Now that is a succinct synopsis!
Perhaps the first time on Earth the adage "no good deed goes unpunished" is proven accurate!
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Friday, December 1, 2017
Saturday, November 25, 2017
Reading Room TRAGG AND THE SKY GODS "Spawn of Yargon" Conclusion
...we learned that the women who would eventually be the mothers of Tragg and his mate-to-be Lorn had been genetically-altered by advanced aliens from Yargon, creating the next step in human evolution beyond Neanderthals!
After witnessing the birth and the first year of Tragg and Lorn's development, the aliens (whom the Neanderthals considered to be "gods") departed, planning to return a couple of decades later to see how the experiment worked out!
But, in the interim, many of the Neanderthals came to blame the departure of the "gods" on the births of Tragg and Lorn, and felt the way to compel the return of those they worshipped was to slay the "strange ones"!
The endangered pair evade their would-be killers and hide in the nearby mountains.
But events far across the universe were about to throw the proverbial monkey wrench into everybody's plans...
Be here next Friday, as we present another chapter!
Bonus: When this tale was reprinted in the series' final issue, six years later, the cover was recomposed and recolored...
Though the flat color design definitely creates a better feeling of depth and separation between the foreground figures of Tragg and Lorn and the background where the Yargonians lurk, the wonderful textures of the original hand-colored version have been lost!
BTW, notice how, from 1976 to 1982, in only six years comics more than doubled in price, from 25¢ to 60¢ for a standard 36-page book!
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Friday, November 24, 2017
Friday Fun TRAGG AND THE SKY GODS "Spawn of Yargon" Part 1
...Gold Key leaped whole-heartedly into the world of Tragg with this premiere issue in 1976!
Co-creators Don Glut (writer) and Jesse Santos (illustrator) tweaked the concept a bit, and the publishers finally gave the go-ahead for an ongoing series.
Note Tragg is no longer using a silver-bladed ax as shown HERE!
Nor are there any magicians/voodoo practitioners as shown HERE!
Now, a previously-unmentioned brother, Jarn has been added.
Plus, a semi-legit explanation for how dinosaurs exist at this point in history is presented!
(Hey, it worked for Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's The Lost World!)
In addition, all the other people are now Neanderthals, while the previous tales presented a mix of Neanderthals and Cro-Magnons!
And, we meet a race of busybody Chariots of the Gods-type aliens (who appear to be different from the aliens seen HERE) who are presented as the new ongoing antagonists.
Bonus: Here's the original art for page 4...
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Friday, November 17, 2017
Friday Fun TALES OF SWORD AND SORCERY "Cult of the Cave Bear"
The second try at a Tragg strip...
...dropped any elements of science fiction, and went for pure fantasy...including zombies!
This Don Glut-scripted. Jesse Santos-illustrated story from Gold Key's Mystery Comics Digest #9 (1973) has never been reprinted, nor are the events or other characters referred to in the subsequent Tragg and the Sky Gods series, which we'll begin next Friday!
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