Reading Room VENUS COMICS "Little Man Who Wasn't There!"

What is "real" and what is "fiction"?

That's the basis for this story which would have qualified as "metafictional"...if the word had existed in 1951!

The writer for this never-reprinted story from Atlas' Venus Comics #14 (1951) is unknown.

Pity, since it's a clever little tale...though it would've benefited from being given a couple of additional pages to flesh out why the "creator" decided to suddenly alter the character's personality and actions so radically.

Perhaps the "creator"  in the last panel (artist John Tartaglione) was, himself, being manipulated by a creator who was going insane...

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Wednesday Worlds of Wonder ZANGAR

One of the few (if not the only) red-headed jungle heroes...

...Zangar swung through all three issues of Skywald's short-lived Jungle Adventures, fronting reprints of everything from Jo-Jo to Sheena!

You have to wonder what was going through writer Gardner Fox and penciler Jack Katz's minds when they created this feature!

Is Zangar just Bob Gordon with an untreated concussion?

Or did he, almost mystically, bond with the jungle-dwelling animals?

This never-reprinted Bronze Age tale, inked by John Tartaglione and Bill Everett, leaves it somewhat nebulous...

Be Here Next Week as We Continue Zangar's High Adventures!

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Reading Room: JOHN F KENNEDY "From Triumph to Tragedy"

When Last We Left the President of the United States...

Cover for the comic we've been re-presenting this week

...his term in the Highest Office in the Land had been tumultuous, including a barely-avoided nuclear conflict.

But the worst was yet to come...

Tomorrow:

Death of the Assassin!

by Jack (King) Kirby

This 1964 one-shot from Dell Comics appeared on newsstands about six months after Kennedy's death and was one of the first comics to go thru multiple printings!

Written by Paul S Newman (no, not the actor), penciled by John Tartaglione (with assists by Joe Sinnott) and inked by Dick Giordano & Frank McLaughlin.

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Reading Room: JOHN F KENNEDY "The Highest Office in the Land"

We Have Already Seen...

...John F Kennedy entered politics without any experience and won a seat in the US Congress in his very first election!

Serving first in the House, and then the Senate, he aspired to the highest position any American can hold...President!

But he faced a major hurdle...the fact he was a Roman Catholic in a country that had previously only had Protestants as Presidents, and many believed a Catholic as President would prioritize the Pope's wishes and Vatican dictates over America's needs.

Kennedy emphasized that he believed in the division of Church and State and that he would always do what was best for the USA, first and foremost...

Tomorrow:

From Triumph to Tragedy!

This 1964 one-shot from Dell Comics appeared on newsstands about six months after Kennedy's death and was one of the first comics to go thru multiple printings!

Written by Paul S Newman (no, not the actor), penciled by John Tartaglione (with assists by Joe Sinnott) and inked by Dick Giordano & Frank McLaughlin.

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Reading Room: JOHN F KENNEDY "From Tragedy to Triumph"

When Last We Left the Man Who Will be President...

...though John Kennedy had survived combat in World War II, his older brother Joe had not been so fortunate, as his aircraft was destroyed.

Now the war is over...

Tomorrow:

The Highest Office in the Land!

This 1964 one-shot from Dell Comics appeared on newsstands about six months after Kennedy's death and was one of the first comics to go thru multiple printings!

Written by Paul S Newman (no, not the actor), penciled by John Tartaglione (with assists by Joe Sinnott) and inked by Dick Giordano & Frank McLaughlin.

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Reading Room: JOHN F KENNEDY "PT-109"

When Last We Left the Future President of the United States...

...uh-oh, better get those life-jackets on, guys!

Tomorrow:

From Tragedy to Triumph!

This 1964 one-shot from Dell Comics appeared on newsstands about six months after Kennedy's death and was one of the first comics to go thru multiple printings!

Written by Paul S Newman (no, not the actor), penciled by John Tartaglione (with assists by Joe Sinnott) and inked by Dick Giordano & Frank McLaughlin.

And now a word from our sponsor (us)...

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Reading Room JOHN F KENNEDY "Origins"

Since the 50th Anniversary of the assassination of John F Kennedy is this Friday...

Page 1 of the comic, designed to look like a typical school workbook...

...we're presenting the one-shot biographical comic published about six months after his untimely passing.

Tomorrow:

The Startling Saga of the Crew of PT 109!

This 1964 one-shot from Dell Comics appeared on newsstands about six months after Kennedy's death and was one of the first comics to go thru multiple printings!

Written by Paul S Newman (no, not the actor), penciled by John Tartaglione (with assists by Joe Sinnott) and inked by Dick Giordano & Frank McLaughlin.

And now a word from our sponsor (us)...

Visit our Design of the Week shop featuring...

...kool kollectibles with the cover art from this HTF comic book featuring Kennedy's most famous quote; "Ask not what your country can do for you..." (You know the rest.) for this week ONLY!