Reading Room BLUE BEETLE "Lost City"

Before Steve Ditko revamped the Blue Beetle at Charlton...

...there was a short-lived, never-reprinted, campy version in his own book, which also featured 3-page sci-fi/fantasy backups like this one!

"What is this singular pronoun that you use? 'I', you say...not 'we'!"
The writer is unknown, but clearly not Charlton mainstay Joe Gill, who penned far more naturalistic dialogue than that!
Who drew this never-reprinted tale from Charlton's Blue Beetle V2#2 (1964)?

The Grand Comics DataBase speculates it was Bill Montes, Jon D'Agastino and/or Vince Alascia.

But I can also see some Matt Baker, Joe Sinnott and/or Vince Colletta stylings on these pages!

We may never know the answer...

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Mysteries in Space

The Best of DC Science Fiction Comics

Reading Room "COMIC BOOK" McFIEND "Collector"

We've presented stories featuring fanboys SuperSnipe and "Comics" McCormick...

..now we present the too-brief run of DC's Bronze Age fanboy, starting with his second tale, which was published first!

Appearing in DC's b/w magazine, Amazing World of DC Comics #6 (1975), this piece was meant to show off cover-featured creator Joe Orlando's editorial skills.

(Exactly how, I have no idea!)

Written by Don Ewing and rendered by Dave Manak, this was the second in a series of fanboy misadventures featuring the character, who was meant to be a semi-regular feature in Plop!

Oddly enough, the book was still going strong at this point, and there was no room for this particular strip.

A year later, the book was being cancelled, and the first McFiend story (his origin) was used to fill out the final issue.

You'll see that one next Monday!

Trivia:

1) there were few comic shops in 1975, so this ongoing magazine was available by subscription from DC or at conventions.

They're HTF and expensive!

2) neither of the Comic Book McFiend tales have been reprinted since their initial appearances in 1975-76!

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Amazing World of DC Comics #6 (1975)

Special Joe Orlando Issue!

Is Marvel Co-Creator Stan Lee Being Held Prisoner by Real-Life Villains?

The 95 year-old co-creator of the Marvel Universe suffering from elder abuse?

Can it be true?

Read these two articles HERE and HERE, and judge for yourself!

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Amazing!

Fantastic!

Incredible!

A Marvelous Memoir!

and

Excelsior!

The Amazing Life of Stan Lee

Trump Reading Room EVERY DAY IS A HOLLY DAY "Pan-American Day"

Here's a holiday I'm sure Don (the John) Trump is glad we've abandoned!

The idea of us actually working with those South of the Border is anthema to such as Don the John.

President Obama re-enegerized the idea in 2015, extending it to a week!

Don the John followed it with a less-than-enthuisastic proclamation in 2017, making the usual bellicose veiled threats against the other American countries.

I suggest you read both links, then compare and contrast the attitudes presented by both Presidential proclamations!

Why is this comic entitled "Every Day is a Holly Day" instead of "Every Day is a Holiday"?

Because it was given away to kids by grocers who sold Holly Sugar!

Illustrated by John Rosenberger, it's a unique pamphlet covering a number of American holidays, including both Lincoln and Washington's Birthdays (before they were combined into "Presidents' Day"), Mothers' Day (though not Fathers' Day), Flag Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving, and a couple of holidays we've largely abandoned...Pan-American Day and American Indian Day!

We'll be presenting the other chapters on the dates they fall upon.

Watch for them!

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Cartoon History of the United States

Friday Fun JETTA OF THE 21st CENTURY "Music from Afar"

Teenagers and pop music have gone hand-in-hand since the Jazz Era of the 1920s...

...so why should the mid-21st Century (as seen from the mid-20th Century) be any different?

Our final Jetta tale, from Standard's Jetta of the 21st Century #6 (1953), scripted and penciled by Dan DeCarlo and inked by Fred Eng, is a fun story with a silly ending that doesn't work if you think about it.
(How could the two-headed singer from Planet X not know most other beings have only one head per person...and how could the humans not know people from Planet X had two heads?)
But, in the context of a punch-line for a humor story, it works fine!
Be here next Friday when we take a look at another short-lived, time-lost series!

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Dan DeCarlo's Jetta