Design of the Week--Return to Lovers' Lane!

Each week, we post a limited-edition design, to be sold for exactly 7 days, then replaced with another!
This week...a kool vintage cover from the Lovers' Lane comic book series!
Available on an assortment of goodies from clothing to collectibles, it'd make a kitschy Valentine's Day present for your pop culture-loving sweetie!

PLUS: FREE SHIPPING for orders totalling $40 or more Jan 30th-Feb 3rd! Just use Coupon Code CUPID when checking out!
*Free Economy or Standard shipping for orders of $40 or more, excluding shipping charges, gift wrap charges and applicable sales tax. Delivery address must be within the United States and cannot be a PO Box. All orders will be Economy shipping unless the order is not eligible for Economy shipping (e.g., order exceeds Economy weight restrictions). Coupon code CUPID must be entered at check out. Promotion starts on January 30, 2011 at 12:01 a.m. (PST) and ends on February 3, 2011 at 11:59 p.m. (PST). Offer cannot be combined with any other coupons or promotions and may change, be modified or cancelled at anytime without notice. This promotion cannot be applied to past orders.

Valentine's Day Romance Comic Goodie SALE!

Comics aren't just about spandex-clad heroes and heroines in battles of cosmic import!
They also tell intimate tales of heartbreak and true love, betrayal and redemption, and misery and sheer joy!

With than in mind, Valentine's Day is coming!
And what says "True Love" better than a kool, kitchy gift from TRUE LOVE COMICS TALES™? (Plus, it's both longer-lasting AND cheaper than a dozen roses!)

Choose from over 50 heart-rending designs in nine categories including...

All You Need is Love...

Confessions

Dear Beatrice Fairfax

(The ORIGINAL LonelyHearts Columnist)

Diaries and Letters

Lovers Lane

School of Love

(or is that Love in School?)

WarTime Love

Weddings

Western Love

...on greeting cards, teddy bears, calendars, shirts/tops/intimate wear, diaries, and many other kool kollectibles!

PLUS: FREE SHIPPING for orders totalling $40 or more Jan 30th-Feb 3rd! Just use Coupon Code CUPID when checking out!
*Free Economy or Standard shipping for orders of $40 or more, excluding shipping charges, gift wrap charges and applicable sales tax. Delivery address must be within the United States and cannot be a PO Box. All orders will be Economy shipping unless the order is not eligible for Economy shipping (e.g., order exceeds Economy weight restrictions). Coupon code CUPID must be entered at check out. Promotion starts on January 30, 2011 at 12:01 a.m. (PST) and ends on February 3, 2011 at 11:59 p.m. (PST). Offer cannot be combined with any other coupons or promotions and may change, be modified or cancelled at anytime without notice. This promotion cannot be applied to past orders.
A public service announcement for all lovers and would-be lovers from your BFFs at Atomic Kommie Comics™

On Valentine's Day, tell him (or her) "Giddyap, Sweetie!"

Valentine's Day is almost upon us, and nothing says "I Love You" like gunpowder, horse blankets, and guys who don't bathe for days, right?
Right?
Someone thought so back in the 1950s, when two of the most popular genres--romances and Westerns were combined into Western romances (or Romantic Westerns) in both prose fiction and comics.
True Love Comics Tales™ has digitally-restored and remastered the best of the comic cover art from that all-too-brief shining period of American literature for a new line of Valentine's Day goodies including greeting cards, diaries, teddy bears, even shirts, tops, and, well...bottoms for men & women at Western Love™
Just the thing for the cowboy or cowgirl in your life!

A Valentine's Day Public Service message from the buckaroos at Atomic Kommie Comics™
Atomic Kommie Comics™

Fantastic Four #587 Variant Cover=$$$

A quick search on the Net shows this variant cover edition of Fantastic Four #587,  the "Death of the Human Torch" already going for $50-$80!

Amazing how people are trying to capitalize on the death of a beloved comic character.

BTW, I'll be wearing this to the memorial ceremony...

 Classic Silver Age Torch T-Shirt

YouTube Wednesday: THE HUMAN TORCH

Continuing our weekly feature "YouTube Wednesday"...

 With the death of Johnny Storm aka The Human Torch II, let's take a look at several of his various media incarnations...
He first appeared in the 1960s Hanna-Barbera cartoon...

BTW: the voice of Galactus is Ted Cassidy (Lurch from the The Addams Family tv series.) and The Silver Surfer is Vic Perrin (the Control Voice/narrator of the original Outer Limits.)


He also "appearared" on several lp albums including Golden Records "Amazing Spider-Man #1", "Fantastic Four #1" (Note: the most bizarre thing about these records is all the sound effects in the story were actually spoken with an echo effect.
So, when the cosmic rays hit the spacecraft, you hear an actor saying "RAK-TAK-TAK!"),

 and the Power Records book and record series including "The Way it Began"

His next "appearance" was audio-only when Bill Murray (SNL, GhostBusters, Groundhog Day, etc.) portrayed him on a 1975 13-episode radio series modeled after the dramatic shows of the 1930s-50s!

Fantastic Four: "Menace of the Mole Man" radio show mp3

or if you want "visuals" with your radio show...

Johnny did not appear in the 1978 FF animated series, replaced by Herbie the Robot (The Jar Jar Binks of FF history)..

Jack Kirby's original model sheet for H.E.R.B.I.E.

BTW, Johnny was replaced because The Human Torch was optioned for a live-action tv pilot which never got beyond Development Hell, not because the network thought kids would immolate themselves imitating him!

And finally, the trailer for the low-budget 1994 Roger Corman movie version starring Jay Underwood as Johnny! (The music is from Battle Beyond the Stars!)

BONUS: the ONE scene of Johnny in action as the Human Torch!

Interestingly, his animated form seems based on the Fleisher Brothers Superman from "The Mad Scientist" (the first cartoon)!