Two by Voight

While reading through a batch of public domain Golden Age comics scans on my new iPad (which I won in an internet contest -- no foolin'!), I stumbled across a couple of treats -- two more stories drawn by C. A. Voight. I have no idea who drew the cover for 1945's Meteor Comics #1 (shown below) -- and neither does the Grand Comics Database. In fact, the GCD misidentifies the Voight stories as being by George Marcoux, the artist of Supersnipe. I've reported the error, and I hope it's fixed soon.

Teeny McSweeny is a three-page military humor strip, complete with WWII-era racially insensitive portrayal of the Japanese. It's less caricatured than most from that period -- but still a reflection of the times.

Impossible Man is a seven-page story of a regular guy in a world of super-heroes -- long before Supertown, Astro City or the hero-filled world of Unemployed Man. It's also the second Voight story I've posted to feature a splash panel of the hero holding aloft a huge "dumbell" weight -- see Voight's He-Man.

I did some clean-up on the scans -- though some of the off register color was just too much to even attempt to fix.

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Charles Voight's HE-MAN!

The one and only issue of Tally-Ho Comics is best known for the John Giunta/Frank Frazetta feature, Snowman -- a thoroughly nutty piece of work, which can be seen in its entirety at Pappy's Golden Age Comics blog. But the unsung gem in this one-shot from 1944 is this He-Man story drawn by an uncredited C. A. Voight.

Voight had drawn the syndicated strip, Betty, starting in 1920, but left the newspapers for comic books in '43. He died in '47, so there are only a few years worth of comic book work by him. I think his drawing is just great -- and this crazy story is a real treat.

But can anyone explain why our protagonist suddenly becomes a miniature version of himself at bottom of page 5 of this tale? I'm mystified!