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Mike Falcon Member	posted March 07, 2003 12:38 AM I just got through reading Comic Book Marketplace #98. It's a western themed issue and it mentions a charecter by the name of Strong Bow. The description of this charecter is interesting and I was wondering if any of his 42 stories from All-Star Western #58-99 have been reprinted. Does anyone here know? How about a Strong Bow Archive? IP: Logged
James Friel Member	posted March 07, 2003 02:46 AM According to the GCD, the only reprints were in the early '70s, in two issues of Tomahawk. I didn't pay a lot of attention to DC westerns in the '50s myself, and Strong Bow is one I can barely remember. Looks as if it had ok but not exciting art--I can think of half a dozen DC western features that I'd prefer to see archived. IP: Logged
James Friel Member	posted March 07, 2003 12:18 PM I noticed in my quick survey of the GCD last night that the final few Strong Bow stories were drawn by Sid Greene. Do you suppose he followed his later usual practice of inserting a cameo appearance by Julius Schwartz in every story? IP: Logged
Mike Falcon Member	posted March 07, 2003 02:55 PM Well with a little help from the GCD, I have come up with a rough estimate of an Archive page count. This would be pretty much a "done in one" but a large one. It would come out to arpund 290 pages. That's 274 pages of story and 4 pages for covers plus 12 pages for the intro., credits, etc. I guess we will never see this one. IP: Logged
Owen Cardiff Darcy Member	posted March 07, 2003 03:10 PM quote: Originally posted by Mike Falcon: Well with a little help from the GCD, I have come up with a rough estimate of an Archive page count. This would be pretty much a "done in one" but a large one. It would come out to arpund 290 pages. That's 274 pages of story and 4 pages for covers plus 12 pages for the intro., credits, etc. I guess we will never see this one. It could be done as two skinny volumes, a la Challengers. But with the likes of Frank Giacoia and Sid Greene pencilling the stories -- not the most exciting artist line-up -- it's not something I really need in hardcover. Maybe the stories could be included in an All-Star Western Archive. (Although I'd like Johnny Thunder to get his own separate Archive.) IP: Logged
vinylchair Member	posted March 07, 2003 04:18 PM No, but I remember SuperChief. IP: Logged
NecessaryImpurity Member	posted March 07, 2003 08:17 PM quote: Originally posted by vinylchair: No, but I remember SuperChief. Texaco, right? IP: Logged
kid colt Member	posted March 07, 2003 10:51 PM Strong Bow was a mighty Indian warrior who roamed from tribe to tribe helping those who needed assistance. He was strong as an ox, lithe as an athlete, and as good with abow and arrow as anyone. He saw it as his destiny to roam the West helping others, never settling anywhere too long. He saw this vision for himself mystically, and at times he seemed to have mystical powers, but he was really a normal man. He was smart as a whip, too. I've read almost all of his stories in All-Star Western. Good, good stuff! Strong Bow even made the cover several times. IP: Logged
whoswhoz New Member	posted March 08, 2003 10:45 AM quote: Originally posted by kid colt: Strong Bow was a mighty Indian warrior who roamed from tribe to tribe helping those who needed assistance. He was strong as an ox, lithe as an athlete, and as good with abow and arrow as anyone. He saw it as his destiny to roam the West helping others, never settling anywhere too long. He saw this vision for himself mystically, and at times he seemed to have mystical powers, but he was really a normal man. He was smart as a whip, too. I've read almost all of his stories in All-Star Western. Good, good stuff! Strong Bow even made the cover several times. Strong Bow was originally drawn by Gil Kane and written by Dave Wood, creator of Animal Man and Dial H for Hero. For original art and credits for virtually every DC character from the forties go to www.supermanartists.comics.org/goldframe.htm I see Strong Bow is between Stripesy and Stuff the Chinatown Kid, and within screen distance of Sweeney and Willy, Super Sleuth McFooey and the Terrific Whatzit. IP: Logged
Owen Cardiff Darcy Member	posted March 08, 2003 03:50 PM quote: Originally posted by whoswhoz: Strong Bow was originally drawn by Gil Kane His handful of cover appearances were drawn by Kane, but the early stories were drawn by Frank Giacoia. http://www.comics.org/details.lasso?id=8820 IP: Logged
Old Dude Member	posted March 08, 2003 05:20 PM FIGHT! FIGHT! IP: Logged
Mike Falcon Member	posted March 08, 2003 11:39 PM Hey James, were those two issues of Tomahawk that the reprints appeared in #131 and #137? Thanks! IP: Logged
James Friel Member	posted March 09, 2003 03:32 AM quote: Originally posted by Mike Falcon: Hey James, were those two issues of Tomahawk that the reprints appeared in #131 and #137? Thanks! Yes they were. IP: Logged

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