Space Force Saturdays SPEED CARTER: SPACEMAN "and the Pirate Planet!"

 The 1950s, when heroic astronauts fought for Truth, Justice, and the American Way in outer space...

...as seen in this premiere tale from Speed Carter: SpaceMan #1 (1953), the series' premiere issue!

Written by Hank Chapman, illustrated by Joe Maneely.
Maneely was Stan Lee's go-to artist during the early 1950s with the ability to handle any and every genre with equal speed and versatility.
Unfortunately, he was killed in a commuter train accident in mid-1958 at the age of 32.
Had he lived, Joe would probably have been one of the creative mainstays, along with Jack Kirby, Steve Ditko, and Don Heck in Marvel Comics' ascendancy in the Silver Age.
Speed Carter: Spaceman was Atlas Comics' second try at an ongoing space opera series when a short-lived Space Squadron comic bit the dust after six issues!

You'll see that series' premiere here next week!

Speed fared no better, logging a half-dozen editions before disappearing into the infinite, but we'll be presenting his never-reprinted tales right here!

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Friday Fun / Trump Reading Room LOOIE LAZYBONES "Bride fer Kissing Tim!"

Let's look in on the role model of Don da Con's deplorables...

...(except for his honesty, integrity, and chivalry) in this never-reprinted tale from Nedor's Thrilling Comics #71 (1949).

Created in 1943, Looie Lazybones floated around the Nedor Comics line as a "filler" strip until settling down in Thrilling Comics as of #56 (1946).

Young up-and-comer Frank Frazetta took over the art in #67 (1948) bringing it amazingly-close to the visual style of the strip's "inspiration", Al Capp's Li'l Abner, which had already become a media sensation, with a radio show, feature film, and tons of merchandising (including a solo comic about Abner, an anthology about Dogpatch, a title dedicated to Wolf Girl, and a book about the Shmoos)!

Frazetta's Looie was so close, in fact, that Capp hired him to "ghost" Li'l Abner in 1954!

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Reading Room WORLD OF FANTASY "Brain Destroyer!"

This title reminded me of Donald Trump...

...even though the story itself has nothing to connect it to the Republicans' hilarious President but the title!

No matter whether you agree for my reason for running the story, it's still a long-lost, never-reprinted tale from Atlas' World of Fantasy #19 (1959) you probably would never have seen otherwise.
Plotted by Stan Lee, written by Larry Lieber, and illustrated by Carl Burgos, it's typical of the sort of stuff Atlas was running as it transitioned into what we would know as Marvel only a couple of years later.

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Wednesday Worlds of Wonder HARSH REALM "Crucible" Conclusion

When Last We Left Our Cyber-Protagonists...

,,,Detective Dexter Green, thrust into the virtual world of "Harsh Realm", has found the person he seeks, Dan Crawford...who has apparently been driven insane after acquiring almost unlimited power!
Now, Dan has sent his personal "Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse" to intercept Dexter and his allies...

And it is here our re-telling comes to an end.
Due to lack of audience response, we're cancelling Harsh Realm.
Next Week, Hunt Bowman and the Lost World return for an extended run.
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Before Trump's Space Force... PERIMETER PATROL SERVICE "Mission to Malooka"

For our final Perimeter Patrol Service tale...

...we present their first story!

This never-reprinted story from Ziff-Davis' Amazing Adventures #5 (1952) is a superb example of pulp/comic space opera of the era with all the classic elements:
Square-jawed heroes.
Rockets & ray-guns.
Literal bug-eyed monsters!

No scantly-clad women, but the other Perimneter Patrol Service sagas have them.

BTW, this premiere is illustrated by Murphy Anderson, who had just finished his first run on the Buck Rogers newspaper strip.

He would later specialize doing sci-fi/fantasy at DC Comics, including Hawkman, Adam Strange, and Superman!

Note: as of this week, we're re-making Saturdays into "Space Force Saturday", re-presenting tales of various military and law-enforcement organizations, most of them never-reprinted!
Don't miss them!

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Monday Madness VIDEO JACK "Pilot Error" Conclusion

We Have Already Seen...

...it's the 1980s and Jack, the ultimate pop-culture nerd, is about to interact with tv in a way he never expected...

Before that, we want to let you know that we'd be happy to continue the funky adventures of Video Jack--if you tell us you want it!

So let us know by Saturday night, because we'll be preparing the next installment of Monday Madness on Sunday!

Update: If you came here earlier, you may have noticed there wasn't a link to the previous chapter, nor a synopsis.

That's because Blogger's altering of the creation interface caused serious glitches, and after almost two hours, I finally got the images uploaded and clicked "post" not realizing I still hadn't done those items!
My bad.😡

Plotted and penciled by Keith Giffen, scripted by Cary Bates, and inked by Dave Hunt, the never-reprinted Epic's Video Jack #1 (1987) is truly a product of its' time!

Note that, unlike today, pop-culture aficionados were scorned as geeks and nerds (What a great name for a movie or tv series!) and considered social outcasts!

How times have changed...

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