Wednesday Worlds of Wonder BRAK THE BARBARIAN "Unspeakable Shrine" Conclusion

When Last We Left Our Barbarian...

...it's not a synopsis, but the Steve Gan art was too kool for me not to present it!

Anyway on with the story (and an actual synopsis)...

Afraid not, Septegundus! 

This story in Marvel's Savage Tales V1N8 (1975) was the finale for Brak's graphic story adventures by any publisher to date!

Unlike other barbarian/high adventure characters, Brak was never reprinted or revived.

OTOH, he fared better than Lin Carter's Jandar of Callisto!

There was a text feature in the previous issue of Savage Tales about that multi-volume John Carter/Carson of Venus pastiche by noted fantasy author Carter being adapted by Marvel.

Unfortunately, except for a couple of promo pieces, there was never any work done on the projected strip.

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More Worlds of Wonder!!!

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The (Complete) Adventures of Brak the Barbarian

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Wednesday Worlds of Wonder BRAK THE BARBARIAN "Unspeakable Shrine" Part One

Though Brak was the least-successful of Marvel's early 1970s barbarian horde...

...it wasn't for lack of trying, as this never-reprinted story from Marvel's Savage Tales V1N7 (1974) demonstrates!

To Be Concluded

Next Issue

(I Mean Next Week!)

Doug Moench and Steve Gan both went on to other kool high-adventure projects at Marvel!

Doug scripted the b/w Doc Savage series (considered by many, myself included, to be the best comics version of the Man of Bronze ever) and Steve worked on Tarzan, Conan, co-created Skull the Slayer, and co-created the Guardians of the Galaxy's own Peter Quill/StarLord!

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Wednesday Worlds of Wonder BRAK THE BARBARIAN "Sword and the Road"

Who is Brak the Barbarian?

Though we presented his first comic appearance last week, most current comics fans are totally-unaware of him!

So let's clear up the matter...

After this never-reprinted text feature from Marvel's Savage Tales V1N6 (1974), there were two more Brak prose short-story collections; When the Idols Walked (1978) and Fortunes of Brak (1980).

All the books were re-edited into the collection shown below.

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Wednesday Worlds of Wonder Valentine's Day Special SAVAGE TALES "Fury of the Femizons"

Consider, on Valentine's Day, what the world might be like if the "fairer sex" ran the whole planet...

...as portrayed in this Women's Lib-era story from the b/w magazine Savage Tales #1 (1971)!

(Was it really over a half-century ago?

Lord, I feel so old...)

Written by Stan Lee and illustrated by John Romita, Sr,  this tale had an unusual genesis, as detailed on the editorial page by editor Roy Thomas...

Women's liberation.
It's all around us, be we male or female.

marches, intellectual treatises, picketing, bra-burning, some four-letter forensics, and more burnings–not always of bras.

"Women are the equals of men every day, in every way!'

Men are beginning to believe it.

Women always knew it.

So what happens if maybe we come the full circle in, say the next hundred years or so?

What if women turn the rascals out–and we do mean out!

What would we have then?

A better world? Perhaps.

A gentler world? Could be.

A different world? Believe it.

Stan Lee got to wondering-and, by and by, he set imaginative artist Johnny Romita to wondering along with him.

The result is, perhaps, something just a wee bit new under the sun.

Not quite sword-and-sorcery–certainly not science-fiction–and not exactly a political polemic.

Robin Morgan clobbers Buck Rogers in the 25th century!

Kate Millett zaps both Flash Gordon and Ming the Merciless–then takes over Mongo for good measure!

The hand that rocks the cradle really rules the world!

A Valentine's Day look at a possible future World of Wonder...as seen from the not-so distant past. 
BTW: Almost every RetroBlog has a Valentine's Day Post!
Check out the list to the left to see them all!

Wolff Will Return Next Wednesday!