The Boys from Derby: "Thief's Gold" by Gill and Vila
Greetings, Groove-ophiles! Here's a real beaut of a horror-tale written by Joe Gill with stunning art by Spanish sensation
Carlos Vila! From
Monster Hunters #5 (January 1976), here's some..."Thief's Gold"!
Special thanks to Mike's Amazing World of Comics and Grand Comics Database for being such fantastic resources for covers, dates, creator info, etc. Thou art treasures true!
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As for the rest of ya, the purpose of this blog is to (re)introduce you to the great comics of the 1970s. If you like what you see, do what I do--go to a comics shop, bookstore, e-Bay or whatever and BUY YOUR OWN!
Hi, first of all, great job! Keep it up. I´d like to point out a couple of things: 1) The correct date for Monster Hunter #5 is April and not January; 2) The 4th panel in the 6th page is taken directly form Alberto Breccia´s and Héctor Oesterheld´s Mort Cinder (1962-1964), as you can see here: http://bibliapobre.wordpress.com/2012/09/11/atribuciones-pop-28/
ReplyDeleteIt´s not odd that Vila, a spanish artist, was in contact with Breccia´s work, an argentine artist who was working almost exclusively for Europe in the 1970´s.
Thanks for the info, Blopa. Let me clear up the date differences: I always post the ON-SALE date, not the cover-date. The cover-dates are always different from the on-sale dates here in the US. By the mid-70s Marvel, DC, and Charlton post-dated their comics by three months, meaning April dated mags came out in January, May dated mags came out in February, and so on. Not trying to confuse, just shooting for accuracy. ;D
DeleteYeah, you´re right about the date. But, let´s say, in a library, what´s the chosen date for the registering and filing?
ReplyDeleteGood question!
DeleteMan, that is one beautifully drawn story. Seriously, Groove, since most of these stories will, unforunately, never be reprinted, thanks for keeping the memory of this material alive.
ReplyDeleteMany thanks, Groove! If online readers want to see more complete stories from Charlton mystery/"horror" comics, they can. Click along to
ReplyDeletehttp://tainted-archive.blogspot.com/search?q=Charlton
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