Showing posts with label superhero. Show all posts
Showing posts with label superhero. Show all posts

Saturday, June 17, 2023

Space Hero Saturdays CAPTAIN MIDNIGHT "Moon Creatures!"

...and yes, it was a little longer than we intended between posts.
Sorry about that.
Luckily, the author can fill you in on what you may have forgotten...
Now, let's continue...
With this conclusion of the "Moon Expedition" two-parter from Fawcett's Captain Midnight #50 (1947), Captain Midnight became a full-fledged Space Hero, with an off-Earth adventure (usually cover-featured) in almost every issue until the end of his Golden Age run.
There were still occasional down-to-earth criminals and saboteurs, but extraterrestrials became the primary foes of the Sovereign of the Skies!
Next Week:
Witness as the Least-Likely Multi-Media Hero of All Journeys into Space!
You'll Never Guess Who!

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Saturday, December 31, 2022

Space Hero Saturdays CAPTAIN MIDNIGHT "Trip to the Moon!"

...so let's join him as he returns to the dark depths for a never-reprinted adventure!
Though this tale from Fawcett's Captain Midnight #49 (1947) wasn't the cover feature, the sci-fi oriented stories would soon come to dominate the book's editorial orientation....as you'll see next year!
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(...which doesn't include the story we presented here!)

Sunday, December 4, 2022

Christmas Collectible Cornucopia (Say that Five Times Fast!)

Ho, Ho, Ho!
Need a stocking stuffer with style?
PPE FaceMasks, Christmas Cards, Mugs, Magnets, Shopping Bags and other unique items are here
Over a dozen designs in categories that will bring back nostalgic memories of your childhood!
Along with St. Nick, our frosty friend is one of the most recognizable symbols of Winter and the Christmas Season!
The classic tale of Scrooge's redemption brought alive with 9 digitally-remastered and restored images from the very FIRST edition EVER, plus the 1951 movie!
How do comic characters celebrate Christmas?
Check it out! 
He's the jolly ol' elf in a red suit.
They are big green men from Mars with an even bigger robot!
Who will win?
Before "The Nightmare Before Christmas" this was the funky Christmas flick!
Order from
now, or take the chance they won't arrive in time to go under the tree or in a stocking!

Saturday, September 24, 2022

Space Hero Saturdays CAPTAIN MIDNIGHT "...visits the Golden Asteroid"

Like fellow WWII aviator Captain Aero...

...Captain Midnight made the transition from fighter pilot to spaceship pilot while keeping his shirt on...unlike Captain Aero!
Two plot points:
1) Weird that the villain didn't recognize Captain Midnight as Captain Albright...even though the hero's face was uncovered!
It's not like Cap had his helmet's goggles down over his eyes or somesuch...
2) While I can believe Cap's costume is pressurized, why is everyone else in street clothes...in the vacuum of space?
As of this tale in Fawcett's Captain Midnight #48 (1947), while the aviator would still battle criminals and spies, there would be a story set in space in almost every issue until the book ended its' run...along with two new ongoing alien foes, Jagga the Space Raider and Xog the Ruler of Saturn!
Watch for them!

Sunday, March 13, 2022

Coming Sunday...the ULTIMATE RUSSKIE SMASHER!

There's an interesting sub-genre of superheroes, known as the "inspired-bys".

These are characters who are inspired by other characters to take up the mask and seek justice.
Usually they're family members who take up the same identity as their predecessor (The PhantomBlack CanarySilk Spectre of The Watchmen, The Black HoodHourMan, etc.)
Sometimes, as in this case, they're inspired by an unrelated hero who just happened to be published by the same company!
The best-known example is DC Comics' WildCat, inspired by the Golden Age Green Lantern to become a crimefighter.

Magazine Enterprises' The Avenger had a similar origin.
When his brother is taken hostage by Communist spies who wanted the prototype StarJet aircraft, inventor Roger Wright is inspired by remembering stories of the Original Ghost Rider (also published by Magazine Enterprises) to take up a masked identity to rescue his captive sibling!
Proclaiming himself "an Avenger against the evils of Communism",  Roger dons a red costume in defiance (Communists were often described as "the Red Menace" because their flags were predominiantly red) and uses his StarJet to attempt a rescue.
Unfortunately, his brother, who had attempted to escape, was already dead! The Commies were dealing, of course, in bad faith!
Roger captured the spies, and declaring "No man can be complacent while such as you are bent on enslaving all Mankind", began a one-man war against Communists everywhere!

The war lasted only four bi-monthly issues from 1954-55.
The Avenger, like Nature Boy and several other mid-1950s heroes came along just before the audience was ready for the return of superheroes, who had all but disappeared from comics in 1949!
It wasn't until an updated version of The Flash appeared in Showcase #4 (a year after the last issue of The Avenger) that the Silver Age of Comics, and the resulting explosion of superhero books that continues to this day, got going!


BTW, we at Atomic Kommie Comics™ have digitally-restored and remastered what we believe to be his first and best cover appearance by Golden Age great Bob Powell, on an assortment of pop-culture collectibles, including t-shirts, messenger bags, mugs and other goodies!

Show you believe in capitalism and buy an Classic Avenger goodie or two.
You don't want him thinking you're a Communist, do you? ;-)

Note: this character is in no way related to the earlier pulp/comic character The Avenger published by the same company as Doc Savage and The Shadow, and currently being revived by Dynsmite Publishing

Wednesday, March 21, 2018

Empire Magazine REALLY "Covers" Avengers: Infinity War!

England's Empire Magazine has a half-dozen covers...
...featuring an exclusive photoshoot with the Avengers: Infinity War cast as well as the kool illustrated cover (above) sent to subscribers!
Thanos gets a solo cover (you going to argue with him? I'm not!), then the Avengers, Guardians of the Galaxy, and various allies share the remainder.
What I find interesting is that all the masked heroes pose without masks, emphasizing the performers, not the characters, per se!
You can get the magazine at most major brick and mortar bookstores (like Barnes & Noble) that carry magazines.
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Saturday, August 12, 2017

Our KOOL Theatrical Posters Gallery

We're re-presenting a whole line of long out-of-print theatre, movie and tv posters as affordable prints perfect for students' dorm or bed rooms, house stagers who need a way to personalize a home they're selling in a kitchy (but not tacky) way or pop-culture aficionados who don't want to spend hundreds or thousands of dollars for a display piece!
Our Theatre Posters gallery has retro-kool 3-D movie posters, superhero (live action AND animated) film art, and HTF sci-fi-on-Broadway prints.
Talk about "something for everyone"!

Tomorrow: the Golden Age comic book cover gallery!

Saturday, July 1, 2017

Captain America Isn't the ONLY Patriotic Super-Hero!

"I'm NOT Captain America, or Superman, you sieg-heiling swine!
I'm Super-American!"

Yes, you know about Captain America, but you might want to have a look at the other star-spangled heroes introduced during the Golden Age of comic books!

You did know Captain America was not the first superhero to wrap himself in the "colors that never run", didn't you?
The very first flag-wearing hero was Archie (then MLJ) Comics' The Shield who predated Cap by over a year!
Then, between 1940 and 1945, dozens of stars-and-stripes-wearing heroes (and heroines) flew, leaped, punched, kicked, and back-flipped thru the four-color newsprint world of comic books!
(Technically, Superman wore red, YELLOW, and blue, so he wasn't visually a flag-waving hero.
But Wonder Woman's Amazon garb was meant to show alliance with America's values and beliefs!)

In that virtuous vein, we at Atomic Kommie Comics™ want to tell you about a plethora of patriotic pummelers at Lost Heroes of the Golden Age of Comics™ in our Flag-Draped Heroes line of kool kollectibles!
We're talking about
American Crusader
American Eagle (now Burning Eagle)

Captain Battle & Captain Battle Jr
Captain Courageous
Captain V
The Conqueror

The Eagle & Buddy

The Flag

Fighting Yank
Major Victory

Man of War

Miss Victory

Stars & Stripes

Super-American

Unknown Soldier (now Soldier Unknown)

U.S. Jones

V-Man

Yank & Doodle

Yankee Doodle Jones & Johnny Reb

on t-shirts, mugs, messenger bags, and other goodies!

So fly the flag (or The Flag himself) this 4th of July with Flag-Draped Heroes ONLY at Lost Heroes of the Golden Age of Comics™!

Tuesday, January 3, 2017

It's a New Year...Start Saving Money NOW!

Because it's become the most popular sale we've ever run, we're bringing back the
2017 12-Month Calendar Sale
with all titles at a 25% discount!
Only $14.99 instead of $19.99!
Perfect for work, home office, dorm, or bedroom!
The IDEAL gift for the hard-to-please pop culture fan in your life (or yourself)!
A FULL YEAR OF GRAPHIC FUN! 
Choose from...
Sherlock Holmes: the Greatest Sleuth of All!

Basil Rathbone IS Sherlock Holmes!
WereWolves and Vampires
Vampires of Pulps and Comics
Werewolves of the Comics and Pulps
Zombies of Comics and Pulps
Plus MANY MORE!
Classic comic book and pulp magazine covers and movie posters, scanned from the originals and digitally-remastered and restored!
NOT available in stores, only on-line!
And, until January 20, 2017, they're FIVE BUCKS CHEAPER!
Normally $19.99, they're ONLY $14.99!
Order now...before time runs out!