Saturday, April 5, 2025

Space-Hero Saturdays CAPTAIN MIDNIGHT "...Battles the Ice Age"

Though World War II was Over, Captain Midnight Continued Protecting People...

...no matter where they were...including Outer Space!






Remember this story was written in 1948 for kids.
The average adult, much less a child, knew little about nuclear radiation.
All the typical reader understood about atomic bombs was their sheer destructive power and that they generated incredible heat!
(Somewhat) instructional films like Duck & Cover...
...were still several years in the future!
Without an ongoing foe, the "Sentinel of the Spaceways" had a series of one-shot adventures involving alien races, and Earth colonies on other worlds, as shown in this story illustrated by Leonard Frank from Fawcett's Captain Midnight #59 (1948)!

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Friday, April 4, 2025

Friday Holiday Fun OSWALD THE RABBIT "Prehistoric Egg" Conclusion

We Have Already Seen...

...actually, we haven't see this yet...but we're about to, as Doc Weskit is called upon by a couple of Amazons to help stop a civil war!











All together now...
IT WAS JUST A DREAM!
Written by John Stanley, illustrated by Dan Gormley, it didn't make a whole lot of sense!
But, you can't deny it was fun!

Thursday, April 3, 2025

Easter Reading Room OSWALD THE RABBIT "Prehistoric Egg" Part 3

When Last We Left Oswald, Toby, and Doc Weskit...

...they had just been brought before the Queen of the Lost City of Oakie Doakie!












How can Doc help against robots and tanks?
I offer one word...
Dinosaur
...as we shall see Friday!

And you thought this tale couldn't get any weirder!

Wednesday, April 2, 2025

Wednesday Worlds of Wonder STAR RAIDERS "Beginning...the Saga of the Star Raiders!" Part 1

This Month...a never-reprinted Interstellar Adventure...

...that was meant to be a series, but, sadly, didn't work out that way!








To Be Continued...Next Wednesday!
 These opening pages introduce the protagonists, the state of the universe they're in, and the current situation.
Written by Eliiot S! Maggin and beautifully-painted by Jose Luis Garcia Lopez, this never-reprinted 1983 graphic novel was apparently-meant as the original follow-up to the previous Atari Force mini-comics which were included with video game cartridges!
None of these characters ever reappeared in the later Atari Force series, though more of the cute aliens created for the Atari Force mini-series, the Hukkas, appear here.
When the Atari Force was revived as an ongoing regular-format comic series with a different storyline more related to the mini-series, Garcia Lopez was brought in as penciler with Ricardo Villigran as story page-inker, though Jose penciled and inked covers for the first three issues.
After that, Garcia Lopez's heavy workload on licensing and other projects kept him from doing more than occasional inking of others' pencils or pencils & inks on a cover!

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