Saturday, May 13, 2023

Space Hero Saturdays JET POWERS "InterPlanetary War"

Like any respectable Space Hero, Magazine Enterprises' Jet Powers visited Mars...
...and ran right into the middle of an interplanetary war...but one that, for a change, didn't involve Earth!
But, the Queen doesn't realize a danger threatening not only Mars, but Earth as well, lurks within her own court...in a sequel tale to this one by writer Gardner Fox and artist Bob Powell from ME's Jet Powers #3 (1951)!
Jet Powers was a typical all-American scientist/pilot/adventurer who fought foes of democracy on Earth, in space, and even other dimensions!
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Friday, May 12, 2023

Friday Fun ROWAN & MARTIN'S LAUGH IN "Five Year Plan for the Moon" & "...as Used by Our Astronaughts in Space!"

Though largely-forgotten today...
Wraparound cover of #12
Artist Unknown
...this 1960s comedy-variety TV series was ground-breaking in a number of ways.
Besides the show's anti-Establishment content, which was always a source of contention with NBC network censors, it had an amazing amount of tie-in merchandise...including a MAD-style magazine!
In 1969, with the first Moon landing about to occur, the mag took a couple of looks at the space program...
...and...
By the time these features appeared in the final issue of Laufer Publishing's Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In (#12 in 1969), the use of images of the actual performers from the show had been reduced to the cover and a couple of one-pagers based on long-running gags like the "Flying Fickle Finger of Fate Award".
Laufer Publishing was best-known for the legendary 1960s-70s teen magazine Tiger Beat!,...
...which continues to this day as a website, though not a print magazine!

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Thursday, May 11, 2023

Kirby Reading Room SECRET CITY SAGA "When Titans Trash!" Conclusion

Cover penciled by Steve Ditko and inked by John Byrne
Still unable to communicate with Chicagoans who can't speak their long-dead language, our heroic Ninth Men are about to be incarcerated by the police when a Gazaran teenager (who came out of suspended animation before either the benevolent or malevolent Gazarans were revived) enters the scene...
And we're only halfway through this mini-series!
To Be Continued...
Next Tuesday!

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retelling of elements of the Secret City Saga which also combines other Kirby projects like Galaxy GreenCaptain Victory and Silver Star!

Wednesday, May 10, 2023

Wednesday Worlds of Wonder MONKEY PLANET Part 2

Cover of 1st British hardcover edition
The diary of Ulysse Merou, journalist with an interstellar expedition from Earth, is found floating in space by other astronauts.
It recounts how the team landed on a planet in the Betelgeuse system discovering both primitive humans and a society of intelligent apes utilizing technology equal to late 20th Century Earth!
Captured by the simians, who don't realize he's not one of their primitive humans, Merou is taken to a major metropolis...
To be concluded...
...Next Wednesday!
Written and illustrated by Ernő Zórád, this 1981 Hungarian one-shot adaptation of the original French novel by Pierre Boule has never been officially-published in English.
But, thanks to the fine work of Kyriee (Scans), Swatura Od (translation) and Avoros (scripting), we're finally able to understand this tale in English.
Thanks, guys.
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The novel (Monkey Planet) that the movie (and the graphic novel) were based upon!
There was never a novelization of the movie itself!

Tuesday, May 9, 2023

Kirby Reading Room SECRET CITY SAGA "When Titans Trash!" Part 1

We Rejoin the Ninth Men...

...wait, we're starting with a flashback...specifically to THIS scene?
OK, let's go to a recap...
Now, that clears it up, right?
Even if it doesn't, just go with it...
We'll Find Out What That is...
Thursday!

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retelling of elements of the Secret City Saga which also combines other Kirby projects like Galaxy GreenCaptain Victory and Silver Star!