Saturday, September 1, 2012

Did You Miss the "Summer of RetroBlogs™" Marathons?

From July 4th thru Labor Day, each RetroBlog™ did a 1-week daily posting...
Here's the listings..
July 9th-13th
True Love Comics Tales
presented a full-length Gothic romance, "Kiss of the Serpent" with evocative art by the late Tony DeZuniga.
Part 1
Part 2
Part 3
Conclusion
Bonus: Gothic Romance Text Story!
July 16th-20th
War: Past, Present and Future
returned to the future...
July 23rd-27th
Crime and Punishment
chilled your blood on those record-hot summer nights...
...with the classic Sherlock Holmes novel (from Classics Illustrated, no less), The Hound of the Baskervilles!
Part 1
Part 2
Part 3
Part 4
Conclusion
July 30th-August 3rd
Secret Sanctum of Captain Video
went to sunny Italy for two sword and sandal sagas...
...with manly art by John Buscema
Part 1
Part 2
Conclusion
and
...with muscular renderings by Reed Crandall and George Evans!
Part 1
Part 2
Conclusion
August 6th-10th
Heroines
presented the never-reprinted, full-length, Jet Dream one-shot comic!
Part 1
Conclusion
 PLUS, the startling saga of a tale told three times with the same art, but featuring three different heroines!
 Tell a Tale Three Times: LADY SATAN in "Wild Night at Wild Acres"
Tell a Tale Three Times: Part 2 "Phantom of Marcos' Villa"
Tell a Tale Three Times: Part 3 "Ghost of Castle Karloff"
August 13-17th
Hero Histories
presented the complete, never-reprinted first issue of...
...the "NOW" biker hero co-created by Gary Friedrich (who also co-created the 1970s Ghost Rider for Marvel!)
Introducing the Hell-Rider
Introducing the Hell-Rider (Continued)
ButterFly Part 1
ButterFly Part 2
Introducing the Wild Bunch
Final Chapter
How...Why...Hell-Rider!
August 20th-24th
Seduction of the Innocent
freaked you out with pre-Code horror, most of it never-reprinted!
"Dinosaur in Grandfather's Barn"
"Slasher"
"Absent-Minded Professor"
"Meet Me in the Tomb"
 "Gravestone for Gratis"
and finally...
August 27th-31st
Western Comics Adventures
featured a week of Masked Heroes, including a few we've never presented before!
BLACK BULL "Bullets at Salt Lick" (First Appearance)
PRESTO KID "Floating Renegade" (Final Appearance)
MASKED MARSHAL "Introducing the Masked Marshal" (First [and only] Appearance)
MASKED RANGER "Valley of Dead Men" (First Appearance)
ORIGINAL GHOST RIDER "He Who Laughs" (Final Appearance)
We hope you've enjoyed these tales as much as we enjoyed posting them!
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