Interview: Dan Herman on Hermes Press’ Walt Kelly’s The Adventures of Peter Wheat The Complete Series: Volume One


Walt Kelly’s The Adventures of Peter Wheat The Complete Series: Volume One SC

Walt Kelly’s The Adventures of Peter Wheat The Complete Series: Volume One SC


Walt Kelly is well known for his classic creation, Pogo. Now you can discover a lost Kelly classic in Hermes Press’ Walt Kelly’s The Adventures of Peter Wheat The Complete Series: Volume One. Publisher Dan Herman tells us more about this marvelous upcoming collection.

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Preview: Hermes Press’ Buck Rogers in the 25th Century #1


Buck Rogers in the 25th Century #1

Buck Rogers in the 25th Century #1



Hermes Press has provided us with a preview of their upcoming Buck Rogers in the 25th Century #1 by writer/artist Howard Chaykin.

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For Your Consideration: Hermes Press’ Brenda Starr: The Complete Pre-Code Comics Vol. 1


Brenda Starr: The Complete Pre-Code Comics Vol. 1

Brenda Starr: The Complete Pre-Code Comics Vol. 1



Bob Greenberger recommends Hermes Press’ Brenda Starr: The Complete Pre-Code Comics Vol. 1.

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For Your Consideration: Hermes Press’ Roy Rogers: The Collected Daily and Sunday Newspaper Strips


Roy Rogers: The Collected Newspaper Dailies and Sundays

Robert Greenberger gives you the lowdown on why you should read Hermes Press’ Roy Rogers: The Collected Daily and Sunday Newspaper Strips .

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For Your Consideration: Land of the Giants Complete Series


Land of the Giants Complete Series

by Robert Greenberger

Imagine if you will television in the 1960s. Bright, prismatic programming was sought in order to sell these newfangled color television sets. What could be more colorful than science fiction and a canny producer named Irwin Allen capitalized on the interest in the space age with one program after another, becoming one of the most commercially successful producers during the decade. Beginning with Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea, he populated many hours of prime time with his shows. The fourth and final show during this stretch was Land of the Giants.

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For Your Consideration: The Phantom: The Complete Dailies Volume 1


The Phantom: The Complete Dailies Volume 1

by Robert Greenberger

By the mid-1930s, comic strips had become one of the highlights of the morning and (yes) afternoon newspapers. Competition was fierce to carry the most popular strips and by then, the adventure strip was a firmly established category thanks to the impact of Tarzan, Dick Tracy, Buck Rogers and others. Among them was Mandrake the Magician by playwright turned scripter Lee Falk. His success led him to conceive of something new and for comic strips, something unheard of. After King Features rejected his self-drawn strip about King Arthur, borrowing from the pulps and going one step further, he created The Phantom in 1936, the first masked and costumed adventure hero.

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