MAJOR INAPAK, THE SPACE ACE by Bob Powell

Here's a little gem that many of you have seen before, 
but some of you have not, so...

THE APOCOLYTE
Presents...

In 1951, there was a 'chocolate flavored drink' called "INAPAK", and since comic books were all the rage with the kids back then, they decided to create a promotional 'giveaway' comic to sell their product. I'm not sure how but they managed to get comic book great Bob Powell to do it for them, and I can't say for sure whether or not Powell enjoyed drawing it or not, but it sure looks like he did! It's pretty damn cool for a free comic! - oh, yes, a word for the comic collector's out there...if you are looking to purchase a copy of this comic for your collection, don't be fooled into paying high prices! I actually saw this on Ebay going for $50 or more! Don't you do it! A few years back they found a whole warehouse FULL of these comics, so you can pick one up real cheap! But now you don't have to, just read it here and save the images! By the way, these scans are from my own personal comic, as usual. Nowadays it can also be found many places online as well.

As a special treat for you, I found some early panels that were not approved by INAPAK, and so they had to be changed (not the art, but the story). Here, take a look at some of these early panels before they were fixed.

Okay, just kidding! Those aren't real panels, just ones that I messed with...heh heh...

Here is the real comic, from cover to cover. Powell was skilled at drawing action, and, boy-o-boy, is there ever some action! So pour yourself a biiiiig ol' glass o' yummy INAPAK drink flavored goop, and enjoy the work of Mister Stanislav Robert Pawlowski, better known as Bob Powell. Oh, yeah, don't miss the inside cover where they compare INAPAK flavored drink to the atomic bomb...

(You may notice the front and back covers suffer from mild offsetting from sitting in stacks for so long, or perhaps just bad printing)

By the way, if anyone out there has ever drank this stuff, please let us know how you survived the experience...was it as dee-lish as Bob Powell says it is? Mmmm, I'm thirsty now!

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This is a re-posting.

It was originally posted in another blog of mine

THE BLOG AT THE END OF TIME

on 11/28/2009.

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Frazetta's THUN'DA Goes Boom! - Origin Story

Hello, Comics Fan!

I am

THE APOCOLYTE!

Here I share my love for comics, comic artists, and classic comic story scans!

[There are many wonderful comics blogs and sites such as this, and many of my favorites (which are probably many of yours) are listed down the right hand column of this blog. What might set this blog apart from many of the others is the fact that I spend several hours each week digitally restoring old comic book scans in order to present them here to you in their optimum glory! Like you, I share a love and affection for these classic comics and their artists, and my goal is to present them in the best possible light, apart from reprinting them. The Apocolyte's digital restoration project hopes to present these comic art classics as if they were freshly purchased this very day, for your viewing enjoyment.]

Today's digitally restored classic is what I consider one of the milestones of Golden Age comics, 

Frank Frazetta's classic THUN'DA! 

In 1951, Frank Frazetta was doing comic work for National/DC and Magazine Enterprises/M.E., and due to the positive feedback Frazetta was getting from the fans, M.E. decided to let Frazetta create his own comic. The result was Frazetta's THUN'DA!

In Frazetta's own words, from the book Frank Frazetta, ICON:

"I came up with this Tarzan-like character who gets trapped in a lost world. They brought in Gardner Fox to write the script based on my idea and the first story in the book followed my plans pretty closely. Then the editor, Ray Krank, had Fox take everybody out of the prehistoric setting by the end of the third story in the book and ruined the entire concept; they turned it into just another cardboard jungle comic."

THUN'DA #1 was published in 1952, and holds the distinction of being the only complete comic book Frazetta ever drew. The first story he describes above is the one we will see here, the origin of

THUN'DA!

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There is more amazing artwork by the brilliant and talented Frank Frazetta posted on my other comic art blog

BLACK 'N' WHITE AND RED ALL OVER!

-click here or on the image below!

Also, to see the black and white version of Frazetta's THUN'DA origin story, click here!

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Thank you for stopping by!

I'll be back with more great comic art, stories, and scans for you!