Comments on: Fabulous Find: Norgil the Magician books

By: Greg Turner

Greg Turner — Sat, 22 Aug 2020 02:41:15 +0000

Thanks Joe, glad you enjoyed my post. I knew of their friendship, but had no real information regarding it, so I didn’t write about it. Appreciate your update/comments!

By: Joe Pearson

Joe Pearson — Mon, 03 Aug 2020 14:23:12 +0000

Gibson and Steranko were seemingly fairly close, or at least as close as one can get to someone 40 years older (or younger, depending on your perspective). Steranko certainly knew him and interviewed him in depth for “The Bloody Pulps” chapter of the History of Comics. And of course, they were both magicians. According to Steranko, it was Gibson who invited him to paint the covers of the Shadow paperbacks.

Enjoyed the post.

By: Greg Turner

Greg Turner — Thu, 01 Feb 2018 23:14:30 +0000

In reply to Ronald G Simmons. Hey, Ron! Thanks for your research. You know me to be a complistist, so I'll definitely be looking for those other Norgil stories! I bought these two books for the Steranko covers, but did enjoy the stories contain within, as a bonus! - greg

By: Ronald G Simmons

Ronald G Simmons — Tue, 30 Jan 2018 01:58:53 +0000

Greg:

From what I could find online, there were 23 short stories about Norgil, including The Blue Pearls. There was a book entitles “Lost Treasures from the Pulps” #43 that had all 23 stories, totaling a little over 400 pages. Also, there was the third Norgil volume, “Illusions”, that may have the last seven
tales. Of course, The Blue Pearls could have also had the last seven, too. Hope this helps.

Ron Simmons