Pure Excitement Comics is maintained by Bill Nolan.

Vol. 1 No. 35
July 2001

In This Issue:

Contents Page

Blue Streak

The Hood

Frankenstein

Other issues!


Next Month:

My third anniversary issue!


Bill Nolan's
Other Pages:

CD-ROMs!
CD-ROMs featuring more great reprints! Buy them, please! (They're cheap!)

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Related Links:

Golden Years
A great cover site also featuring great on-line Golden Age reprint magazines!

Heroic Comics
Another great source for Golden Age reprints! Includes stories from nine of the first 12 issues of that great title.

AC Comics
Publisher of Golden Age Men of Mystery and more. Now with a great on-line store!

Golden Agers
A great affiliate Yahoo Club where Golden Age fans can get together on-line.

Big Shot
A great site focusing on that particular Golden Age title.

The Spirit
A great site dedicated to what was probably the best comic feature of the Golden Age!

Other Golden Age Reprints
James Ludwig's great Golden Age reprint site!

The Golden Age Heroes Directory
A great page developing profiles on all Golden Age heroes!

A Guide To Marvel's Golden Age Characters
A rundown of some of the great characters I cannot feature here.

The Good Guys and Gals of the Golden Age Art Gallery
A great "who's who" of Golden Age heroes.

MicroComics
Offering affordable Golden Age comics on microfiche.

Comcs on CD-ROM
Offering Golden Age covers and stories on affordable CD-ROMS. Highly recommended!

Mikel Midnight Golden Age Directory
A great on-line resource for Golden Age fans. Great links.

Captain Comics
Home of the weekly comic book columnist for the Scripps Howard News Service

Welcome to the Letters Page, everybody! Be sure to check out the new link for "Heroic Comics" in the column to the left for some more great reprints on-line. Here are a couple of the letters I received during the past month:

Bill, No. 34 was another great issue. I didn't know 711 had morphed into another character so that was especially interesting. I've also finished your sixth CD. As someone who grew up in the 50's reading mostly DC I have come to really appreciated the number and variety of characters that flourished in the 40's. Many of the Nedor characters in CD #6 have helped in this appreciation. Like you, I really appreciate the characters and stories and there is some really first rate material here. The volume of material you and Steve Rogers on his site present would cost hundreds of dollars to each of us if we tried to compile the same material on our own. Your's is a unique resource.
Please keep up the good works.

Cheers, Dennis

Dennis, as you will see in the next letter, I was mistaken about 711 morphing into Destiny. They were just by the same creator and Destiny took over 711's slot in Police Comics. I have since altered the introduction to last issue to remove the error. Glad you liked the CD as well!

Just a quick note about the latest issue. I enjoyed the Destiny story, but noticed a possible error in the intro. My understanding has always been that Destiny and 711 were separate characters. Everything I've ever read about this (which sadly doesn't include Police no. 16) has the story involving 711 being shot and killed, Destiny avenging his murder and then taking over the strip in the following issue (much like the Comet/Hangman story).
Otherwise, another great issue.

Paris

I was a little unsure about that myself. I based the intro on my memory of something I had read earlier, without checking it to verify. I confused the fact that they had the same creator with them being the same character! My collection also does not include Police Comics no. 16, since when I ordered the first 30 issues of that title on microfiche they arrived without that one, which was permanently sold out! Thanks for the heads up!

That's it for the letters page this month. Be sure to check back next month for some more great reprints, including the return of a hero not seen since issue no. 1 of Pure Excitement Comics! It will be a very special third anniversary spectacular!

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