A new chapter for the beguiling, torontos eccentric comic. You can see in these stories the culture of a different, american era. War and patriotically themed comics in american cultural. Comic link the online vintage comic book and comic art. Dec 18, 2010 i located my book, the dinner included roy thomas, ed summer owner of supersnipe comic emporium in manhattan and george lucas.
Jane kept a package filled with several issues of supersnipe comics from the mid1940s and pointed to the dotty stories in them. A graduate of the new york university school of the arts his classmates included oliver stone, jonathan kaplan and alan arkush, summer opened the supersnipe comic book emporium on manhattans upper east side in 1971. Supersnipes adventures ran to epic length, often 32 pages of a 48page book the remainder given over to assorted humorous backups. Supersnipe drops out of a plane part 1 table of contents. When barrie schindler was young, her mother jane krom grammer mentioned to her that she had drawn art for comic books. Nov 14, 2014 posted by th dimension on nov 14, 2014 2 comments.
The book tales to astonish also describes a dinner between ed summer owner of supersnipe, his partner at supersnipe george lucas, and roy thomas. Supersnipe comic art gallery cgc comic book collectors. Supersnipe was koppy mcfad, who, according to a frequently used. Ed named his business after supersnipe, a comic published in the 40s about the boy with the most comic books in the world. Ed summers supersnipe comic book emporium, 1617 2nd avenue, new york, ny. World of comic books also looks at the fan culture of the time, with clips from a late 1970s comics convention and interview segments with ed summer, the collectorhistorian who owned the supersnipe comic art emporium. We also carry new and used graphics novels and trade paperbacks. The gallery opened around the corner, on 84th street somewhere around 1977 or 78. Ed summer, owner of supersnipe comic book emporium scott edelman. Supersnipe comic art gallery was a store in new york city on the corner of 83rd and 2nd some references indicate the address differently. Its rare to find an almostperfect copy of marvel comics first comic book, aptly named marvel comics 1. Supersnipe was, in effect, a comic book about comics and how they related to life. The supersnipe comic art gallery i did some basic online searching and found relatively few references at first.
Wacky in uncommon sense, trouble, bobby crusoe chapter eight, lenny da vince jr. Forum comic books comic strips fanzines nonenglish british story papers old time radio latest comics my last views top downloads top rated most rated most comments most views the random 12 nellimpero degli incas 8 pages. On a curious side note, in the early 1970s a fellow called ed summer opened a huge comic book shop in manhattan that everyone from roy thomas to george lucas would visit when they were in new york. This includes but is not necessarily limited to our database schema and data distribution format. With these treasures to feed his 10year old imagination, plus red pajamas and a mask, koppy pictures himself as the masked avenger supersnipe. Then i started contacting friends of mine who were into comics that i thought might want to join us. But janes name didnt appear anywhere on the art and there were no pay vouchers or contracts to back up the story, only her word. Dec 18, 2017 supersnipe comic book emporium around october 1983. Supersnipe comic art gallery and related sw art rebelscum. Comic book emporium, 3738 public square, columbia, tn 2020.
Ed summer, owner of supersnipe comic book emporium. But i have to say that batman odyssey was my favorite to do. Buy sell trade at supersnipe comic book art emporium, 1617 second ave. Classified ads from 1974 issue of the monster times. Free shipping on many items browse your favorite brands affordable prices. Supersnipe had such immediate appeal that the character promptly took over the former army and navy comics in the middle of world war ii, and entertained kids throughout the 1940s. Marvel documentary timetravels back to glory days of oldschool comics. Comic emporium has all the hottest comics from the worlds top publishers as well as small press and independents. Among other accomplishments the authoreditor of uncle scrooge mcduck.
Supersnipe was the imagined alter ego of koppy mcfad, the boy with the most comic books in the world. His life and times and proprietor of the very first comic book store in manhattan if not nyc in 1971, supersnipe comics, passed away last night, nov, 2014. We feature all the hottest new comic titles as well as a great selection of gold and silver age keys plus thousands of back issues for only 99 cents each. The first major example of metacomics was supersnipe, the boy with the most comic books in america. Top 5 comic book shops in nyc untapped new york new york. All portions of the grand comics database, except where noted otherwise, are ed by the gcd and are licensed under a creative commons attributionsharealike 4. Jan 09, 2011 i located my book, the dinner included roy thomas, ed summer owner of supersnipe comic emporium in manhattan and george lucas. World of comic books doc chronicles 1978 in comics, marvel comics. He was created by writerartist george marcoux, who had previously assisted percy crosby on the comic strip skippy. Beware, you are proposing to add brand new pages to the wiki along with your edits. Population statistics grade universal signature series restored qualified total. Nov 14, 2014 passings ed summer, who in 1971 opened one of the first comic shops in the united states, new york citys supersnipe comic book emporium, passed away nov.
Nov 17, 2014 passings ed summer, who in 1971 opened one of the first comic shops in the united states, new york citys supersnipe comic book emporium, passed away nov. Lucas was a silent partner of the supersnipe comic art emporium in 1977 source. Supersnipe 12 golden age comic book 1940s comic books low. Character debuted in shadow comics in 1942, created by george marcoux.
The truth about wartime propaganda in comics inspirationfeed. How star wars saved marvel and the comic book industry. Comic books for sale buy dc, marvel comic books online. If you worked at marvel or dc in the mid70s, and were not lucky enough to have connected with a counterpart at your competitor who was willing to trade you a weekly package of all of their companys comics for those published by your own as i sadly was not, you surely ended up at ed summers supersnipe comic book emporium. Jan 20, 2017 a new chapter for a beloved comic hideout peter birkemoe, owner of the beguiling, is photographed behind the front counter at the shop on jan.
The american comic book chronicles continues its ambitious series of fullcolor hardcovers, where twomorrows top authors document every decade of comic book. Nov 15, 2014 if you worked at marvel or dc in the mid70s, and were not lucky enough to have connected with a counterpart at your competitor who was willing to trade you a weekly package of all of their companys comics for those published by your own as i sadly was not, you surely ended up at ed summers supersnipe comic book emporium. Stone, jonathan kaplan and alan arkush, summer opened the supersnipe comic book emporium on manhattans upper east side in 1971. Its stories therefore can be viewed as interesting historical commentaries on the comic obsessed american society of the 1940s. Visit the ce game cave and take a plunge in our world. It was the second incarnation of that store at 1617 2nd avenue that george and gary kurtz used to visit. Supersnipe billed as the man of 1955 the invasion of the yellow beetles table of contents. Summer is owner of the supersnipe comic art emporium, which for the past four months has been at 246 east 83d st.
Apr 03, 2019 its name is the supersnipe comic book art emporium, and its cluttered quarters leave room for only a small fraction of the 400,000 comic hooks, pulp magazines, science fiction periodicals, tarzan books, oz books and similar works that its clientele covets and trades in. On krypton, superman might have been a plumber the new. This section is a place to reminisce about the comic book emporium. Summer also owned a comic art gallery and was a writer or cowriter of several movies, including conan the barbarian. Was george lucas still a silent partner at this time. But when did he get into it, and when did he get out of it.
Lucas tried to pitch the idea of a marvel comic book based on star wars remember the comic book preceded the movie without success to thomas. This snippet of an interview with george lucas on comic books appears in one of two episodes of the program camera three on cbs, called the american comic strip, which aired in 1978. Classified ads from 1974 issue of the monster times papergreat. Remarkably popular at the time, koppy and supersnipe s adventures were told in 32 pages stories, the first comic book character to be regularly given more than the 6 to 12 other comic characters. Koppy mcfad is the kid with the most comic books in america, and an unstoppable imagination.
It was a time when amazing spiderman, marvels bestselling title at the time, was only selling 280,000 copies of 590,000 printed. If you remember supersnipe and have photos or stories, this is a great place to post them. First there was the comic book store, which had no room for comic. It comes originally from edward summers film project the men who made the comics and was filmed in 1975 during the making of star wars. Supersnipe comic book euphorium was perhaps the most famous comic book store of all time. This edit will also create new pages on comic vine for. The american comic book chronicles continues its ambitious series of fullcolor hardcovers, where twomorrows top authors document every decade of comic book history from the 1940s to today.
Presented by comic book emporium and the big cheese comics. Koppy mcfad is the kid with the most comic books in america. Sep 24, 2011 from a post by patrick ford in the comics comics forum. Ed summer and george lucas were business partners around this time in the. Lit what did fans think of the sw contiuinity back in the. Comic emporium has all the hottest comics from the worlds top publishers as well as small press and independents we have thousands of back issues for only 99. Shops include mainstays like midtown comics, forbidden planet, jim hanleys universe, bergen street comics and st. Though i never got to know him well, he was always a friendly guy the multiple times per month id see him, and when id run into him at nycarea conventions. A clue to his persistent interest in comics and a comics adaptation.
There was mostly comic art, but nothing star wars related, except for a show of mcquarrie and johnson. The store was named after the street and smith comic book character who owned more comic books than anybody else in the world. In my research there was one listing i could find on ebay. First there was the comic book store, which had no room for comic art. Supersnipe 12 1947 is a complete, low grade golden age comic book. Dial b for blog the worlds greatest comic blogazine. This was before the day of smart phones, so we dont have many pictures. Marcoux continued to handle the series, although later issues were often written by ed gruskin, who also wrote the comic book version of doc savage for street. These timely classic comics twisted various cultures and nations views, causing many of the allwarallthetime heroes to fade into obscurity once the war ended. Lucas, by the way, again, as i am told, but im pretty sure this is true, was a partner in supersnipe comic book emporium, a comics shop on the upper east side. Supersnipe comic book euphorium february 24 the new york times, january 1st, 1973. Welcome to the comic emporium, panama city, florida.
Comiclink is the online vintage comic book and comic art auction destination featuring comic book auctions spotlighting the most desirable cgc graded examples of key comics, as well as comic art auctions featuring the biggest names in comic book illustration from the golden age to the present. At this dinner george lucas was relaying his story for star wars in. It shares a wall with and opens into instant replay sports cards. Supersnipe is about a kid who fantasizes hes a super hero. Summer is owner of the supersnipe comic art emporium which for the last four moths has been at 246 east 83rd st. Well, all comic books are fun to draw because they give me money after i do them. Comic emporium reopens for free comic book day news.
In this sense, supersnipe can be called the first metacomic. At this dinner george lucas was relaying his story for star wars in which roy thomas noticed it sounded a lot like jack kirbys new gods. Comic books can prove super investment the new york times. In supersnipe s imagination, a small hitler pincushion is transformed into the real thing, and supersnipe is a supermansized hero about to jab a giant pin up hitlers ass.
My dad and i owned and operated this store from 19891997 on nicholson drive near lsu. One of the largest used bookshops in pennsylvania, if not the east coast. I had become friends with ed summer, bearded proprietor of the supersnipe comic art emporium, a comic book store on second avenue in. The 15 best places for comic books in new york city new york. This includes but is not necessarily limited to our database schema.