Friday, January 24, 2025

BILL GAINES IS 'TOPS'!


Bill Gaines seemed to pop up in print in the most unlikeliest of places. This two-pager from TOPS IN HUMAN HUMAN HIGHLIGHTS #1 (March 1954) is written by an unknown author as a human interest story and might be the only article during this period that sheds a softer light on the beleaguered publisher. The last paragraph includes an insightful observation.



The sample page accompanying the article is from SHOCK SUSPENSTORIES #11 (October-November 1953) and titled, "in gratitude...".


Script: Bill Gaines (co-plot); Al Feldstein (co-plot, script)
Pencils: Wallace Wood
Inks: Wallace Wood
Colors: Marie Severin
Letters: Jim Wroten

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