Reading Room WORLD OF FANTASY "If...!"

Ever think men and women are from different worlds?

Our pre-Valentines Day offering proves you right!

Writer Carl Wessler had already used the basic plot for this story twice before:

1. "If!" in Atlas' Suspense #27 (1953), with the girl and her family being werewolves and vampires (talk about a blended family)! BTW, you can read that version of the tale HERE!
2. "Out Cold" in EC's Haunt of Fear #25 (1954), with the girl and family shown to be ghouls!

But, by the time this never-reprinted story in Atlas' World of Fantasy #2 (1956) was published, the Comics Code had been implemented, banning "creatures of the night".

So Wessler went with aliens.

Sci-fi was experiencing a resurgence, so it was the logical way to go.

The illustrator was Jay Scott Pike who ended up specializing in romance comics.

You can see some of his work on our "sister" blog True Love Comics Tales.

The PERFECT Valentines Day Gift!

A Classic Romance Comics Calendar!

A dozen digitally-remastered classic comics covers, imaged directly from the original 1940s-1970s covers!

(not recent reprints or smaller images from reference books!)

Cheaper than roses...and longer-lasting!

Not available in stores!

Only Available On-Line!

Order now to have it for Valentines Day!

Click HERE to see the entire calendar and place an order!

You'll LOVE Love Diaries and Love Letters for Valentine's Day!

Until the intro of texting, blogs, and Twitter, the main way people kept track of their love lives was thru Love Diaries & Love Letters!
In fact, they made up one of the most popular sub-categories of romance comics, with literally dozens of titillating titles!
Let our selection of the best of these these kitchy, campy (and very kool) classic comics covers help you express your true feelings on the Most Important of Days--Valentines Day on greeting cards, teddy bears, mugs, and even "naughty" undies!

And, if they can't assist your love-life, perhaps something from one of our other sections at True Love Comics Tales™ will help get your point across on the Most Important of Days!

Don't Ya Just LOVE Christmas?

It's great to be in love!

It's even better to be in love at Christmas Time!
There's something about the scent of evergreen, the twinkling lights, the jollyness of the season that makes romance even better!

If your loved one is both an incurable romantic and a fan of pop culture kitsch, you can't go wrong with one of Atomic Kommie Comics™ funky True Love Comics Tales™ collectibles! Besides the usual t-shirts and tchochkies, we also offer matching intimate tops & bottoms and other cute clothes for the fairer sex!
PLUS: we have a kool 12-month calendar featuring the best of our collected covers! (It's cheaper than flowers or candy and much longer-lasting!)

So give us a look at True Love Comics Tales™!
Then give her (or him) a kiss under the mistletoe for us!

Design of the Week "DIARY SECRETS: OH, JIM, IF ONLY WE COULD!"

Each week, we post a limited-edition design, to be sold for exactly 7 days, then replaced with another.
This week, put a "beach read" retro romance comic book cover on your beach blanket, t-shirt, canvas bag, e-reader, and other stuff!

Available on all sorts of kool kollectibles!

Enjoy...and make sure you have plenty of drinks.
Gotta keep hydrated in this heat!

Visit Our Other RetroBlogs: True Love Comics Tales

"Romance comics?

Yuk!

Why would I read those?"

How about to read never-reprinted work by comics legends...

...John Buscema?

...Wally Wood?

...or Dan DeCarlo doing sci-fi!

(To be accurate, the Dan DeCarlo story has been reprinted in a fantastic [though limited-run] hardcover!)

Want to see more?

Check it out!

All 12-Month Calendars are NOW 25% Off!

From now until January 31, 2015, all calendars are discounted from $19.99 to $14.99!
And they now have customizable"start dates", so you can give them as birthday presents with the recepient's 2015 birthday month as the first month on the calendar, then running 12 months to their birthday in 2016!
(Can't do that with a store-bought calendar!)

Check them out at 
Atomic Kommie Comics™
2015 12-Month Calendars 

NOT available in stores, only on-line! Order now...before time runs out! ;-)

Start the New Year...

...with pop culture-themed
12-Month Calendars!

Check them out at 
Atomic Kommie Comics™
2015 12-Month Calendars 

NOT available in stores, only on-line! Order now...before time runs out! ;-)

Labor Day Sale: All 2015 12-Month Calendars are NOW 25% Off!

From now to Midnight (ET) on September 2nd, 2014, all calendars are 25% off!
Plus, they now have customizable"start dates", so you can give them as birthday presents with the recepient's September 2014 (or later) birthday month as the first month on the calendar, then running 12 months to their birthday in 2015!
(Can't do that with a store-bought calendar!)

Check them out at 
Atomic Kommie Comics™
2014-2015 12-Month Calendars 

NOT available in stores, only on-line! Order now...before time runs out! ;-)

2015 12-Month Calendars are HERE!

2015 12-Month Calendars are now on-line!

Check them out at 
Atomic Kommie Comics™
2015 12-Month Calendars 

NOT available in stores, only on-line! Order now...before time runs out! ;-)

2015 Calendars are HERE!

2015 12-Month Calendars are now on-line!

Check them out at 
Atomic Kommie Comics™
2015 12-Month Calendars 

NOT available in stores, only on-line! Order now...before time runs out! ;-)

All 12-Month Calendars are NOW 25% Off!

Due to popular demand we're extending the sale from now until July 31, 2014, all calendars are discounted from $19.99 to $14.99!
And they now have customizable"start dates", so you can give them as birthday presents with the recepient's 2014 birthday month as the first month on the calendar, then running 12 months to their birthday in 2015!
(Can't do that with a store-bought calendar!)

Check them out at 
Atomic Kommie Comics™
2014-2015 12-Month Calendars 

NOT available in stores, only on-line! Order now...before time runs out! ;-)

All 12-Month Calendars are NOW 25% Off!

From now until July 4, 2014, all calendars are discounted from $19.99 to $14.99!
And they now have customizable"start dates", so you can give them as birthday presents with the recepient's 2014 birthday month as the first month on the calendar, then running 12 months to their birthday in 2015!
(Can't do that with a store-bought calendar!)

Check them out at 
Atomic Kommie Comics™
2014 12-Month Calendars 

NOT available in stores, only on-line! Order now...before time runs out! ;-)

Anti-Valentine's Day Gifts Redux

Over the past couple of weeks, we've been suggesting kool Valentine's Day kollectibles for those with True Love in their hearts!
But what of those of you who don't look forward to this Day for Lovers?
Don't worry! We haven't left you out!
Today, Atomic Kommie Comics™ offers 'Til Death Do Us Part! from Horror Comics of the 1950s™ on a host of items including greeting cards, garb, mugs, journals/diaries, even a teddy bear!
Show your ex-sweetie the TRUE meaning of Eternal Love on Valentine's Day!

Nick Cardy 1920-2013

For decades, one of the most prolific artists in the industry...

...Nick Cardy was one of the unsung heroes of the business.

While never receiving the acclaim of a John Buscema or Gil Kane, Nick Viscardi produced over 1800 covers and stories (from shorts to book-length tales) for almost every major comic company from 1940 to 2008!

Every generation knew him for different things...

In the Golden Age, he was the co-creator of the long-running Senorita Rio.

In the Silver Age his work defined the look of Aquaman and the Teen Titans.

In the Bronze Age he was the primary cover artist for DC Comics, giving everything from superheroes to horror to romance to westerns his distinctive stamp.

We've featured a number of his tales on our blogs...

True Love Comics Tales

Heroines

Femmes Fantastique

...and there'll be more to come, since he left such a huge body of work covering every genre.

Thank you, Mr Cardy, and rest in peace.

Design of the Week Redux: CAMPUS ROMANCES

Each week, we post a limited-edition design, to be sold for exactly 7 days, then replaced with another.
This week we're rerunning a design that just won't quit selling!
Vacation is over, time to get back to work or school!
But what goes on when class is not in session?
This vintage comic book cover from Avon's Campus Romances #2 (1949) gives you the answer!
NOTE: The art was originally used on an Avon paperback novel, entitled Where the Girls were Different by Erskine Caldwell [1948].
The comic does not adapt any Caldwell stories.

Available on adult t-shirts, mugs, e-reader, laptop, and phone cases, and many other goodies!

Design of the Week: CAMPUS ROMANCES

Each week, we post a limited-edition design, to be sold for exactly 7 days, then replaced with another.
This week: Vacation is over, time to get back to work or school!
But what goes on when class is not in session?
This vintage comic book cover from Avon's Campus Romances #2 (1949) gives you the answer!
NOTE: The art was originally used on an Avon paperback novel, entitled Where the Girls were Different by Erskine Caldwell [1948].
The comic does not adapt any Caldwell stories.

Available on adult t-shirts, mugs, e-reader, laptop, and phone cases, and many other goodies!

2014 12-Month Calendars Now Available!

Here are the  
Atomic Kommie Comics™
2014 12-Month Calendars 
by genre

Mystery / Crime
Sherlock Holmes: the Greatest Sleuth of All!™ 
Basil Rathbone IS Sherlock Holmes!™
Mr District Attorney™

Horror
WereWolves and Vampires™
Horror Comics of the 1950s™
Vampires of Pulps and Comics™
Werewolves of the Comics and Pulps™
Zombies of Comics and Pulps™
(shown above)

Camp / Kitsch
3-D Movies™
3-D Comic Books™
Seduction of the Innocent!!™
Jungle Girls™
Good Girl / Bad Grrrl™

Romance
True Love Comics Tales™


Sci-Fi / Fantasy
Martians, Martians, Martians!™
Art of Barsoom™ 
Thrilling Science-Fiction Tales™ 
Bugs and Creepy Crawlies of Comics and Pulps™
Dinosaurs of the Comics and Pulps™ 

SuperHeroes
Captains of the Comics™
Heroines!™
Classic Phantom Lady™
Lost Heroes of the Silver Age of Comics™
Lost Heroes of the Golden Age of Comics™
Lost Heroes of the Golden Age of Comics Team-Ups™
1st Appearance Lost Heroes of the Golden Age of Comics™
Flag-Waving Lost Heroes of the Golden Age of Comics™
Lost Heroes of the Golden Age of Comics vs HITLER™
Classic Captain Future™
Classic Green Hornet
Classic Monster of Frankenstein 
Classic SuperSnipe™

Western
Western Comics Adventures™
Real-Life Western Comics™
The Cisco Kid and Pancho™


Military
Captain MidNight™
Aviators of the Golden Age of Comics™
WAR: Past, Present and Future™
Classic Korean War Comics™

NOT available in stores, only on-line! Order now...before time runs out! ;-)

Calendars are NOW 25% Off!

From now until July 4, 2013, all calendars are discounted from $19.99 to $14.99!

Here are the  
Atomic Kommie Comics™
2013 12-Month Calendars 
by genre

Mystery / Crime
Sherlock Holmes: the Greatest Sleuth of All!™ 
Basil Rathbone IS Sherlock Holmes!™
Mr District Attorney™

Horror
WereWolves & Vampires™
Horror Comics of the 1950s™
Vampires of Pulps & Comics™
Werewolves of the Comics & Pulps™
Zombies of Comics & Pulps™
(shown above)

Camp / Kitsch
3-D Movies™
3-D Comic Books™
Seduction of the Innocent!!™
Jungle Girls™
Good Girl / Bad Grrrl™

Romance
True Love Comics Tales™


Sci-Fi / Fantasy
Martians, Martians, Martians!™
Art of Barsoom™ 
Thrilling Science-Fiction Tales™ 
Bugs & Creepy Crawlies of Comics & Pulps™
Dinosaurs of the Comics & Pulps™ 

SuperHeroes
Captains of the Comics™
Heroines!™
Classic Phantom Lady™
Lost Heroes of the Silver Age of Comics™
Lost Heroes of the Golden Age of Comics™
Lost Heroes of the Golden Age of Comics Team-Ups™
1st Appearance Lost Heroes of the Golden Age of Comics™
Flag-Waving Lost Heroes of the Golden Age of Comics™
Lost Heroes of the Golden Age of Comics vs HITLER™
Classic Captain Future™
Classic Green Hornet
Classic Monster of Frankenstein 
Classic SuperSnipe™

Western
Western Comics Adventures™
Real-Life Western Comics™
The Cisco Kid and Pancho™


Military
Captain MidNight™
Aviators of the Golden Age of Comics™
WAR: Past, Present & Future™
Classic Korean War Comics™

NOT available in stores, only on-line! Order now...before time runs out! ;-)

DESIGN OF THE WEEK "Fun in the Sun"

Each week, we post a limited-edition design, to be sold for exactly 7 days, then replaced with another.

This week, it's "fun in the sun" with a kool retro romance comic design featuring a couple on the beach doing what couples on the beach have done for decades!

Available for e-readers, t-shirts, mugs, tote bags, beach blankets, and other goodies.