Atomic Kommie Comics: Nightmare

Wednesday, November 9, 2022

Wednesday Worlds of Wonder NIGHTMARE "Massacre of Mankind!"

Look at this tale and tell us...if you can...when was it created?

Was it
The Golden Age (1940s)?

The Atomic Age (1950s)?

The Silver Age (1960s)?

The Bronze Age (1970s)?

The answer will surprise you!

One hint: The artist who drew it worked in all four eras!

It was written and laid-out in the 1950s, but penciled and inked in the 1970s!

Scripted by Walter (The Shadow) Gibson and laid-out by Gene Fawcette back in 1952, the tale was fully-penciled and inked by Bill (Sub-Mariner) Everett for Skywald's b/w anthology Nightmare #2 (1971)!

It's actually the first chapter in a three-part tale, but the other two parts were never re-done!
You'll see the complete original tale starting next Wednesday!

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Thursday, April 22, 2021

Earth Day Reading Room NIGHTMARE "Pollution Monsters!"

"The Devil made it do it!" is given new meaning...

...in this never-reprinted tale from 51 years ago (the year Earth Day was first celebrated) which reads like one of Atlas' (pre-Marvel Comics) late 1950s-early 1960s monster stories!

Before we continue, two points:

1) Penciler Don Heck was one of the primary artists of both Atlas era and Silver Age Marvel comics stories, including numerous giant monster tales.
(Inker Mike Esposito, though he entered the field at the same time as Heck, didn't do much work for Atlas or Marvel until the late 1960s.)

2) The story is broken into two parts, even though it's only 10 pages, much like those Atlas Comics stories.

Is it a deliberate homage?
Writer Mike Freidrich was one of the first generation of comic fanboys turned professional creatives, so he was very familiar with the inherent tropes...