Wednesday Worlds of Wonder WALKING DEAD "Presidential Address" Part 1

When Last We Left Our Zombies...

...a crippled alien starship crashes on Earth and it's cargo, a gas (created to revive dead aliens to continue fighting their centuries-old war) leaks into the atmosphere.
Due to differences between alien and human biology, it also revives dead humans...who are sentient, but maniacal!

To Be Continued...

Next Wednesday!

Created by writer/artist Jim Somerville and published by Malibu/Aircel in 1989, it was vastly-different from the 2003-present graphic novel series created by Robert Kirkman and Tony Moore.

For collectors, there's good news and bad news...

Good news: There's only a four-issue mini series and a one-shot Special to collect!

Bad news: Because it didn't sell well (and has never been reprinted), it's HTF (hard to find) and expensive!

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Reading Room MENACE "Walking Dead"

As we pointed out yesterday, "Walking Dead" didn't always refer to zombies...

...but it sure does here!

This cover-featured story from Atlas' Menace #9 (1954) came at the tail-end of the horror comic craze.

Dr. Wertham's crusade against those magazines had already taken it's toll as entire comic companies folded due to falling sales and public outcry.

Menace itself only lasted two more issues before disappearing.

Luckily, Atlas, which already had a predeliction for jumping onto whatever current fad was selling, had such a diverse line, that it was easy for Stan Lee and company to simply "switch gears" and replace the disgraced horror genre with other types of books.

(For example, When MAD comics took off in the mid-1950s, Atlas had four MAD-clone comics; RIOT!, CRAZY!, WILD!, and SNAFU!!

None lasted more than five issues!)

With the Silver Age dawning only a couple of years later, Atlas hung on long enough to become Marvel, and the rest is history...

Illustrated by John Forte with a cover by Gene Colan, the story's writer is unknown.

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Reading Room CHAMBER OF CHILLS MAGAZINE "Walking Dead"

The phrase "Walking Dead" wasn't always synonymous with zombies...

...as this never-reprinted story from Harvey's Chamber of Chills Magazine #3 (1951) demonstrates!

Penciled by Bob Powell, inked by Powell, Howard Nostrand and Martin Epp, this tale was one of the earliest to use the phrase "Walking Dead"...but in connection with ghosts, not zombies!

But don't worry, zombies get equal time this weekend...

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Return of the Walking Dead!

We've already presented the origin of the first Walking Dead comic series...

...but before that, there were other "Walking Dead" stories!

Since the AMC tv series based on the wildly-successful current graphic tales is returning this Sunday, we're going to run several of these "predecessor" tales this weekend!

Be here Friday through Sunday for some long-unseen four-color zombie stories that'll thrill and chill you!

Reading Room THE WALKING DEAD "Genesis of the Walking Dead" Conclusion

When Last We Left Our Zombies...

...the semi-sentient undead are running amok unchecked.

But not for long...

Interestting how both versions of The Walking Dead feature former law-enforcement officers as their protaganists, eh?

Not to mention the idea of humans creating defensible sanctuaries against the undead...

This concludes our re-presentation of the first issue of the series.

Whether we continue or not depends on reader response.

If people let us know they want more, we'll happily provide it!

So hit the keyboards and let us know, folks!

Created by writer/artist Jim Somerville and published by Malibu/Aircel in 1989, it was vastly-different from the 2003-present graphic novel series created by Robert Kirkman and Tony Moore.

For collectors, there's good news and bad news...

Good news: There's only a four-issue mini series and a one-shot Special to collect!

Bad news: Because it didn't sell well (and has never been reprinted), it's HTF (hard to find) and expensive!

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Behind the Scenes of the Most Terrifying Zombie Movie Ever!

Reading Room THE WALKING DEAD "Genesis of the Walking Dead" Part 2

We Have Already Seen...

Debris from an interstellar battle falls to Earth, contaminating our biosphere with a gas which revives the deceased...

To be Concluded...Next Friday!

Created by writer/artist Jim Somerville and published by Malibu/Aircel in 1989, it was vastly-different from the 2003-present graphic novel series created by Robert Kirkman and Tony Moore.

For collectors, there's good news and bad news...

Good news: There's only a four-issue mini series and a one-shot Special to collect!

Bad news: Because it didn't sell well (and has never been reprinted), it's HTF (hard to find) and expensive!

Please Support Atomic Kommie Comics

Visit Amazon and Order...

Night of the Living Dead

Behind the Scenes of the Most Terrifying Zombie Movie Ever!