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Basll Wolverton
1 was happily surprised to see that in
the October-November issue the topic
was the last thing 1 woúld have
dreamed-Basil Wolverton.
Basil Wolverton is of special signifi–
cance to me because 1 am a comic book
collector. As you mayor may not know,
he did comic work back in the golden age
of comic books. As you also may or may
not know, his work and career are given
representation in
The Golden Age of
Comic Books 1937-1945,
published in
1977 by Richard O'Brien (published by
Ballantine Books). 1 quote from that
source:
"Not many would claim that com–
ic books have given usa genius, but
if there is one who carne close, it is
Basil Wolverton. Best known as
the winning artist in the 1946 Li'l
Abner-Lena the Hyena contest,
Wolverton is a complete original,
and unquestionably the seminal
influence on today's top under–
ground artist, Robert Crumb."
Personal from...
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right at their eastern frontier, and
now massing heavy troops there!
It
seems NATO has about fallen into
discard.
Mr. Schmidt has taken a course
that is humiliating for a German who
fought in Hitler's army to take. He is
unwilling to stand up with the United
States against Russia if Soviet forces
cross President Carter's line at the
Persian Gulf.
Thesameattitudeis taken in France,
Italy, Austria and Belgium. But as
1
saíd, that is a humiliatíng stand for
European leaders to take. They take it
because in this chess power play Russia
April 1980
The only Wolverton cover reproduced
in the book (its primary pu.rpose being
to show the best examples of cover art
from the Golden Age) is that of Target
Comics No. 7 (August, 1940), and "is
of note because it is the only one
Wolverton did during the Golden Age."
lt goes on to explain that "Wolverton
lived in Vancouver, Wash. , and was just
too far away (virtually all the comic–
book publishers were New York-based)
to be entrusted with the responsibility of
cover work."
1 just thought you'd be interested in a
little follow-up information to the great
article. Keep printing them like this one,
and l'll alw(lys be a reader.
Personal
Jonathon Locke
Bowmanville, Ontarío
1
have just read your Personal col–
umn in the February, 1980,
Plain Truth
magazine (46th anniversary issue) and
felt impelled to write and say
1
am very
proud of the way you have handled your
has massed forces threatening West
European nations, as well as threaten–
ing to enter and control the Persian
Gulf. And the Persian Gulf control
would give the Russians CONTROL OF
MOSTOF THE WORLD'S OJL!
Now do not for a moment suppose
that West European leaders are
going to take this humiliating stand,
refusing to line up against Russia,
without countermeasures!
You may be sure the West Euro–
pean leaders are conferring hurriedly
and secretly about
how
and
how soon
they may UNITE and províde a ·united
EUROPEAN MILITARY FORCE
SO
they
can DEFEND THEMSELVES! And so
they will no longer have to give in
meekly to Russia! And WHO WJLL
THEY BLAME for their hummation
commission in China! Here in Minneap–
olis, we have been doing what we can to
help support you in distributing the
newsstand issue of
The Plain Truth
Magazine.
James R. Steinle
Richfield, Minnesota
Cambodian Refugees
We are a ll stunned by recent accounts
of starvation in Cambodia.
Photos reaching us are horrify–
ing, which makes us wonder what
we are doing regarding our distant
brothers.
1 believe a valuable contribution on
your part would
be
to run a pertinent
centerfold photograph, advertising the
severe conditions over there, and solicit–
ing funds to
be
sent care of your maga–
zine to be allocated to the starving
victims.
Paul
L.
Liberty, President
Liberty Petroleum Corporation
•
See the next issue of
The Plain
Truth
for firsthand report.
and their necessity NOW to have a
UNITED EUROPE, with a united GOV–
ERNMENT, a COMMON CURRENCY,
and a COMMON MILITARY FORCE AS
GREAT, OR GREATER THAN EITHER
THE U.S.S.R. OR THE U.S.A.? They
will blame the United States!
And when they are strong enough
to assert themselves, Bible prophecy
reveals a man will rise to take the
helm in Europe and will first attack
Britain for standing firm with the
United States, and then they will
return a lot of hydrogen bombs the
U.S. has stored now in Europe!
So SAYS ALMIGHTY Goo IN H1s
WoRo! They can unite ONLY through
the Vatican.
lt
will be a CHURCH-STATE
union.
It
won't last long, but will create
HAVOCunprecedented! o
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