Best of Reading Room: "Monster God of Rogor"

Heroic Archeologists in torn shirts!

Scantly-clad Princesses!

Terrifying Monsters!

And, it's illustrated by Wally Wood!

I really should charge for entertainment this good...

Yeah, I know every blogger and his brother has run this tale.

But it's so damn kool, I just had to get it into the Atomic Kommie Comics™ archives.

The art for this tale from Youthful Publications' Captain Science #1 (1950) is signed by Wally Wood, and the inking is pure Woody.

But, it looks like he had assistance on pencils, perhaps by Joe Kubert.

The writer is unknown.

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Reading Room: KENTON OF THE STAR PATROL "Corsairs of the Coalsack"

Space Squadron, Space Patrol, Star Rangers, Space Sentinels...

...with all those law-enforcement organizations prowling the spaceways of 1950s sci-fi, it's surprising there were any villains who dared commit crimes in the Milky Way!

This premiere appearance (but second printing) of Kenton of the Star Patrol is from Avon's Strange Worlds #1 (1950) is written by Gardner Fox, and illustrated by Joe Kubert.
It first appeared in Avon Publishing's Out of This World Adventures #2 (1950), a weird half-comic/half pulp magazine experiment that lasted only two issues.
Kenton was one of only two ongoing strips in Strange Worlds, an anthology for both sci-fi/fantasy and the occasional horror tale.
(The other one was Crom the Barbarian.)
You'll be seeing Kenton's entire short-lived series here over the next few weeks.

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Joe Kubert (1926-2012)

A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step...

...and this never-reprinted tale from All-New Comics #7 (1944) was one of the first for a man who would eventually become a graphic storytelling legend...Joe Kubert!

Though he was just 18 when he did this story, Kubert was already displaying a knack for storytelling that many "professional" artists today lack.

You can see a super-hero tale he did during this same period at the beginning of his career HERE.

Plus, we've presented several 3-D tales Joe did with Norman Maurer in the 1950s when the duo pioneered the technology HERE, HERE, HERE, and HERE.

Make sure you have red/blue glasses before reading them!

3-D: WHACK! "3-D-t's" Part 2

We began 3-D Week with the 3-D-t's and we end the week with them...

...but only two months after WHACK! #1 came out, things for the 3-D comic industry have not gone well at all!

How close was this story to the truth about the collapse of the 3-D comics phemonenon?

Read this page on 3-D comics expert Ray Zone's site, then decide for yourself.

Remember, in the comic story, the names have been changed to protect the guilty!

Reversing roles from the previous 3-D-t's story, Joe Kubert penciled and Norman Maurer inked this story.

Who wrote it is unknown, but it could be either or both of them.

They also satirized those impressionable youngsters who wanted to do 3-D comics...

Wonder how many kids actually sent in a dollar...

We hope you've enjoyed 3-D Week.
Check out our brother and sister RetroBlogs™ (shown on the list at left), all of whom have 3-D stories and features this week!

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3-D: WHACK! "3-D-t's"

What did people in the comics industry think of the 1950s 3-D fad?

I'd say this 1953 tale from the all-3-D first issue of WHACK! (St John's MAD comic clone) explains it pretty well.

(And, yes, you need those 3-D glasses!)

Penciled by Norman Maurer, inked by Joe Kubert, the writer is unknown, though it could be Maurer.

Next issue, there was a non-3-D sequel story about the collapse of the 3-D comic trend.

Talk about your short-lived fads!

We'll be presenting that story on Friday!

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