Lost Hero of the Golden Age Ep.6 Spacehawk
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- Опубліковано 24 сер 2024
- A short documentary about the golden age superhero Spacehawk and his creator Basil Wolverton. Spacehawk was a short lived but excellent sci-fi adventure. Basil Wolverton went on to work on other comics for Marvel, DC Comics, and Mad Magazine.
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This is so creepy for me, because as a child I wrote and drew a "series" (about 5-10 comic books) of a sci-fi character called "Space Lord" who was a fighter pilot in space. His main enemy was another space fighter pilot called "Space Hawk" who looked just like this guy (except not as well drawn). Extra creepy, Space Lord's spaceship was yellow, resembling what I see in this video.
Colin Murphy Sounds like Star-Lord & StarHawk in The Guardians Of The Galaxy comics by Marvel.
When I watched this, something was wrong with the audio. No voice over whatsoever, but I watched the whole thing an awe anyway. Basil Wolverton was a singular talent with amazing creativity, and you captured it perfectly with visuals and music alone. Hope to return and hear what you have to say as well. I just discovered your productions and am enjoying them very much. Kudos.
"The case of the missing tires"!!!! Hahaha! You can't invent this stuff! Gem of the Golden Age! Love Wolverton science fiction art.
During the war rationing was very wide spread. The black market was large. All rubber products had to serve the war effort. So tires was a major item in black marketing. I even read an anthology of noir/pulp style police stories set in Detroit were a tire smuggling was a component of a story.
As a youth I found a cool collected addition of Basil's work which I cherrished and which inspired me to illustrate my own comics. Loved his line work. Amazing. Then Star wars came out further fueling my interest for Basil's space hawk, which I still own today, and sci fi in general. Admire all kinds of stuff because something about the fanfuckingtastic simplicity of his artwork made me realize a lot of things about our complex society. Keep it simple stupid comes to mind when I think about life. This guy's drawings always made me feel he had been there done that. Even though much more graphically sophisticated artists with more advanced approaches tackled the same subject matter. Thanks Basil Wolverton for all time.
I guess one could say that Moebius' style also has an influence by Basil, amazing!
Very interesting watching the development of his work by letting it speak for itself. Great Job!
He may not have been in comics, but the character John Carter predates even Spacehawk.
@johnmburt1960 There actually was a very early John Carter comic strip called The Martian, I believe.
Yes, Mr. E R Burroughs was (I think) a great writer.
Thank you so much for this presentation. I'd been aware of Mr. Wolverton's work for years, but couldn't put the pieces together as you have here...now it makes some sense. What an amazing and unique talent he was...
What a genius! I only knew BW from his whimsical MAD magazine illustrations,but....wow! his "serious" comic book art is simply amazing! A true master of the craft.
Thanks for this ueber cool upload,FizzFop1.
You're welcome O.G.!!! Yeah, Wolverton was a genius! I had a hard time deciding what to put in and what to leave out!
I am loving these "Lost Heroes" features. Have you considered that these might be expanded into a great documentary film or anthology series? You have to know that there are artists who would love to speak about how these may have inspired them. There is a glut of Marvel, DC, and modern indy stuff, but this is nearly virgin territory.
2:07 Now i know where "The Crawling Unknown" from early 70's Hulk comics got ripped off from.
An inimitable art style, instantly recognizable. However, Wolverton's own story is new to me. Thanks for sharing! =^[.]^=
A very good retrospective on Basil Wolverton. I remember seeing his artwork in Herbert W. Armstrong's publications. A great job on these short documentaries.
Hi Fred! I think some of his most emotional artwork was in those religious magazines. You can tell he really poured his heart into them.
The influence and tremendous graphic power of Wolverton's work put him in a class of his own. Fantagraphics (bless them) has published a couple of deluxe omnibus volumes of his work. My own earliest memories of him, back in the day, were from Mad Magazine.
I love your videos so far! So much of Golden Age superhero fare is dismissed as crude and lackluster, and I've been guilty of that myself. I gotta hunt down this guy's work.
Hi toonbat! Thanks for watching! There's some gems out there, but most of it isn't good. Comic books was still a new field. They didn't know what they were doing. They had to fill 64 pages back in the early 40s. That wasn't an easy task. Also, pay for comic book artists and writers was awful. That didn't attract the cream of the crop.
As for Wolverton, he's the rare exception. His Spacehawk can be found (for free) as the digital comics museum or comic book plus websites. Look up Novelty Press (publisher) and Target Comics (title).
His stuff has been reprinted over the years in various forms. Search the net or go to a good size comic shop and they may have stuff. I think Dark Horse and Fantagraphics have been the most recent to publish reprints although there are probably others.
I only heard about 5 seconds of narration around 2 minutes in, the whole rest of it was just pictures and music. I learned nothing about spacehawk.
Awesome, it is good to see more of these. They are very informative and entertaining.
sidus ang Thanks sidus! I'm glad there's people out there besides me who find this stuff interesting.
Wow, the judging panel for Lena the Hyena was legit!
This just keeps getting better. Well, I'm having more fun than Lena the Hyena at a beauty pagent. Basil Wolferton ? You made me a believer. His art work is epic golden age. And all those tie-ins. Lil' Abner to Zap, amazing. I had eight thousand comics at the peak of my collection. And now ? Only you FizzFop1. ''Binging on FizzFop ? It's the only way to make it through the Covid Lockdown ''
Peace.
Only me? I feel honored Stefan!!! I'm working on a number of videos--hope to get something new out soon.
Did Wolverton get influenced by Fletcher Hanks? The thing about Wolverton, in my opinion, is that his draughtsmanship was HIGHLY STYLIZED.
Hi Louis! Hanks and Wolverton's name get thrown together a lot. I think Hanks got into comics a few years before Wolverton. I've never came across Wolverton naming Hanks as an inspiration. Even in the comic book world, Hanks is not well known. I suspect that both actually found inspiration in the work of Salvador Dali and other artists in the Surrealist movement. Dali was big in the 1930s...he was a "Rock Star" and his work was well publicized.
Somethings wrong with your video ,there's no narration.
Back in the 80s I had a subscription to Epic Illustrated (The Marvel version on Heavy Metal) and I remember them running an installment of Space Hawk in one issue
In the 60s, the local paper Elkhart Truth republished old comicstrips, including L'il Abner and I saw the one about the contest and Wolverton win.
This channel is all i been loking for, amazing videos man!
+Italo Barbosa Welcome aboard Italo!!! I just finished and posted the Mary Marvel vid. Check it out!
A real talent ahead of his time. Looking for his Bible now.
If you were teaching a course on this at a university, I’d want to sign up!
Great stills of art but where's the story?
Yeah, music and background sound, but none of the great information. Is this an Android problem?
Use headphones.
8:02 Wolverton's religious publication artwork must've been a breath of fresh air to repressed, stifled fundamentalist kids over the years.
I don't know about that...I've seen some pretty whacked-out religious art. From what I read, Wolverton's church was real fire and brimstone end of days kind of stuff...for a little kid, that stuff is more scary than anything in a comic book.
Yeah, I guess your right. I was thinking Wolverton's art would be outside the box compared with what some kids like that would be allowed to see, but some denominations are pretty out there already.
This material which I got through a family member freaked me out and still does! It is like all his stuff just amazing. He ink work just rocks!
The artwork was unique, gritty and often ugly. Kids loved to look at the pictures but the writing was at a vocabulary that was unapproachable by most kids.
@@FizzFop1 A lot of end of days, prophetical sort of stuff but not a lot of fire and brimstone. There was no idea of an ever burning hell in the doctrines
Awsome video
EXCELLENT draftsman....did he not inspire Charles Burns?
Gotta note that Buck Rodgers wasn't called Buck till the comic strip; in the novella his name was Anthony.
That is good to know James. I haven't started a video on him yet...but his name is slowly raising to the top of the ever growing "to do" list.
enjoying your videos, been watching a bunch of them!
Real nice.
awesome. thanks.
Some of Wolverton's more cartoonish efforts remind me of Britain's Leo Baxendale
Same audio thing g, I mention it because is not a very common issue, 93 percent of the videos of this lost hero series hears with no problem.
Atomic Pulp has a Spacehawk mag over at Indy Planet.
i think his art from that first story is terrific
how did you do your voice like that ,that was spooky lol
I checked out this guy named Fletcher Hanks. His art work really resembles Wolverton's.
MY OWN THOUGHTS ON THIS CLASSIC VILLAIN WHO IS CALLED (SPACE-HAWK)
Now I think this classic character villain guy (SpaceHawk) might be interesting to make a comeback in some way, and so maybe a story could be written for him to make his first reappearance in a cartoon show series; Such as maybe in the cartoon show series of (GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXIES) & to add it might be great to see the classic hero make his appearance in a cartoon show series of (SPIDER-MAN) in a number of new episodes, and also to add maybe even give the old classic villain SpaceHawk a new look for his appearance in this new age of entertainment.
Plus to add I imagine the classic villain from the old ages might be a good new enemy for the hero StarLord to become his new appointment, and what imagine how is in a outer-space spacecraft fight; But I imagine this classic character villain from some other different set of ComicBook stories villain known as (SpaceHawk) could make his appearance in MARVEL entertainment, and so I imagine him suddenly attacking StarLord when the silly hero is alone without his team in a spacecraft being attacked by SpaceHawk, and to add I imagine the MARVEL version of the villain could look completely different, and also to add that the previous classic original version it was originally seen in different ComicBook stories set it was originally created for in.
Or maybe the classic golden age villain SpaceHawk could maybe make his reappearance in a renewal version of the former old ComicBooks stories, and it could be seen in a cartoon show series that could be shown on the broadcast network of AMAZON Prime; An I imagine it wouldn’t be much of a entertaining show without the hero SpaceLord, and I imagine in a new story it could be portrayed with allot of outer-space battles go on in a dimensional realm where science & magic coexist perfectly together, and to add I imagine that the new version of the villain SpaceHawk could have a favorite spacecraft that he has named Ms.Condor which he uses for special occasions, and also to add the classic hero’s name is no longer SpaceLord but instead his new hero name is SunLord.
Now the reason why I imagine the classic hero’s new name title is SunLord in the new story for the cartoon show series of it; Is because the hero is filled with so much hope in his heart, and to add he is a very big dreamer that his Ora shines like that of the suns when he is facing evil enemies in the darkest areas of outer-space, and also to add his Ora shines like the light of eighty LightHouses in one in the darkest places on the lands of any planets in certain places.
At 26 seconds that's not Buck Rogers , that's Richard Seaton from the Skylark of space by EE DOC SMITH testing-out his total conversion drive
Hi XANATOS! Yes, that's Skylark on the cover...the very first Buck Rogers story is in that issue.
@@FizzFop1 Oh I must add this is a fine and entertaining video.Thank you
Amazing!! can you made documentary of air boy?
Hi KP, I'm doing research on "Aero Heroes" which will include Airboy, Captain Midnight, Sky Wolf, and Black Hawk.
It seems like the studio track is missing. There is music and a few random words but no narration. Several people have mentioned it. Do you read your comments?
Hi Fred, yes I read all the comments...eventually. I was learning how to mix audio...Some of these videos are in stereo. I later discovered that many people's devices can't handle two channel stereo. Repairing these videos is on my to do list. Unfortunately my computer is ancient and in worse shape than I'm in. It crashes a lot on these older videos. I discovered better ways of setting them up.
Love his work and even through a family member got some of his religious apocalypse art in pamphlets which always has creeped me out!
Hi Rick! That stuff is creepy!
@@FizzFop1 That is for sure and even in some of his scifi/adventure stories you could see him building up to this with some of the creatures, scenes, etc. His stuff to me is so mind blowing at times and I really like to take it in as some one who creates!
Spacehawk and Powerhouse pepper are both in trades that I own. Is there a single book with all his Sci-fi and Weird Tale Of The Future work?
Wow, the intro is longer then the whole video (Edit: Thanks Fizzfop1 for liking my comment! (Please make more Lost Heroes Of The Golden Age)
my dad's parents worshiped the ground Herbert W. Armstrong walked upon.
Hi again Kardboard Kenny! When I was doing research on this, I came across a recording of one of his sermons...he was quite the orator.
@@FizzFop1 somewhere in the basement, I still have a box full of The Plain Truth magazines
I love your videos but the background audio is sometimes louder than your narration and this slightly detracts from great content of your videos. In spite of that great videos.
Hi Michael, thanks for watching! Yeah, I cringe at the earlier videos I made...especially on the audio side of things. My old computer would crash as soon as I would try to mix narration and music. Then, when I got a new computer, I tried mixing the audio through the video editing software...it was better, but not great. Now, I have better speakers and audio editing software. Plus my skill at listening is getting better...I hear things...little tiny things...that I missed in the earlier videos.
genius
For some reason I cannot hear your narration unless I am wearing headphones.
6:54- That face is going to give me nightmares.
Hi Dan! No one drew them like Wolverton!
For some reason narration track not working.
Outstanding work. Thanks for this Wolverton retrospective. I was aware of his affiliation with Armstrong's cult, but had no idea that he was actually an elder in the church. I remember receiving publications from the Worldwide Church of God that featured Wolverton's artwork.This was one of the most interesting reports you have placed on UA-cam.
Thanks Fred! When I do these videos, I try to find out the motivations that made the artists/writers who they were. In Wolverton's case, religion and location made him an outsider from his contemporaries. Both had an impact on his artistic direction that made his style very unique and interesting. As for Worldwide Church of God, I went down that rabbit hole doing research...it's an interesting story. They grew into one of the first mega-churches and splintered apart after Armstrong's death. The big crash came when the "End of Times" date that Armstrong gave came and went. That started a lot of internal bickering and many broke off and began their own congregations. The WCoG is still around, and I came across websites for at least 4 other churches that claim to have roots with them.
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Basil Wolverton was into mushrooms!!!
Hi Bill, I've read that Wolverton was a total straight edge guy--he didn't even drink beer...but his drawings make you wonder.
4:06 - the original Cyber-Man?
Why did I not hear a voice over?
Hi brett, don't know why...when I was teaching myself how to mix down audio, I mixed a few videos into two channel stereo...sounds really cool if you have the ability to hear it...unfortunately, I discovered that many people have devices that can only handle one audio channel. A lot of phones and small devices have been designed for mono sound. It's my bad and at some point I plan on re-mixing the audio.
Sorry for the inconvenience.
Dork?
Yup!
Yeah dosen't sound like a great sidekick name. But at least he didn't name him Spaz.
No Voice. Wtf
duck dodgers in the 241⁄2th century?
Seems to go no place.you need a story on the characters
Hi can your do miss furry or something
Sound like a swell guy
the audio is terrible…you tried way too hard here
It took some time to learn how to mix video. I've told myself over and over that I need to go back and redo the early videos. My voice has gotten a lot better..my editing is better...my writing is better...yeah, I really need to get on that.
I like your videos but I don't like the music
But great videos!
My budget dictates the music I use. I use a royalty free website called neosounds.com. Most of the music I use costs me about ten bucks a song. It adds up after a while. I try to pick a new "theme song" for each video. I used the youtube free library for a couple of songs on the ghost rider video, but it's hard to find likable music on the cheap.
The budget sort of dictates the music I use. I buy the songs off a website called neosounds.com. I usually pay about ten bucks for a song.
Ok