"Razar the Unhero"
8 pgs. Appeared first time in
Fantagor #1 (1970) .
Reprinted in
The Odd Comic World of Richard Corben (1978) and
in
Richard Corben Complete Works #2 (1986) .
Reformed reprint
in
Fantagor Presents Brood (1983) and
same
in
Children of Fire #1 (1987) .
Story: Starr Armitage. Art: Richard Corben
(signed as Richard V. Corben, 1970). Lettered in Fantagor
and in The Odd Comic World by hand (Corben) and in Brood
and Children of Fire lettering: mostly printed (some texts
still by hand).
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Keywords: Unhero. Betrayal. Kidnapping.
Synopsis: Brother of the Duke of Lilux kidnaps daughter
of the Duke for ransom. By accident Razar the Unhero happened
to be kidnapped too, and they give Razar to voluptuous bandit
girl, who wants use and kill him.
Comment: Corben's artwork is more interesting as two different
versions (original and reformated) than as a piece of art (only
a bandit girl is okay). Story of Starr Armitage also lacks of
interestingness.
Alternatives, : One
single difference: on pg 5 farest left corner frame saying, "Heegh" turned
to "Aaie!". Only in this version (later turned back to "Heegh")!
Alternatives, : On
pg 2 a black crosshair (two times) and onomatopoesia "POP", "UUH!" and "P0W" has
been removed.
Alternatives, : Corben
resizes comic's height, i.e. every page have some frames redrawn higher
than original and change is easy to point out!
There is quite much rewritten dialogue and almost all balloons
are redrawn. Papurus on first page is not printed, there is tonal
background, and first frame is resized. On second page there
is black bead (two times) and middle frames are redrawn with
extra onomatopoesia, "POP", "UUK!" and "POW".
On page three last frame is enlarged and frame before last is
now inside of last one; there was in original version a word,
"Bumpity", to bind last two frames together; now there
is only "B" hanging alone in smaller frame (all onomatopoesia
on last frame are deleted). On page four first and on page five
middle frames are resized. On page six lowest frames are resized
(with first of them totally redrawn). On page seven first row
of frames are totally redrawn, and nudity is hidden by adding
a lot of gray and black shadows on entire page. On last page's
last frame is enlarged and first two frames are now inside of
it.
Alternatives, : Similar
to prev. version, except it is in colors and it has different type of
letters (only minor changes in text).
Alternatives, : All
nudism censored from pages 6 and 7.
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Ink!, SidSid Keränen
Appeared first time 23th Sept. 1997. Last modified
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