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Questions for Good Ol' RR
Topic Started: Sep 19 2009, 03:35 PM (616 Views)
mort bakaprevski	Sep 26 2009, 11:50 AM Post #16
Soony Roony! Posts: 1,433 Group: Members Member #73 Joined: January 1, 2006	You RR a-may-zing!! Yeah, I remember that reprint. Was it as late as 1975?? When did it come with relation to the Bantam reprints... or the Jove reprints???? I also vaguely remember a Grossett & Dunlap hardcover that had 2 or 3 reprints in it. Although Bantam was regularly reprinting Doc Savage back in the sixties, Shdaow tales were tough to come by!! There was a used book store on Hollywood close to Cherokee where you could get some of the old pulps... but I was a young, struggling computer programmer at the time and couldn't afford them (which is kinda ironic in that the current prices would probably be many times what they were asking for them then)!! Edited by mort bakaprevski, Sep 26 2009, 11:50 AM.
	“You’ve got to take the bitter with the sour.”


Frank Hale	Sep 27 2009, 03:17 PM Post #17
Balcony Gang, Foist Class Posts: 828 Group: Members Member #59 Joined: October 6, 2005	Wikipedia has a list of The Shadow stories in order (link at the bottom of the Shadow page). Girasol’s stuff is very nice. My only wish is that they would take credit card orders over the internet (I’m sure it’s a fee issue).



mort bakaprevski	Sep 30 2009, 07:45 AM Post #18
Soony Roony! Posts: 1,433 Group: Members Member #73 Joined: January 1, 2006	RR, it was a little obtuse, but I actually posed a question for you a few posts back… and I have another one as well: 1 - Do you have any info on the reprints of The Shadow in the 60’s & 70’s?? As I mentioned, I seem to remember a hard-cover Grossett & Dunlap. There were also a few other one-shots from other publishers. Then there was the Bantam series which, I believe started in the very early 70’s & went on for about 6 books (or so). And lastly, just how many reprints did Jove actually do before they threw in the towel?? 2 - Some time ago, I asked a question on the “Whatever Happened to…” thread which no one ever answered. Mainly, it was what was the back-story of Jenette Kahn leaving DC… or was their one?? By that I mean, was she asked to leave or did she really want to get into other things. She’s certainly done okay for herself since her departure!!
	“You’ve got to take the bitter with the sour.”


riddlerider	Oct 1 2009, 06:20 AM Post #19
Balcony Gang, Foist Class Posts: 799 Group: Members Member #68 Joined: November 26, 2005	The Shadow reprint boom started in 1965 or '66 with THE WEIRD ADVENTURES OF THE SHADOW, which reprinted a heavily cut version of a classic early story, "The Grove of Doom," as well as two of the shorter, WWII-vintage novels, "Murder by Moonlight" and "Voodoo Death." I still remember buying this volume as a 12-year-old kid and being very excited about it. The edited "Grove" was reprinted in paperback by an outfit called Tempo Books, circa 1969. The Bantam series started in 1969 with the first Shadow yarn, "The Living Shadow." (I still have the copy I bought the week this book appeared.) Next were the second and third, "Eyes of The Shadow" and "The Shadow Laughs," after which the editor abandoned the strictly chronological approach but chose other early novels to reprint: "The Death Tower," "The Ghost Makers," "Hidden Death," and "Gangland's Doom." The last Bantam came out sometime in 1970. The Pyramid series -- which used the Shadow pulp magazine logo and featured pulp-style cover paintings by Jim Steranko -- got underway in 1974, also beginning with "The Living Shadow." This editor, who clearly knew his Shadow stories, reprinted many of the best early novels -- "The Silent Seven," "The Black Master," "The Romanoff Jewels," "The Shadow's Shadow," "Gray Fist," and "Zemba" among them. Something like 14 or 15 books into the series, the cover design was changed (although Jim was retained as artist) and the books appeared under the Jove imprint. A couple of the earlier Pyramids -- including "Romanoff Jewels" -- were reissued with new covers. The series lasted 23 books altogether; the last one, "The Death Giver," was published in 1978. The aforementioned Dover reprint volume came out in '75. That same year, Doubleday published its first Shadow double-header hardcover under its Crime Club imprint. There were three of these volumes, the last released in 1979. All three reprinted shorter, WWII-era stories from the magazine's digest period, which hard-core Shadow fans consider pretty dismal. As I recall, the Doubleday hardcovers ended the Shadow reprint boom. Despite the character's multi-media success and pop-culture cachet, the Shadow stories never caught on with new readers the way Doc Savage's adventures did.



riddlerider	Oct 1 2009, 06:23 AM Post #20
Balcony Gang, Foist Class Posts: 799 Group: Members Member #68 Joined: November 26, 2005	mort bakaprevski Sep 30 2009, 07:45 AM 2 - Some time ago, I asked a question on the “Whatever Happened to…” thread which no one ever answered. Mainly, it was what was the back-story of Jenette Kahn leaving DC… or was their one?? By that I mean, was she asked to leave or did she really want to get into other things. She’s certainly done okay for herself since her departure!! I can't help you with this one, Mort. I had a friend who worked for Kahn in the mid '80s, but I gave up on comics (with the exception of classic newspaper strips) 20 or more years ago. I think the last new comic book I bought was Dave Stevens' ROCKETEER, whenever that came out.



panzer the great & terrible	Oct 1 2009, 12:34 PM Post #21
Mouth Breather Posts: 10,356 Group: Members Member #13 Joined: September 3, 2005	Frankly, the guy who ridiculed his boss is the one who seems to be the dimbulb.
	We Wear Short Shorts Flying Purple People Eater


mort bakaprevski	Oct 2 2009, 09:10 AM Post #22
Soony Roony! Posts: 1,433 Group: Members Member #73 Joined: January 1, 2006	Thanks RR. Boy did I have the dates off on some of those reprints. Yeah, I stopped reading the comics, except for Will Eisner & Carl Barks reprints (& an occasional Furry Freak Bros.) about 3 decades ago. Dave Stevens was VERY talented... especially the way he was able to evoke the look & feel of the 30's. Edited by mort bakaprevski, Oct 2 2009, 09:11 AM.
	“You’ve got to take the bitter with the sour.”


mort bakaprevski	Oct 3 2009, 07:12 PM Post #23
Soony Roony! Posts: 1,433 Group: Members Member #73 Joined: January 1, 2006	panzer the great & terrible Oct 1 2009, 12:34 PM Frankly, the guy who ridiculed his boss is the one who seems to be the dimbulb. Sheeeesh, I think I’m the one whose bulb is getting dim. Read your post & assumed you had accidentally posted to the wrong thread (I’ve done that). It was only later that I realized I had actually posted something (just a few days before) that prompted your reply. At any rate P., I’m kinda surprised you haven’t encountered this situation in your life journey. Maybe it’s because I was in data processing & constantly dealing with prima donnas that I’m a little more familiar with scenarios like this. One of my best friends worked for years on the pricing system at Ralphs as a contract programmer. This system was highly critical to the company’s operations (it provided the price tags & scanning info for over 170 stores). The application employed a database system that your average programmer was not familiar with. My friend was perennially tending the system & training a Ralphs’ employee to be his successor. Unfortunately, as soon as the trainee became proficient with the database he/she would quit & go to work for another company… for MUCH more money. My friend was not rude, BUT he was arrogant… and made no pains to hide it. Also, as a contractor, he was pulling in about the equivalent of two employee programmers. Management would have loved to get rid of him, but they couldn’t afford to. As a result, he was with the company, on a contractual basis, for over a decade. Probably the worst were the system programmers (the folks who took care of the underlying software which ran the computer). Many companies could only afford to have one of these sweeties on their staff. Since they were prone to go into the software & make their own custom changes, a replacement would require some time to get up to speed where they could actually fix glitches on the fly. I remember that one of these guys had so little social skills that when he asked to work at night, management happily gave him permission… just so no one would have to deal with him during the day!
	“You’ve got to take the bitter with the sour.”


panzer the great & terrible	Oct 3 2009, 08:33 PM Post #24
Mouth Breather Posts: 10,356 Group: Members Member #13 Joined: September 3, 2005	No, I've never worked for an outfit big enough to afford arrogant geeks. I'm such a crazy that I've usually worked for myself, and never hired anybody more of a dick than I am. Of course, more of a dick than I am is a small category, and I've always tended to hire teenagers anyway, who haven't yet learned the ways of dickdom. Truth is, I don't have much to complain about, personally. It's been a nice and eventful life. I've met a lot of people and had a lot of fun -- and for some reason the geeks I know treat me like I'm made of spun sugar.
	We Wear Short Shorts Flying Purple People Eater


mort bakaprevski	Oct 12 2009, 03:34 PM Post #25
Soony Roony! Posts: 1,433 Group: Members Member #73 Joined: January 1, 2006	RR, I just found this bit I wrote on another thread some time ago: Has anyone seen the 1935 Universal film DIAMOND JIM?? I noticed (on IMDB) that it had a score by Franz Waxman (& Ferde Grofe). I'm assuming that Universal re-used this in subsequent serials & B movies, but no one has ever mentioned it. Did they re-use it?? Do you have any examples, etc.? Thanks!!
	“You’ve got to take the bitter with the sour.”


JazzGuyy	Oct 13 2009, 07:37 AM Post #26
Balcony Gang, Foist Class Posts: 2,180 Group: Members Member #110 Joined: June 1, 2006	mort bakaprevski Oct 3 2009, 07:12 PM Probably the worst were the system programmers (the folks who took care of the underlying software which ran the computer). Many companies could only afford to have one of these sweeties on their staff. Since they were prone to go into the software & make their own custom changes, a replacement would require some time to get up to speed where they could actually fix glitches on the fly. Systems programmers and systems admins have to be the weirdest guys in IT. I once had an SP tell me that he could really get the system to run like a top if he could figure a way to get all those stupid applications off the computer. I don't think he was joking. I've always been on the analysis and design side of IT so I haven't had to deal with these guys as much as some have. I consider myself lucky.



Sgt Saturn	Oct 13 2009, 10:00 AM Post #27
Charter Member Posts: 5,720 Group: Members Member #11 Joined: September 3, 2005	JazzGuyy Oct 13 2009, 07:37 AM Systems programmers and systems admins have to be the weirdest guys in IT. I once had an SP tell me that he could really get the system to run like a top if he could figure a way to get all those stupid applications off the computer. I don't think he was joking. Sounds like at least half the SPs and SAs that I have known. There are too many that think users are The Enemy.
	The Ol' Sarge


Sgt King	Oct 13 2009, 06:40 PM Post #28
Charter Member Posts: 371 Group: Members Member #29 Joined: September 5, 2005	Mort, I have Universal's Diamond Jim but can't recall the music. It's kind of a disappointing film so I don't care to watch it again anytime soon.


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