Showing posts with label Mars. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Mars. Show all posts

Wednesday, July 30, 2025

Wednesday Worlds of Wonder MARS "Rebirth" Part 1

From Tragedy Can Come Greatness...

...as paraplegic genius Dr Morgana Trace demonstrates in this unjustly-forgotten series, set in the future, from over four decades ago!














And on that ominous note, we take our leave until
NEXT WEDNESDAY!
Written and illustrated by Mark Wheatley and Marc Hempel, First Comics' Mars #1 (1984) is a fast-paced start into the tale with several twists you won't see coming!
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Tuesday, May 20, 2025

Reading Room (and Bonus Video) STAR*REACH "Why Viking Lander/Mars?" by Ray Bradbury

A very kool, never-reprinted adaptation of a Ray Bradbury poem...
...first performed by the legendary author at the 1976 San Diego Comic-Con the week after the Viking probe landed on Mars!
Sadly, there's no extant video or audio recording of the event, but we did find a more recent reading by Robert Picardo ("The Doctor" on Star Trek: Voyager)
AFAIK, the poem's never been reprinted in any of the Bradbury anthologies, or anywhere else, for that matter!
It's only appearance was in Star*Reach #6 (1976), illustrated with absolutely beautiful art by Alex Nino!
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Saturday, March 16, 2024

Space Hero Saturdays LARS OF MARS "Secret Origin"

What if 1950s sci-fi shows like Captain Video or Space Patrol were real?
Or if the aliens shown on the screen were real aliens?
And what if the alien was the Space Hero???
As you've just read, that was the premise of the short-lived (two issues) Ziff-Davis series Lars of Mars!
Created by Jerry (Superman) Siegel and Murphy (Buck Rogers) Anderson, this premiere story from the first issue of his own title (which, oddly enough,  was #10!) established the somewhat-silly premise.
During his run, Lars battled Commies, crooks, and other interplanetary aliens while protecting his "secret identity" from his nosy producer (who bore a disturbing resemblance to Lois Lane).
You'll be seeing all of Lars' stories here (including his final tale from the 1980s (in 3-D, no less) over the next six months.
Watch for them!
Trivia:
The cover paintings for both issues of Lars of Mars were painted by Allen Anderson...who was not related to interior artist Murphy Anderson!
Here's a "Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon"-style factoid (done in only four degrees)...
  • 1) Ziff-Davis also published a short-lived adaptation of an actual 1950s sci-fi tv series, Space Patrol, illustrated by Bernie Krigstein.
  • 2) Krigstein illustrated the first issue of another Ziff-Davis sci-fi series: Space Busters!
  • 3) Bernie was replaced on interior art for the second (and final) issue of Space Busters by...Murphy Anderson!
  • 4) Allen Anderson did the painted cover for the Space Busters issue (#2) illustrated by Murphy! (Norm Saunders had painted #1's cover!)
featuring the covers of both issues of Lars of Mars!

Tuesday, October 31, 2023

Holiday Reading Room MARVEL TALES "Man Without Fear"

"What holiday?"
Why, Halloween, of course!
Or...is it!
Is this never-reprinted story by writer Carl Wessler and artist Joe Sinnott from Atlas' Marvel Tales #140 (1955) a Halloween treat...or trick?
You tell us, kiddo!

Saturday, January 28, 2023

Space Hero Saturdays MAN O' MARS

Here's a kool klassic from the 1950s...the lead story from a 1953 one-shot that combined all the great cliches of space opera (spaceships, ray guns, aliens, half-naked space babes) in one tight ten-page tale set only thirteen years from now...

These days, this story would be a six-issue mini-series with tie-ins to several other titles.
The rest of Fiction House's Man O' Mars one-shot from 1953 was made up of unrelated reprints from earlier issues of Planet Comics.
The interior artist is Maurice Gutwirth, but the writer is unknown.
The original cover was done by Maurice Whitman, one of the Golden Age's more prolific artists with credits at almost every company of the era!
When the book was reprinted by IW Comics in 1958 from the original printing plates, the covers weren't included, so publisher Israel Waldman commissioned Angelo Torres...
...who created a superb Frank Frazetta-style cover, doing his fellow Fleagle Gang member proud!
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Sunday, December 4, 2022

Christmas Collectible Cornucopia (Say that Five Times Fast!)

Ho, Ho, Ho!
Need a stocking stuffer with style?
PPE FaceMasks, Christmas Cards, Mugs, Magnets, Shopping Bags and other unique items are here
Over a dozen designs in categories that will bring back nostalgic memories of your childhood!
Along with St. Nick, our frosty friend is one of the most recognizable symbols of Winter and the Christmas Season!
The classic tale of Scrooge's redemption brought alive with 9 digitally-remastered and restored images from the very FIRST edition EVER, plus the 1951 movie!
How do comic characters celebrate Christmas?
Check it out! 
He's the jolly ol' elf in a red suit.
They are big green men from Mars with an even bigger robot!
Who will win?
Before "The Nightmare Before Christmas" this was the funky Christmas flick!
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now, or take the chance they won't arrive in time to go under the tree or in a stocking!

Sunday, November 13, 2022

Retro-Style Christmas Collectibles!

It's time to reveal the coolest Christmas goodies ever, exclusively for your shopping pleasure! (Don't ya just love soft-sell?)

Ornaments, greeting cards, clothing, mugs, throw blankets, shopping bags, magnets, and many other items with stylish retro graphics that will make great under-the-tree gifts or stocking stuffers!

More than a dozen different 1960s Kris Kringle designs that will bring back nostalgic memories of your Baby Boomer childhood!
Along with St. Nick, our frosty friend is one of the most recognizable symbols of Winter and the Christmas Season!
5 different Frosty designs!
A Christmas Carol brought to life with images from...
the very FIRST edition EVER
and the 1951 movie starring Alastair Sim!
Bah, Humbug!
Designs featuring famous comic characters celebrating Christmas!
Green Lama!
Fast Willie Jackson!
Edison Bell: Boy Inventor!
Two different SuperSnipe designs!
Santa's Elves on Strike!
Western Rider Rusty!
3-D First Christmas Comic!
and MORE!

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