Tales from the past viewed through rose tinted glasses
Wednesday, May 11, 2022
Bring on the back-ups: Satana the Devils Daughter – 4 pages of John Romita magic!
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Those pages by "Jazzy" Johnny resonate in my imagination to this day. He drew the most exquisite women, idealized and beautiful beyond words. Not as sultry as Vampirella but more elegant. Satanna was not a character I warmed to quickly despite this outstanding entry, but I have come to appreciate her more along with most of the other monsters from this Marvel era.
ReplyDeleteI couldn't agree more Rip. As a kid I was a big fan of his rendition of Gwen Stacy., he just knew how to draw pretty women without them looking like a male fantasy image. Romita also drew another great black and white female based strip in Savage Tales called "Fury of the Femizons" that I will need to look out at some point .
ReplyDeleteI hope I've got this story somewhere - in fact, I'm pretty sure I have. I think it's a reprint, but not The Superhero Women book. In fact, it might be a UK mag. Romita's pages are always a joy to look at.
ReplyDeleteI seem to remember this tale was reprinted in a UK Marvel comic as well Kid but I can't recall the title - perhaps a Dracula Lives etc special.
ReplyDeleteMy memory is warming up - I think it was a UK Special, perhaps called Warrior Women, McS. I'd have to dig through a cupboard to check. Might be a scan of it on the blog though.
ReplyDeleteWell remembered Kid. I had that comic special and I'm pretty sure after seeing the cover on google that it had the Romita Satana story in it
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing these, McScotty. The grey colour shading really adds depth to the images. I particularly like that overview shot in the middle of page 1. I completely missed these comics back in the 70s, despite being a big fan of the DC spooky comics and Marvel's Tomb of Dracula weekly. I may now have to hunt some of these B&W magazines down.
ReplyDeleteI have a feeling that this tale and the equally impressive Femizons strip were collected in a Romita book . Certainly Marvel Premier issue 27 is relatively cheap still although the art isn't as clear in that issue.
ReplyDeleteI think they were also in one of the Origins books - The Superhero Women. The Satana one certainly was.
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