Art Collection Swiped from Los Angeles Shrine Auditorium Show
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of the good guys in our hobby.” Ron Murry was beside himself last weekend when
his entire portfolio was nabbed last weekend in Los Angeles. Below is a full
listing of the stolen pieces, as recorded by Murry:
My portfolio full of
original art was stolen at the Los Angeles Shrine Auditorium show on Sunday
(9/28/03).
The following are the artist and main characters on each
page:
Bill Everett – Tales To Astonish 88 Sub-Mariner page.
Jack
Kirby – Tales of Asgard page 3 with a 1/3 splash of Thor, Odin and Heimdall “For
Asgard!” being yelled out.
Kirby – Thor 150 Hela and Sif in Helas
lair.
Kirby – Captain Victory page.
Kirby – Journey Into Mystery
113 Two pages from the main story, one being
the last page.
Kirby –
Journey Into Mystery 119 Destroyer visor blast panels.
Kirby – Thor 140
android/robot blasting. Big Kirby gun firing in the last panel.
Kirby –
Rawhide Kid, an early one. Good shot of Rawhide Kid getting ready to
draw.
J.Buscema – Thor page
J.Buscema – Hulk Mag page with lots
black and greytone finishes. The Wasp, Thor, Antman and others going at
it.
Gil Kane – Superman annual Superman flying down in top panel with
some soldiers in the bottom panels.
Gene Colan – Captain America Annual
With a great shot of Cap and some others Jumping while something blows up around
them.
Carmine Infantino – 80’s Flash page Flash and a little alien, with
the classic Flash running circles around the alien
Carmine Infantino –
50’s All Star Western with some
people just talking.
Dan DeCarlo –
60’s with Archie, Reggie, Betty and Veronica featured.
Graham Ingles-HoF
page. With the last panel showing the kid reading an actual issue of Haunt of
Fear.
fighting some wraith like
fighting.
with a scalpel.
Superman, one where he is using his X-ray vision to try and see through it. They
are at a carnival or something like that.
Human Torch flying about.
page.
with the heads of various nationalities surrounding it. Last page is a panel of
Kruschev.
something.
If found, please contact Ron at 559-285-9751.
(Olive’s first boyfriend and Castor’s best friend). This motley crew made a name
for itself in the early days of Sunday strips, with a long and illustrious reign
which lasted ten years.<br><br>2. In 1929, Segar cleverly decided to have Castor
and Ham decide to seek the legendary Whiffle Hen on Dice Island. But because
neither loafer was much of a boatman, they headed to the docks in search of a
worthy seaman. Little did they know, that this seaman would steal all that
they’d worked to build.<br><br>3. The one-eyed pipe-smoker with an anchor on his
bulging bicep was Popeye. Though he was only meant to pass through the Thimble
Theatre cast, in a plot arc that would end shortly after it began, Popeye
promptly stole the show, as readers noticed that Popeye’s appearances in the
strip beginning to wane and complained to Segar about the spinach-chomping
sailor’s absence.<br><br>4. By 1930, Popeyke myself, Serena (Williams) and many others to come, her legacy will live
on.”<br></div>
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to compete in the U.S.
championship in 1950 and at Wimbledon in