FEAR CAY

[Dave]

Simply classic. Probably a Top 10 DOC adventure; certainly no lower
than 15th.

This one has everything -- mystery, adventure, a phantom menace, a
really tough foe, ruthless bad guys, gadget upon gadget, a mysterious
locale, Pat.

RANDOM NOTES:

The guys are pretty slow connecting the dots here. A busniness called
Fountain of Youth, Inc., a client list of old rich men, a man claiming
to be 131 years old -- you;d think it would dawn on them what was
going on before ch. 15.

Pat is really something. This is just her second appearance, but she
is ready for anything -- taking charge of a kidnapping situation,
acting a part, scurrying around to round up stray firearms during a
fight.

Accents are something that tend to ruin lots of Dent characters for
me, but he gets Dan Thunden's southern accent just right.

Speaking of spats -- DOC has no feet in his socks, just "a spat-like
strap to hold them in place"? This being to allow him to always be
able to untie knots with his toes. Two things:
1. DOC isn;t agile enough to take off his socks without using his
hands? Sounds like an exercise for the two hour exercise period --
"removal of socks using only foot and calf muscles; and...
2. did DOC invent the ODOR-EATER?

Dave

[m***@peoplepc.com]

Just started this one and so far it does seem like a goody. The Bantam
cover caught my attention and drew me in.

[Dave]

Post by m***@peoplepc.com
The Bantam
cover caught my attention and drew me i

call me a heretic, but I am always amazed at how much the original DOC
pulp covers missed the mark

Dave

[Ted Nolan <tednolan>]

Post by Dave

Post by m***@peoplepc.com
The Bantam
cover caught my attention and drew me i

call me a heretic, but I am always amazed at how much the original DOC
pulp covers missed the mark
Dave

Well, presumably the Bantam artists could read the book if they felt like
it. I'm guessing that there wouldn't be sufficient lead-time for the pulp
artists to do the same?


Ted

[Kent Allard]

Post by Ted Nolan <tednolan>
Well, presumably the Bantam artists could read the book if they felt like
it. I'm guessing that there wouldn't be sufficient lead-time for the pulp
artists to do the same?

The editors (at least in the beginning) hammered out the plot of each story with
the writers before the story got written, so the editors could pass word on to
the artists. The Shadow covers more often then not had some element of the story
on them. I think Baumhofer didn't put too much effort into the Doc work. He did
much nicer and more topical cover illustrations for other magazines

[l***@yahoo.com]

In the book about Bama, it says Bama had complete control over what he
painted Since elsewhere he has stated how much he enjoyed reading the
books, I think it is safe to say that he read them. In fact, one of
the great points to his covers is how often he really nailed the most
interesting part of the book.

I think toward the end of his run, he started getting a little lazy
and used standard metaphorical poses. This was fantastic in some
covers like the Sea Magician, but wasn't as good with the Gold Ogre or
Freckled Shark.