Gold Key/Whitman

darkknight919 · Post by **darkknight919** » Mon Apr 25, 2005 6:59 pm

I came across a stack of Doctor Solar, Man of the Atom books that I thought were Gold Key Issues, however they were published by Whitman.
I know Whitman did some DC books.......Is it the same kinda deal whith these Gold Key issues? The majority of these books are from the early eighties. Are they harder to find? Worthless? Any info would be great.

DK

Eric Jackson · Post by **Eric Jackson** » Mon Apr 25, 2005 7:11 pm

these are on the price list too

http://www.valiantcomics.com/valiant/ti ... ?tc=so&u=3

although i'm not sure how up to date these are there, but there are some
listed.

SolarFan777 · Post by **SolarFan777** » Mon Apr 25, 2005 7:14 pm

Gold Key started in the early '60's and Whitman picked up the run later finishing in about 1982. The Gold Key are more valuable. Maybe someone here knows more details.

Daniel Jackson · Post by **Daniel Jackson** » Mon Apr 25, 2005 7:15 pm

Man, I almost forgot how bad the art was on those Whitman issues.

darkknight919 · Post by **darkknight919** » Mon Apr 25, 2005 7:32 pm

Daniel Jackson wrote:Man, I almost forgot how bad the art was on those Whitman issues.

Yeah, these are real "classics." Classic actually meaning they suck. Bad art, Bad story.

I mean, come on......Example: Issue 31

Solar fights THE SENTINEL. A guy who played a superhero on some low budget TV show. Gained super powers because a stage light fell on him.
Tried to get with Solar's girlfriend. Solar kicks his *SQUEE*. End of story.

Garbage.

myron · Post by **myron** » Mon Apr 25, 2005 7:33 pm

darkknight919 wrote:
Daniel Jackson wrote:Man, I almost forgot how bad the art was on those Whitman issues.
Yeah, these are real "classics." Classic actually meaning they suck. Bad art, Bad story.

I mean, come on......Example: Issue 31

Solar fights THE SENTINEL. A guy who played a superhero on some low budget TV show. Gained super powers because a stage light fell on him.
Tried to get with Solar's girlfriend. Solar kicks his *SKREE*. End of story.

Garbage.

ya...really bad...

Baron Banter · Post by **Baron Banter** » Mon Apr 25, 2005 9:32 pm

Gold Key and Whitman were both published by Western Publishing. For some reason, Western decided to get rid of the Gold Key name and use the same name that published their books. At least that's what I've heard.

Western also was the one that produced the books for Dell. When Dell decided to vacate, Western decided to pick up all the licenses themselves.

BodaZoffa · Post by **BodaZoffa** » Mon Apr 25, 2005 10:39 pm

Seen a couple of issues there that possibly inspired Shooter to do Unity....

magnusr · Post by **magnusr** » Tue Apr 26, 2005 12:39 am

darkknight919 wrote:I came across a stack of Doctor Solar, Man of the Atom books that I thought were Gold Key Issues, however they were published by Whitman.
I know Whitman did some DC books.......Is it the same kinda deal whith these Gold Key issues? The majority of these books are from the early eighties. Are they harder to find? Worthless? Any info would be great.

DK

The history gets really complicated if you include Dell... Basically Whitman was for toy stores and similar and Gold Key was the normal comics. Until the relaunch attempt in the 80's, then they only used the Whitman imprint.

/Magnus

magnusr · Post by **magnusr** » Tue Apr 26, 2005 12:44 am

Daniel Jackson wrote:Man, I almost forgot how bad the art was on those Whitman issues.

Do you mean Frank Bolle's art? I like it. It's friendly. Reminds me of childhood days. But it is more suited for other things than superhero comics. Or, his Magnus was good. Something basic about Magnus as a protector shows in his art.

/Magnus

magnusr · Post by **magnusr** » Tue Apr 26, 2005 12:45 am

BodaZoffa wrote:Seen a couple of issues there that possibly inspired Shooter to do Unity....

Please elaborate.

/Magnus

X-O HoboJoe · Post by **X-O HoboJoe** » Tue Apr 26, 2005 1:15 am

magnusr wrote:
Daniel Jackson wrote:Man, I almost forgot how bad the art was on those Whitman issues.
Do you mean Frank Bolle's art? I like it. It's friendly. Reminds me of childhood days. But it is more suited for other things than superhero comics. Or, his Magnus was good. Something basic about Magnus as a protector shows in his art.

/Magnus

Do I remember Magnus wearing pants in the Dr. Solar back-up stories? Were there Mini-hateahs back then too?

greg · Post by **greg** » Tue Apr 26, 2005 10:07 am

While it's not exactly the same subject... Dell's "Brain Boy" was supposedly
an inspiration for Pete Stancheck.

X-O HoboJoe · Post by **X-O HoboJoe** » Tue Apr 26, 2005 10:27 am

Sombody bring up Dr. Spektor.

myron · Post by **myron** » Tue Apr 26, 2005 10:36 am

didn't Harbinger come from that stuff too...was there a Dr. Harbinger or some such thing...

X-O HoboJoe · Post by **X-O HoboJoe** » Tue Apr 26, 2005 10:39 am

Why, yes; yes there was.

greg · Post by **greg** » Tue Apr 26, 2005 12:46 pm

As far as I can tell, the name "Harbinger" was in early Dr. Solar stories...
but I don't think Valiant's Harbinger and the Dr. Solar "Harbinger" are
related at all... except for the name. An homage, perhaps?

myron · Post by **myron** » Tue Apr 26, 2005 12:53 pm

greg wrote:As far as I can tell, the name "Harbinger" was in early Dr. Solar stories...
but I don't think Valiant's Harbinger and the Dr. Solar "Harbinger" are
related at all... except for the name. An homage, perhaps?

why yes...that's what I was thinking an homage! EXACTLY!!!

andrew · Post by **andrew** » Thu Apr 28, 2005 8:51 am

I've got that Solar issued mentioned earlier. What a goofy story and waste of his powers. But I guess that could apply to a lot of the Valiant issues, too.

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