Reading Room / Tales Twice Told BLACK MAGIC "Flying Dutchman!"

Last Tuesday, we presented the 1970s reworked version of this tale...

...today, we show you the original, never-reprinted, 1950s story from Prize's Black Magic V4N5 (1954)!

Illustrated by Al Eadeh, this tale based on the long-established legend of the Flying Dutchman may have been written by Joe Simon, Jack Kirby, or both!

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Kirby Reading Room/Tales Twice-Told BLACK MAGIC "Alive After Five Thousand Years!"

Only reprinted once since initial publication 70 years ago in Prize's Black Magic V4N4 (1954)...

...here's a tale showing the legendary Simon and Kirby team at their spooky (but non-gory) best!

Just cries out for a sequel, eh?

Sadly, there wasn't one, nor was the story reprinted...until 2014, in Titan's Simon and Kirby Library: Horror anthology (see below).
But, there was a retitled retelling of this tale, in a rather unlikely place, in 1974!

You'll see that version on Thursday!

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Kirby Reading Room BLACK MAGIC "Slaughter-House!!"

If Republicans think finding employment is difficult now (hint: it isn't) ...

...imagine what it'd be like when your boss is a tentacled invading alien (which some Repugs believe Democrats actually are)!

This tale of interstellar labor relations from Prize Comics' Black Magic #31 (1954) was illustrated by the legendary duo of Joe Simon & Jack Kirby, though who penciled what and who inked what has been disputed by aficionados.

Personally, I think Kirby penciled and Simon inked.

As to who wrote it, since both Simon & Kirby co-edited the book, it's more than likely they both scripted it.

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Space Force Saturdays TOM CORBETT, SPACE CADET "Spaceship of Doom!"

Here's the only major 1950s multi-media space hero we haven't covered...

...so we're intoducing him to you with his first appearance in his second comic series!

So, let's join Tom and the crew of the Space Academy ship Polaris...

Besides being the longest-running tv/radio show of the genre (six years), Tom Corbett had the longest run of any of the tv series comics adaptations...fifteen issues with two different publishers!

The second series was published by Prize Comics and packaged (as were a number of Prize titles of the period) by the Simon & Kirby studio.

The series' primary artist was Mort Meskin, but there are apparently other artists doing layouts and inking including Jack Kirby himself, and Steve Ditko (who was just starting out).

This tale from Prize Comics' V2N1 (1955) was penciled by Meskin and inked by several different artists.
Trivia: the TV series is one of only a half-dozen shows to have appeared on all four major networks (ABC, CBS, NBC, and DuMont) during its' first run!

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Reading Room / Halloween Horror MONSTER OF FRANKENSTEIN COMICS "Premonition of Death!"

Some things just can't be explained by current science...

...but that doesn't make them any less real!

Is this a lost "Kirby Klassic" from the 1950s?

When Prize Comics' Monster of Frankenstein title was revived during the horror comic boom of the early 1950s, besides a wonderfully-gruesome version of Dick Briefer's previously-humorous Monster, it featured a number of two to four page "fillers".

Most of these tales appear to be, at the very least, laid-out by Jack Kirby.

This never-reprinted story from V3N3 (1954) is a prime example.

The Grand Comics Database lists the story's illustrator as Marvin Stein, who worked primarily for the Simon & Kirby studio, so this most likely was an S&K "inventory" story laid-out by Kirby and meant for insertion wherever editorial page count came up short.

Sadly, the writer of the story is, as in so many cases, unknown...

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Reading Room MONSTER OF FRANKENSTEIN COMICS "Doorway to the Future!"

Is this a "lost" Kirby Klassic from the 1950s?

Read this never-reprinted tale from Monster of Frankenstein #33 (1954) and judge for yourself...

When Prize Comics' Monster of Frankenstein title was revived during the horror comic boom of the early 1950s, besides a wonderfully-gruesome version of Dick Briefer's Monster, it featured a number of two to four page "fillers".

Most of these tales appear to be, at the very least, laid-out by Jack Kirby.

This story is a prime example.

The figure poses, faces, machinery, even the futuristic buildings all but scream "KIRBY"!

The Grand Comics Database lists the story's artist as Marvin Stein with a "?", but considering the volume of work Simon & Kirby did for Prize before leaving to form their own company, Mainline, and the fact Stein worked primarily for their studio, it's not unlikely this was an "inventory" story meant for insertion wherever editorial material pagecount came up short.

Sadly, the writer of the story is, as in so many cases, unknown, but it might also be Kirby...

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Celebrate the 200th Anniversary of the First Publication of FRANKENSTEIN in October!

Start with the Classic Comics adaptation...

...written by Ruth Roche and illustrated by Robert Hayward Webb & Ann Brewster!

Continue with an authorized (but surreal) sequel to the 1930s Universal movie...

...written by Don Segall and illustrated by Bob Jenney!

Add in a humorous take on the tale by Bill (Sub-Mariner) Everett..

...from Atlas/Marvel's MAD clone, CRAZY!
Sample a startling one-shot tale...

...written by noted horror editor Roger Elwood and illustrated by the creator of the Golden Age Human Torch, Carl Burgos!
See a faithful adaptation of the first Hammer Studios Frankenstein flick...

...scripted by Donne Avenell and rendered by Alberto Cuyas

Then go with a swinging Sixties update...

..from Marvel's Not Brand Echh by writer Arnold Drake and artist Tom Sutton under a freaky Marie Severin cover!
Then try out a never-reprinted fummetti of...

...from DC's Movie Comics #1 (1939)!
If you think that's weird, how about Frankie as a Swinging Sixties SUPERHERO???

...courtesy of writer DJ Arneson and artist Tony Tallarico?

And, finally, beginning October 1st, running Monday through Friday until Halloween...

...Dick Briefer's legendary 1950s horror comic-inspired sequel to the original novel!
So get your fill of Frankie all October at our RetroBlogs!

The MONSTER OF FRANKENSTEIN Blogathon is coming to HORROR COMICS OF THE 1950s!

Our Newest RetroBlog, Horror Comics of the 1950s starts off with a SHRIEK...

...as we re-present the complete run of Dick Briefer's third (and scariest) version of The Monster of Frankenstein to celebrate both Halloween and the 200th Anniversary of Mary Shelley's classic gothic novel!

The terror begins October 1st!

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Reading Room MONSTER OF FRANKENSTEIN COMICS "Small Fry!"

You can't tell me this isn't a "lost" Kirby Klassic from the 1950s...

...with the only question being "who was the penciler and/or inker over Jack Kirby's layouts?"

When Prize Comics' Monster of Frankenstein title was revived during the horror comic boom of the early 1950s, besides a wonderfully-gruesome version of Dick Briefer's Monster, it featured a number of two to four page "fillers".

Most of these tales appear to be, at the very least, laid-out by Jack Kirby.

This never-reprinted story from Prize's Monster of Frankenstein #33 (1954) is a prime example.
Some of the "camera angles" are easily-recognizable from later Ant-Man stories by Jack Kirby.

The Grand Comics Database lists the story's creators as "unknown", but considering the volume of work Simon & Kirby did for Prize before leaving to form their own company, Mainline, it's not unlikely this was an "inventory" story meant for insertion wherever editorial material pagecount came up short.

Sadly, the writer of the story is, as in so many cases of tale from the 1940s-60s, unknown...

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