Monday Mecha Madness SHOGUN WARRIORS "Starchild" Conclusion

We Have Already Seen...

...Ilongo Savage, piloting Dangard Ace, tries to divert a recently-hatched alien from heading for populated areas.
But, the creature has some hidden surprises...









The Mecha Meyhem Continues in May as Genji (aboard Combatra) Battles...Whatever the Heck That Is!
(I was going to call it "A Big Hand for the Little Lady!", but I resisted.
Oh, wait...I did say it...)

Monday Mecha Madness SHOGUN WARRIORS "Starchild" Part 1

When Last We Left Oceanographer (and Dangard Ace's  Pilot), Ilongo Savage...

...he and fellow oceanographer Judith Johns had discovered an alien egg!
(And yes, Easter was yesterday, but this ain't a holiday treat!)

You'll see Dangard Ace  take on the Starchild  Next Monday...

...when the first thing you see will be this calamitous cover by Herb Trimpe and Al Milgrom!

The latest never-reprinted chapter in this story arc from Marvel's Shogun Warriors #9 (1979) is by usual stalwarts writer Doug Moench, penciler Herb Tripe, and guest inker Jack Abel!

Monday Mecha Madness ADAM LINK!

This Requires a Little Explanation/Background...

Introduced in Ziff-Davis' sci-fi anthology Amazing Stories (1939), Adam Link was the first ongoing series about a sentient robot!

Though credited to "Eando Binder" (a pen-name used by author brothers Earl and Otto Binder when they worked together), the Adam Link stories were entirely Otto's work!
Adam was no soulless automaton!
From his introduction onward (and Binder used the title "I, Robor" before Isaac Asimov) he was on a quest to become as human as possible!
Though created to be totally-logical, he developed emotions!
In fact, after his second story "Trial of Adam Link" where he was accused of killing his creator (scientist Dr Charles Link, not Otto Binder), though found innocent (he was framed)  he decided he couldn't go on living without his "father", and decided to commit suicide.
That's the basis of the third tale, "Adam Link's Vengeance", where another scientist (of the "mad" variety), prevents his untimely death, and plans to use him as a weapon!

That particular story was adapted by writer/editor Bill Spicer and artist D Bruce Berry into a two-part story in Spicer's prozine Fantasy Illustrated in 1965 and reprinted in Spicer's Graphic Story Magazine (under a new Berry cover) in 1971.

You'll be seeing that over the next two Mondays.

The comic story was done shortly after the Adam Link tales were adapted into a fix-up novel combining all the short stories...

Note the Isaac Asimov quote!

BTW, if the name "Otto Binder"sounds familiar to comics fans, that's because he wrote a lot of DC, Quality, Timely, and Fawcett comics in the Golden and Silver Ages, as well co-creating among others, the Legion of Super Heroes, Black Adam, Braniac, Kid Eternity, Krypto, Young Allies, Mary Marvel, Bizarro, and Supergirl!

But, for some, he's best-known as the writer of the first Marvel Comics prose novel...

Bantam's The Avengers vs the Earth-Wrecker!

(Dig the Doc Savage-style logo!)

BTW, We'll be running this long OOP & HTF novel this summer during the annual RetroBlogs Summer Blogathon!

Monday Mecha Madness SHOGUN WARRIORS "Cerberus and the Skyfall" Conclusion

Sometime You Just Can't Get a Break...

...from that second job you recently took on!

Such is the case for Richard Carson, currently piloting Raydeen against a new mechanical menace, while Ilongo Savage has just been alerted to put Dangard Ace on standby against an, as of yet, unrevealed foe...

See what happens when you don't bring your giant robot with you, Ilongo?

And what of Genji?

What if she's needed to pilot Combatra?

The answers to these and other questions will be found right here...

Next Month!

Monday Mecha Madness SHOGUN WARRIORS "Cerberus and the Skyfall" Part 1

When Last We Left Raydeen...

...OK, the opening caption explained everything you need!
Let's jup into the action...NOW!

Better hurry, Richard!

To Be Continued...Next Monday!

Written by Doug Moench, penciled by Herb Trimpe and inked by Mike Esposito, this second story arc is about to involve Dangard Ace against a different (but related) foe while Raydeen continues against the ever-evolving Ceberus!

Monday Mecha Madness SHOGUN WARRIORS "Many Heads of Cerberus" Conclusion

 We Have Already Seen...

After winning their first battle as a team, the three Shogun Warrior pilots return to their civilian lives, including jobs, families, and friends!

But it doesn't take long for a new threat to emerge...

Next Month, A Second Threat appears and Dangard Ace Enters the Battle!

There Will be a Different Robot Featured Next Week!

Written by Doug Moench, penciled by Herbe Trimpe, and inked by Mike Esposito, this initial chapter into the next story arc in the Shogun Warriors saga from Marvel's Shogun Warriors #7 (1978) introduces a different threat than the alien Myndai led by Maur-Kon...but is linked to them, as you'll see!