tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5892981156215014512024-03-18T07:00:31.953-04:00Atomic Kommie ComicsNews and info on Atomic Kommie Comics: a line of pop culture (comics / tv / movie / music) collectible items including T-Shirts, mousepads, mugs, and other tchochkes, as well as things of interest to us as science fiction / fantasy / pop culture fans (especially golden age comic books and silver age comics)!Britt Reidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07245579677452948620noreply@blogger.comBlogger5409125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-589298115621501451.post-2970003270308229862024-03-18T07:00:00.016-04:002024-03-18T07:00:00.129-04:00Monday Madness HICKORY "Dewey Drip and the Bar"<p style="text-align: center;"></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Here's a strip that'll appeal to the intellect (such as it is) of Don the Con's rural con "audience"!</span></div><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-FruKSPhdWwk/V1mzr5eS-II/AAAAAAAASJk/UeGfyWCnUJge7aLG_jgVr-4QJeT0H9YqQCKgB/s1600/Hickory1-34.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-FruKSPhdWwk/V1mzr5eS-II/AAAAAAAASJk/UeGfyWCnUJge7aLG_jgVr-4QJeT0H9YqQCKgB/s1600/Hickory1-34.jpg" /></a><p></p><div><span style="font-size: medium;">This one-page filler, created, written and illustrated by John Devlin, appeared in most issues of <b><i>Quality's</i></b> <b>Police Comics</b>, beginning with #1 in 1940.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">It also popped up in <b>Crack Comics</b> and <b>Plastic Man</b> whenever a one-pager was needed.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">This short in </span><b style="font-size: large;"><i>Quality's </i>Hickory Comics</b><span style="font-size: medium;"> #1 (1949) was the strip's </span><i style="font-size: large;">final</i><span style="font-size: medium;"> appearance.</span><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: yellow;"><span><b>Please Support </b></span></span><b style="color: yellow;">Atomic Kommie Comics</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Visit </span></b></i><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Amazon</span></b><i><b><span style="font-size: x-large;"> and Buy...</span></b></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/61HzEHNPwKL.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/61HzEHNPwKL.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: medium; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b><a href="http://amzn.to/2cCxgv5" target="_blank">Best of Li'l Abner</a></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: medium; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><b><a href="http://amzn.to/2cCxgv5" target="_blank">by Al Capp</a></b></i></span></div></div></div>Britt Reidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07245579677452948620noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-589298115621501451.post-58700575547433029172024-03-17T07:00:00.092-04:002024-03-17T07:00:00.132-04:00St Patrick's (Sun)Day! BLACK MAGIC "Nasty Little Man!"<p style="text-align: center;"></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">We've run <a href="https://atocom.blogspot.com/search/label/leprechauns" target="_blank">several posts involving leprechauns</a> on St Paddy's Day...</span></div><span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7ItxdCOzRClyihy8zI5BM1QnbxFF9Ucwm8lNVYqNoCMogKo8IlJm3KcD0E5nDcxfMlTVlGQVqyHjAo2l1bj7Z8hNkKLyJx8aow9VJxkTkvH3oo1tlSQHBwXam6K2jlNhc6V8B5VAmmBrAN98mI7mRufXLKgSIuNF0S8N6bAaYouotdTLwi_NFRimRfXI/s750/BlackmagicV2N12-06.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="750" data-original-width="525" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7ItxdCOzRClyihy8zI5BM1QnbxFF9Ucwm8lNVYqNoCMogKo8IlJm3KcD0E5nDcxfMlTVlGQVqyHjAo2l1bj7Z8hNkKLyJx8aow9VJxkTkvH3oo1tlSQHBwXam6K2jlNhc6V8B5VAmmBrAN98mI7mRufXLKgSIuNF0S8N6bAaYouotdTLwi_NFRimRfXI/s16000/BlackmagicV2N12-06.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">...but never one quite like this Simon and Kirby classic!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj_pQiCKAYx1gkYo3oxJ9Xlr9gjUusCNTosJ1UO5YYktTgaO6YI80PHo3AlGT0EHmjPJ-9iqQc3g_UBpFGVJBbe8fHJB104RBZunzRx1GUmLqNFhlej2FLc0FQJl609lBUaLNoZBgsara3WJQ_QWnd77PXWqBBWwdinJX9fJ6HMoFX8xcUJMRlXty--WyY" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="775" data-original-width="525" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj_pQiCKAYx1gkYo3oxJ9Xlr9gjUusCNTosJ1UO5YYktTgaO6YI80PHo3AlGT0EHmjPJ-9iqQc3g_UBpFGVJBbe8fHJB104RBZunzRx1GUmLqNFhlej2FLc0FQJl609lBUaLNoZBgsara3WJQ_QWnd77PXWqBBWwdinJX9fJ6HMoFX8xcUJMRlXty--WyY=s16000" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEipnpQXg9MyxjDtMDPlmYSRDmy5E1h3bgDGMPWutuoZjaC0eud6ftXGfLNcgzReAlHAoCQ8H0mO4Co4Hd3f7uMLubzz6KR6yDtTc9r3gUvQUq3PufK0bG1vygdwc3MMsgXuW-pS88UDZ4Mg2ATprlTmAT8bC7FOV2rGfeJrtYOuNGhZLIVLiLrJp0XiLTE" style="margin-left: 1em; 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font-size: large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhWidxZXHWiYk2BeJ8L6S2MhrYCRSS9yUv08IK4m_JHNpeAjNPbQBK8kaLjd8k227EcQ9oVFtTpGtDw6GK9bJRmWn7z7ySE6-vFIGJNHfxI59sWBSzOSrwoqOrnVYWE5ttM0J_wUBu1fiuimy1Zq66YNYduRenN6vPLuGCYaIpTqc40fKG37q-J2vHje7Q" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="775" data-original-width="525" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhWidxZXHWiYk2BeJ8L6S2MhrYCRSS9yUv08IK4m_JHNpeAjNPbQBK8kaLjd8k227EcQ9oVFtTpGtDw6GK9bJRmWn7z7ySE6-vFIGJNHfxI59sWBSzOSrwoqOrnVYWE5ttM0J_wUBu1fiuimy1Zq66YNYduRenN6vPLuGCYaIpTqc40fKG37q-J2vHje7Q=s16000" /></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><div style="text-align: left;">Written and illustrated by Joe Simon and Jack Kirby (though who did which at any given point in the story is up to debate, since they both could do <i>everything</i> except lettering), this story from <b>Prize's <i>Black Magic</i></b> V2N12 (1952) is one of the most reprinted tales from the legendary horror comics anthology!</div></span><b><span style="color: #04ff00; 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float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-mzKmRbHwQbE/UJfAm_MOGtI/AAAAAAAAZ-I/O8SCVOCy8Co/s1600/LarsOfMars10_page03.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Or if the aliens shown on the screen were </span><i style="font-size: large;">real</i><span style="font-size: large;"> aliens?</span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><div style="text-align: center;">And what if <i>the alien</i> was <i>the Space Hero</i>???</div></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-D79Q7vSyxaM/UJfAiT9_pDI/AAAAAAAAZ-M/l580xZJSNAk/s0/LarsOfMars10_page04.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-D79Q7vSyxaM/UJfAiT9_pDI/AAAAAAAAZ-M/l580xZJSNAk/s1600/LarsOfMars10_page04.jpg" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-6ciRMAFnLsQ/UJfAkYEo3xI/AAAAAAAAZ-Q/UZxrqyqZxHk/s0/LarsOfMars10_page05.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-6ciRMAFnLsQ/UJfAkYEo3xI/AAAAAAAAZ-Q/UZxrqyqZxHk/s1600/LarsOfMars10_page05.jpg" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-W2hFk1xWpRA/UJfAw4gztiI/AAAAAAAAZ-U/8Z-HIm46RFw/s0/LarsOfMars10_page06.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-W2hFk1xWpRA/UJfAw4gztiI/AAAAAAAAZ-U/8Z-HIm46RFw/s1600/LarsOfMars10_page06.jpg" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-bhZml6BZe4U/UJfAyUGUbSI/AAAAAAAAZ-Y/7MDbR7Emzy4/s0/LarsOfMars10_page07.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-bhZml6BZe4U/UJfAyUGUbSI/AAAAAAAAZ-Y/7MDbR7Emzy4/s1600/LarsOfMars10_page07.jpg" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-k5zhHpL0atY/UJfAzF8Q12I/AAAAAAAAZ-c/4din-oPVykc/s0/LarsOfMars10_page08.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-k5zhHpL0atY/UJfAzF8Q12I/AAAAAAAAZ-c/4din-oPVykc/s1600/LarsOfMars10_page08.jpg" /></span></a></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">As you've just read, that was the premise of the short-lived (two issues) <i><b>Ziff-Davis</b></i> series <b>Lars of Mars</b>!</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">Created by Jerry (<b>Superman</b>) Siegel and Murphy (<b>Buck Rogers</b>) Anderson, this premiere story from the first issue of his own title (which, oddly enough, was <i>#10</i>!) established the somewhat-silly premise.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">During his run, <i>Lars</i> battled Commies, crooks, and other interplanetary aliens while protecting his "secret identity" from his nosy producer (who bore a disturbing resemblance to <i>Lois Lane)</i>.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">You'll be seeing <i>all</i> of Lars' stories here (including his final tale from the 1980s (in 3-D, no less) over the next six months.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Watch for them!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>Trivia:</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCXdgQd6FlQkdQ-CLQXc4dQaitCg8U5fe23fAJ7fuiEckEi0I9REPCZWOjMsSGXLgdBwyqDzzJ7I7WTlTfrxmcvXdMOghIcZ1MXOLUyMd8R5iLUtd5pNCvuHnIN4diNzpiEI274Qiihf4/s0/LARS10-00.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCXdgQd6FlQkdQ-CLQXc4dQaitCg8U5fe23fAJ7fuiEckEi0I9REPCZWOjMsSGXLgdBwyqDzzJ7I7WTlTfrxmcvXdMOghIcZ1MXOLUyMd8R5iLUtd5pNCvuHnIN4diNzpiEI274Qiihf4/s640/LARS10-00.jpg" width="452" /></a></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">The cover paintings for <i>both</i> issues of <b>Lars of Mars</b> were painted by Allen Anderson...who was <i>not</i> related to interior artist Murphy Anderson!</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">Here's a "Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon"-style factoid (done in only four degrees)...</span></div><div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-size: medium;">1)<b> <i>Ziff-Davis</i></b> also published a short-lived adaptation of an actual 1950s sci-fi tv series, <b>Space Patrol</b>, illustrated by Bernie Krigstein.</span></li><li><span style="font-size: medium;">2) Krigstein illustrated the first issue of another <i><b>Ziff-Davis</b></i> sci-fi series: <a href="http://warpastpresentfuture.blogspot.com/search/label/SpaceBusters" target="_blank"><b>Space Busters</b></a>!</span></li><li><span style="font-size: medium;">3) Bernie was replaced on interior art for the second (and final) issue of <b>Space Busters</b> by...Murphy Anderson!</span></li><li><span style="font-size: medium;">4) Allen Anderson did the painted cover for the <b>Space Busters</b> issue (#2) illustrated by Murphy! (Norm Saunders had painted #1's cover!)</span></li></ul></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><b><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="http://www.cafepress.com/atocom/3779269" target="_blank">Visit our</a></span></b></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://i1.cpcache.com/product/175487709/lars_of_mars_2_t.jpg?color=Red" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://i1.cpcache.com/product/175487709/lars_of_mars_2_t.jpg?color=Red" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="http://www.cafepress.com/atocom/3779269" target="_blank">MARTIANS! MARTIANS! 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhyToCFAM2NFvPVoFr3cjjrZHq9dV3W2XngSAidNjyhbnuQZ91n1n9uUQdOj-0kjCm0lk2EXf_GG8Z3mvdN_Fg-R9Q2OVwI4BO1bZvlw6ug_-Ckqs2gmTlRv8JcJMFsJ-cJbMfBhap1p6yqDzQzFndrFzu0bNZCesDZbAkiA8HPwyvfNg02iYPfrrbdmLg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="525" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhyToCFAM2NFvPVoFr3cjjrZHq9dV3W2XngSAidNjyhbnuQZ91n1n9uUQdOj-0kjCm0lk2EXf_GG8Z3mvdN_Fg-R9Q2OVwI4BO1bZvlw6ug_-Ckqs2gmTlRv8JcJMFsJ-cJbMfBhap1p6yqDzQzFndrFzu0bNZCesDZbAkiA8HPwyvfNg02iYPfrrbdmLg=s16000" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;">Writer Stan Lee and illustrator Russ Heath show, in this never-reprinted story from <b>Atlas' MAD</b> comic clone <b>Crazy</b> V1N7 (1954), that the movie business was losing customers to the then-new entertainment technology of television...and that was with TVs that had 15 inch (or less) screens and had <i>only</i> black-and-white transmissions (even when they broadcast color movies)!</div></span><b style="font-size: xx-large;"><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #fcff01;">Please Support Atomic Kommie Comics!</span></b></div></b><span style="font-size: x-large;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b><i>Visit </i></b></span><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>Amazon</b></span><i><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b> and Order...</b></span></i><a href="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/61X14Cr3UOL.jpg" style="font-style: italic; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="356" height="640" src="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/61X14Cr3UOL.jpg" width="456" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://amzn.to/2RhBNoX" target="_blank">Sincerest Form of Parody</a></b></div></div></span><p></p>Britt Reidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07245579677452948620noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-589298115621501451.post-43942722640503023372024-03-14T07:00:00.164-04:002024-03-14T07:00:00.142-04:00Easter Reading Room EASTER WITH MOTHER GOOSE "Quangle-Wangle's Hat"<p style="text-align: center;"></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">There's something <i>different</i> about the story in today's post!</span></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOKXvjKCyaa8NhazIl1HynmqkAAU9m4BJLIc9G-Z9JhCKBjBh2iWl2RaKUecdIuR_uUTeFd5-JBXxbtHOEppTQhbWgRd4MgNpNKVaISXu4VqQojmEf8XSc_kzEhyrS-OSZtjYBnlo_y83GDdc5o0MgUtrShBJthC0_mmLt7NEDdmPD-8KHjEeH3HFoLcg/s730/4C185_45.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="730" data-original-width="525" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOKXvjKCyaa8NhazIl1HynmqkAAU9m4BJLIc9G-Z9JhCKBjBh2iWl2RaKUecdIuR_uUTeFd5-JBXxbtHOEppTQhbWgRd4MgNpNKVaISXu4VqQojmEf8XSc_kzEhyrS-OSZtjYBnlo_y83GDdc5o0MgUtrShBJthC0_mmLt7NEDdmPD-8KHjEeH3HFoLcg/s16000/4C185_45.jpg" /></a><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Can you deduce what it is?</span></div><span style="font-size: large;"><div style="text-align: center;">Read carefully...</div></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgeykmI7BXyDUZF_4TSXtcYpwnjQHbhZVflLbx8XBHH0g2wYDo-QZRIxqgVb6nTtCk04MgQCYbKG45UIXYKi1d6jhNloiJwI_inV0u6wPbQTx4d8BmswdC2zj-IPCGCrAibE46GDIT72KIsvj_yZBy0ToO79NzEir-3yjuup0chgi-EJtYk6lYbQbeqzU4" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgBzqCoY2f5VheuGLTAmyj7kLMTp0Kvbroq6x_MsItBacIQs9NzksFbJzfETbL2basCVcIe5HpZ6oK0F-4ks2n53DZEAcyuftOplDI819SGiU4TjuRV85UP-qlHONsByE0kUC2vKXDP12luzAmMDSX8sOTeVkYl71xE-_ajd6BD-fqUtpjSNvYVfBfAAEs" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="790" data-original-width="525" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgBzqCoY2f5VheuGLTAmyj7kLMTp0Kvbroq6x_MsItBacIQs9NzksFbJzfETbL2basCVcIe5HpZ6oK0F-4ks2n53DZEAcyuftOplDI819SGiU4TjuRV85UP-qlHONsByE0kUC2vKXDP12luzAmMDSX8sOTeVkYl71xE-_ajd6BD-fqUtpjSNvYVfBfAAEs=s16000" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Figure it out?<br /><div style="text-align: left;">1) This never-reprinted piece by Walt Kelly from <b><i>Dell's</i> Four Color Comics</b> #185: <b>Easter with Mother Goose</b> (1948) is a poem, <i>not</i> a fairy tale, nor a nursery rhyme!<br />2) Unlike most of Kelly's Easter and Christmas-themed tales, it has <i>no </i>holiday story element except the introduction by the Easter Bunny and Easter Chick!<br />3) Plus, <a href="https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/44604/the-quangle-wangles-hat" target="_blank">the source poem</a> is quoted verbatim, without <i>any</i> editorial changes at all!<br />As far as I've been able to ascertain, this is the only time this occurred in any of Kelly's holiday-book projects!<br />Mind you, Walt <i>did</i> run things like Clement Clarke Moore's "Night Before Christmas" unedited/uncut (<i>several times</i>, in fact), but those were <i>already</i> Yuletide-oriented!</div><div style="text-align: left;">The poem's author was writer/artist <a href="https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/edward-lear" target="_blank">Edward Lear</a>, whose work was a curious mash-up of the literary styles of Roald Dahl and Dr Seuss, which made him the late 1800s-early 1900s most beloved and extensively-read children's author!<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="font-size: medium; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="681" data-original-width="525" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZDw7MKF-nlkioSWPl7lHVJb-Hspd2VLzccptMg9OtwYnYceuqxGvuZu2Zy8pmIoaCBcz6msgbcmAr8uvCNQoIhVKe91Uz5SJXx3CINmFDw-mInGhQaUv5MuOz7X7KUfjhB1S2h-8dNmiL6XgIVzgMOR4uf6UCqIUg5Ngjd2CzfqzEK4IhJa1MaqJXUj8/s16000/DRACULA9.jpg" /></a></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Note that, though we are presenting the </i>Wolff<i> tale from </i><b style="font-style: italic;">New England Library's </b><b>Dracula</b><i> #10 (1972), </i>this<i> cover is from #9, so we present it now, since it shows a character that appears in</i> this<i> story, but </i>not<i> the previous tale!</i></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><div style="text-align: center;"><i>...Wolff</i> and <i>Katerina</i> have escaped from the clutches of the sorceress <i>Sadya</i> to Katerina's sorcerer father's kingdom.</div></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjg-HOXEShZqvS1j_U0DlsWNEHlw1rNVKcMiD3jIgp-ZVgsBtO66jQehsUQ967kViF9msvfiQ0OwvQRZJq9yXdEGzIzjaTOASFfiwSsoXuys4bIK1cM4nC3eNivhnLThLlc2VNokxXqxEzr6hQVShJ2BCgmxTHIG594uJXvrF5b-OipG-B_4-3VTBy4QQo" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="749" data-original-width="525" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjg-HOXEShZqvS1j_U0DlsWNEHlw1rNVKcMiD3jIgp-ZVgsBtO66jQehsUQ967kViF9msvfiQ0OwvQRZJq9yXdEGzIzjaTOASFfiwSsoXuys4bIK1cM4nC3eNivhnLThLlc2VNokxXqxEzr6hQVShJ2BCgmxTHIG594uJXvrF5b-OipG-B_4-3VTBy4QQo=s16000" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;">Walt (Pogo) Kelly scripted and illustrated this story from <b><i>Dell's</i> Four Color Comics</b> #220: <i><b>Easter with Mother Goose</b></i> (1949), which was the mouse duo's second (and last) appearance!</div><div style="text-align: left;">The first was several months earlier, in <b><i>Dell's</i> Four Color Comics #201: <i>Christmas with Mother Goose</i></b> (1948), where they assisted (as you might have guessed) <i>Santa Claus</i>!<br /></div></span><p></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b><i><a href="http://www.cafepress.com/atocom/3915186" target="_blank">Visit our...</a></i></b></span></div><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></p><div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="http://www.cafepress.com/atocom/3915186" style="margin-left: 1em; 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margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="450" data-original-width="301" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg77fu8QA-Dr8IcSaxq5Xxq1NUjVvlK6SCexkFsN7f5ED8aBk3QxcTL2k0ShQbQS4uGQKHpc4FCLeiac3xJS75SsqDJcVcQi723tlYYyUqmNoHYvHX4Tez6OBj8BAsLyQ6TDgg-M6T0Ai_B1JvrTfV48hhq2RBh9SHMQKz3LgrbSe7mtNCgaerqbwh_J90=w429-h640" width="429" /></a></p><span style="font-size: medium;">Do what artist Vince Fodera and an unknown writer suggest in this never-reprinted two-page spread from <i><b>Charlton's</b></i> <b>MAD Magazine</b> clone <b>Crazy Man Crazy</b> V2N2 (1956)...</span><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFKlV9HIVZSz-fDOjgwSsLWh0669ofAaxCjC3f9XOLlnNd-QFWecsmVX1KFUBjT7u9jQoeJNZ-Kw5XcPNWaJjdad1jy98v5-ODX-FYI2vMpBvELFY3oGEFLHG-1xmVWsmIkh1jf4Wyrx8Nyb1ibl-wfEfJ-WQH216tvS1_RFodeMTgFYd-OhfbsypNqp8/s1070/CrazyManCrazy2-3435.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="700" data-original-width="1070" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFKlV9HIVZSz-fDOjgwSsLWh0669ofAaxCjC3f9XOLlnNd-QFWecsmVX1KFUBjT7u9jQoeJNZ-Kw5XcPNWaJjdad1jy98v5-ODX-FYI2vMpBvELFY3oGEFLHG-1xmVWsmIkh1jf4Wyrx8Nyb1ibl-wfEfJ-WQH216tvS1_RFodeMTgFYd-OhfbsypNqp8/s16000/CrazyManCrazy2-3435.jpg" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span>BTW, "pocket books" were how what we now call</span><span> </span><i>mass-market paperbacks</i><span> </span><span>were referred to until the 1960s!</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">In fact, the <i>first </i>American mass-market publisher to use the format (in 1939) was named "<b><i>Pocket Books</i></b>"...a name they utilize to this day!<br /><div style="text-align: center;">Who says comics ain't educational???</div></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><div style="font-size: medium;"><div style="text-align: center;"><b style="font-size: xx-large;"><span style="color: #fcff01;">Please Support Atomic Kommie Comics!</span></b></div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b><i>Visit </i></b></span><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>Amazon</b></span><i><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b> and Order...</b></span></i><a href="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/61X14Cr3UOL.jpg" style="font-style: italic; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="356" height="640" src="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/61X14Cr3UOL.jpg" width="456" /></a></div></span></div><b style="font-size: xx-large;"><div style="text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://amzn.to/2RhBNoX" target="_blank">Sincerest Form of Parody</a></b></div></b></span></div><p></p>Britt Reidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07245579677452948620noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-589298115621501451.post-11119510353331005492024-03-10T07:00:00.009-04:002024-03-10T12:38:13.414-04:00Easter Reading Room EASTER WITH MOTHER GOOSE "Little Bunny"<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Walt (<b>Pogo</b>) Kelly went into full-on "cute" mode with his holiday stories...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPziTdvpJq0vHtC0udEog9p_8YLOG9Z4z2I9YferSH6UJczJ3g9v7hqleMM7P1-bXxFkpUhUOQN4Ym5sIDhvz35fw7-u3OghQ2rlJXm7fN9QDduq78oRyWXyTf23EMzvF55VxdGULmWhk/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="750" data-original-width="550" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPziTdvpJq0vHtC0udEog9p_8YLOG9Z4z2I9YferSH6UJczJ3g9v7hqleMM7P1-bXxFkpUhUOQN4Ym5sIDhvz35fw7-u3OghQ2rlJXm7fN9QDduq78oRyWXyTf23EMzvF55VxdGULmWhk/s16000/4C185_33.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">...including this never-reprinted one from <b><i>Dell's</i> Four Color Comics</b>: <b>Easter with Mother Goose</b> #185 (1948)!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKrxACd7LVsgYNWHnupkp8P9uh5bIIkangynTn0Jr0zg6nHTmdjReItASXu6bK3Css-rFGTgv_rsbyF6BMq09TD4riaHNrzM-T6kWWIaLlJD-ejWk_PT_FmjRp8pAPe_xw57bnZ0u7YEk/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="775" data-original-width="550" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKrxACd7LVsgYNWHnupkp8P9uh5bIIkangynTn0Jr0zg6nHTmdjReItASXu6bK3Css-rFGTgv_rsbyF6BMq09TD4riaHNrzM-T6kWWIaLlJD-ejWk_PT_FmjRp8pAPe_xw57bnZ0u7YEk/s16000/4C185_34.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJncCcY60FNQ3jUbckunfQ4L-wOBL6Mhv17VcHbZ9bx-vzRTfm_51XILSGSJRK2XFCrV_YIJXUj80AqmisPrgKIFNHFoX_RFFcMEFEAl-M37vqfbHHxnAsVkZFnhspJROCq6rKeXkJPNI/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="775" data-original-width="550" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJncCcY60FNQ3jUbckunfQ4L-wOBL6Mhv17VcHbZ9bx-vzRTfm_51XILSGSJRK2XFCrV_YIJXUj80AqmisPrgKIFNHFoX_RFFcMEFEAl-M37vqfbHHxnAsVkZFnhspJROCq6rKeXkJPNI/s16000/4C185_35.jpg" /></a></div><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium; text-align: left;">Besides doing an annual comic of Easter stories featuring fairy tale and nursery rhyme characters celebrating the holiday, Walt also did an even-<i>more</i> popular series of annual Christmas comics utilizing the same concept!</span></p><p></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b><i><a href="http://www.cafepress.com/atocom/3915186" target="_blank">Visit our...</a></i></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJjX2UVdj-PTJWAv6hPF5_do2v6Q-17EKhiw3SebUHvWryegdF1UAio60QjmxIIeKJmtEyxAEpcqlI-Ovz1GZw1K4uwJ5RTiF0LH2NA0LjhHdCiP310rH9cwyD1U5avg_hcpf9G1yacMPf/s0/LarsOfMars11_page23.jpg"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJjX2UVdj-PTJWAv6hPF5_do2v6Q-17EKhiw3SebUHvWryegdF1UAio60QjmxIIeKJmtEyxAEpcqlI-Ovz1GZw1K4uwJ5RTiF0LH2NA0LjhHdCiP310rH9cwyD1U5avg_hcpf9G1yacMPf/s1600/LarsOfMars11_page23.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">...in his premiere appearance, conceived and produced by the co-creator of <b><i>Superman</i></b> and the definitive Bronze Age artist of <b><i>Dracula</i></b>!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcLVfLpRoWObGD2XgrNsEcVUTTar5vG7if1rJiTRZEcSX8bXGGSgXV4-IUwgQFpauVpOszhY0GY2m-kvlLjz1qBStUqHhhjtc_o9xwpFcGCIeI2FT0jOXaTHE1ylPzNzO0oMLeHU4VdQZn/s0/LarsOfMars11_page24.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDxoyDx-qzpFzpA-wC7x4WfRAhcDVtd4KE3vps6yQVkZaPzfoF81f55w5OAPsIZ5EfX9tMtyGezT0KoAFoIPuN1P5qA5ao8lZtuJ66br06o49LXBTuqCxeIlhGa7DZEuErFtSW8te0QcmY/s1600/LarsOfMars11_page28.jpg" /></a></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span><span>This tale from <b><i>Ziff-Davis'</i> Lars of Mars</b> #11 (1951) was w</span>ritten by Jerry Siegel and illustrated by Gene Colan.<br />It's both the character's second (and last) appearance <i>and</i> the second (and last issue) of the comic!<br /></span><span>While the series isn't anything particularly innovative, it's a classic example of 1950s-style sci-fi.<br /></span><span>And Gene, who was doing a little of everything from horror to romance to Westerns, showed his versatility with this too-brief strip's run.</span></span></div><p style="text-align: center;"><b style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-family: Times; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjf026S3kHtIuJqhzbH_mpzJZbnXKjUnzmHPX80UPoaQPuUNRSIygCXFGXGvpo1IwpYIW6qrba5Vf0DXyy7J9LJRMNVkZP1Q_KL6TdVq04cIK_Axoxz6SYNPvjypelmwTBrpDzkf7aOaso/s1600/Zany4-40.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="725" data-original-width="550" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjf026S3kHtIuJqhzbH_mpzJZbnXKjUnzmHPX80UPoaQPuUNRSIygCXFGXGvpo1IwpYIW6qrba5Vf0DXyy7J9LJRMNVkZP1Q_KL6TdVq04cIK_Axoxz6SYNPvjypelmwTBrpDzkf7aOaso/s1600/Zany4-40.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">...and by extension, media in general, change to reflect pop culture trends!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdrkEsX25DUwIlhsDBDZkcCKuzInoIX-Vn1D2N5-9keIgwfa0-GZ_BRA9W6BpIYgW5p7VMgMKKAY3wLc2t6D70B3BDFxQgPEG5v1NAz4aolfNUdDnyhQAXWuApClb_RRq_WANLtaAAkK4/s1600/Zany4-41.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"><a href="http://amzn.to/2dc5BPo" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/81gl31zHpmL.jpg" width="555" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><b><a href="http://amzn.to/2dc5BPo" rel="nofollow" style="font-size: xx-large;" target="_blank">Li'l Abner: the Frazetta Years Vol 1</a></b></div><span><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><i>Legendary artist Frank Frazetta ghost-illustrated the Sunday strip from 1954 to 1961!</i></span></b></div></span></div>Britt Reidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07245579677452948620noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-589298115621501451.post-36032932650942459312024-03-07T07:00:00.017-05:002024-03-07T17:57:20.342-05:00Reading Room THIS MAGAZINE IS HAUNTED "Secret of the Walking Dead"<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">With the return of <b><a href="https://www.amc.com/shows/the-walking-dead-the-ones-who-live--1060743" target="_blank"><i>AMC's</i> The Walking Dead</a></b>...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-JKPNtAqHUHo/WKDEml8p4aI/AAAAAAAAVPM/QluSL1b07VkQn0e3hMa3aZ0YGXXcoKtKACPcB/s1600/ThisMagazineIsHaunted06-01.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-JKPNtAqHUHo/WKDEml8p4aI/AAAAAAAAVPM/QluSL1b07VkQn0e3hMa3aZ0YGXXcoKtKACPcB/s1600/ThisMagazineIsHaunted06-01.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">...we thought we'd present a shocker involving someone deliberately creating a <i>scientific</i> zombie!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Could this be similar to how the walkers on <i><b>AMC's</b></i> <b>Walking Dead</b> came to be?</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-3uFS4_GeYSs/WKDEmqYTjhI/AAAAAAAAVPM/LWMX3vqt8UU9MdqPY31-KavsjE_J0_7bQCPcB/s1600/ThisMagazineIsHaunted06-03.jpg" style="clear: left; 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float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-SNAhWdBz388/WKDEmglafhI/AAAAAAAAVPM/PSRvr9c0DDMHixbfY2iObpq8ReKUVdrkwCPcB/s1600/ThisMagazineIsHaunted06-11.jpg" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-0fmd9-WDAyY/WKDEmt-YzrI/AAAAAAAAVPM/XswLRbFfxs0i2dhAF0UNTNWigTtSuRXGgCPcB/s1600/ThisMagazineIsHaunted06-12.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-0fmd9-WDAyY/WKDEmt-YzrI/AAAAAAAAVPM/XswLRbFfxs0i2dhAF0UNTNWigTtSuRXGgCPcB/s1600/ThisMagazineIsHaunted06-12.jpg" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">This tale from <b><i>Fawcett's</i> This Magazine is Haunted</b> #6 (1952) was illustrated by Ed Waldman who worked on-and-off in comics from 1941 to 1954.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">The tale's writer is sadly, unknown!<br />However, the cover artist is Sheldon Moldoff!<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="font-size: medium;"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: #fcff01;">Please Support Atomic Kommie Comics</span></span></b></div><b style="font-size: medium;"><div><b><span style="font-size: x-large;"><i>Visit </i>Amazon <i>and Buy...</i></span></b></div></b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgALH3fbpkADK_LGmR_hGHMdHaIaEBaiSDxHNCCAIqCCobpad4OeA2R-CGMqwCm_2Rks_zNC7PMwyHpR9RcUkhyghzTavzxbSkf6TfEd0dDKPVH1RJDcCprzteMjA1Pk_hBpy-ap9czkhD_eANcGOcYgf05PkxMZqbcIGwsUMd1TvwByPIzMQOURUnfenM/s559/36814.jpg" style="font-size: medium; 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font-size: large; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg1NuhU0ydFsEFfoSHlgt5iKice1pNXl3uBTPgyT0R7Lh4KCaqiIykrGNUDQX7_k4CYyO6_rkwPYCMqgVOjzfeaL8XQLB2IwTdOEuAneZfefzdkvXXViOFFDopbsz6PGu9MOo8RHgYCyn173VasPrlLY9g4Abl4Ql5LAtu8AhCf_EVob0yDRTxASo6iBgs" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="700" data-original-width="525" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg1NuhU0ydFsEFfoSHlgt5iKice1pNXl3uBTPgyT0R7Lh4KCaqiIykrGNUDQX7_k4CYyO6_rkwPYCMqgVOjzfeaL8XQLB2IwTdOEuAneZfefzdkvXXViOFFDopbsz6PGu9MOo8RHgYCyn173VasPrlLY9g4Abl4Ql5LAtu8AhCf_EVob0yDRTxASo6iBgs=s16000" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Where's the conveniently-placed synopsis to explain everything going on in this post-apocalyptic world where magic rules and technology is all but forgotten?</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Oh, it's at the top of Page 2!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Carry on...</span></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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font-size: x-large;">Please Support Atomic Kommie Comics</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;"><i>Visit </i>Amazon<i> and Buy...</i></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEizV8icuoWTi5kJZ-XG-KbT1Nq3k8--2ez6YVnUuOZ_xDW-FV-i8HFlH5IbKbUAoTd1kFu-fZ6I7MQEf3l-om9sBVgqQJoI06BXStc7ESCsngwlQvz2r5sC_8KUtMXbtImt_YgndHiIvfXhx0hPVAbOGY2T_IHfvyFJ8UucwLIXfw5uX939Z-1Q_qyb9Aw" style="font-size: xx-large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="375" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEizV8icuoWTi5kJZ-XG-KbT1Nq3k8--2ez6YVnUuOZ_xDW-FV-i8HFlH5IbKbUAoTd1kFu-fZ6I7MQEf3l-om9sBVgqQJoI06BXStc7ESCsngwlQvz2r5sC_8KUtMXbtImt_YgndHiIvfXhx0hPVAbOGY2T_IHfvyFJ8UucwLIXfw5uX939Z-1Q_qyb9Aw=w480-h640" width="480" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://amzn.to/3TGUODG" rel="nofollow" style="font-size: xx-large;" target="_blank"><b>Dracula Annual</b></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://amzn.to/3TGUODG" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>The Incredibly-HTF British Hardcover with</i> all 12 issues<i> of the Comic!</i></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Paid Link</div></div></span></div>Britt Reidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07245579677452948620noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-589298115621501451.post-84166798052087194032024-03-05T07:00:00.014-05:002024-03-05T15:18:11.206-05:00Easter Reading Room EASTER WITH MOTHER GOOSE "Mother Hubbard's Cupboard"<p style="text-align: center;"></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">It's March!</span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><div style="text-align: center;">Spring is, well, springing, and Easter is only a few weeks away!</div></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" src="http://i1.cpcache.com/product/360794132/bunny_daddy_baby_duck_t.jpg?color=Royal" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b style="font-size: xx-large;"><a href="http://www.cafepress.com/atocom/3915186" target="_blank">Exciting Easter</a></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><i><b><a href="http://www.cafepress.com/atocom/3915186" target="_blank">Collectibles Shop</a></b></i></span></div></div></div>Britt Reidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07245579677452948620noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-589298115621501451.post-33918830970222178382024-03-04T07:00:00.070-05:002024-03-04T07:00:00.125-05:00Monday Madness LUNATICKLE "Horrible Comic Story Behind the Horror Story Comic Books!"<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">I'll let the original editors introduce you to today's <i>Monday Madness</i>...<br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgiaehzt_1S0CanEvK8ANdKyRKQUKEAZG0T80lp0p0olet_6R4R0YsIk5aOoOBrRSNXA_My-8aZSJIS390E40T3lu2Qts9HHK0n8JyMKK3pQM7VBBMo0aca6nIIsaGbwbrChL7aYILymMmIWmyv3_k0OfywxZQY-dtzbY3xvGuNrVSna2Yts5wv1qmHiZ0" style="clear: left; 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Any reference to certain persons is strictly intentional,<br /></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Only the prices have been changed because it’s after five o’clock!<br />-the editors"<br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiZnYlcTmWzXMF7Nlaho_qywA3gmaOPcup0vhqSZmStPwr3ltG2lrY3CwwjwYCtTcyPU1xqUMsBBqhzyN-Qsjc13-MD8AfjBVnfqKmAmcVawgqb-Vxnd2f0xdiKFeqn4vPKdeT-xIlJP7C7Z9ivKycx2gv_4dExtr4dkvSI61___p5WN0IoWTlFtGkVyqc" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="750" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiZnYlcTmWzXMF7Nlaho_qywA3gmaOPcup0vhqSZmStPwr3ltG2lrY3CwwjwYCtTcyPU1xqUMsBBqhzyN-Qsjc13-MD8AfjBVnfqKmAmcVawgqb-Vxnd2f0xdiKFeqn4vPKdeT-xIlJP7C7Z9ivKycx2gv_4dExtr4dkvSI61___p5WN0IoWTlFtGkVyqc=s16000" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhZtnDgspyCy1GXB6PYBNwt0Y8u7EnTKgGe5DXBGTUw_qLb0Bv47YzlVrWN1YE6k0Ub8i6wsDlnhKvZpg6dH4KCyrEu95qgitkMo6_siuJ2mAFWxd-fqjaZ4DQikpk_7TKaOucGNsNrvm5KPx3wi_G5Sic4hdDQCXMF3TdqSWBmAmVCEWSwezh4Tgbszds" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="750" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhZtnDgspyCy1GXB6PYBNwt0Y8u7EnTKgGe5DXBGTUw_qLb0Bv47YzlVrWN1YE6k0Ub8i6wsDlnhKvZpg6dH4KCyrEu95qgitkMo6_siuJ2mAFWxd-fqjaZ4DQikpk_7TKaOucGNsNrvm5KPx3wi_G5Sic4hdDQCXMF3TdqSWBmAmVCEWSwezh4Tgbszds=s16000" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;">Created by two horror comics veterans; writer Jack Mendelsohn and illustrator Lee Elias (in a very Jack Davis-esque style), this never-reprinted story from the second (and final) issue of <b><i>Whitestone Publishing's</i></b> short-lived <b>MAD</b> magazine clone <b>Lunatickle</b> is a bittersweet, but amazingly-accurate look at how the comics industry <i>almost</i> disappeared in the mid-1950s!<br /></span><p></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b><span style="color: #fcff01;">Please Support Atomic Kommie Comics</span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b><span><i>Visit Amazon and Order...</i></span></b></span><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/51wGTOAyumL.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="338" height="640" src="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/51wGTOAyumL.jpg" width="433" /></a></div><div style="text-align: right;"><b><a href="https://amzn.to/2HBwErp" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Ten-Cent Plague</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><i><span style="font-size: large;">The Great Comic Book Scare and How It Changed America</span></i></b></div></a></b></div><p style="text-align: center;"></p>Britt Reidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07245579677452948620noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-589298115621501451.post-59348609749153368292024-03-03T07:00:00.004-05:002024-03-03T12:23:10.062-05:00EGGcitment is Building for Easter!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAsc2UMmDSHbXXN6VKPhGJmcxeQ27qydRtlK-_lrTvfyv36iSOU-Fq0ppsADKeEeR0-Hwf71CziT25JQCa3SNSDRM0eXs1HQPrZACQ_D7ZkJXvAePG0AHu2Sg9LErQYfwT1fuDNxrxLy4x/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAsc2UMmDSHbXXN6VKPhGJmcxeQ27qydRtlK-_lrTvfyv36iSOU-Fq0ppsADKeEeR0-Hwf71CziT25JQCa3SNSDRM0eXs1HQPrZACQ_D7ZkJXvAePG0AHu2Sg9LErQYfwT1fuDNxrxLy4x/" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Choose from <a href="http://www.cafepress.com/Bunny1stEaster">Ducky's 1st Easter</a>...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMmZfuO17Ia2XShnEEA8CWg7mPnfFjRXZLILNOFB8YmapFGkOABvzyatLqCio_FmIMBy6qvkmjAeX11BTmoAIjVIFZNAM4xsxB7iIoU2PwBOQsiZYDPt2CP2o3ViVLxhnxKmA6cnS5tqwG/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMmZfuO17Ia2XShnEEA8CWg7mPnfFjRXZLILNOFB8YmapFGkOABvzyatLqCio_FmIMBy6qvkmjAeX11BTmoAIjVIFZNAM4xsxB7iIoU2PwBOQsiZYDPt2CP2o3ViVLxhnxKmA6cnS5tqwG/" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">...<a href="http://www.cafepress.com/BunnyEggPaint">Bunny Family Painting Eggs</a>...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibC9Dxc5aImA1GccQsdmiBeLTQOYUyrzRdesJZS2rDLhbJFFGFsrVTWOoqs1zaGGzKT54UkEafbrMrpBcAR7Zkb5TtdeL6n4vl0ltxanaLFFoqJXyumFGx-Iz5_d7AO6tF4sSB1iSDxKs3/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibC9Dxc5aImA1GccQsdmiBeLTQOYUyrzRdesJZS2rDLhbJFFGFsrVTWOoqs1zaGGzKT54UkEafbrMrpBcAR7Zkb5TtdeL6n4vl0ltxanaLFFoqJXyumFGx-Iz5_d7AO6tF4sSB1iSDxKs3/" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">or <a href="http://www.cafepress.com/BunnyDaddy">Bunny Daddy, Baby Duck</a>!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Bibs, creepers, toddlers' and kids' t-shirts, sweatshirts, and adult goodies like maternitywear!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Order <i>now</i>, so you'll have it in time for Easter!</span></div>Britt Reidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07245579677452948620noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-589298115621501451.post-64083619452300889772024-03-02T07:00:00.010-05:002024-03-02T12:20:15.875-05:00Space Force Saturdays SPACE PATROL "Outlaws of Vesta"<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://atocom.blogspot.com/2023/11/space-force-saturdays-space-patrol-lady.html" target="_blank">Continuing the (sadly) short-lived cosmic comic adventures of <i>Buzz Corry</i> and the members of 1950's TV/radio <b>Space Patrol</b></a>...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-wm9cv6v-8Fg/T21mS3Npe1I/AAAAAAAAPwo/IUF3YAtW1Ms/s0/10.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-wm9cv6v-8Fg/T21mS3Npe1I/AAAAAAAAPwo/IUF3YAtW1Ms/s1600/10.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">...with another tale from <b><i>Ziff-Davis'</i> Space Patrol</b> #1 (1952)!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-2UZYAXpH3lo/T21mS1uxAWI/AAAAAAAAPws/5SLXWYCTlmo/s0/11.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-2UZYAXpH3lo/T21mS1uxAWI/AAAAAAAAPws/5SLXWYCTlmo/s1600/11.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-pmlrb7jkaO8/T21meNUUI8I/AAAAAAAAPww/V3H1tF8vMnc/s0/12.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-pmlrb7jkaO8/T21meNUUI8I/AAAAAAAAPww/V3H1tF8vMnc/s1600/12.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-EOFfRG-7ez8/T21mgBPFULI/AAAAAAAAPw0/7Bg4AgJQmSU/s0/13.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-EOFfRG-7ez8/T21mgBPFULI/AAAAAAAAPw0/7Bg4AgJQmSU/s1600/13.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-_zROG0mPcns/T21mgCUKYpI/AAAAAAAAPw4/36TdQVex3ow/s0/14.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-_zROG0mPcns/T21mgCUKYpI/AAAAAAAAPw4/36TdQVex3ow/s1600/14.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-nEj_TpdMdzI/T21mkf4qMPI/AAAAAAAAPw8/Hy25ty7ZCy4/s0/15.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-nEj_TpdMdzI/T21mkf4qMPI/AAAAAAAAPw8/Hy25ty7ZCy4/s1600/15.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Ia9pmoQWxOc/T21m156QvQI/AAAAAAAAPxA/lC0aWdkDaSg/s0/16.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Ia9pmoQWxOc/T21m156QvQI/AAAAAAAAPxA/lC0aWdkDaSg/s1600/16.jpg" /></a></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">Yes, <i>Tonga</i> was <i>still </i>a "bad" girl at this point in the series.<br />Though the art is clearly <span class="credit_value">Bernie Krigstein, there's debate as to whether the scripter is prolific comic writer Paul S Newman or <b><a href="https://atocom.blogspot.com/search/label/Drift%20Marlo" target="_blank">Drift Marlo</a></b> creator/writer Phillip Evans.</span></span></div><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="text-align: left;">There's more </span><b style="text-align: left;">Space Patrol</b><span style="text-align: left;"> excitement to come as we present </span><i style="text-align: left;">every</i><span style="text-align: left;"> tale from its' two-issue run!<br /></span></span></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #fcff01; font-size: x-large;"><b>Please Support Atomic Kommie Comics</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b><i>Visit </i>Amazon<i> and Buy...</i></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/815OxoS8tNL._SL1360_.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="560" height="800" src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/815OxoS8tNL._SL1360_.jpg" width="560" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://amzn.to/3Rer6Ek" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><i><span style="font-size: large;">Missions of Daring in the Name of Early Television</span></i></a></b></div><b><div style="text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://amzn.to/3Rer6Ek" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Space Patrol</span></a></b></div><i><div style="text-align: center;"><b><i><span>Paid Link</span></i></b></div></i></b></div>Britt Reidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07245579677452948620noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-589298115621501451.post-83658673759890424912024-03-01T07:00:00.044-05:002024-03-02T09:52:07.780-05:00Friday Fun FARMER'S DAUGHTER "Gig McCoy: Around the Cracker Barrel"<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span>As cons/Republicans continue to support a failed</span><span> politician/urban "businessman" who specializes in tall tales</span><span>...</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/--9LUM4IjimM/V1mzpajuHFI/AAAAAAAASJo/VFWRoDoSPagCyNevGr5jarItAHNRSV4vACKgB/s1600/FarmersDaughter1-29.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/--9LUM4IjimM/V1mzpajuHFI/AAAAAAAASJo/VFWRoDoSPagCyNevGr5jarItAHNRSV4vACKgB/s1600/FarmersDaughter1-29.jpg" /></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><div style="text-align: center;">...we'll amuse you with a story about a rural businessman who, though honest, specializes in tall tales!</div></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-gwQAr-T-TsI/V1mzpvtm39I/AAAAAAAASJo/jo8HmeTloNY295gWwF3OroM1MjWF-tR6QCKgB/s1600/FarmersDaughter1-30.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-gwQAr-T-TsI/V1mzpvtm39I/AAAAAAAASJo/jo8HmeTloNY295gWwF3OroM1MjWF-tR6QCKgB/s1600/FarmersDaughter1-30.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-GeElD6vbki4/V1mzp4LCSRI/AAAAAAAASJo/rYpHB6_gf9ATwIo3c9kNUH71HLL7eqkqACKgB/s1600/FarmersDaughter1-31.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-GeElD6vbki4/V1mzp4LCSRI/AAAAAAAASJo/rYpHB6_gf9ATwIo3c9kNUH71HLL7eqkqACKgB/s1600/FarmersDaughter1-31.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-2TdnEezPsV8/V1mzp-VFtiI/AAAAAAAASJo/Df7rdXQ7dP0bNDyaObK550a2lPlzL6UHACKgB/s1600/FarmersDaughter1-32.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-2TdnEezPsV8/V1mzp-VFtiI/AAAAAAAASJo/Df7rdXQ7dP0bNDyaObK550a2lPlzL6UHACKgB/s1600/FarmersDaughter1-32.jpg" /></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;">This never-reprinted story from <b><i>Stanhall's</i> Farmer's Daughter</b> #1 (1954) was typical of the sort of lowbrow humor the publisher specialized in.<br />With titles including <b>Broadway-Hollywood Blackouts</b> and <b>G.I. Jane</b>, <b><i>Stanhall</i></b> produced adult-oriented (but <i>never</i> more risque than PG-13) humor.<br />Animator Hal Seegar was the editor/writer/illustrator for the non "good girl" strips like this one, while Bill Williams handled the art for the more risque material (like the title feature) which Seegar wrote and edited.<br /></span><div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #fcff01; font-size: x-large;">Please Support Atomic Kommie Comics!</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;"><i>Visit </i>Amazon<i> and Buy...</i></span></b></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: medium; text-align: center;"><a href="http://amzn.to/2AwgZ3l" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="615" height="640" src="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/71RhzwjKsyL.jpg" width="488" /></a></div></span><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://amzn.to/2AwgZ3l"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Sh*t My President Says:</span></b></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://amzn.to/2AwgZ3l"></a><a href="http://amzn.to/2AwgZ3l"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;"><i>Illustrated Tweets of Donald J Trump</i></span></b></a></div></div>Britt Reidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07245579677452948620noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-589298115621501451.post-66486625266078413512024-02-29T07:00:00.009-05:002024-03-01T09:27:07.512-05:00Reading Room / Tales Twice-Told TERROR TALES "Horror Bugs"<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Last Tuesday, We Presented a Frightening Future by Simon & Kirby <a href="https://atocom.blogspot.com/2024/02/kirby-reading-room-black-magic.html" target="_blank"><b>HERE</b></a>!</span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi5kf0VRLwxRy_EucIXsbVy0Vc2E7irILwF9bUp3Z8bCLPzWdU2o_o97cM4QBkZbXPwgo0m8YNSpjCQEPygnFCjtGoVvcH9O_qMcm1ipvOAbEQUA2kxLNHY8zU_qobE7JQ9eKQYmDqwWbTCE-5Jfn0eKUpeRLlPQbKvPQLAqwNImcoapcubFnQUCgT6__U" style="font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="775" data-original-width="525" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi5kf0VRLwxRy_EucIXsbVy0Vc2E7irILwF9bUp3Z8bCLPzWdU2o_o97cM4QBkZbXPwgo0m8YNSpjCQEPygnFCjtGoVvcH9O_qMcm1ipvOAbEQUA2kxLNHY8zU_qobE7JQ9eKQYmDqwWbTCE-5Jfn0eKUpeRLlPQbKvPQLAqwNImcoapcubFnQUCgT6__U=s16000" /></a><br /><span style="font-size: large;">Now, We Present </span><i style="font-size: large;">Another</i><span style="font-size: large;"> Artist's Version of That </span><i style="font-size: large;">Same</i><span style="font-size: large;"> Story!</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhVJjVqgTIoydLIdUOCtf-zqoPU51M7FlPs3w4A0Bm-fqezKib1ZZ7aRLvqfXvS9y7-ht3JY1vlzrNP27Z2QmuTBC8TqkyC629CGGTVxpu2Qy00v_NPEpXyKVGqYIe6K-5NvwUYCbU1kPuGmJp_fuDOlZgtqFNrh8I-IApr47ykTUIQeqHgCsyDcsfaPeQ" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="775" data-original-width="525" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhVJjVqgTIoydLIdUOCtf-zqoPU51M7FlPs3w4A0Bm-fqezKib1ZZ7aRLvqfXvS9y7-ht3JY1vlzrNP27Z2QmuTBC8TqkyC629CGGTVxpu2Qy00v_NPEpXyKVGqYIe6K-5NvwUYCbU1kPuGmJp_fuDOlZgtqFNrh8I-IApr47ykTUIQeqHgCsyDcsfaPeQ=s16000" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjeWTXmzQp5XaCccNYwnsRpBADSDJ509r0coyy3AP0IjqWDyzR2eedV0Aa1vQyuiwgb7GVnRwNn1TD06I5hmQhiZTutEOgeNQGnIcdByk816hFzS4V7Iu6zVkh8mlFLjJ2dJ8Vt7z2HKL5CYRp2vJnnIyGuph0rynvuiWgmOWRXL-8kyUt3YSTkUZYOd78" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="775" data-original-width="525" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjeWTXmzQp5XaCccNYwnsRpBADSDJ509r0coyy3AP0IjqWDyzR2eedV0Aa1vQyuiwgb7GVnRwNn1TD06I5hmQhiZTutEOgeNQGnIcdByk816hFzS4V7Iu6zVkh8mlFLjJ2dJ8Vt7z2HKL5CYRp2vJnnIyGuph0rynvuiWgmOWRXL-8kyUt3YSTkUZYOd78=s16000" /></a></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Illustrated by Antonio Reynoso, this retelling from <b><i>Eerie Publications'</i> Terror Tales</b> V5N6 (1973) of Simon & Kirby's "Slaughter-House" shows the SOP (Standard Operating Procedure) of editor Carl Burgos.<br /><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>Find an old story from a now-defunct publisher that hadn't been reprinted since the 1950s.</li><li>Use the original script <i>almost</i> verbatim, usually making a couple of changes in the opening and closing narratives and assigning it to one of the team of talented South American artists hired to work at rates <i>lower</i> than US illustrators!</li><li>"Update" it, making technology and aliens look like what tv/movies were currently showing.</li><li>And, in this case, making one of the primary characters in the originally all-White cast a Black guy!</li></ul>Curiously, though most of these reworked versions were reprinted throughout the publisher's various titles, usually a year after the previous publication, this story was only run <i>once!</i><br /><br /></span></div><b style="font-size: xx-large;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #fcff01;">Please Support Atomic Kommie Comics</span><br /><i>Visit </i>Amazon<i> and Buy...</i><a href="http://amzn.to/2diKWeS" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/81IabWkkjCL.jpg" width="503" /></a></div></b><span style="font-size: x-large;"><div style="text-align: center;"><b><a href="http://amzn.to/2diKWeS" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Worst of Eerie Publications</a></b></div></span><p></p>Britt Reidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07245579677452948620noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-589298115621501451.post-90881099489423265852024-02-28T07:00:00.007-05:002024-02-28T07:00:00.126-05:00Wednesday Worlds of Wonder WOLFF "Daughter of the Witch"<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b><a href="https://atocom.blogspot.com/2024/02/wednesday-worlds-of-wonder-wolff-mother.html" target="_blank">When Last We Left Our Magnificently-Illustrated Post-Apocalyptic Barbarian...</a></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7X_k66JW9oi45GsV82OThpRTB2ahnXIkVY1fTWdHCz-7bvUdpJ27FtnOUZekLw7mAHPDxQOOoeX1eYsDjBv-6ozUq-LJufBHI8C91BXQRBA1vDFUmFz2XdKJK7n2v2hdD8-ziE4K2IDI/s1600/DraculaV1N08_03.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="700" data-original-width="525" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7X_k66JW9oi45GsV82OThpRTB2ahnXIkVY1fTWdHCz-7bvUdpJ27FtnOUZekLw7mAHPDxQOOoeX1eYsDjBv-6ozUq-LJufBHI8C91BXQRBA1vDFUmFz2XdKJK7n2v2hdD8-ziE4K2IDI/s1600/DraculaV1N08_03.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">...well, that pretty much covers it!</span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><div style="text-align: center;">Carry on...</div></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieMUm_aLXR09hhcmh-g-nxigZV-O8BGjqPpXhNBuwHLSiW9mLxcIFBfyZe7ANFnU9chpkd6CnkM9lk1c23vUrvsnHQsaVmTirWuYQw-S501oIFl9v-s90nHsm6UfVAUbdu_UYTdHuS68E/s1600/DraculaV1N08_04.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="700" data-original-width="525" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieMUm_aLXR09hhcmh-g-nxigZV-O8BGjqPpXhNBuwHLSiW9mLxcIFBfyZe7ANFnU9chpkd6CnkM9lk1c23vUrvsnHQsaVmTirWuYQw-S501oIFl9v-s90nHsm6UfVAUbdu_UYTdHuS68E/s1600/DraculaV1N08_04.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiq3Z0nZw-cbh4Uz40pA0QjTZwLap4dUVF7qZXfCJXyFC4divkV0U0h2ZiAmRoaFdPmRPGZsZNKheg3wbDUhIXWHZzHVvV9ObmmeLq0zMm-6nedH6gK_FigvXIgAUFSNzgl946t1bsx1aM/s1600/DraculaV1N08_07.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="700" data-original-width="525" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiq3Z0nZw-cbh4Uz40pA0QjTZwLap4dUVF7qZXfCJXyFC4divkV0U0h2ZiAmRoaFdPmRPGZsZNKheg3wbDUhIXWHZzHVvV9ObmmeLq0zMm-6nedH6gK_FigvXIgAUFSNzgl946t1bsx1aM/s1600/DraculaV1N08_07.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;">This never-seen-in-America chapter of the <b><i>Wolff</i></b> saga from <b><i>New England Library's</i> Dracula</b> #8 (1972), by Luis Gaska (aka Sadko) and Estaban Maroto takes us into creepy, uncharted territory!<br />What is "worse to come"?<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><b><i><span style="font-size: x-large;">We'll find out...</span></i></b></div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Next Wednesday!</b></div></span><div style="text-align: center;"><b style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #fcff01; font-size: x-large;">Please Support Atomic Kommie Comics</span></b></div><span style="font-size: x-large; text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"><b><i>Visit </i>Amazon<i> and Buy...</i></b></div></span><p style="text-align: left;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://www.bedetheque.com/media/Couvertures/Couv_100031.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="658" data-original-width="500" height="658" src="https://www.bedetheque.com/media/Couvertures/Couv_100031.jpg" width="500" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://amzn.to/48N0osj" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Wolff et la Reine des Loups</span></a></b></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://amzn.to/48N0osj" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><i><span style="font-size: x-large;">(aka Wolff and the Wolf Queen)</span></i></a></b></div><b><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span><a href="https://amzn.to/48N0osj" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: medium;">French Graphic Novel reprinting this storyline with <i>superb</i> printing!</span></a><br /></span></b></div><span><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span><b><span><i>Paid Link</i></span></b></span></b></div></span></b></div></div></div></div>Britt Reidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07245579677452948620noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-589298115621501451.post-63615700938878074772024-02-27T07:00:00.013-05:002024-03-01T09:30:23.954-05:00Kirby Reading Room BLACK MAGIC "Slaughter-House!!"<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">If Republicans think finding employment is difficult now (hint: it <i>isn't</i>) ...</span><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-mbEkkfci2rg/UHzKGVR8IVI/AAAAAAAAOh0/DG1lE-m9bmQ/s0/BlackMagic31-08.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-mbEkkfci2rg/UHzKGVR8IVI/AAAAAAAAOh0/DG1lE-m9bmQ/s0/BlackMagic31-08.jpeg" /></a></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">...imagine what it'd be like when your boss is a tentacled invading alien (which some Repugs <i>believe</i> Democrats actually <i>are</i>)!</span><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/--n5ri7J_1pw/UHzKEHlOZVI/AAAAAAAAOhw/IxBZ5djj2hU/s0/BlackMagic31-09.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/--n5ri7J_1pw/UHzKEHlOZVI/AAAAAAAAOhw/IxBZ5djj2hU/s0/BlackMagic31-09.jpeg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/--gPbTO7GSI4/UHzKMeHyjOI/AAAAAAAAOhs/ql6FmMWIMlM/s0/BlackMagic31-10.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/--gPbTO7GSI4/UHzKMeHyjOI/AAAAAAAAOhs/ql6FmMWIMlM/s0/BlackMagic31-10.jpeg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Wt8N4d8-PvY/UHzKjYd0t7I/AAAAAAAAOho/P5ZwGMraBt0/s0/BlackMagic31-11.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Wt8N4d8-PvY/UHzKjYd0t7I/AAAAAAAAOho/P5ZwGMraBt0/s0/BlackMagic31-11.jpeg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-rOd6grXO1EE/UHzKgqtTF8I/AAAAAAAAOhk/EnOY78FexZg/s0/BlackMagic31-12.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-rOd6grXO1EE/UHzKgqtTF8I/AAAAAAAAOhk/EnOY78FexZg/s0/BlackMagic31-12.jpeg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-_2mYgTZGZ3A/UHzKj3fY2FI/AAAAAAAAOhg/zI2z2g0q9U8/s0/BlackMagic31-13.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-_2mYgTZGZ3A/UHzKj3fY2FI/AAAAAAAAOhg/zI2z2g0q9U8/s0/BlackMagic31-13.jpeg" /></a></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">This tale of interstellar labor relations from <b><i>Prize Comics'</i> Black Magic</b> #31 (1954) was illustrated by the legendary duo of Joe Simon & Jack Kirby, though who penciled what and who inked what has been disputed by aficionados.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">Personally, I think Kirby penciled and Simon inked.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">As to who wrote it, since both Simon & Kirby co-edited the book, it's more than likely they both scripted it.</span></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #fcff01; font-size: x-large;"><b>Please Support Atomic Kommie Comics</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b><i>Visit </i>Amazon<i> and Buy...</i></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/61Zfl290A%2BL.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/61Zfl290A%2BL.jpg" width="452" /></a></div><b><a href="http://amzn.to/2eXpvPf"><span style="font-size: large;">Simon & Kirby Library</span></a><br /><a href="http://amzn.to/2eXpvPf"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Science Fiction</span></a></b></div></span></div></div></div>Britt Reidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07245579677452948620noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-589298115621501451.post-64298687023318465042024-02-26T07:00:00.027-05:002024-02-26T07:00:00.131-05:00Monday Madness Redux TOPS "Anthony Comstock: Fanatical Reformer"<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Is it any wonder Republicans are using the work of a puritanical, conservative con-man from the 19th Century...<br /></span><span style="font-size: large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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font-family: Russo One; font-size: x-large;"><b>...as Republicans vacation while Ukrainians DIE, it's vital we <i>never</i> forget they're...</b></span><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhTS0bomSmEfTJum6JWdMmUFlx7iVKEnCs8e2XW95uVfjpfcDkJ3a1rgdeqWsOPoTS00hU5uImVYk6rEfXLSRNYg8_Mos_r3puii7tgrNG_q6jpvSrNH4kO5PjQenl_EKmtvHtm4JB8ZbayXu2obLAo_tsax_1P3Dvrtu9r2tiTp0uvY1Ii4tx5rbtt" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="827" data-original-width="550" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhTS0bomSmEfTJum6JWdMmUFlx7iVKEnCs8e2XW95uVfjpfcDkJ3a1rgdeqWsOPoTS00hU5uImVYk6rEfXLSRNYg8_Mos_r3puii7tgrNG_q6jpvSrNH4kO5PjQenl_EKmtvHtm4JB8ZbayXu2obLAo_tsax_1P3Dvrtu9r2tiTp0uvY1Ii4tx5rbtt=s16000" /></a></div><b><div><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Celebrate the REAL Super-Heroes!</span></b></div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><div><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Visit our</span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://www.cafepress.com/atocom/17434641" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">UKRAINE FREEDOM!</a></span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Shop Today!</span></b></div></span></b></div></div>Britt Reidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07245579677452948620noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-589298115621501451.post-54666269150720688262024-02-23T07:00:00.045-05:002024-02-23T10:36:36.264-05:00Friday Fun THIS MAGAZINE IS CRAZY "Fact Realism vs TV is 'em Real"<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Old West humor, illustrated by the legendary Jack Davis...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-E9pQVuvsuXs/Tlhu10TVXAI/AAAAAAAADqw/74OE9MyglVM/s0/Crazy_v4n8_20.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-E9pQVuvsuXs/Tlhu10TVXAI/AAAAAAAADqw/74OE9MyglVM/s0/Crazy_v4n8_20.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">..<span style="font-size: medium;">.but <i>NOT</i> from <b>MAD</b>!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">It's from <i><b>Charlton's</b></i> <b>This Magazine is CRAZY!</b> V4N8, a <b>MAD</b> imitator which lasted only seven issues!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-5QgPTPRXaIA/Tlhu1q52czI/AAAAAAAADq0/P1E48VpJk20/s0/Crazy_v4n8_21.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-5QgPTPRXaIA/Tlhu1q52czI/AAAAAAAADq0/P1E48VpJk20/s0/Crazy_v4n8_21.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-hL9kK79xap8/Tlhu4iwN6RI/AAAAAAAADrI/6OmxmD5TBsY/s0/Crazy_v4n8_25.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-hL9kK79xap8/Tlhu4iwN6RI/AAAAAAAADrI/6OmxmD5TBsY/s0/Crazy_v4n8_25.jpg" /></a></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Both as a color comic and a b/w magazine, <b>MAD</b> inspired <i>many</i> imitators.</span></div><span style="font-size: medium;">Some, like <b>Cracked</b>, are going even today (albeit on-line, <i>not</i> in print).<br />Others, like <b>This Magazine is CRAZY</b>, were short-lived, but able, from time to time, to get work from <b>MAD</b>'s regular contributors, almost all of whom were freelancers.<br />This particular piece from 1959 apparently was a satirical response to TV's sanitizing the images of<i> both</i> cowboys and Indians in ongoing series.<br />Westerns were the most popular scripted genre at the time, dominating <i>almost half</i> of both the prime time <i>and</i> syndicated schedules.<br />The writer is, regrettably, unknown but it <i>could</i> be Davis himself, who utilized this format in both issues of his own short-lived color comic humor anthology <b>Yak Yak</b>, as seen <b><a href="https://atocom.blogspot.com/2021/05/friday-fun-yak-yak-romance-vs-realism.html" target="_blank">HERE</a></b> and <b><a href="https://atocom.blogspot.com/2020/01/friday-fun-yak-yak-drama-vs-realism.html" target="_blank">HERE</a></b>!<br /><div style="text-align: center;">The writer is, regrettably, unknown.<br /><div style="font-size: medium;"><div style="text-align: center;"><b style="font-size: xx-large;"><span style="color: #fcff01;">Please Support Atomic Kommie Comics!</span></b></div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b><i>Visit </i></b></span><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>Amazon</b></span><i><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b> and Order...</b></span></i><a href="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/61X14Cr3UOL.jpg" style="font-style: italic; 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