Long considered to be prime examples of late 1940s "headlight" and "Good
Girl" art comics, issues of Junior and Sunny have been quite difficult
to find and very expensive to obtain. Until now! Created, written, and
illustrated by the legendary E.C. Comics artist/writer/editor Al
Feldstein for the notorious Victor Fox of Fox Feature Publications, The
Complete Junior and Sunny presents the full run of these comics. Along
with a historical Introduction by Grant Geissman, the book also presents
the one issue of Meet Corliss Archer that Feldstein did for Fox.
Although the stories are basically charming, "typical teenage" period
pieces, Feldstein's artwork for them often pushes the envelope for the
time, with titillating covers depicting ample "headlights," and
often-suggestive images in the stories themselves. It's probably a good
thing that Dr. Fredric Wertham never found out about Junior and Sunny!
Seduction of the innocent, indeed!
Out Dec. 9, 2014
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