Reading Room CAPTAIN SCIENCE COMICS "Monster God of Rogor"

Heroic Archeologists in torn shirts!

Scantly-clad Princesses!

Terrifying Monsters!

And, it's illustrated by Wally Wood!

I really should charge for entertainment this good...

Yeah, I know every blogger and his brother has run this tale.

But it's so damn kool, I just had to get it into the Atomic Kommie Comics™ archives.

The art for this tale from Youthful Publications' Captain Science #1 (1950) is signed by Wally Wood, and the inking is pure Woody.

But, it looks like he had assistance on pencils, perhaps by Joe Kubert.

The writer is unknown.

Best of Reading Room: "Monster God of Rogor"

Heroic Archeologists in torn shirts!

Scantly-clad Princesses!

Terrifying Monsters!

And, it's illustrated by Wally Wood!

I really should charge for entertainment this good...

Yeah, I know every blogger and his brother has run this tale.

But it's so damn kool, I just had to get it into the Atomic Kommie Comics™ archives.

The art for this tale from Youthful Publications' Captain Science #1 (1950) is signed by Wally Wood, and the inking is pure Woody.

But, it looks like he had assistance on pencils, perhaps by Joe Kubert.

The writer is unknown.

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Reading Room: CAPTAIN SCIENCE "Science vs Sorcery"

Comic book space adventurers were a dime-a-dozen in the 1950s...

...but none had better art than Captain Science!

Wow, a story where Arabs are actually good guys!

Wally Wood and Joe Orlando did the art for this tale from Youthful's Captain Science #5 (1951), and you can tell they were having the time of their lives, as they cut loose with some of the wildest stuff ever to grace sci-fi comic books.

Unlike the earlier Captain Science stories, which have never been reprinted, these Orlando/Wood stories have been re-published all over the place, but they're still well-worth seeing again!

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Reading Room: BRANT CRAIG "Legion of the Dead"

"In space, no one can hear you scream..."

...with a story of interplanetary terror that would frighten even the toughest hard-boiled dick in the galaxy.

This never-reprinted story from Youthful's Captain Science #4 (1951) was the only one with an overt "horror" theme added into the already-cross genre series, and was probably illustrated by Bill Molno.

The writer is unknown.
This completes our run of the never-reprinted adventures of space sleuth Brant Craig.
You can read all of them by clicking HERE.

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Reading Room: BRANT CRAIG "Case of the Racing Grellama"

Some things never change...

...including cliched mysteries featuring private eyes, whether set in the 1930s/40s or the far future...

This never-reprinted "hard-boiled dick in space" story from Youthful's Fantastic #8 (1951) was probably illustrated by Bill Molno.

The writer is unknown.
BTW, Fantastic's first issue was #8.
The book is actually Captain Science retitled!
This is the final published tale of Brant Craig, but it's not the last one you'll see here!
There's one more, horror-themed, story we're saving for Halloween week.
Don't miss it!

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Reading Room: BRANT CRAIG "Hot Money Space Mob"

Counterfeiting will always be a problem, even in the 30th Century...

...as we see in this never-reprinted tale from the final issue of Youthful's Captain Science!

This "hard-boiled private-eye in space" story from Youthful's Captain Science #7 (1951) was probably illustrated by Bill Molno and Rocco Mastroserio.

The writer is unknown.

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Reading Room: BRANT CRAIG "Red Devils of Mars"

In the 1950s "Red" usually meant Communists...

...or a Communist-like threat, even in stories set in the future!

Add how the "Red" Martians set up an impenetrable "ionic curtain" (instead of Iron Curtain),  and the parallels are obvious to anyone.

This never-reprinted tale from Youthful's Captain Science #6 (1951) was probably illustrated by Bill Molno and Rocco Mastroserio.

The writer is unknown.

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