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Showing posts with label 1950s. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 1950s. Show all posts
Tuesday, June 23, 2026

Reading Room FLASH GORDON COMICS "Stories Behind the Stars"

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This was an ongoing feature about the mythological origins of the constellations... ...which has never been reprinted since its' appeara...
Monday, June 15, 2026

Monday Mecha Madness FANTASTIC "Thinking Machine"

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During the Golden Age of Comics, Writers and Artists Sometimes Came Up with Rather...Unique Portrayals of Mechanical Beings... ...as you...
Sunday, June 14, 2026

Holiday Reading Room EVERY DAY'S A HOLLY DAY "Thrilling Story Behind Old Glory: Flag Day"

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Learn About... ...and try to forget it is  also  (ironically) the 80th birthday of disgraced, twice-impeached, President Don (the Con) Trump...
Saturday, June 13, 2026

Space Hero Saturdays SPACE MOUSE "Master Mind" & "Believe It or Not"

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This short-lived, but entertaining, series  was  uneven... ...with some stories, like this one from the back cover of  Avon's  Space Mou...
Tuesday, June 9, 2026

Reading Room VENUS COMICS "Strange Rocket!"

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Here's a tale combining sci-fi with the "present day" West...  ...from the back of  Atlas'  Venus Comics  featuring the ar...
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Monday, June 8, 2026

Monday Mecha Madness: Before ULTRON...there was MAKINO!

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Who created  Ultron, the Ultimate Evil AI? If you go with the movie  Avengers: Age of Ultron ... Tony Stark  aka  Iron Man . and  Bruce Bann...
Friday, June 5, 2026

Friday Fun RIOT "Advertisements"

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Several people have complained  my post about Bill Everett's  Marvin the Mouse  was  too  harsh... ...but I submit these never-reprinted...
Thursday, June 4, 2026

Reading Room MONSTER OF FRANKENSTEIN COMICS "Doorway to the Future!"

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Is this a "lost"  Kirby Klassic  from the 1950s? Read this  never-reprinted  tale from  Prize Comics'   Monster of Frankenstei...
Tuesday, June 2, 2026

Reading Room MONSTER OF FRANKENSTEIN COMICS "Into the 4th Dimension"

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Is this a lost "Kirby Klassic" from the 1950s? Read this  never-reprinted  tale from  Prize's   Monster of Frankenstein  #31 (...
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Friday, May 29, 2026

Friday Fun JETTA OF THE 21st CENTURY "Atom and Evil"

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Dan DeCarlo defined the look of teen humor comics for half a century... ...which is an appropriate point to make as we re-present a series ...
Thursday, May 28, 2026

Reading Room MYSTICAL TALES "Lair of the Thunder Lizard!"

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Bernie Krigstein  was one of the most under-appreciated artists of the 1950s... ...and this kool tale he illustrated just begged to be unear...