Talk:Marmaduke Surfaceblow

I went to the Seattle Public Library and looked up the stories in POWER Magazine for every issue in 1949 through 1951, and 1960, and there's nothing there. I greatly enjoy the Glencannon Stories by Guy Gilpatric. Marmaduke Surfaceblow stories on the other hand are completely bogus and fake. The 'links' to a ISBN number are bogus as well, as is the 'cover art' for the purported book found on Amazon.com. I don't know how these things get started or why people make stuff up. This character, Marmaduke Surfaceblow, and his purported author, Steve Elonka, do not exist. Steam Vapor (talk) 02:27, 29 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

My father, a mechanical engineer (and former ship's engineer) subscribed to Power and was a personal friend of Steve Elonka, whom I have met. I used to read the Marmaduke Surfaceblow stories every month. My father once suggested a topic for a story, and not only did Elonka use it, he put my father's name in it. "Steam Vapor" is blowing smoke. JHobson2 (talk) 11:24, 7 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I have recently found another reference to Marmaduke Surfaceblow online, also referencing his daughter Marnie. The link can be found here: https://www.powermag.com/category/marmaduke/

My previous comment stands, that I looked up the stories in POWER Magazine in the Seattle Public Library for every issue in 1949 through 1951, and 1960, and there's nothing there. 2601:601:480:22C0:44FA:28DA:98B6:F4AC (talk) 21:08, 12 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]