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The Amazing Adventures of CAPTAIN V!

 

A Re-post from 2014 and September 2023

While on the new sadly defunct singaporecomicsonline site,a member ["poopoo"] referred to a Singapore super hero comic of circa 1986 -this date may not be 100% kosher.
The comic was CAPTAIN V!

CAPTAIN V

CAPTAIN V was the "scientific experiment" of DR EVIL and at the time he was working for the Singapore Police Force. The good Captain was super fast [but not Flash standard fast?],very strong and bullet proof thanks to his costume.

As is always the case,Dr Evil had an hidden agenda and went into hiding with his "experimental formulas" [so we assume CAPTAIN V was the human result of scientific enhancement].  Obviously,this could not be allowed and so Captain V was assigned the task of stopping his mentor.

CAPTAIN V #s 1 & 2 

Thanks to "poopoo" I have two cover scans of CAPTAIN V and a rough guide to the two stories.

ENTER THE CAT!

The Cat,alter ego unknown,was a poor man whose family and acquaintances looked down at him because of this.  His girlfriend's father also objected to him because he was poor;although facing many problems,his girlfriend loved him and financial difficulties meant nothing to her [aaaah,true love!]. While taking his girlfriend home there was an accident and she died instantly.

From this moment on the poor man began to act eccentrically;he stole money from rich people while disguised as The Cat and handed it out to the good,poor people.

Obviously,the law was not going to  allow this! One day The Cat was confronted by Captain V but the pursuit was temporarily stopped when the Singaporean 'Robin Hood' threw his "Cat-o-nine tails" [a bolas type weapon] and Captain V got caught up in this....

But,as far as I am aware,the Cat was never caught -it was an on-off chase type scenario.

CAPTAIN V VS  CAPTAIN V!!!

Well, Dr Evil was bound to cause problems sooner or later and he created a very major problem for the good Captain in #3!

Dr Evil created a Captain V clone -but one much stronger! Imagine the shock of Singaporean citizens when,without warning,the upholder of justice is seen robbing a goldsmith and jeweller -and then escaping at incredible speed.

The national hero has betrayed justice:Captain V is a wanted man!

Don't panic! One day,while committing a robbery the double Captain V is confronted by the real hero! A battle ensues and,I assume,the villain is defeated!

If anyone can provide more information, better scans or has copies for sale -get in touch!

 So, re-reading this I thought of a challenge.  CBO gets hits from all over Europe so how about any bloggers in Europe take up the challenge to write a post about the history of costumed heroes in their countrys comics?

If you accept this challenge let me know when you post and I'll put a link on CBO -fair enough?

Tha challenge has been made (though I expect zero takers!)

Oooh. 23K (again)

 Views for the last 30 days stands at 23,000 and some new countries have started to appear in the "Where they from?" data.

To the newcomers -welcome!

To the regulars....carry on!  😁

The Amazing World of Alan Class

 Before everyone who thought they could push up the price on these black and white reprint comics from Alan Class I set up the first Alan Class and Class Comics web page and blog (check blog roll) and I interviewed him. https://alanclasscomics.blogspot.com/

This publication was the result

A4
B&W
24pp
£7.00
https://www.lulu.com/en/us/shop/terry-hooper-scharf/the-amazing-world-of-alan-class/paperback/product-1rgkeq5p.html

Marvel, Timely, Atlas, Charlton, ACG, MLJ/Archie Dennis the Menace (US) -one man published them all. Alan Class. Who? Class is legendary for bringing black and white reprints of US comics to a country starved of the medium thanks to a certain war! 

From 1959-1989 Suspense, Sinister, Astounding and Uncanny gave us a comic fix for a few pennies. Learn more about the man and how Class Comics came about in the long awaited print version of Terry Hooper's exclusive interview!

Julien Doré - Les démons de minuit (Clip officiel)

Black Tower Haiku -Osaka Brutal

 

Paperback

A4

12 Pages

Price: £5.00 (excl. VAT)

Prints in 3-5 business days

http://www.lulu.com/shop/terry-hooper/osaka-brutal/paperback/product-16356832.html

When Ben Dilworth revealed he had a Golden Belt award for Haiku and offered up a book titled “Osaka Brutal” my first thought was that I was going to get a nob-stop martial arts classic based in Osaka, Japan.

I was slightly disappointed.

Osaka Brutal  is a collection of llustrated Japanese Haiku by a very tall Englishman living in Japan.  If you have never come across Haiku before this may surprise you but there are a great many people in the UK and Europewith an intense interest in the art.

Black Tower got the Golden Belt wearer though!

Comic Bits No. 2

 

Ed T Hooper-Scharf
A4
B&W
80 pp
£8.00
https://www.lulu.com/shop/terry-hooper/comic-bits-no-2/paperback/product-2ed6pe.html?q=&page=1&pageSize=4

The second issue of the magazine celebrating creators, titles and characters of the British Platinum, Golden and Silver Ages of comics. 

In this issue William A. Ward finally gets some long deserved recognition for his contribution to comics John McCail gets "bigged up" something rotten!

 We look at comedian and actor Bob Monkhouse's comic creation career 

Steve Dowling -Father of the Garth newspaper strip speaks to Denis Gifford (the ONLY interview he ever gave) 

There is a look at Dennis M. Reader and his comics work that spawned some of the UKs first super heroes. 

also a look at William Fletcher Thomas, Ernest Wilkinson, Jos Walker, Mary Byfield and William H A Chasemore... oh, and LOTS of lovely art and stripwork!

Comic Bits: THE British Golden Age of Comics magazine!

  

A4
B&W
80pp
Text, comic strips and some rare photographs!
£8.00

https://www.lulu.com/shop/terry-hooper/comic-bits-no-1/paperback/product-kjgvzy.html?q=&page=1&pageSize=4

The return of THE British Golden Age of Comics magazine! 

Interviews with Mike Western, John Cooper and Jon Haward plus a look at Ally Sloper on film, Defining the Ages of British Comics, William McCail plus a lot of art and stripwork. 

At this price -cheap!

Only Marvel Comics Created British Super Heroes??

 My interest was piqued when I saw a couple of You Tube videos looking at "British Super Heroes".  

Except that they turned out to be only loosely British. Chris Claremont (London born) and Herb Trimpe (who told me that he was at that time living in Cornwall) created the character Captain Britain for Marvel UK. Yes, you read that right because some little internetters credit Alan Moore as having created the character.   From that we then had Betty Braddock aka Psylocke. After that all the characters were Marvel US creations.   

It seems these people could find no DC British heroes.😒 But what more can you expect from American comic fans....except these were all British.  When I heard "Marvel gave us the first British super heroes" I uttered some very rude words out loud.

They did "search the internet" but obviously missed my Obscure British Super Hero post

https://hoopercomicart.blogspot.com/2023/07/the-obscure-british-super-heroes-mega.html

And also my comprehensive look at British super heroes The Improbability Of The British Super Hero https://hoopercomicart.blogspot.com/2021/04/the-improbability-of-british-super-hero.html

I guess the problem is that Marvel comics are in colour and the current generation get panic attacks when they see black and white art.... or they are not really that interested in anything beyond Marvel and DC  and American created characters?