Ink Stains 190: FOOM 9

FOOM 9: March 1975
Publisher/editor: Marvel Comics/Scott Edelman

Hi, everyone, and welcome to another unhinged installment of Ink Stains and imagine my inthusiasm, inknuts! This time out covers another issue of the Marvel house "fanzine," FOOM, specifically issue 9. Much Byrne to be had, which you will see! The unfortunate thing is, much of the artwork is not signed, so I am guessing at the artists (though Duffy Vohland is the common thread and usually the inker, as he brought much of the art into the mag). See the image below, to start.

possibly Byrne and Vohland, maybe Paty

The first article, Ride the Wild Cosmos, explores Galactus and his herald, The Silver Surfer, and features the illo above as well as the Paty (I think) illustration below.

Continuing in the galactic theme, Stern's next article focuses on Captain Marvel, and starts with the nice Don Maitz/Vohland illustration below (I am guessing the production department added all the color). There is also a clean Gil Kane (inked possibly by Dan Adkins) that you can see in the pdf.

Never one to resist milking a theme, FOOM continues with a piece featuring The Watcher, accompanied by some John Byrne work seen below.

....and the milking is not done! Him/Warlock is the start of the next article (Man is the Father to Him), this time written by Duffy Vohland, and featuring a stylish Stephen Fabian/Vohland illustration (eyes down);

Various house articles follows, including a Marv Wolfman Wakanda piece, The 1974 Irving Awards ballot, the letters column, and the Department of Infoomation (with what looks like a Dave Cockrum sketch). Humorist Charley Parker (not that one) follows with Doctor Foom Meets the Mud-Thing, seen the opposite of above.

Lastly we are gifted a parody Kung Fu cover by Byrne, his slick style already in evidence. 

OK, folks, that is about it for this installment of Ink Stains! Remember, you can see it all in the pdf! Sorry for the shortness of my text this time, I am catching up from a convention. Or maybe you should say thank you?

Ken Meyer Jr.
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