Hallowe’en Countdown VIII, Day 2

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« If he’s straightened out that overbite, I’ll kill him. » — Benjamin Franklin ‘Hawkeye’ Pierce

Like Hawkeye Pierce, Bob Oksner (1916-2007) was a gentleman who appreciated a cute overbite.

Here’s a seasonal Mary Marvel solo tale that originally saw print in the thirteenth issue of DC’s Shazam!, back in 1974. It was scripted by the erudite Edward Nelson Bridwell (1931-1987).

I can’t help but believe that Mr. Oksner might have modeled his Mary Marvel after model-actress and air harpsichordist Susan Dey. The flaw in that theory is that his girls had always looked like her — so it’s more of a case of Susan looking like an Oksner girl than the other way around.

« I fell in love with Laurie
on the Partridge Family
Yeah I stay up watching 70’s TV
And I get off on 70’s TV » — John Easdale / Dramarama

This is Shazam! no. 13 (Jul.-Aug. 1974, DC). Cover art by Mr. Oksner.

-RG

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