Monday Monster Madness DRACULA, FRANKENSTEIN, and "WEREWOLF"...as SUPERHEROES???

we warned you...

Our "brother" RetroBlog, Hero Histories, has the complete runs of the swinging Sixties superhero incarnations of Frankenstein, Dracula, and WolfMan, (which was retitled "Werewolf" due to trademark conflicts).

Did you know writer/editor DJ Arneson and artist Tony Tallarico put Universal Monster SuperHero Universe references within the three series?
Was a crossover team-up or battle planned...but not published?

If that doesn't scare your pants off, nothing will!

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Frankenstein
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WereWolf
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Friday Fun KOOKIE! "Yea Sayers"

The title is a play on the phrase "nay sayers"...

...which denotes someone who complains, criticizes, or objects to something!

Kookie is an aspiring young actress look for her big break.

Her friend, Jose O'Hara, is an aspiring playwright looking for his big break.

In this never-reprinted tale from Dell's Kookie! #1 (1962), scripted by John Stanley and illustrated by Bill Williams, the two encourage each other's "creativity" with almost insane optimism, trying to turn each setback into an advantage!

Space Hero Saturdays DRIFT MARLO: SPACE DETECTIVE "Case #1: File of the Periled Peace-Maker" Conclusion

When Last We Left Our Space Detective...

Is an alien from space attempting to sabotage the new Anti-Missile Missile?

Detective Drift Marlo is attacked by someone...or something...near the launch pad.

Later he notices that Dr Fowler, who opposed the project had a bad leg...and the "alien" had the same limp...

This tale from Dell's Drift Marlo #1 (1962), was written by Phil Evans and illustrated by Tom Cooke, who also handled the ongoing Drift Marlo syndicated newspaper strip.

Yes, you read it right...ongoing syndicated newspaper strip.

Running for a decade from 1961 to 1971, the strip, while never a major hit, developed a dedicated audience.

The comic book, which ran only two issues, contained totally-new material, not reprints of the strips, as was so often the case with such titles including Dick Tracy, Brenda Starr, and Flash Gordon.

There have been no reprint compilation books of the Drift Marlo comic strip, nor was the short-lived comic book version ever reprinted.

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Space Hero Saturdays DRIFT MARLO: SPACE DETECTIVE "Case #1: File of the Periled 'Peace-Maker' " Part 1

Not the first comic character to be called "Space Detective"...

...but Drift Marlo was the first one to be set in the present (1962), not the future!

...and so does the "alien" Drift encountered!

Coincidence?

You'll have to wait until next week to find out!

Plus: we'll present background info on our all-but-forgotten stellar shamus!

But for now, we will tell you this tale is from Dell's Drift Marlo #1 (1962), written by Phil Evans and illustrated by Tom Cooke.

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Friday Fun DUNC AND LOO "Loo and Strongboy Stoop in 'Muscle Bound' "

Let's return to an unusually-urban humor comic series...

...with this never-reprinted short from Dell's Dunc and Loo #8 (1963)!

Trivia: The book was originally-titled Around the Block with Dunc and Loo, but was shortened to just Dunc and Loo as of #4.
(Apparently suburban and rural readers use "corner" or "street" instead of "block" when referring to addresses, so the original title confused them!)
You'll note two major differences from most teen humor tales we present here...

1) the art doesn't mimic the Archie Comics "house" art style, which became synonymous with "teen humor" in the late 1950s!

2) the series is set in a big city with apartment houses and other urban elements.

(Most "teen humor" series are set in suburbs/small towns!)

Written by John Stanley and illustrated by Bill Williams (the series' co-creators).

It was one of three "teen humor" series created for Dell by Stanley, including Kookie and Thirteen (Going on Eighteen) for Dell.

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Thirteen Going on Eighteen

by John Stanley

Friday Fun YAK YAK "Hysterical Historical Quizzical Quiz"

Since it's the 4th of July weekend...

...we thought we'd go with a post with a historical theme and let writer/artist Jack Davis test your knowledge with this (astonishingly) never-reprinted feature from the first appearance of Yak Yak in Dell's Four Color Comics #1186 (1961)!

So, how did you do?

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Art of Jack Davis!