Wednesday Worlds of Wonder AGAR-AGAR "Over the Rainbow"

It's all been leading up to this...

...and to paraphrase what they say about Las Vegas; what happens in the Temple of Love stays in the Temple of Love!

Don't you just love a happy...if somewhat confusing...ending?

Trivia: I recently learned "Laurence James" has been credited in the Grand Comics Database with the English translations of all the Dracula magazine material (including the Agar-Agar strip) which had been originally-published for the Spanish market!
I haven't been able to find any other credits under this name, so I'm uncertain if "Laurence James" was a real name or a pseudonym.

Anybody out there know the answer?

Wednesday Worlds of Wonder AGAR-AGAR "Martian Visitors"

When Last We Left Our Horny (yet Innocent) Sprite...

...(hey, it was the Swinging Seventies) well, all you really need know is that a good time was had by all!

Let's continue...

This story from New England Library's Dracula #9 (1971) was written by Luis Gasca under the pen-name Sadko  and illustrated in a Peter Max-esque style by Alberto Solsona.

In prepping these scans, I discovered the stories had been published out of order!
Two weeks ago, I ran the tale from Dracula #8, so logically, the tale last week should have been #9...except the storyline from #8 lead directly into the story from #10...which leads into this one from #9, and, next week, #11!

NEXT WEDNESDAY...

The Startling Conclusion to this Psychedelic Saga!

Wednesday Worlds of Wonder AGAR-AGAR "Forest of Life and Death"

When Last We Left Our Horny Sprite...

If you were expecting a synopsis of what came before...why?

This story from New England Library's Dracula #10 (1971) was written by Luis Gasca under the pen-name Sadko  and illustrated in a Peter Max-esque style by Alberto Solsona.

In prepping these scans, I discovered the stories had been published out of order!
A week ago, I ran the tale from Dracula #8, so logically, this week should have been #9...except the storyline from #8 leads directly into this story from #10...which leads into #9, and finally #11!
Next week, you'll see #9, which follows up on the conclusion of this tale.

It'll be a groovy trip, baby!

Wednesday Worlds of Wonder AGAR-AGAR "Fairest of Them All"

After Agar-Agar bedded superhero SuperBat, causing him to literally evaporate from exhaustion...

...well, we're off on another almost totally-unrelated storyline!

Surprised?

This story from New England Library's Dracula #8 (1971) was written by Luis Gasca under the pen-name Sadko  and illustrated in a Peter Max-esque style by Alberto Solsona.

It's the second of four tales unseen by American audiences, since Warren Magazines reprinted only the first six issues of Dracula in their 1972 trade paperback.
But you'll see the remaining stories here over the next few weeks! weeks.

It'll be a groovy trip, baby!

Wednesday Worlds of Wonder AGAR-AGAR "Even Heroes Get Tired!"

When Last We Left Our Innocent, yet Horny, Heroine...

...oh, c'mon!

You really think there's a coherent narrative link in this strip?

So that's why Clark and Lois never...you know...until recently!

This story from New England Library's Dracula #7 (1971) was written by Luis Gasca under the pen-name Sadko  and illustrated in a Peter Max-esque style by Alberto Solsona.

It's the first of four tales unseen by American audiences, since Warren Magazines reprinted only the first six issues of Dracula in their 1972 trade paperback.
But you'll see the other three on the next few Wednesdays!

It'll be a groovy trip, baby!

Wednesday Worlds of Wonder AGAR-AGAR "Harem of Bacchus"

When Last We Left our Interdimensional Flower Child...

...well that's really all you need to know about the plot...such as it is!

Rescued by a handsome centaur!

Considering the fascination some women have for horses...nope!

I'm going to stop before I get in trouble...

This story from New England Library's Dracula #6 (1971) was written by Luis Gasca under the pen-name Sadko  and illustrated in a Peter Max-esque style by Alberto Solsona.

It's the last of three that were published in the 1972 Warren trade paperback (also called Dracula) that reprinted the first six issues of this bi-weekly British magazine.

The remaining stories have been unseen by American audiences, but will be posted here weekly until all have been re-presented!

It'll be a groovy trip, baby!

Wednesday Worlds of Wonder AGAR-AGAR "Village in the Sea"

As promised last Wednesday...

...we return to the psychedelic universe of an alien woman named after a plant food!

Whoa! 

That's heavy, man.

Pollution is, like, universal, man.

But, like, the Magic of Love can defeat it...

This story from New England Library's Dracula #2 (1971) was written by Luis Gasca under the pen-name Sadko  and illustrated in a Peter Max-esque style by Alberto Solsona.

It's the second of three that were published in the Warren trade paperback that reprinted the first six issues of this British magazine.

The remaining three stories have been unseen by American audiences, but will be posted here starting two weeks from today.

It'll be a groovy trip, baby!

Wednesday Worlds of Wonder AGAR-AGAR "Rendezvous with Aquarius"

As the world turns prematurely-dark with snow on Halloween...

...we're going to provide a neon/black lite psychedelic saga that'll run every Wednesday from now until Christmas!

♪"This is the dawning of the Age of Aquarius...Age of Aquarius..."♫

Oops, sorry, got carried away there for a second.
This trippy mini-series had eight installments, each one weirder than the previous.

Agar-Agar "got physical" (in a PG-13 way) with a variety of life-forms including centaurs, super-heroes, and a human or two.
Illustrated in a Peter Max-esque style by Alberto Solsona.

Written by Luis Gasca under the pen-name "Sadko" and published in England as part of Dracula (1971), a 12-issue partworks by New English Library, the first 3 tales made their American debut in Warren Publishing's Dracula trade paperback which reprinted #1-#6 of the British Dracula's run in 1973.

You'll see those tales, plus the rest of the series, including the five stories that have never been seen by American readers!

It'll be a groovy trip, baby!

Mister Mouse Meets Peter Max

Maybe it's just the depressing, gray weather, but I want something colorful...

This HTF short story illustrated by the late, great, Wally Wood should fill the bill. Enjoy!

Wow! How "Age of Aquarius" can you get?  ;-)

Celebrate the New Year with the Psychedelic Master of the Mystic Arts!

The Doctor Strange story we ran for the past two days...

...produced not one...

...but two...

...classic blacklite posters in the early 1970s!

Third Eye Studios produced, using Marvel artwork, a line of fluorescent-ink posters, greeting cards, and puzzles that glowed under ultra-violet ("black") light...

 

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...all of which are now hard-to-find and expensive!

Ironically, the most collectible of the posters are the montage shown above and this one with new art by John Romita Sr...

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...which were not for sale, just display!
There were three Doctor Strange posters, the two Colan/Palmer ones and a Dan Adkins piece.
Note: while all the puzzles repeated art from the posters, some of the greeting cards used art not seen on the posters, so while there are repeats, there are also unique cards that make the set worth collecting!
 Please Support Atomic Kommie Comics This New Year's

Order This BlackLite-style Reproduction Poster!

Digitally-Restored and Remastered DIRECTLY From an Original Poster!