Your narrator, the Leader
The Leader attended one of his favorite shows of the year, the Williamsburg Nostalgia Fest in Williamsburg, Virginia 10 - 12 November 2021. He was anxious to see his favorite comic book dealer Gene Carpenter whom he hadn't seen since early 2020 at a small show in VA Comicon promoter Brett Carreras's warehouse in the forsaken wilds of Goochland, Virginia. Before that show the Leader had not seen Gene or the Leader's traveling companions Jim Frost and Richard Delmer since the Williamsburg Nostalgia Fest from November 2019. The Leader was also pleased to see his friends C.P. Lockhart and his partner Sam Austill and other memorabalia dealers who usually attend this show -Bubba Williams, Leon Vincent and Martin Grams, Jr.
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Friday 12 November 2021
Richard Delmer and Gene Carpenter
One of the Leader's traveling companions Richard Delmer of Deltaville, Virginia bantering with the Leader's favorite comic book dealer Gene Carpenter.
Jim Frost, Gene Carpenter, Lewis Forro, Richard Delmer
These four Virginia comic book dealers and collectors have been friends for at least 28 years.
Gary Williams
I see Gary "Bubba" Williams at this show every year. He is an expert leather craftsmen and makes most of the gun belts and holsters seen here. I don't know if he makes or buys his Colt pistol replicas. I also call Bubba the Marshall of Williamsburg since he's always bristling with 19th Century weaponry. If you want to shoot it out with the Marshall, bring plenty of ammunition.
Gary Williams
Bubba Williams posing with one of his Bowie knives and a model of the largest and most feared tank in World War II, the German King Tiger tank! You don't expect the Marshall of Williamsburg to play with Barbie dolls do you?
Jim Gaylen
Western memorabilia dealer Jim Gaylen also attends this show each year. I had a Captain Action action figure from 1967 when I was a kid. The different costumes that were available then were Spider-Man, the Phantom, Captain America and Flash Gordon. More costumed characters were added later like these Lone Ranger and Tonto boxed figures. I also liked Mr. Gaylen's Gone With The Wind movie collector plates depicting Scarlett O'Hara and Rhett Butler.
Mike Turco, Tom Crawford, Jim Miller, Henry Kane, Ed Pippin
These celestial looking gentlemen are all members of the Solar Guard. The Guard members all collect or enjoy watching 1950s television science fiction shows like Space Patrol and Tom Corbett Space Cadet. Cadet Miller is holding a copy of his 2019 science fiction novel Solar Patrol. Cadet Pippin is showing off an image of his copy of the pulp magazine Astounding Science Fiction, March 1941 with a cover story by Robert A. Heinlein. I suspect that if you gave these engineers and former Air Force officers enough money they could build you a rocket ship or flying saucer that could go anywhere in our solar system.
Henry Kane
Solar Guard member Henry Kane formerly of the U.S. Air Force holding a model of an Air Force delta wing aircraft from the 1950s but I forgot to ask him which one.
Gene Carpenter
It's late Friday afternoon and the crowds have subsided; so Gene finally had time to pose for me with some examples of his 1950s "romance" comic books all of which have a spicy or lurid flavor which many people don't associate with the conservative Eisenhower era of the 1950s. The Teen-Age Temptations has a cover by famous artist Matt Baker. The Popular Romance has a photo cover of Donna Reed and Montgomery Clift from the movie From Here To Eternity. I've had a good dose of Gene Carpenter for the last three days and I won't have long to wait to get my next Carpenter fix when I see him and Jim Frost and Richard Delmer again at the VA Comicon in Richmond, Virginia 20 November. After that show I probably won't see Gene, Jim or Richard again until the Williamsburg Nostalgia Fest in March 2022.
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