Get the best deals on flaming carrot when you shop the largest online selection at. Flaming carrot, a magnificent creation of the legendary man known as bob burden is best renown for his solo series, flaming carrot comics which. Etsy is the home to thousands of handmade, vintage, and oneofakind products and gifts related to your search. Flaming carrot is a super hero created by bob burden. Scroll down to add issues to your want list and well email you when they arrive. Inside is what looks like a 9 foottall werewolf clad in a jumpsuit and boots. As indie comics go, the flaming carrot was very popular in its day. He is never seen without his mask, which is a sixfoot replica of a carrot with live. Flaming carrot is a nonpowered, bluecollar superhero headquartered in palookaville, a section of iron city. The only copy we have encountered is signed on the back cover by creator bob burden.
Flaming carrot is a series by aardvarkvanaheim inc. Welcome to the first volume of the collected flaming carrot comics, man of mystery. Please fill out the following form to report an issue missing from the database. Find the value of the dark horse comic flaming carrot comics volume 1. Furious, screwball, bondoman, and jumpin jehoshaphat. Population statistics grade universal signature series restored qualified total. Bob burden 1993 rare original promo copy from 1983.
Starring mike manster, ted heeley, bev milnes, and pat lannon as the carrot. Superheroes are a dime a dozen and the best of the best and the most popular seem to come from marvel or dc comics. This is the first volume in a new flaming carrot series by bob burden, not a reprint of the original volume one. Check out a comic book series that for many years most people believed to be nothing more than a ridiculous legend or an amusing joke. Mysteries abound in this volume containing the first three issues of the flaming carrot. Flaming carrot can be seen as a parody of various aspects of the superhero genre though his origin story is much the same as that of don quixote. The surrealistic world of the flaming carrot by bob burden. Like dick tracy, he has a colorful rogues gallery of absurd villains. Of course like all good things, things wouldnt last and after a five issue run the title was given to renegade flaming carrot comics and despite that. Start this article has been rated as startclass on the projects quality scale. More lost footage from the mid80s flaming carrot serial that never was. Hes a guy who read so many comics that he decided to be a superhero. The name he used before assuming the carrot persona is unknown except to his creator, cartoonist bob burden.
Like the punisher, he is willing to just shoot the bad guys. If you like to participate, you can help with the current tasks, visit the notice board, edit the attached article or discuss it at the projects talk page. I love flaming carrot, but this is kind of a terrible web site. Hey guys, i picked up a few flaming carrot comics at a thrift shop in hollywood this week. All item images are used solely for identification purposes. It was one of those books you would always hear about in wizard magazine, something cool you may have never seen if you were a teenager who mostly read xmen. Flaming carrot comics is a comic book series by cartoonist bob burden.
Man of mystery, which is out of print and much harder to find. Flaming carrot, a magnificent creation of the legendary man known as bob burden is best renown for his solo series, flaming carrot comics which was first published by aardvarkvanaheim. And back again at the ruins, flaming carrots team finds a huge pod with a glass lid. So this is a book that comic fans who never read it at the time may be inclined to check out now. What is your flaming carrot comics comic book worth. But the real launch of the character took place when dave sim of aardvark vanaheim decided to hire burden, launching flaming carrot. Flaming carrot comics 1984 comic read flaming carrot. The flaming carrot origin states that having read 5,000 comics in a single sitting to win a bet, this poor man suffered brain damage and appeared directly thereafter asthe flaming carrot. If this is incorrect, please update your payment information. The monster chucks flaming carrot, the zekes and the shoveler out a window and into the sea. The print history page is incomplete and not in chronological order. Comic book covers comic books art book art brochure cover nuclear power bilal got him book publishing childrens books. Having been challenged to read 5,000 comics at one time on a bet, the unknown man suffered brain damage and immediately appeared afterwards as the flaming carrot. Fearless umpire killers, the threepart flaming carrot teenage mutant ninja turtles crossover concludes.
Summer nights, waterballoon fights, young girls in ragged cutoffs, a good band tonight on carnival island, and a walk along the great midway starts out this wild story of an impending alien invasion during flaming carrots summer vacation in smallville. Flaming carrot comics renegade press 1985 eht comics. Flaming carrot comics comic books 1984 series all regular issues are out of stock. The flaming carrot made his first appearance in a small comic called visions which was published by a convention called the atlanta fantasy fair in 1979. Among the members of the mysterymen, the carrots superhero friends, are the shoveler, mr. Free shipping on many items browse your favorite brands. I havent read enough flaming carrot comics to know who half these mysterymen are, though most of the members featured in the movie are accounted for here just missing the bowler, blue raja and invisible boy, i think. The carrot, who lives in palookaville, a neighborhood of iron city, has staved off at least three alien invasions, a communist take over of iron. Ignoring their better judgment, they open the pod and release the werewolf.
This article is within the scope of wikiproject comics, a collaborative effort to build an encyclopedic guide to comics on wikipedia. In the early 80s the independent comics movement was in full swing. Please only report missing issues after attempting a thorough search, and do not submit false information. Many companies like pacific, first and eclipse were giving the best comic creators, like kirby, ditko and starlin, a chance at complete creative freedom and a slice of the profits. Everything you need to know about flaming carrot comics. All portions of the grand comics database, except where noted otherwise, are ed by the gcd and are licensed under a creative commons attributionsharealike 4. Its night in sleepy mill city, but the streets are anything but quiet as the flaming carrot and his newfound pals the teenage mutant ninja turtles take on a legion of renegade umpires. The eisner awardwinning, surreal superhero series the flaming carrot, returns with a new omnibus collection. The flaming carrot lovingly satirized the superhero comics genre that we all knew and loved. With his atomic pogo stick and assortment of comely female companions, he seeks adventure in those hard to. Flaming carrot also appeared in the war of the independents. No matter what youre looking for or where you are in the world, our global marketplace of sellers can help you find unique and affordable options. The flaming carrot by bob burden, wherever evil may roost.