Posted in: Comics, Heritage Sponsored | Tagged: the flame, victor fox
A mix of superheroics, super-science and horror makes Fox Features Syndicate’s The Flame one of the writer’s greatest characters.
Fox Features Syndicate founder Victor Fox was one of the most infamous publishers of the Golden Age of comedian books — and that is saying one thing. Through lawsuits over copying characters from different publishers, two bankruptcies, and tangling with the War Production Board over violating paper quotas, Fox was a person who wasn’t afraid to get in the mud to realize success. Somehow via all that, he put out some glorious and traditionally vital comedian books by foundationally vital writers and artists. The Flame is an instance of Fox Features Syndicate at its greatest. The Flame collection itself is a wonderful place to begin in direction of accumulating the character, and there are copies of seven of the eight points of The Flame collection, together with a excessive grade The Flame #1 (Fox, 1940) CGC VF- 7.5 Off-white to white pages up for public sale in the 2023 September 28 The Fox Comics Showcase Auction #40239 at Heritage Auctions.
Given Fox’s fame, it’s typically assumed that the Flame is little greater than a Human Torch rip-off, however… sure and no. The character first appeared in Wonderworld Comics #3, months upfront of the Human Torch’s debut in Marvel Comics #1. However, his Flame-based powers have been restricted to with the ability to type of materialize himself inside a flame in his preliminary appearances. It’s not till Wonderworld Comics #11 — which seems a number of months after Marvel Comics #1 — that the character’s flame-control skills change into extra outlined with an origin reboot second. The Flame #1 expands upon that origin just a little extra.
Nevertheless, all through its lifespan, like many Fox characters the Flame mixed superheroics, super-science, and typically horror to nice impact. The spectacular “Atomic Generator” story in The Flame #1 (reprinted from Wonderworld Comics #8) is a superb instance of the character at its greatest. It dramatizes the impression that unleashing atomic vitality would have on the world effectively upfront of such tales turning into commonplace in the wake of the first makes use of of the atomic bomb.
It can typically be robust going to be a Fox collector. Virtually all of the line is hard to seek out, and the competitors to get them is fierce. The early The Flame run is an efficient entry level to Fox, although. There are copies of seven of the eight points of The Flame collection, together with a excessive grade The Flame #1 (Fox, 1940) CGC VF- 7.5 Off-white to white pages up for public sale in the 2023 September 28 The Fox Comics Showcase Auction #40239 at Heritage Auctions.
Affiliates of Bleeding Cool purchase from and/or consign to Heritage Auctions.
Enjoyed this? Please share on social media!
Stay up-to-date and assist the web site by following Bleeding Cool on Google News as we speak!
Discussion about this post