Russkie-Smashers FIGHTING AMERICAN and SPEEDBOY are at HERO HISTORIES!

 Join Democracy's Daring Duo...
...starting Monday at...
Hero Histories
...as they follow our previous hero...
The Avenger
...battling sinister Soviets in the 1950s!

Did You Join the Annual Summer RetroBlog Blogathons?

If you didn't, you missed...

...the only never-reprinted Shang-Chi comic story ever, unseen for 40 years at

Pop Art Martial Arts!

A classic gothic romance/beach read at

True Love Comics Tales!

Plus: these three too-kool for school, never-reprinted, prose super-hero tales...all unseen since the 1960s at
Hero Histories!

The rebooted Silver Age origin of He Who Knows What Evil Lurks in the Hearts of Men!
The Shadow!

The first novel featuring the Star Spangled Avenger!
Captain America: the Great Gold Steal!

And last, but certainly not least, the premiere novel featuring the Caped Crusaders and a trio of evildoers!
Batman vs 3 Villains of Doom!
Lucky for you, it's not too late!
Sit down now and start reading!

Who Knows What Reboots Lurk in the Minds of Writers?

With the most extensive revamp/reboot to the legendary character since the 1960s Radio Comics version...

...by James Patterson and Brian Sitts (now in bookstores and at Amazon)...

...we hereby present the updated (as of the Silver Age), but never-reprinted reboot origin of He Who Knows What Evil Lurks in the Hearts of Men from Radio Comics The Shadow, as the "Grande Finale" to our annual Summer RetroBlogs Blogathon, beginning tomorrow at Hero Histories!
Click
HERE
Monday to enjoy!

Are You Reading the Literary Sensation of Summer 2021?

Specifically, the never-reprinted all-original novel from over five decades ago...

... which combines the best of both the Caped Crusader's Silver Age comics and the legendary 1960s TV show in peerless prose?

If not, what do we have to do to convince you?

Now if that doesn't send you hurling headlong to at least take a look by clicking...

HERE

...you're not truly a Bat-Fan!

The First Part of the RetroBlogs Summer Blogathon Ends Tomorrow...

...with the conclusion of the never-reprinted 1968 novel...
Captain America:
the Great Gold Steal
The Concluding Cataclysmic Chapter will be posted HERE on Monday!
(Or you could start from the beginning HERE!)
SPOILER!
There's a MAJOR reveal you'll never see coming!
SPOILER!!
Don't go any further if you don't want to know!
SPOILER!!!
You've been warned!
SPOILER!!!

The Annual RetroBlog Summer Blogathon is Under Way...

...with this long-lost, never-reprinted, Silver-Age Captain America novel!

If you haven't had a chance to read it, start HERE at the beginning!

If you've been a True Believer (as Stan the Man Lee would say) and already devoured the first six pulse-pounding chapters, click HERE on Monday and continue with Chapter 7!

It's the 4th of July! Celebrate With a "Lost" Captain America Tale!

Unseen for over 50 years, the first novel featuring the Star-Spangled Avenger!

Visit

Hero Histories

NOW to start the serialized retelling of the long-lost OOP novel!

BTW, you can read a kool short feature about Independence Day HERE!

MORE Blogathon MADNESS!

You know about the comic-based novels we're presenting in our Summer Blogathon, but what about actual comics?

Don't worry.

We have that covered...starting with a never-reprinted, over 40-year old extra-long adventure of Marvel's Shang-Chi, Master of Kung Fu in...where else...

Pop Art Martial Arts

during the last week of July!

Then, get comfy with the latest in our annual gothic-themed Beach Reads in...

True Love Comics Tales

...during the first week of August!

Note: this 50-year old tale was reprinted a decade ago...but in black and white!

This is it's first appearance in full color since 1971!

Finally, to wind up the Blogathon in the last week of August, we present...

...the never-reprinted, serialized, Origin of The Shadow from the never-reprinted 1960s Radio/Archie comics in
Hero Histories

And here's the kicker...they're text features...from the comics!

Yep, we start the Blogathon with...

...this novel beginning (appropriately enough)  on July 4th, and running a chapter a day at...
Hero Histories
...then continuing with the earlier-mentioned kung-fu and romance entries at
Pop Art Martial Arts
and
True Love Comics Tales

The Caped Crusader appears the second week of August, also running a chapter a day at
Hero Histories!
And winding it all up will be the (text) Radio Comics adventures of He Who Knows What Evil Lurks in the Hearts of Men, also at
Hero Histories
...where you'll find several of his 1960s comic adventures already there and ready to read!

Asians and Asian-Americans in Comics...Continued

More from our ongoing examination of how American comics portray Asians and Asian-Americans...

Meet the only costumed Golden Age Asian super-heroine in (where else?)

Heroines!

The Blackhawks' Chinese teammate "Chop-Chop" gets not just one, but two different stories of how he joined the already-established aviator team!

His Silver Age origin at

Hero Histories...

...plus his politically-incorrect (and somewhat racist) Golden Age Origin at

Not Safe for Work Comics!

Meet the immortal "World's Greatest Lover" who seduces (among others) Pacific Islanders in...

True Love Comics Tales!

Discover secrets about the 1970s Charlie Chan cartoon (and other media versions) that you never dreamed of in...

Secret Sanctum of Captain Video!

and finally, meet the villain who's personified the racist concept of "Yellow Peril" for over a century in...

Seduction of the Innocent!

There's lots more coming!
Don't miss it!

Asians and Asian-Americans in Comics

How have American comics treated Asians and Asian-Americans?

We're presenting a RetroBlog-wide look, starting with a comic based on the 1960s Dr Kildare TV series in Medical Comics and Stories!

Then we flash back to World War II, and American comics' first solo Asian superhero, The Green Turtle at Hero Histories!

(Note: that doesn't include partners/sidekicks like the The Green Hornet's Kato or Crimson Avenger's Wing who didn't have their own strips. But Hero Histories will get to them!)

And tomorrow, you can see the comic book based on the second American TV series starring an Asian character...played by an actor of Asian descent at Secret Sanctum of Captain Video!

There's more coming, as every RetroBlog presents a post you won't want to miss!

Monday Madness AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY in A Tale Twice-Told!

What do this comic...

...and this comic...

...have in common...besides both being published as a joint project by Marvel Comics and the American Cancer Society?

Here's the inside covers from both books...

1982

1998

Figure it out?

Here's one more comparison...the back covers from both books...

1982

1998

Isn't it odd Luke seems to have forgotten cigar-smoking Nick Fury and Ben (the Thing) Grimm?

The answer is...it's the exact same comic script (including word balloons and captions), just illustrated by two different art teams a decade apart!

(OK, to be fair, the text in the block Cage is lifting is different..but that's the only thing, and it's not story-related!)

You'll see both versions of this tale Tuesday through Friday at our "brother" RetroBlog

Hero Histories!

Just When You Thought the RetroBlogs Blogathons Couldn't Get ANY Better...

...we top the previous weeks with...

The never-reprinted Golden Age tale of Superman (in this case, the Earth-Two Man of Steel) facing certain death from Virus X!

Not one...

...not two...

...not three...

...but four never-reprinted tales of Supergirl, with Wonder Woman guest-starring in the last one!

...plus...

...Surgeon X winds up her first appearance at Medical Comics and Stories!

What's coming during the final week of the RetroBlogs Blogathon?

Watch and Find Out!

Can Your Heart Take the Conclusion of the Greatest Superman Story...that Nobody Remembers?

It's coming this week...

...as Superman faces death by disease, while Earth's superheroes face a world (in pre-Crisis on Infinite Earths continuity) without a Superman to protect it!

Meanwhile, Supergirl faces the only super-villain worse than Lex Luthor...his niece...

...and shows Brainiac that payback is a super-bitch when he screws with her love-life!

Kung-Fu Fighter makes his debut...at DC after first appearing at Marvel!

(Weird, huh?)

Finally, in the pandemic-ridden near future, Surgeon X decides who lives and who die, via a multi-media presentation that'll blow your mind!

Plus, This Week...

The Return of Hard-Boiled Lawyer (Yes, it's a thing!) Perry Mason in Another Never-Reprinted Comic Adaption of an early Erle Stanley Gardner Novel!

The RetroBlogs Blogathon Just Keeps Going...

...with some astounding time-lost tales!

Superman, infected with a lethal (to both humans and Kryptonians ) disease nears death in this never-reprinted (and in pre-Crisis on Infinite Earths continuity) serial...

...Supergirl goes the 1970s Wonder Woman route with a new costume...

...and a world ravaged by a pandemic witnesses the multi-media coming of...Surgeon X!

(You'll understand when you read it!)

August is just beginning!

Watch This Space!