Best of Wednesday Worlds of Wonder SPACE CLUSTERS by Arthur Byron Cover & Alex Nino

It's a Time-Lost, Totally-Original, Never-Reprinted Graphic Novel...

 by noted sci-fi novelist Arthur Byron Cover and incredibly-unique graphic illustrator Alex Nino, which you've likely never seen!
It's Weird!
It's Wild!
It's the Very Embodiment of a World of Wonder!
So What Are You Waiting for?
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Part One
Part Two
Part Three
Part Four

Best of Wednesday Worlds of Wonder CARSON OF VENUS

For September, we're presenting compilations of previous series you may have missed!

...starting with the never-reprinted DC adaptation of Edgar Rice Burroughs' "scientific romance" (as they called it back then) Carson of Venus by Len Wein & Michael J Kaluta!

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"Mars--or Bust!"

"Girl in the Garden"

"Battle Cry!"

"Gathering Tarel"

"Terror from the Sky!"

"Mutiny at Sea"

"Duare: Princess of Venus"

"Catastrophe!"

"Into the Land of Noobol"

"Lost on Venus"

"Babes in the Woods"

"Into the Noboolian Valley"

Sadly, the series ends on a cliffhanger...

Wednesday Worlds of Wonder JUNGLE JIM "Winged Fury"

In the 1960s, the usually-staid Jungle Jim series jumped into high adventure/fantasy...

...with lost civilizations, mutants, aliens, even mystical menaces, threatening the Don Moore/Alex Raymond-created hero!

Scripted by Bhob Stewart, penciled by Steve Ditko and inked by Wally Wood, this never-reprinted (in color) tale from Charlton's Jungle Jim #27 (1969) was a classic example of how to update a series properly, unlike say, DC's attempt to make the 1940s aviators, the Blackhawks, into super-heroes from that same era!

Trivia: Though the cover looks like just a modification of Ditko/Wood's art on Page 5, panel 1, its actually a redraw by editor Sal Gentile, a pretty good artist in his own right!

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Wednesday Worlds of Wonder MARS "Rebirth" Conclusion

We Have Already Seen...

...actually, this scene occurrs near the end of the story, below.

Paralyzed below the waist as a child, Dr Morgana Trace developed a method to project one's consciousness into a robot body via computer link for limited periods.
With the use of an exo-skeleton to walk, she's able to participate in a mission to Mars to supervise a team trained to use her robots on the planet's surface for construction and other tasks.
But when political problems on Earth get out-of-hand while the craft is en-route, the ship's crew and passengers face a critical choice...

There was a text feature at the end of this issue with some fascinating background about the series and characters...

The Saga Continues, Next Month!
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Wednesday Worlds of Wonder LOST PLANET "Thin Air" Part 1.5

We Have Already Seen...

Adventurer/fortune hunter Tyler Flynn, escaping from enraged South American natives in 1938, passes thru a portal from our world to...another!

It's a dimension where everybody speaks English (though they don't call it that), the technological level seems to be roughly around Europe's Middle Ages, dinosaur-like creatures are domesticated, ravens can talk, and the residents are used to people from Earth wandering into their realm!

Some also take an unhealthy interest in those Earthmen...

Could "Ambrose" be Ambrose Bierce?

He does know about guns, which no native of this dimension would have knowledge about!

Bierce disappeared around 1914, and Tyler fell in to this dimension in 1938, so that's not too unlikely!

And why does this woman want him dead?

Wha is he to her?

And who is she?

The Answers to These and Other Questions May Be Answered When We Return to The Lost Planet...Next Month!

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Wednesday Worlds of Wonder LOST PLANET "Thin Air" Part 1

Amelia Earhart, Judge Crater and Ambrose Bierce!

What Do They Have in Common?

Ask adventurer Tyler Flynn as he enters a world that's a kool mashup of everything from Lord of the Rings to Jurassic Park to Indiana Jones!

To Be Continued...Next Wednesday

Note that Carl, the first person Tyler encounters, mentions the aborigine we saw on Page 1, indicating either that Time works differently on this world or Carl (and likely other inhabitants) is very long-lived!
Written and illustrated by Bo Hampton, Eclipse's Lost Planet #1 (1987) was a pet project for Bo, who had already made a name for himself with superb work on Swamp Thing, Moon Knight, and Greylore.
He had written and illustrated a couple of short tales, but this was the first mini-series he scripted.
Hampton’s line art was done on Craft-Tint Bristol Board, used primarily by newspaper comic strip artists for the daily (Monday thru Saturday) strips, though comic book artists also used it.
(Wally Wood and Al Williamson, in particular, were masters of it!)
The textures were embedded in the paper, and different chemicals would reveal different patterns without smearing the India ink art.
It's rarely-used today because the effect can be recreated using Photoshop or other graphic programs after the art is scanned in or created on-screen.
As a result, the paper and chemicals have become scarce and expensive.
But the computer effect doesn't have the "organic" feel of the original paper.

To his credit, colorist Tom Littlejohn did a remarkable job within the technical limitations of the flat four-color separation of the era to keep the final version from being too muddied!

BTW, you can visit Bo Hampton's website HERE!
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