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    Simply Weird: The (Fake) History of Weird Comics Incorporated, a (Fake) Comic Book Company
    Simply Weird: The (Fake) History of Weird Comics Incorporated, a (Fake) Comic Book Company
    Simply Weird: The (Fake) History of Weird Comics Incorporated, a (Fake) Comic Book Company
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    Simply Weird: The (Fake) History of Weird Comics Incorporated, a (Fake) Comic Book Company

    By William Robert Webb III

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    Weirc Comic Incorporated (AKA WCI) is known for its odd characters such as Koltar The Mighty Immortal, The Crimson Protector, Moonchild, Captain Saltire and Claws Son of Santa. You could find out how such characters were created and about the lives of their creators...well you could if WCI actually existed. In reality William Robert Webb III has created a fictional hisory for a comic book company that never was. Here you can read about this completely made up yet fascinating company. At first the book Simply Weird: The (fake) History of Weird Comics Incorporated, a (fake) Comic Book Company will make you ask why was this written and then by the time you finish reading it you won't care.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherAuthorHouse
    Release dateSep 25, 2012
    ISBN9781463429409
    Simply Weird: The (Fake) History of Weird Comics Incorporated, a (Fake) Comic Book Company
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    William Robert Webb III

    William Robert Webb III was born on Friday the 13th in the month of June in the year 1986. He has always had an interest in writing. Webb has also worked in film, recently working as a Camera Operator and Actor on the Horror movie PMS Cop.He currently resides in Springfield, Missouri and is friends with Missouri artist Ian Cambpell who Illustrated the cover to this book.

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      Simply Weird - William Robert Webb III

      © 2012 by WILLIAM ROBERT WEBB III. All rights reserved.

      No part of this book may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted by any means without the written permission of the author.

      Published by AuthorHouse 09/17/2012

      ISBN: 978-1-4634-2942-3 (sc)

      ISBN: 978-1-4634-2941-6 (hc)

      ISBN: 978-1-4634-2940-9 (e)

      Library of Congress Control Number: 2011911674

      Any people depicted in stock imagery provided by Thinkstock are models, and such images are being used for illustrative purposes only.

      Certain stock imagery © Thinkstock.

      Because of the dynamic nature of the Internet, any web addresses or links contained in this book may have changed since publication and may no longer be valid. The views expressed in this work are solely those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of the publisher, and the publisher hereby disclaims any responsibility for them.

      Contents

      Chapter 1 Pulps and the precursors to the peculiar history of Weird Comics Inc.

      Chapter 2 The Birth of Weird Comics Inc. and its rise to prominence

      Chapter 3 WCI survives being at the brink and then feels the Wrath of Wertham and the comic code and then Rises from the Ashes

      Chapter 4 Superheroes come back in style at WCI

      Chapter 5 Always Expanding and Always Reshuffling, Always

      Chapter 6 The Big Ole’ Eighties

      Chapter 7 On its last legs and beyond

      Chapter Notes on Interviews

      Review of the Book by Reginald Summerset III

      Author’s reaction to Reginald Summerset III’s Review

      Reginald Summerset III’s reaction to Mr. Webb’s Reaction

      Mr. Webb’s Last Reaction

      For My Mother

      Barbara Ann Webb

      Who supported my interest in comics as a child and felt that reading (even if it were comics) was a very good way to spend my time as a child. Without her support of my love of comics I doubt this book would exist at all.

      Also for My Father

      William Robert Webb II AKA Bill Webb

      For being a good dad and for his sense of humor.

      And Most of all For My Late Grandmother

      Edith Louise Zimmerly

      The most caring, loving and generous person I have ever met. She was a Talented Poet who in her time was instrumental in fostering my creativity and giving me the push I needed as a writer.

      DISCLAIMER:

      The following despite being written like a

      nonfiction book is completely fictional. Also while

      this book does mention some actual people and

      historical events this book is completely fictional.

      Trust me this is not real! Not at all!

      . . . again this is completely fictional.

      Chapter 1

      Pulps and the precursors to the peculiar history of Weird Comics Inc.

      eird Comics Inc. has a fairly peculiar history and its beginnings come from an odd series of events. To truly appreciate its formation one must look at a time before its creation/formation. One must look back at the career of Waldo Richard Winecrest II, whose publishing company Industrial Pulps was the parent company of Weird Comics Incorporated.

      Waldo was born in London, England and not much else is known about his life before moving to the United States. Even family Members didn’t really know when he was even born. Waldo Richards Winecrest IV (or Dicky Winecrest as he is most commonly known as) once said to me that he had, asked my father when my grandfather was born. He then shrugged and told me he had no clue. Obviously I was pretty shocked to hear that.

      The only bit of information that is known about Waldo is that during his years in London he worked at a company that published Penny Dreadfuls. It is said that Waldo wanted a change of scenery and wanted to jump into the blossoming American Pulp Market. So according to Elis Island records Waldo reached America’s shores on the date of June 2nd 1924.

      Some of Waldo’s early dealings in New York are as much in the shadows as his days in London. Seemingly overnight Waldo formed Industrial Pulps which happened to published several pulp magazines in several genres. There were such titles as the Hard Boiled magazine Private Dicks, the Science Fiction magazine Tales of Uranus and a horror magazine The Gapping Horror just to name a few.

      Many happened to be puzzled with the fact that Winecrest a British immigrant could make such a quick and swift ascent into the business of Pulp magazines. This has led to much speculation and rumors. Many (then and now) hypothesized that the mob may have had some involvement with helping Waldo get the money needed to quickly expand Industrial Pulps. The thing though is that there is no solid evidence either way.

      Dicky Winecrest’s own take is that his grandfather must have, gotten some money through an inheritance or something. I really doubt my grandfather was involved with the mob.

      Never the less Waldo was riding high off of the success of Industrial Pulps and was seen as a very eligible bachelor at the time. He became legendary for his womanizing but he would soon settle down and leave his tomcat days behind him focusing mostly on business.

      On July 7th 1925 Waldo would become a family man when he married a woman named Jane Dodson whom he had met through mutual friends. Their first and only child was born on January 14th 1926 named Waldo Richard Winecrest III (who was referred to as Richard by everyone he had known except Waldo). Waldo was somewhat disappointed in Richard as a son to say the least. Waldo would often refer to Richard as That Git.

      Commenting on the relationship between his father and grandfather Dicky Winecrest has said, "Sadly my Grandfather saw my father as some sort of disappointment. I never understood why and neither did my father. It was just a very bizarre relationship.

      "My Grandfather once said that his disappointment in my father led to him deciding to not have any other children because of how much a disappointment my father was to him.

      "I guess the fact my dad wasn’t an athletic type of person didn’t help since my Grandfather did want an athletic son. It also didn’t help that my father would misunderstand some of the British colloquialisms that my Grandfather would use.

      Besides that there was also the fact that my father was an eccentric child who grew up into a very eccentric man. Now that I think about it those are probably some of the reasons my Grandfather was disappointed. Still those are pretty stupid reasons to hate your own son.

      A few of the eccentricities that Richard would express during his childhood included (but not limited to) running around the house wearing his mother’s bonnet, pacing in his room in a circle for hours while talking to himself and the fact that he demanded that cheese not be in his presence.

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