#l.b. cole

[atomic-chronoscaph]

Captain Aero - art by L. B. Cole (1946)

#l.b. cole #captain aero #sci-fi comics #sci-fi art #cover art #continental comics #golden age of comics #1940s #1946

[bostworld]

#l.b. cole

[70sscifiart]

I’m reviving Space Skeleton Saturday in honor of L.B. Cole’s March 1954 cover to Ghostly Weird Stories #122. This one debuted just months before the bowdlerizing Comics Code Authority formed in September.

#Space Skeleton Saturday #L.B. Cole #Comics Code Authority #50s sci-fi art #skeleton #space suit

[gameraboy2]

True-to-Life Romances #18 (1953) Cover by L. B. Cole

#True-to-Life Romances #l. b. cole #l.b. cole #1953 #1950s #vintage #romance #romance comics #comics #comic book #comic book art #comic books #art #illustration

[mudwerks]

Flaming Western Romances 09 1950-03&04.Star cover L.B. Cole

#Flaming Western Romances #1950 #comics #cover #art #vintage #western #L.B. Cole

[k-i-l-l-e-r-b-e-e-6-9]

ℌ𝔢𝔩𝔩 - 𝔞𝔯𝔱 𝔟𝔶 𝔏.𝔅. ℭ𝔬𝔩𝔢 (յգՑօ)

#Hell #L.B. Cole (1980) #L.B. Cole #1980 #80's #80s #devil #evil #hell #satan #skull #skulls #memento mori #comics #comic #comic art #illustration #heavy metal aesthetic #heavy metal

[frenchcurious]

''Thrilling Crime Cases'' #46 (Star Publications, 1951). Couverture de L.B. Cole. - Source Heritage Auctions.

#l.b. cole #thrilling crime #star publications

[aeiraladventures]

CONTACT COMICS #2 (1944)

L.B. Cole cover art.

#L.B. Cole #Golden Age Comics

[scentedtrashbag]

Ghostly Weird Tales 123

L.B. Cole

#l.b. cole

[chernobog13]

Blue Bolt Adventures #105, April-May 1950.  Covert art by L.B. Cole.

L.B. Cole’s Star Publications took over publication of Blue Bolt Adventures from Novelty Press with issue #102.  Despite the gorgeous new cover, the issue above was filled with reprints, including Blue Bolt’s origin and first appearance from 1940, written and drawn by Joe Simon.

The scene of Blue Bolt rescuing his arch-enemy, the Green Sorceress (who wasn’t green in the first story), from a dragon is accurate.  The blurb stating that they have a “spine chilling adventure deep within the mysterious reaches of outer space,” however, was way off base.  Blue Bolt’s early adventures chronicled his battles against the Green Sorceress in her fantastical underground kingdom.

Before he gained his superpowers, Blue Bolt, aka Fred Parrish, was one majorly unlucky, and none-too-bright, guy.  His origin story opens with he and two of his friends being caught in a thunderstorm  They seek shelter under a tree, which every grade school student can tell you is NOT what you should do.  Lo and behold, the tree is struck by a tremendous lightning bolt that kills Fred’s friends and leaves him stunned. 

Fred then has the fantastic idea to hop in his nearby airplane to go fly for help.  He flies straight into the storm and, believe it or not, his plane is struck by lightning and crashes.  Fred, miraculously, is not dead, but only appears so. 

 Luckily for him, the crash has been observed by the kindly Dr. Bertoff who has been waiting ages for someone  to be struck by lightning.  Before the lightning becomes “dormant” in Fred’s body, Dr. Bertoff injects him with radium.  This has the effect of harnessing the power of the lightning and gives Fred superpowers as Blue Bolt.

I’m pretty if I was struck by lightning just once, not to mention twice, I’d be a crispy critter.  And I’m just as sure that if someone injects me with radium I’m going to get raditaion poisoning and die painfully.  But hey, comics!

#Blue Bolt Adventures #Blue Bolt #Green Sorceress #Golden Age comics #L.B. Cole

[pulpsandcomics2]

The Horrors  #14 and #15    1953      covers by L.B. Cole

#crime comic #l.b. cole

[atomic-chronoscaph]

School Day Romances of Teen-Agers - art by L.B. Cole (1950)

#l.b. cole #school day romances of teenagers #star publications #romance comics #50s comics #comic art #1950s #1950

[malachiward]

Studies I did of comic cover from LB Cole, HG Peter, and Bill Everett

#l.b. cole #bill everett #h.g. peter #pulp art #comics #science fiction #wonder woman #namor #sub mariner #marvel comics #dc comics

[bclaymoore]

L. B. Cole. One of a kind.

#L.B. Cole #comics #horror #crime

[gameraboy2]

Criminals on the Run #4 (1948) Cover by L. B. Cole

#criminals on the run #lb cole #l.b. cole #l. b. cole #1948 #1940s #vintage #comics #comic book #comic book art #comic books #art #illustration

[mudwerks]

Popular Teen-Agers 015 (Secrets of Love) (1953-01.Star) (Darwin Edit)

cover by L.B. Cole

#L.B. Cole #comics #cover #art #vintage #romance #1953 #Secrets of Love #snowing #I was starved for love!