Monday Madness ARRGH! "Fangs for the Memory!"

We ran out of Spanish Dracula one-pagers...

...so we're presenting this never-reprinted comic (in more ways than one) tale of urban vampire terror from Marvel's ARRRGH! #1 (1973)!

Let's see what lurks under this kool Marie Severin/Tom Sutton cover...

Written by Russ Jones (as "Jack Younger"), penciled by Mike Sekowsky (some of his last comic book work before going into TV/movie animation full-time), and inked by Tom Sutton (who usually inked his own work), this was an attempt to do a new MAD-style four color comic due to the early 1970s loosening of editorial restrictions by the Comics Code Authority!

Sadly, the book only lasted five issues...

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Sincerest Form of Parody

Wednesday Worlds of Wonder "Secrets of SEEKER 3000!"

Before we continue our re-presentation of the time-lost Seeker 3000! series...

...here's some background on both "classic" and "next gen" versions of the series..

First, the original plans for the proposed series by co-creators Doug Moench and Tom Sutton from Marvel's FOOM Magazine #21 (1978)...

Sadly, 'twas not to be, as the series didn't make it beyond the "pilot" stage...until 21 years later!

The only reprinting it had before this was a serialized version in the Marvel British weekly Future Tense...

Now we'll have a look at the "next gen" version from 1998...

Be here next week as we begin the first re-presentation of the follow-up series, which has never been collected in TPB form or reprinted in any way!

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Marvel Premiere #41

SEEKER 3000!

(the first appearance of the series)

Wednesday Worlds of Wonder SEEKER 3000! Conclusion

We Have Already Seen...

...(behind this amazingly Star Trek-esque cover by Dave Cockrum and Joe Sinnott)

Don't you love a strip that provides its' own synopsis?

Note the final blurb?

That's because these images are from the Seeker 3000 Premiere which reprinted the Marvel Premiere #41 tale on higher-quality paper than the original, so we presented images from that edition here!

The cover by Andrew Currie and Arthur Nichols was an updated recreation of the original Cockrum/Sinnott cover!

Except for the final blurb, not a single word or image was changed, so we felt it was the right choice for you blog readers!

Next Wednesday, before we begin re-presenting the never-reprinted sequel mini-series, we'll run two behind-the-scenes features!

One from the HTF FOOM Magazine #21 (1979) detailing what co-creators Doug Moench and Tom Sutton had in mind for future installments.

The other one's the backup from this very issue, showing the radically-different plans for the mini-series by new writer/artist team Dan Abnett & Ian Edgington and Currie & Nichols!

Trivia: Both Dave Cockrum and Tom Sutton became major contributors to Star Trek comics history!

Cockrum illustrated Marvel's adaptation of Star Trek the Motion Picture as well as covers and occasional interiors for the ongoing follow-up series which lasted 18 issues.

Tom Sutton was the primary illustrator for DC's Star Trek series when the property moved from Marvel to DC after Star Trek II: the Wrath of Khan!

He also rendered the art for the adaptations of Star Trek III: the Search for Spock and Star Trek IV: the Voyage Home!

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Marvel Premiere #41

SEEKER 3000!

(the first appearance of the series)

Wednesday Worlds of Wonder MARVEL PREMIERE "Seeker 3000!" Part 1

We're going from the past on other worlds...

...to the future on Earth and other worlds...and a starship exploring the Final Frontier!

To be Concluded
NEXT WEDNESDAY!

Writer Doug Moench and artist Tom Sutton had some kool ideas for this project, which they hoped would go to series.

Yes, there are elements of Star Trek.

But remember, Star Trek took elements from previous sci-fi projects like Voyage of the Space Beagle, Space Patrol, and Forbidden Planet and did something different with the concepts!

Come back next week and see where it goes...

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Marvel Premiere #41
SEEKER 3000!
(the first appearance of the series)

Reading Room NOT BRAND ECHH "King Konk '68"

You might have heard there's a new movie coming this weekend...

...and before it arrives, we thought we'd take a look at an earlier tale about the big guy...sorta...

There's lots of then-topical references to people and events of the late 1960s, so those not old enough to remember them might want to Google some the subjects.
The protagonists are Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton, the Brangelina of the 60s-70s.
Many references are to their movies together like Butterfield 8 ("Butterfield Ape")
Other celebs include Hugh Hefner and Hubert Humphrey.
There are also cameos by now-obscure comics characters like Phantom Eagle and Blackhawk.
Written by Roy Thomas and illustrated by Tom Sutton (with a cover and celeb caricatures in the story by Marie Severin), this mini-classic was hidden in comics collectors' longboxes for over 40 years until Marvel finally reprinted it in a Not Brand Echh Masterwork.

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Art and Making of Kong: Skull Island