Showing posts with label 1970s. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 1970s. Show all posts

Tuesday, November 12, 2024

Reading Room / Tales Twice Told WEIRD "The Dead Live"

 Usually, in "Tales Twice Told" we present the original story first...
...but this time, we're going with the later, reworked version from the same script first!



Illustrated (or is that re-illustrated by Cirilo Munoz, this tale from Eerie Publications' Weird V8N4 (1974) is a re-working of a story from 20 years earlier that, up until then, had not been reprinted...despite the fact it had been illustrated by a major Silver-Age artist!
Trivia: that original tale remained hidden under the cowbwebs of history until 2008.over a half century later, and only in black and white!
But you'll see that story from 1954, in brilliant color, right here on Thursday
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Thursday, October 31, 2024

HALLOWEEN TREAT (No Trick!) DRACULA One-Page Tales

While the English-language reprints of the 1970s Spanish Dracula magazine didn't have any Dracula...
...the original Spanish title had these one-page jokes on the back cover!
Both England's New English Library and America's Warren Magazines (who licensed the NEL translated version) left out these entertaining pieces...despite the fact no translation was needed!
Written and illustrated by Alfonso Figueras, these one-pagers now make their American debut!
Written and illustrated by Alfonso Figueras!
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(from 1971, featuring the first six issues of the translated-from-Spanish Dracula magazine...but not these Dracula humor strips...nor any Dracula content!)
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Monday, October 28, 2024

Macabre Monday Madness BLACK MAGIC "Madame Cyanide and Mister Tricks!" & HORROR TALES "Broomstick Witch"

Here's a maddening tale (for several reasons) on the Monday before Halloween...
...a never-reprinted tale, which was redone with new art decades later!
Steve (Dr Strange) Ditko illustrated this story from Prize's Black Magic V4N5 (1954).
The writer is unknown, but could be Joe Simon and/or Jack Kirby, since the book was packaged by their studio.
Was it meant to be the first in an ongoing series about Mister Tricks and his attempts at debunking?
The tale's script (with minor changes) served as the basis of this story from Eerie Publications' Horror Tales V6N4 (1974) twenty years later...
"Romero", the artist who signed the piece is not Enrique Romero, who illustrated Modesty Blaise and Axa, but one of several other Romeros who've worked in American comics over the decades. 
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Friday, September 6, 2024

Friday Fun / Trump Reading Room UNQUOTABLE TRUMP "Tromp!"

From Now Until Election Day, We'll Be Presenting Examples of How Creatives See Don da Con...

Based on Basil Wolverton's cover for DC's PLOP! #6 (1974)

Let's face it, Josephine is closer to supermodel material than Don da Con ever was!

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Saturday, August 31, 2024

Space Force / Space Heroine Saturdays STARFAWN "To the Nearest Quasar!" Part 6 and Epilogue

We Have Already Seen...

...to prevent a planetary disaster, Shalla (aka StarFawn) utilized her newly-acquired transforming powers to become pure energy and enter an alien power conduit to move trapped fellow crewman Daystar out of the power flow which his body was contaminating!
As she made contact with the helpless, immobile crewman, everything went black, and...












Sadly, there was no sequel tale.
Since both the writer and artist are unfamiliar to most of the under-40 audience, here are their bios from the back of the book...

Though Preiss and Severin have passed on, Steve Fabian is still alive and has a website you can visit HERE.
Annette Kawecki changed careers, went to medical school, and is now a successful MD!
Next Week:
Back to One or Two-Part Stories, beginning with...
Well, Just Tune In Next Saturday to See!

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Wednesday, August 28, 2024

Wednesday Worlds of Wonder STARFAWN "To the Nearest Quasar" Part 4

We Have Already Seen...

The crew of the starship Destiny must act now in order to save both themselves and an entire planet!
Working with the inhabitants, a plan is formulated...





Will Shalla aka StarFawn, be able to utilize her newly-acquired abilities to save her fellow crewmates...and an entire planet?
Find Out on Friday, at...

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