A New World

Another find from the great 10 cent comic book garage sale is this copy of "Hal Lindsey's There's a New World Coming".  It's the comic book telling of the Book of Revelations, just right for terrifying kids into religion. Authored by Christian evangelist Lindsey and illustrated by former Marvel and Archie artist Al Hartley, it was published in 1973 by Spire Christian Comics, a publishing company started by Hartley.  Spire also licensed the rights to the Archie characters for other Christian-based comics.  Hartley did art for Marvel's sister company's men's magazine "The Adventures of Pussycat". Although he gave up the work after becoming a born again Christian in 1967, his "Good Girl" style of comic art is evident throughout this comic.

It's Got a Beat and I Can Pray to It

For the last few days, all eyes (okay, not all but a lot of eyes) have been on Rome and the Vatican.  And when the smoke cleared (literally) today, we Catholics had a new leader.  It seems like an appropriate time to profile the flexi-disc I found at an estate sale about a month ago.  Entitled, "The Voice of the Holy Father", it's a recording of Pope Pius XII made in 1949.

 

It's double-sided.

A digitally cleaned version of side 1 can be heard here.  Strangely, the announcer speaks longer than the Pope actually does.

A less than stellar recording of side 2 can be heard here.  Side 2 suffered from warping more so than side 1, so some skipping occurs.  I also didn't apply a filter to that side. Hey, it was late and I was getting tired.