Tuesday, July 26, 2011

Reading Room: VIC TORRY & HIS FLYING SAUCER "Captive Planet"

One of the weirdest one-shot comics ever...
...art by Golden Age great Bob Powell!
We'll come back to Vic and Laura next week...
Published in 1950 during the flying saucer craze caused by UFO sightings at Roswell in 1947, Vic Torry and His Flying Saucer was probably going to be an ongoing series, but never got past the first issue.
I have that impression because this issue is primarily an intro, detailing how Vic came into possession of the alien ship, as well as setting up an ongoing antagonistic situation with at least one extraterestrial race.
It's possible that the comic was intended as a lead-in to a toy line which never developed.

Monday, July 25, 2011

Cowboys vs Aliens Starring...Buster Crabbe?

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Yes, that's Buster Crabbe, beloved movie serial (Flash Gordon / Buck Rogers) and b-movie star in his own 1950s comic book.
And, yes, he's battling lizardlike aliens while wearing full cowboy regalia over 40 years before Cowboys and Aliens, the graphic novel!
And, yes, that's a beautiful alien woman with a ray gun at his side, zapping lizardlike aliens!
(You didn't think Spurs Jackson had a monopoly on this sort of stuff, did you?)

For an explanation, and the complete, uncut, never-reprinted comic story, click on over to our "brother" blog Western Comics Adventures™ where the Old West is not only wild, it's weird!

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Sunday, July 24, 2011

Captain America Silver Age Gallery

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Today we're re-presenting a gallery of Captain America art from the Silver Age by Jim Steranko (above) and the character's co-creator Jack Kirby (all the rest).
Why?
Because I'm going to see Captain America the First Avenger again, and I'm in a "Captain America" sorta mood!
Besides, I don't plug my collectibles everyday! Just most days...  ;-)
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Enjoy!

Saturday, July 23, 2011

Captain America the First Avenger

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GO SEE IT!
The perfect Saturday matinee flick!
Director Joe Johnston, who directed The Rocketeer and was the SFX art director on Raiders of the Lost Ark captures the 1940s beautifully in a movie that evokes the excitement of classic movie serials the same way those other films did!

Friday, July 22, 2011

Captain America...Origins!

From this...
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From Tales of Suspense #63 Script by Stan Lee, Pencils by co-creator Jack Kirby, Inks by Frank Giacoia.
...to this...

I'm looking forward to it! ;)