Monday Mecha Madness MONSTER OF FRANKENSTEIN COMICS "Electronic Brain!"

 Don't Let the Title Fool You!

Though it starts off with an immobile computer, before it's over, this story will be crawling with robots!





Yep, in this one, the AI wins !

This never-reprinted tale of mechanized mayhem appeared in Prize's Monster of Frankenstein Comics #30 (1954), penciled and inked by Marvin Stein.
While, officially, the writer is unknown, I believe that person (who I think also laid out the story) was Dick Briefer, who was scripting, penciling, and inking the comic's title character's strip as well!

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Monday Mecha Madness SHOGUN WARRIORS "Many Heads of Cerberus" Conclusion

 We Have Already Seen...

After winning their first battle as a team, the three Shogun Warrior pilots return to their civilian lives, including jobs, families, and friends!

But it doesn't take long for a new threat to emerge...

Next Month, A Second Threat appears and Dangard Ace Enters the Battle!

There Will be a Different Robot Featured Next Week!

Written by Doug Moench, penciled by Herbe Trimpe, and inked by Mike Esposito, this initial chapter into the next story arc in the Shogun Warriors saga from Marvel's Shogun Warriors #7 (1978) introduces a different threat than the alien Myndai led by Maur-Kon...but is linked to them, as you'll see!

Monday Mecha Madness SHOGUN WARRIORS "Many Heads of Cerberus" Part 1

Having Defeated Their First Menace as a Team...

...the three pilots of the Shogun Warriors return to their disrupted personal lives, including jobs, family, and friends...all of whom are unaware of what has recently transpired!










Next Week, Things Go from Bad to Worse When Those Individual Fighters...well, you'll see!

Written by Doug Moench, penciled by Herbe Trimpe, and inked by Mike Esposito, this initial chapter into the next story arc in the Shogun Warriors saga from Marvel's Shogun Warriors #7 (1978) introduces a different threat than the alien Myndai led by Maur-Kon...but linked to them, as you'll see!

Monday Mecha Madness STRANGE WORLDS "My Job...Catch a Robot"

The Title of this Story is Misleading...

...but you'll have to read to the end to discover how and why!

Illustrated by Joe Sinnott, this never-reprinted story from Atlas' Strange Worlds #3 (1959) involves a search for a human criminal among the mechanical men!
Sort of Blade Runner, but in reverse!
Sadly, the writer is unknown.

Next Week: the Return of...

Monday Mecha Madness (Continued) BATTLESTAR GALACTICA "Berserker" Conclusion

We Have Already Witnessed...

..the "ragtag fleet" of human survivors find a planet rich in Tylium, which they can refine and convert to fuel!

But they encounter a Cylon spy satellite in orbit that starts broadcasting their position back to the Empire!

Jamming the signal, they discover the satellite is booby-trapped so that any attempt to destroy it will trigger explosives within the planet's core, which in itself will alert the Cylons to investigate!

Commander Adama sends a bomb squad to disarm and deactivate the device, but an unknown ship launches from the planet and attacks the squad's shuttle and the accompanying Vipers, out-flying the Colonial pilots...

Neither this Mark Three "Imperator" Cylon nor any of its' "brothers" were ever seen again!

Marvel's Battlestar Galactica was cancelled seven issues later.

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(Featuring the complete original art for this story, among other goodies!)

(Original art for the cover of the issue)

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Monday Mecha Madness BATTLESTAR GALACTICA "Berserker" Part 1

After Adapting the Pilot Movie and the First Two-Part Episode...

...Marvel's Battlestar Galactica comic began doing original stories with a hot new talent illustrating them, including this one about a Cylon cyberseries never seen on TV!

To Be Continued, Tomorrow!

And, since you haven't seen the Cylon itself yet, here's the cover featuring it, which will be the header pic on tomorrow's post!

Written by Roger McKenzie and penciled/inked/colored by Walt Simonson, Marvel's Battlestar Galactica #16 (1980), is the only time a Cylon not seen in the TV show appears in the comic...the reason for which the robot itself explains in the conclusion!

Note that, continuing in the TV series' format of utilizing names from ancient mythology and the Judeo/Christian Bible, McKenzie & Simonson introduced several new ongoing characters including the Galactica's Chief Engineer, Master-Tech Shadrack, named after the Biblical figure Shadrach!

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The Original Series

Galactica: 1980

Original Feature Film

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