Heroes, Inc. Presents Cannon
Heroes, Inc. Presents Cannon | |
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CPL Gang Publications | |
Publication date | Issue #1: 1969 Issue #2: 1976 |
Main character(s) | Cannon The Misfits Dragonella |
Creative team | |
Writer(s) | Wally Wood, Ron Whyte |
Artist(s) | Wally Wood, Steve Ditko, Ralph Reese |
Heroes, Inc. Presents Cannon is a two-issue
This comic-book series is unrelated to the organization HEROES, Inc. ("Honor Every Responsible Officer's Eternal Sacrifice"), a Washington, D.C. aid group for families of police and firefighters killed in the line of duty.
Publication history
Writer-artist
Created for the military readership Wood had cultivated with his "
In October 2005, Heritage Auctions auctioned off a lot containing approximately 70,000 copies of the issue.[2]
First issue
The 32-page, color comic book featured three stories with original characters. Priced at 15 cents when a typical comic book cost 12 cents, it bore no issue number. The cover was signed "Wally Wood 1969". The inside front cover bore a full-page ad for Mesa Hills home sites, P.O. Box 788m
The 12-page "Cannon", written and
"Cannon" went on to be published in serial form, in the
"The Misfits", a 10-page story written and penciled by Wood, inked by Ralph Reese and credited "W. Wood and R. Reese" and "Copyright Wally Wood 1969", follows Mystra, a nubile young artificial human with telepathic abilities; Shag, a boyish blue extraterrestrial stranded on Earth; and Glomb, a human infant mutated by American scientists into a gray, simpleminded giant created to explore the planet Jupiter. Captives of the government's "Operation Misfit", they escape, only to confront an albino alien invader.
Reflecting less-enlightened times, page two of "The Misfits" includes this dialog from English-speaking officials at the scene of a spaceship landing:
- "A man just emerged from the ship... Hey! It's a white man..."
- "Well, that's a good sign, anyway...."
The five-page "Dragonella" credited "Script by Ron Whyte and W. Wood", with art by Wood, and noted "Copyright Wally Wood 1969", is a humorous adventure of a fairy-tale baby abandoned in the woods and raised into nubile young womanhood by kindly dragons "of the ancient and noble family Isaurus". Named Dragonella, she eventually ventures forth seeking a prince to marry, accompanied by her dragon "brother", St. George.
Before the final story is a letter-from-the-editor page, hand-lettered on a montage of Wood art and signed "Sincerely, Wallace Wood".
Second issue
Published in 1976 by
It contains an untitled, seven-page "The Misfits" story written and drawn by Wood; the superhero feature "The Black Angel", with the seven-page story "Beware the Sirens” by co-writers Mike Vosburg and Roger Stern, drawn by Vosburg; and an untitled, 14-page "Cannon" story, written and inked by Wood and drawn by Ditko.[4]
In addition, the inside front cover contained a full-page Wood illustration of the character Dynamo, from Tower Comics' T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents; a two-page centerspread illustration of the original character Kadavahr the Resurrected, by John Byrne, plus an additional page of Byrne art; and a back-cover illustration by Wood of the original character Animan.[4]
The covers for both issues were colored by Marie Severin.[4]
References
- ^ a b c Heroes, Inc. #[nn], Wallace Wood, 1969 Series at the Grand Comics Database
- ^ "Heroes, Inc. Presents Cannon #nn Group (Wally Wood, 1969)". Heritage Auctions. October 9, 2005. Archived from the original on July 23, 2011.
- ^ Cannon at Don Markstein's Toonopedia. Archived from the original November 7, 2011
- ^ a b c d Heroes, Inc. #2, CPL/Gang Publications, 1976 Series at the Grand Comics Database
External links
- "Wally Wood". SplashPages.com. Archived from the original on December 5, 2007. Retrieved March 14, 2006.Includes.