"But...We're Practically Brothers!"
A never-reprinted cartoon from Mercury Press' P.S. #2 (1966)
Friday, June 27, 2025
Friday Fun P.S. The Batman Meets the ORIGINAL Bat-Man...or Is It ORIGINAL Man-Bat?
Thursday, June 26, 2025
Atomic Reading Room STRANGE TALES "Mister Black"
Continuing our look at how American comics portrayed the bombing of Hiroshima...
...with a tale featuring a Japanese protagonist!
Was this story from Atlas' Strange Tales #93 (1962) an inventory tale from the 1950s?
Artist Bob Forgione lost his ongoing freelance work at Atlas when the company cut back in late 1956-early 1957 after losing their newsstand distributor.
When this story was finally published, Forgione was working steadily for Dell, ACG, and DC.
It also appears to have been the last original tale by Bob that Atlas/Marvel published.
(All subsequent stories were reprints of earlier material.)
Also, could it have been reworked from an unpublished Witness tale?
Every comic company had a cloaked mystery man narrating stories about "everyday" people (and occasionally influencing them, as well).
Timely/Atlas' entrant in the Mysterious Traveler/Whistler/Phantom Stranger/Man in Black Called Fate competition was The Witness, who had his own one-shot comic and a number of stories scattered in other titles.
At any rate, an extremely-similar tale appeared only a couple of months later...by one of the now-revived and thriving Atlas/Marvel's hottest artists!
Be Here Sunday For the Final Horrific Hiroshima Tale!
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Wednesday, June 25, 2025
Wednesday Worlds of Wonder INVASION '55 "Underground Battle"
As several groups of stereotypical 1950s Americans in an arid SouthWestern town work towards defeating a horde of extraterrestrial invaders whose weakness is water!
Nobody said it would be easy...
Writer Chuck Dixon and artist Lito Fernandez pull off a retro-kool finale and remind us all to...
Watch the Skies!
Next Week, a New World of Wonder!
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Tuesday, June 24, 2025
Atomic Reading Room STRANGE TALES "Eyes that Never Close"
With the 80th anniversary of the bombing of Hiroshima coming up...
...we're presenting several tales from the 1950s-60s relating to it.
This never-reprinted story from Atlas' Strange Tales #61 (1958) treats the bombing as just another disaster, but one the criminal won't escape from.
Illustrated effectively by Bernie Krigstein, who tells a story in only four pages that most artists today would need twenty pages for.
BTW, the writer is unknown.
Illustrated effectively by Bernie Krigstein, who tells a story in only four pages that most artists today would need twenty pages for.
BTW, the writer is unknown.
Be Here Thursday For the Next Horrific Hiroshima Tale!
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Monday, June 23, 2025
Monday Mecha Madness SHOGUN WARRIORS "Warriors Three!" Part 1
When Last We Left Our Giant Robots...
...normally, I'd explain what's going on, but the characters themselves, a rather chatty bunch, are happy to do so...
You and me both, Richard!
We'll return to the robot controller training session
Next Monday!
But I have a question...are all the robots designed for multiple controllers?
And, if so, why don't we have more potential pilots being trained?
Will Raydeen function as effectively with only one person?
Guess we'll find out...
And, if so, why don't we have more potential pilots being trained?
Will Raydeen function as effectively with only one person?
Guess we'll find out...
Sunday, June 22, 2025
The REAL Superman Returns...
The Buzz is BIG for James Gunn's new Superman movie...
....comparing it favorably to the two Richard Donner Superman films starring Christopher Reeve, returning the character to the wholesome embodiment of, well, "Truth, Justice, and the American Way"!
And in these cynical times, we certainly need that!
Bring that guy back!
I'm looking forward to it!
Here's a, dare I say, SuperCut of the best of the numerous trailers...
Go See It!
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