The Comic Book Adventures of Captain Video!

Are you missing out on reading the four-color tales of Ed Norton's favorite tv character, the first space hero, the Man Who Will Save Us All From Certain Doom?

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Our Newest RetroBlog--Secret Sanctum of Captain Video

We're proud to announce a new addition to the Atomic Kommie Comics™ family of RetroBlogs™.
Secret Sanctum of Captain Video™ will run weekly (or better) entries on classic sci-fi/fantasy movies, tv shows, and radio shows.
Besides offering background on the tv series or movies, we'll often present the comic adaptations of those presentations, many never reprinted since their initial release!

After the initial Captain Video tv show video and comic presentation we're running over the next couple of days, the Secret Sanctum will unspool the comic adaptation of George Pal's The Time Machine by Alex Toth as well as several related vids and a gallery of posters, including HTF foreign versions.
And, of course, links to books, dvds and other goodies related to the particular movie/tv show being presented.

NOTE: Comic book versions of movie or tv adaptations of already-existing comic or pulp properties will be shown at Hero and Heroine Histories™.
For example, the Doc Savage: the Man of Bronze 1975 movie tie-in (which is not included in the current trade paperback reprint from DC) is our main feature at H&HH next week, with The Shadow movie adaptation to follow early in June.

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It's gonna be a fun ride and you don't want to miss it!

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Reading Room: Alien Invasions: Captain Video Part 2

YouTube Wednesday has been moved to Thursday this week only.
Read the first part of this tale HERE.

Aliens operating on the Dark Side of the Moon plan to attack Earth, and only Captain Video (with the Video Ranger) can stop them...

You may ask, "What's so special about this? It's typical sci-fi."
And you'd be right.
Except, due to it's low-budget nature, the Captain Video TV show and movie serial showed aliens who looked like this...

The "alien invasion force" from Captain Video; the Serial. Note Captain Video (Judd Holdren) and the Ranger on the left in clever disguises.

Only in the comic, unencumbered by financial or special effect restrictions, was the full, unfettered potential of the show realized.

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Reading Room: Alien Invasions: Captain Video

Yes, Ed Norton's idol, TV's first space commander battled alien invaders as well as terrestrial threats!
From Captain Video #5...

To be continued, tomorrow!

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Before The MiddleMan was...Captain Videooo!

Long before The MiddleMan and teen sidekick Wendy Watson battled video weirdies with advanced technology, another Eisenhower-jacketed, square-jawed hero and his teen sidekick battled aliens, robots, and the occasional specter.
I'm speaking of Ed Norton's Mutual Television idol, the one and only Captain Video and the Video Ranger! In the early 1950s, they used futuristic technology to keep Earth safe on a daily basis. (But with a much lower budget! Weapon props were constructed from literally whatever was at hand in the studio including flashlights, fire extinguishers, and leftover vacuum tubes!) Even so, his legend continues to this day as his name is still synonymous with tv space adventure/sci-fi.
We at Atomic Kommie Comics™ still remember Captain Video, and now happily reintroduce him to the audience who watches his proud descendant, the MiddleMan! (and the extremely-cute Natalie Morales!) ;-)