orchid to the..."Island of Fear!"
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  1. AnonymousSeptember 23, 2018 at 9:04 AM

    Is Tony's Black Orchid figure in panel one a mirror image seipe from Frazetta's "Dream Flight" painting? You decide.
    https://img00.deviantart.net/b46b/i/2017/142/e/e/dream_flight_by_frank_frazetta_by_gordonwildhurst-dba2iml.jpg

    Regards,
    Chris A.

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