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  • Until his dying day (all too soon in 1950), Zuller believed the change came as “my comics outsold Knight’s down at BC! ” While both Zuller and Charles Knight worked for Bulwark Publications, their rivalry and one-upsmanship led to brisk comics sales in both Canada and the States.

    The Codex Continual. Official Website of Steven E. Schend 2009

  • After that, a one-upsmanship game among Northrop’s stable of authors filled the city backstreets with so many dangers it had to be cursed (even though such was not mentioned specifically until 1941).

    The Codex Continual. Official Website of Steven E. Schend 2009

  • After that, a one-upsmanship game among Northrop’s stable of authors filled the city backstreets with so many dangers it had to be cursed (even though such was not mentioned specifically until 1941).

    The Codex Continual. Official Website of Steven E. Schend 2009

  • Until his dying day (all too soon in 1950), Zuller believed the change came as “my comics outsold Knight’s down at BC! ” While both Zuller and Charles Knight worked for Bulwark Publications, their rivalry and one-upsmanship led to brisk comics sales in both Canada and the States.

    The Codex Continual. Official Website of Steven E. Schend 2009

  • Until his dying day (all too soon in 1950), Zuller believed the change came as “my comics outsold Knight’s down at BC! ” While both Zuller and Charles Knight worked for Bulwark Publications, their rivalry and one-upsmanship led to brisk comics sales in both Canada and the States.

    The Codex Continual. Official Website of Steven E. Schend 2009

  • Until his dying day (all too soon in 1950), Zuller believed the change came as “my comics outsold Knight’s down at BC! ” While both Zuller and Charles Knight worked for Bulwark Publications, their rivalry and one-upsmanship led to brisk comics sales in both Canada and the States.

    The Codex Continual. Official Website of Steven E. Schend 2010

  • After that, a one-upsmanship game among Northrop’s stable of authors filled the city backstreets with so many dangers it had to be cursed (even though such was not mentioned specifically until 1941).

    The Codex Continual. Official Website of Steven E. Schend 2010

  • After that, a one-upsmanship game among Northrop’s stable of authors filled the city backstreets with so many dangers it had to be cursed (even though such was not mentioned specifically until 1941).

    The Codex Continual. Official Website of Steven E. Schend 2009

  • Until his dying day (all too soon in 1950), Zuller believed the change came as “my comics outsold Knight’s down at BC! ” While both Zuller and Charles Knight worked for Bulwark Publications, their rivalry and one-upsmanship led to brisk comics sales in both Canada and the States.

    The Codex Continual. Official Website of Steven E. Schend 2009

  • After that, a one-upsmanship game among Northrop’s stable of authors filled the city backstreets with so many dangers it had to be cursed (even though such was not mentioned specifically until 1941).

    The Codex Continual. Official Website of Steven E. Schend 2009

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