Showing posts with label coronavirus. Show all posts
Showing posts with label coronavirus. Show all posts

Monday, September 18, 2023

Monday Medical Madness TWILIGHT ZONE "Plague"

Submitted for your approval...
...a tale so frightening, it couldn't be told on TV...but it did appear in comic books...in The Twilight Zone!
There wasn't a sequel to this never-reprinted story by writer Leo Dorfman and illustrator Joe Orlando (with an assist from Mike Sekowsky) from Gold Key's Twilight Zone #20 (1967)!
Perhaps it's best we never know,,,
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and the sequel

Monday, July 24, 2023

Monday Madness MARVEL TALES "Last Man Alive!"

This lovely cover by Bill Everett is sorta true...

...but it's also sorta deceiving!
Read about Freddie Kruger (yep, that's his name)...
So he wasn't the last man alive...nor was he even on Earth!
Why the disconnect between the cover for Atlas' Marvel Tales #153 (1956) by Bill Everett and the story illustrated by Ed Winiarski?
Two possibilities!
1) the cover was conceived and drawn before the story was written, and the tale, done later on, was modified from the basic premise!
2) Editor Stan Lee (who probably didn't write the story) failed to convey the concept of the already-done story properly to the cover artist, and it was too late in the production process to correct it!
Trivia: It's not unusual for a one-shot character's name to became famous for another reason later on!
This character has no relation to the villain of the Nightmare on Elm Street franchise!
Conversely, when Raymond Burr's character in the first Godzilla film, reporter "Steve Martin" was resurrected 29 years later in Godzilla 1985, a certain comedian by the same name had become extremely famous!
Despite that, Burr's character retained the name in the sequel...
BTW, the story's author is unknown and neither the cover nor the tale has ever been reprinted.
This is its' first appearance in 67 years!
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Sunday, November 27, 2022

Christmas Ain't the ONLY Thing That's Coming...

...since, if Europe is any indication (and it usually is), Covid's making a comeback!

But we can still celebrate with family and friends by using festive face masks like these
...or, if you're feeling grumpy, some
...or, last (but not least),

Each double-layer mask is reusable, washable, and built for comfort.
Every one-size-fits-all adult or kid mask features a pocket for optional filter use...and comes with two free carbon filters!
PLUS: these are exclusive designs, not available anywhere else or line-or in Brick-and-mortar stores!
(Even Amazon doesn't have them!)

Sunday, November 6, 2022

They're NOT a Luxury in the Cyber Age, But a NECESSITY...Christmas Cards!

How do we communicate our holiday wishes to friends and family in this high-tech, impersonal age?

Why, Christmas Cards, of course...and not the e-mail type!
(You ever try to hang an e-card on the tree or put it on the mantelpiece?)

Remember how, after Thanksgiving, you'd look forward to getting those envelopes with colorful Yuletide cards (usually with lots of handwritten news and in-jokes from the sender!)
Remember the warmth from loved ones you'd feel from those?
Remember how you'd create displays on the mantlepiece or stairs with the koolest of those cards?
Well, more than ever, it's time to bring back that warm-and-fuzzy feeling!
And we have just the cards to do it...

Plus, if you want some really wild variations...
All are exclusive designs not available anywhere else!
All are available as singles for $4.99, 10-packs for $19.99 ($1.99 per card), and 20-packs for $29.99 ($1.49 per card).
Talk about a Christmas miracle!
Order now, so you'll be able to send them out around (or just after) Thanksgiving!

Sunday, October 9, 2022

Though It's Scary to Think About It, the Pandemic Ain't Quite Over Yet, Kiddies...

 ...whether you're answering the door to trick-or-treaters...

...or traveling about (for whatever reason)...

...you can look kreeply-kool in one of our exclusive PPE masks!

Each double-layer mask is reusable, washable, and built for comfort.

And, the one-size-fits-all mask features a pocket for optional filter use. 
PLUS: Each mask includes a free 2-pack of carbon filter inserts!

Whatta Deal!

Just Go HERE and see 15 exclusive designs!

Friday, July 29, 2022

Friday Fun / CoronaVirus Comics CRAZY "Flu Strains from DIfferent Countries"

You thought that, during the 1970s, we were becoming more sensitive to ethnic humor?
You obviously weren't around then, bunkie!
While TV series like All in the Family and films like Kentucky Fried Movie were cleverly skewering racial stereotypes, some pop culture contributors were still indulging in them, as this (not surprisingly) never-reprinted feature from Marvel's Crazy Magazine #43 (1978) proves!
I don't know what writer Fred Wolfe and artist John Langton were thinking when they created this, but the fact that editor Paul Laikin let it see print doesn't speak well for any of their sensibilities!
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Monday, July 11, 2022

Monday Madness MARVEL TALES "Dictator!"

There's a rumor floating though the 'Net that the current coronavirus is a man-made disease!
It's unlikely, but, what if someone did do that horrible deed?
Did artist John Forte and an unknown writer of this story about a fat, insecure dictator from Atlas' Marvel Tales #125 (1954) predict something that could happen over 65 years later?
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Sunday, June 12, 2022

You Believed CoronaVirus was OVER?

As the Medical Menace makes an unwelcome comeback...
...why not Shelter-in-Place and read COMIC BOOKS about imaginary (hopefully) epidemic/pandemics devastating America (or Earth) in the past, present, and future...here on this blog, and on our other RetroBlogs, including...
...Medical Comics and Stories...
...plus...
...Heroines!...
...Seduction of the Innocent...
...Hero Histories...
...War: Past, Present and Future...

...the aptly-named
...True Love Comics Tales
(You'd be amazed at how many romance comics stories revolve around disease!)...
...Horror Comics of the 1950s...
...Crime & Punishment...
...Secret Sanctum of Captain Video...
...Western Comics Adventures!
There will also be new CoronaVirus-oriented posts from time to time, but we're getting back on track with, among other things, our traditional Summer Blogathons!
Be here next Saturday for details!