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DescriptionShown here is what WAS the splash page to the 7-page story "The Trek of Danger!" that appeared in Vooda 21 (cover date June 1955). I am then showing what was done to that page... and the rest of the story. SO make sure you look at the additional images.Vooda was a typical 1950s Jungle Girl/Princess who protected the coast of the African Congo from all types of dangers. Like all that came before, she was a beautiful, strong white woman who tried to give hope to the native people despite great odds. The series only lasted for three issues in her magazine. As you can see from the published page, she would swing through the jungle dressed in a sarong. That does seem difficult enough... so the original owner whited out all of her clothing and had her swinging through the trees nude. I show this primarily because the same person did this to other old Fiction House art; i.e., whiting out the clothes on the female lead character and depicting them as nude throughout the story. A Fiction House story featuring Futura sold this past week at Heritage and I am showing this as another example. When I saw the Enrico Bagnoli "Futura" story from Planet Comics #51 listed, I was pleased to see Heritage comment that "it is frankly a disgrace that his grand work, here, should have been subjected to an amateurish job of vandalism -- that is, sloppy post-publication retouching, to remove the clothing from the leading character, known as Futura. (The defacements appear without attribution, of course. Fiction House would have allowed no such overabundance of nudity.)" And then it sold for $6600. Who can figure?? Social/Sharing |
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Tom B.
Member Since 2005
Posted on 12/29/2023
Purient hack job. Whoever would do such a thing to this and other artwork should be called out. They show no respect for the artist and reveal more about themselves than the figures they've uncovered.
Peter Sullivan 
Member Since 2006
Posted on 12/29/2023
Tom B. wrote:
Purient hack job. Whoever would do such a thing to this and other artwork should be called out. They show no respect for the artist and reveal more about themselves than the figures they've uncovered.
This looks like very old whiteout to me. The guy who did it is probably dead. If not, they should die of shame. I mean, he could have just got a photocopy and did his 'magic' on that. Nothing wrong with naked ladies. Impossible to restore at this time.
Wallace Harrington
Member Since 2004
Posted on 12/30/2023
Peter Sullivan wrote:
This looks like very old whiteout to me. The guy who did it is probably dead. If not, they should die of shame. I mean, he could have just got a photocopy and did his 'magic' on that. Nothing wrong with naked ladies. Impossible to restore at this time.
Actually, while the original owner is old, he is still alive. I asked the question about photocopies. He bought this story years ago for $15... that is basically $2 a page. He felt that he would have had to pay close to that much to have good, full-sized photocopies made when he did this. A poor excuse... but that is what he said.
Marcus Wai
Member Since 2005
Posted on 12/29/2023
Yowee! What a punch laid upon the original art and not for the better.
Ray Cuthbert
Member Since 2003
Posted on 12/30/2023
The Enrico Bagnoli "Futura" story from Planet Comics #61 was altered by Gray Morrow.
Wallace Harrington
Member Since 2004
Posted on 12/30/2023
Ray Cuthbert wrote:
The Enrico Bagnoli "Futura" story from Planet Comics #61 was altered by Gray Morrow.
Ray... what evidence do you have of that?
Ray Cuthbert
Member Since 2003
Posted on 12/30/2023
Wallace Harrington wrote:
Ray... what evidence do you have of that?
Hi Wally - The story was offered for sale in 2002 on eBay and Morrow's alterations were noted. Othere than that, I'd just look at his stylistic changes on the clothing.
Miki Annamanthadoo
Member Since 2003
Posted on 12/30/2023
Very sad they were defaced like that!
I do beleie they can be restored though.
Mark Levy
Member Since 2004
Posted on 12/30/2023
Agree a pretty sad treatment...maybe it could be restored....
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