- Harvey Thriller
Harvey Thriller was a
comic book imprint used byHarvey Comics for their brief foray into publishing super heroes and other non-'kiddie' comics in the mid 1960s.While Harvey Comics has for decades been known for their many kids comics, such as
Casper the Friendly Ghost , Richie Rich, etc, they have published other kinds of comics over the years. From 1955 to 1962, most of their non-kid comic output was done under the "Thrill Adventure" line, under the editorship ofJoe Simon , after which they stopped publishing any non-kid comics.In the mid-1960s, with the camp comic crazy created by the Batman television series, Harvey approached Joe Simon again to oversee a new line of comics, mainly
superhero es, but withscience fiction /fantasy stories thrown in as well. All were short-lived.The line started off with one-shots "Unearthly Spectaculars" #1, "Thrill-O-Rama" #1, "Blast-Off" #1, and "Warfront" #36 in October, 1965, using work that was apparently done for the 1950s Thrill Adventure line. The next issues would not come out until almost a year in September, 1966! Along with the new titles were two reprint titles for
Fighting American andThe Spirit , which did include new stories for these characters. All the titles ended by March 1967, however, unpublished work for "Jigsaw" #3 and "Thrill-O-Rama" #3 may exist.All titles feature work by many well known creators, including
Jack Kirby , Bob Powell,Wally Wood ,Otto Binder , and the earliest known work byJim Steranko .Thrill Adventure titles
* "Alarming Adventures" (1962-63) 3 issues (sf/fantasy)
*"Alarming Tales" (1957-58) 6 issues (sf/suspense)
*"Black Cat Western" (1955) #54-56
*"Black Cat Mystery" (1956) #57
*"Black Cat Mystic" (1956-58) #58-62
*"Chamber of Clues" (1955) #27-28 (detective)
*"Man in Black" (1957-58) 4 issues
*"Race for the Moon" (1958) 3 issues (intro 3 Rocketeers in #3)
*"Thrills of Tomorrow" (1955) #19 (Stuntman, Boy Explorers reprints)
*"Warfront" (1955-?) #26-35
*"Western Tales" (1955-56) #29-30
*"Witches Western Tales" (1955) #27-28Harvey Thriller titles
*"Blast Off" (1965) #1 (3 Rocketeers, stuff intended for "Race for the Moon" #4)
*"Double-Dare Adventures" (1966-67) 2 issues (Bee-man, Glowing Gladiator, Magic master)
*"Fighting American" (1966) 1 issue
*"Jigsaw" (1966) 2 issues
*"Spirit" (1966-67) 2 issues
*"Spyman" (1966-67) 3 issues
*"Thrill-O-rama" (1965-66) 3 issues (Man in Black-Fate, Pirana #2-on)
*"Unearthly Spectaculars" (1965-67) 3 issues (Tiger Boy, Jack Q Frost, 3 Rocketeers, Miracles, Inc, Earthman)
*"Warfront" (1965-67) #36-39 (Dynamite Joe, Lone Tiger in 2nd issue)Harvey Thriller characters
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Bee-Man
*Captain 3-D (owned by Simon and Kirby)
*Dynamite Joe (owned byJoe Simon )
*Fighting American (owned byJoe Simon )
* Glowing Gladiator
*Jack Q. Frost
* Jigsaw (owned byJoe Simon )
*Magicmaster
* Man in Black
*Miracles, Inc
* Pirana (owned byJoe Simon )
*Spyman (owned byJoe Simon )
*Tiger Boy (owned byJoe Simon )
*3 Rocketeers (owned byJoe Simon )External links
* [http://twomorrows.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=56&products_id=224 Comic Book Artist #13] Issue devoted to Harvey Comics, including Harvey Thriller.
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