Reading Room SPACE ACTION "Dictator of Japetus"

It appears that, even in the future, Mankind will still have dictators!

Personally, I've never seen the appeal of someone, who wasn't elected by the majority of the populace, arbitrarily-deciding matters for us!

Penciled by then-up-and-comer Mike Sekowsky, this tale from Ace's Space Action #3 (1952) is typical space opera of the period with a little political intrigue thrown in, and reads better than most of the other stories that ran in Space Action.

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Marvel Masterworks

Tales of Suspense

Volume 1
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Wednesday Worlds of Wonder ATTACK ON PLANET MARS "Chapter 2: Princess of the Electronized Tower"

When Last We Left Our Tyrant...

Art by Gene Fawcette

In the year 2430, Tarrano, an Earthman, has seized control of both the planet Venus and its' outpost on Earth, Venia.

At that outpost, the tyrant has kidnapped Elza and Georg, children of the recently-murdered scientist, Dr Brende, along with reporter Jac Hallen.

Tarrano's agents have assassinated all the national leaders of Earth, leaving the various countries' governments in a state of confusion.

Meanwhile, back in Venia...

"Here goes"...what?

Can the trio defeat an entire city?

Be Here Next Wednesday to Find Out!

Based on the novel Tarrano the Conqueror by Ray Cummings, this chapter of the 1951 comic adaptation was penciled by Carmine Infantino and inked by Vince Alascia.

Sadly, the writer of the adaptation is unknown.

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Tarrano the Conquerer

by Ray Cummings
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(Day Before) Veterans' Day Special: Comic Books Played a Major Part...

...in shaping the public's impression of our troops during World War II!

Tribute to the Navy Air Corps

featuring F6F Hellcat fighters.

Issue #11

Tribute to the Army Air Force

featuring B-24 Liberator heavy bombers.

Issue #10

Tribute to the Marine Air Corps

featuring F4U Corsair fighters.

Issue #9

Among the classiest were these three beautiful covers for Aviation  Press' Contact Comics.

Spectacular, intense, eye-catching color highlights these poster-style illustrations by artist LB Cole.

Each one paid honor to the aviation division of one of the three armed forces branches.

(The Air Force as a separate branch of the military didn't come about until after WWII, though the other services' aviation divisions still operate!)

Who sez comics ain't educational?

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World of L.B. Cole

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Monday Mecha Madness ALARMING TALES "I Want to Be a Man!"

Following up on a kool guest-post about artificial intelligence...

...is this little tale about an AI who aspires to be more than mere machine!

Written and penciled by Jack (King) Kirby and inked by Kirby with Simon & Kirby Studios partner Joe Simon, this story from Harvey's Alarming Tales #2 (1957), this short feature would be quite different if done today, since miniaturization would enable David to put FABIAC in a human-sized form with close-to-human features...as Kirby himself did with X-51 aka Aaron Stack aka Mr Machine aka Machine Man 20 years later!

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Start Your Thanksgiving Feasting EARLY with Our Turkey Dinner...

Every Year, the RetroBlogs Run What We Charitably-Call...

...a "Thanksgiving Turkey"!

It's a comic, graphic novel or mini-series that's so unbelievably-bad, we can't believe it was actually published!

We're talking The Worst of the Worst.

Stories and/or art that are so awful, so inane, they're not even shown on the 'Net, just talked-about in embarrassed whispers!
In fact, they're so bad they've likely never been reprinted, and probably never will be!
Who has won the title this year, and which blog has the misfortune of hosting it?
To answer the second part first, the Thanksgiving Turkey will appear on Seduction of the Innocent!!
As for the first part...this year it's a three-way tie!

Preeesenting the three related books that truly define "turkey"...and not in a good way...
The Silver Age Dell Comics Monster SuperHeroes!

Frankenstein

Dracula

WereWolf

Apparently Universal Studios wasn't enthusiastic about Dell's plans and, while they couldn't stop Dell from using the names Dracula and Frankenstein (which were derived from public domain literature) thus continuing the books' numbering from the movie adaptation issues with #2 issues, they made sure the superheroes didn't use actors' likenesses or the unique makeup designs from the movies!
They did put their legal foot down (as it were) when it came to Wolf Man, which the studio had trademarked, so Dell had to start their WereWolf comic from #1, and avoid any of the story or makeup elements created specifically for the movies!
There's more, and you can begin your intellectual indigestion on Monday at Seduction of the Innocent!! with the first chapter of Frankenstein!

Bring your Pepto or bicarbonate of soda...you're gonna need it!