DESIGN OF THE WEEK "Owl"

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

This week, it's the return of a Lost Hero of both the Golden and Silver Ages of Comics...the Owl!
We presented his background and several adventures at our "brother" blog Hero Histories™...

Ominously Lurks...The Owl!

The Owl's Premiere Adventure!

His second appearance...and his first superhero costume!

The Owl's big comeback in the Silver Age!

Now, Dynamite Entertainment, who presented a revived Owl as a minor character in their Project: SuperPowers series, are giving him a new lease on life with his own title!

So, let's celebrate his return with t-shirts, mugs, and other kool collectibles featuring one of the coolest covers of his Golden Age run!

Reading Room: BRANT CRAIG "Red Devils of Mars"

In the 1950s "Red" usually meant Communists...

...or a Communist-like threat, even in stories set in the future!

Add how the "Red" Martians set up an impenetrable "ionic curtain" (instead of Iron Curtain),  and the parallels are obvious to anyone.

This never-reprinted tale from Youthful's Captain Science #6 (1951) was probably illustrated by Bill Molno and Rocco Mastroserio.

The writer is unknown.

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Ray Harryhausen Comic Books!

Many of Ray Harryhausen's films have been adapted into comic books.
Among them...

Valley of Gwangi
(1969)

One Million Years BC
(1966)

and

Jason and the Argonauts
(1963)

Surprisingly, there was never an adaptation of the most comic book-like of all his films, Earth vs the Flying Saucers. during the film's initial release.

Reading Room STRANGE WORLDS "Space-Gods of Planetoid 50"

What if Chariots of the Gods? took place on another planet?

And Earthmen were the aliens thought to be "gods"?

Quite a different take on the same theme from Man-Gods from Beyond the Stars, eh?

Part 1

Part 2

Part 3

This look at the future from Avon's Strange Worlds #7 (1952) was illustrated by artistic mainstay Gene Fawcette, but the writer is unknown.

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Ray Harryhausen (1920-2013)

Though he didn't appear in front of the camera, Ray Harryhausen was far more influental on the moviegoing public than most actors.

The way some people would automatically run to see a John Wayne flick or a Bette Davis film, I would be front and center on opening day for any Ray Harryhausen movie, ready for a couple of hours of sheer fun!

Ray's creations appeared in almost every genre, sci-fi, horror, fantasy, historical...even a Western (Valley of Gwangi).

To mark his passing, out "brother" blog, Secret Sanctum of Captain Video™, is presenting the never-reprinted comic adaptation of my favorite of all Ray's films, Jason and the Argonauts.

You can see other Harryhausen movies in comics form...

One Million Years BC

Valley of Gwangi