Friday Fun AROUND THE BLOCK WITH DUNC AND LOO "Loo in 'TV or Not TV' "

Those under 40, used to today's high-tech communications won't relate to this situation...

...which was all-too common in the pre-internet/wi-fi/cable/satellite dish days!

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!)

This never-reprinted story from Dell's Around the Block with Dunc and Loo #1 (1961) was 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

Wednesday Worlds of Wonder SPACE MAN "Out Into Space" Conclusion

When Last We Left Our Space-Age Heroes...

Returing to Earth after successfully breaching the Anti-Force that kept humans from leaving Earth orbit, Ian and Johnny must keep from the public that they are now part of a secret interplanetary defense force operated by a (dare I say) federation of planets to protect the galaxy.

The series would run another seven issues that got even weirder and wilder than this premiere from Dell's Four Color #1253.

We'll be presenting those tales in the future.

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Taylor History of Comics

Vol 3

Wednesday Worlds of Wonder SPACE MAN "Out Into Space" Part 3

We Have Already Seen...

Hey, we're in the middle of a war here!

Check out Part 1 and Part 2, when you have a chance.

In the meantime, dive in...

Think this is the end of the story?

Heck, it's not even the end of the issue!

Be here next Wednesday...

...when our heroes face the world, and lie through their teeth to almost everyone!

Illustrated by Jack Sparling, and probably written by Joe Gill, this story from Dell's Four Color #1253 (1962) was the kickoff to a series that would continue for seven more issues in the early 1960s, then disappear from view...until now!

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Wednesday Worlds of Wonder SPACE MAN "Out Into Space" Part 2

When Last We Left Our Space Heroes...

In the near-future (as seen from 1962), the experimental X-1825 attempts to break through the "Anti-Force" surrounding Earth that keeps spacecraft from going any further into outer space than orbiting our world.

Veteran spaceman Ian Stannard and rookie Johnny Mack manage to steer the ship through the barrier and land on the Moon's surface where they are surrounded by silent humanoids in spacesuits who bring them to an underground city...

Battle is joined, and the mayhem continues..

Next Wednesday!

This book-length tale from Dell's Four Color Comics #1253 (1962) was written by Ken Fitch and  illustrated by Jack Sparling.
Was this originally-intended as a proposal for an animated or live-action TV series, which the writer then adapted into a comic series?
It certainly feels like it!

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Wednesday Worlds of Wonder SPACE MAN "Out Into Space" Part 1

Beginning: a long-lost space epic of a federation of alien worlds, cyborgs, a secret Earth defense force, and flying saucers...

...years before Star Trek, Six Million Dollar Man, or UFO were broadcast over the airwaves!

What...or who...is at the end of the corridor?

Find out...
Next Wednesday!

With a real-life space program well under way, this book-length tale from Dell's Four Color Comics #1253 (1962) was an attempt to "update" the sort of space opera popular with comic and pulp fans of the 1940s-50s like Speed Carter: SpaceMan and Space Squadron by setting it in the near-future instead of 50 or more years later.

Writen by Ken Fitch and illustrated by Jack Sparling, who used the then-current Mercury astronauts' spacesuit designs, but Chesley Bonestell's already-outdated spacecraft concepts (probably because the finned ships looked cooler than the actual Atlas and Redstone rockets NASA was using) as reference.

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Monday Madness FLYING SAUCERS "Far Out Physical"

To wind up this month of flying saucer fun...

...here's a long-unseen tale with a decidedly-different approach to the aliens!

You'll note that the aliens' world balloons are left blank!

Editor Don (D J) Arneson wrote all the stories in the four-issue run of Dell's Flying Saucers, also making sure the various artists presented a fairly-consistent "look" to the aliens.
(Note: the series ran five issues, but the fifth was a reprint of #1)
In the case of this tale from #1 (1967), Sam Glanzman brought his realistic, natural style to a story using many of the already-established elements of UFO lore.
Trivia: Both Dell and Gold Key produced anthology comics about alien visitors and their kitchenware-shaped vessels during this period.
Gold Key's UFO: Flying Saucers ran for twenty five issues, changing to UFO and Outer Space as of #14!

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Voyage to the Deep

TPB reprinting the complete four-issue sci-fi/fantasy 1960s series illustrated by Sam Glanzman, plus some kool features!