Showing posts with label Captain Science Comics. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Captain Science Comics. Show all posts

Saturday, April 19, 2014

Best of Reading Room: "Monster God of Rogor"

Heroic Archeologists in torn shirts!
Scantly-clad Princesses!
Terrifying Monsters!
And, it's illustrated by Wally Wood!
I really should charge for entertainment this good...
Yeah, I know every blogger and his brother has run this tale.
But it's so damn kool, I just had to get it into the Atomic Kommie Comics™ archives.
The art for this tale from Youthful Publications' Captain Science #1 (1950) is signed by Wally Wood, and the inking is pure Woody.
But, it looks like he had assistance on pencils, perhaps by Joe Kubert.
The writer is unknown.
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Thursday, June 20, 2013

Reading Room: BRANT CRAIG "Hot Money Space Mob"

Counterfeiting will always be a problem, even in the 30th Century...
...as we see in this never-reprinted tale from the final issue of Youthful's Captain Science!
This "hard-boiled private-eye in space" story from Youthful's Captain Science #7 (1951) was probably illustrated by Bill Molno and Rocco Mastroserio.
The writer is unknown.
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Saturday, May 11, 2013

Reading Room: BRANT CRAIG "Red Devils of Mars"

In the 1950s "Red" usually meant Communists...
...or a Communist-like threat, even in stories set in the future!
Add how the "Red" Martians set up an impenetrable "ionic curtain" (instead of Iron Curtain),  and the parallels are obvious to anyone.
This never-reprinted tale from Youthful's Captain Science #6 (1951) was probably illustrated by Bill Molno and Rocco Mastroserio.
The writer is unknown.
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Friday, April 12, 2013

Reading Room: BRANT CRAIG "Shark Pirates of Pisces"

Buckle up your personal jet-packs, fans...
...as we blast-off for adventure in yet another alliteratively-titled tale of the interstellar investigator, Brant Craig!
This never-reprinted tale from Youthful's Captain Science #5 (1951) was probably illustrated by Bill Molno.
The writer is unknown.
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Thursday, March 28, 2013

Reading Room: BRANT CRAIG "Deadly Dwarfs of Deimos"

Why would a private-eye have an unlisted phone number!
...even if he's Brant Craig, Interplanetary Detective, and his device is a "space-o-phone"?
We never learned why Brant's "space-o-phone" is unlisted...
This never-reprinted tale from Youthful's Captain Science #3 (1951) was probably illustrated by Moe Marcus and Bill Molno.
The writer is unknown.
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Tuesday, February 26, 2013

Reading Room: BRANT CRAIG "Space Pirates of Lanthus IV"

He's not the first "Interplanetary Detective"...
...that honor goes to Planet Comics' Fero (who went "inter"planetary in his second appearance)!
But Brant Craig was the longest-lasting, with seven appearances!
Yeah, let's not worry about the innocent spacemen who were just killed during this raid, or their families.
They're just collateral damage...
This never-reprinted premiere from Youthful's Captain Science #2 (1951) was probably illustrated by Bill Molno.
The writer is unknown.
Brant Craig continued through the remaining five issues of Captain Science.
When the book was re-titled Fantastic, Brant (and Captain Science) made their final bows in the first issue.
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