Showing posts with label Sadko. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Sadko. Show all posts

Wednesday, February 21, 2024

Wednesday Worlds of Wonder WOLFF "Mother of Waters"

At last, the never-seen (in America) continuation of the saga of Wolff...
...as our post-apocalyptic barbarian and Galadra meet...guess who?
Hint: Look at the title!
This tale from New England Library's Dracula #7 (1972), by Luis Gaska (aka Sadko) and Estaban Maroto takes a tragic turn.
But, it also sets up a major change in the storyline, as we'll see in the near-future!
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Wednesday, February 7, 2024

Wednesday Worlds of Wonder WOLFF "Manuscript of Rep-Tah"

...(except for Thundarr) rescued from wolves by a woman who calls herself GaladraWolff joins her on a quest...
From New England Library's Dracula #6 (1972), the Luis Gaska (aka Sadko) & Estaban Maroto series just gets weirder and even somewhat psychedelic!
It also looks like somebody lost track of who's who!
Galadra looks remarkably like Rulah, who enchanted Wolff, turning him into a werewolf!
Was it a error by translator Laurence James? 
(The original version of this story was in Spanish!)
Note: this tale concludes the six Wolff stories included in Warren's Dracula TPB.
The remainder of Wolff's adventures were never published in America, but we'll be presenting them here over the next few weeks.
BTW, here's the cover to this issue by Enrique Torres (aka Enrich) using horror icon Barbara Steele as Rulah/Galandra!
If his style looks familiar, he did a lot of covers for Warren Magazines in the 1970s!

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Wednesday, January 31, 2024

Wednesday Worlds of Wonder WOLFF "Lady of the Wolves"

...he had been cursed to become a literal version of his name...a lycanthrope!
Is Wolff fated to repeat this nightmare whenever the Moon is full?
Or is there a way to defeat the curse?
While this chapter of the Wolff saga, written by Luis Gasca (aka Sadko) & Estaban Maroto and illustrated by Maroto from New English Library's Dracula #5 (1972) leaves us hanging, the next chapter will offer an answer...though it might not be one Wolff likes!
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Wednesday, January 24, 2024

Wednesday Worlds of Wonder WOLFF "Night of the WereWolf"

...well, that turn of events doesn't sound promising, does it?
I don't remember this sort of thing ever happening to Conan!
This tale from Dracula #4 (1971) was written by Sadko superbly-illustrated and co-written by Esteban Maroto.

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Wednesday, January 17, 2024

Wednesday Worlds of Wonder WOLFF "Sorceress of the Red Mist"

Return to the barbaric, post-apocalyptic future Earth of Wolff...
...where technology and magic are both considered "dark arts" by the majority of inhabitants of this barbaric future!
Yeah, we know we said it before, but it bears repeating!

Esteban Maroto rendered this tale, co-written by Luis "Sadko" Gaska, from New England Library's Dracula #3 (1971) with his usual superb storytelling and masterful linework.
Not sure who colored it, though..

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Wednesday, January 10, 2024

Wednesday Worlds of Wonder WOLFF "World of the Witches"

...where technology and magic are both considered "dark arts" by the majority of inhabitants of this barbaric future!
Is it just me, or does the Sorceress of the Red Mist remind you of our previous Wednesday Worlds of Wonder feature, the sexy space heroine Agar-Agar, who was also published in the Dracula anthology magazine (and was also written by Wolff co-scripter Luis Gasca under the pen-name "Sadko")?
Or was that eye-makeup thing just a European fashion trend in the early 1970s?

This tale from  New English Library's Dracula #2 (1971) was superbly-illustrated and co-written by Esteban Maroto.
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Wednesday, January 3, 2024

Wednesday Worlds of Wonder WOLFF "Path of the Dead"

Welcome to one of the best "barbarian in a post-apocalyptic future Earth" strips...
...as we present the saga of Wolff the Barbarian.
Written by Luis Gasca (under the pen-name "Sadko") & Esteban Maroto, illustrated by Maroto.

Published in England in Dracula (1971), a 12-issue partworks magazine* by New English Library, the first 6 tales made their American debut in Warren Publishing's HTF Dracula TPB in 1972 which reprinted #1-#6 of the British Dracula's run.
The remaining tales from #7-#12 have never been published in the US.
We'll be running the complete Wolff strip (including the never-seen in US tales)!
Watch for it!
*Partworks magazines are a limited series issued from weekly, fortnightly, or monthly.
They usually run 12-24 issues for each volume.
When the final issue in a volume is published, the publishers offer a wraparound cover to make the complete set into a hardbound book. 
The buyer is offered the option to bind the magazines themselves or send the set to the publisher who professionally-binds the mags and sends the bound volume back to the customer.
This concept is extremely popular in Europe, but has never caught on in America, despite numerous attempts.
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Wednesday, December 20, 2023

Wednesday Worlds of Wonder AGAR-AGAR "Over the Rainbow"

...and to paraphrase what they say about Las Vegas; what happens in the Temple of Love stays in the Temple of Love!
Don't you just love a happy...if somewhat confusing...ending?
Trivia: I recently learned "Laurence James" has been credited in the Grand Comics Database with the English translations of all the Dracula magazine material (including the Agar-Agar strip) which had been originally-published for the Spanish market!
I haven't been able to find any other credits under this name, so I'm uncertain if "Laurence James" was a real name or a pseudonym.
Anybody out there know the answer?