...but will be back tomorrow...
...with Wally Wood's amazing one shot hero, EarthMan, who appeared in 1967's Unearthly Spectaculars #2
Monday, September 19, 2011
Sunday, September 18, 2011
Halloween Banners and Yard Signs with FREE Personalization!
How about either a big vinyl banner or kool two-sided yard sign?
And, on top of that, it'll be PERSONALIZED with your message in a scary font for FREE!
Yep!
NO CHARGE!
NOTHING EXTRA!
Click HERE to see either...
Over-sized banners sure to get noticed and make a scary statement in a big way.
Each measures 44" x 30", printed on 13oz heavyweight vinyl.
With a durable, weather-resistant construction that's ideal for draping outdoors or indoors, it also includes four metal grommets for easy hanging.
Or...
Showcase your scary message on a yard sign for all to see.
Measures 22" wide x 15" high with design printed on both sides!
13 oz. flexible vinyl is weather-resistant for outdoor use with sealed edges and a metal metal frame for mounting on your lawn (basic assembly required)!
Saturday, September 17, 2011
Design of the Week--Adventures in Romance
This week...with the ending of the legendary soap opera All My Children this Friday, romance fans have one less thing to look forward to...
So we're offering some kool romance comic-themed collectibles to cushion the blow!
Shopping & tote bags, t-shirts, sweatshirts, hoodies, mugs and other nifty stuff can be found HERE.
And for those who want an ongoing fix of romance, we have a weekly blog, True Love Comics Tales™, that offers the best of 1940s-1970s romance comics, Safe for Work/School and absolutely FREE!
Friday, September 16, 2011
The Horror...the Horror (comics, that is!)
Now that's a title!
Yeah, they knew what we budding juvenile delinquents wanted back in the 1950s!
As you might have guessed, the upcoming Halloween holiday has inspired the Atomic Kommie Comics™ crew to re-present to our Horror Comics of the 1950s™ section for your All-Hallows Eve garb and goodies!
And, what titles do we have at our kool kollectibles kollection?
Besides the aforementioned Monster Crime, there's Tales of Horror, Horror from the Tomb (see a trend?), Beware! (with a Frank Frazetta cover!), and The Clutching Hand, The Hand of Fate, Horrific!, Weird Adventures, Baffling, Challenge of the Unknown, Terror Tales, Haunted, The Beyond, Weird Terror, Weird Mysteries, Weird, Diary of Horror, WitchCraft, and Eerie!
Plus collectibles with our ghoulishly-graphic, viscerally-vintage Horror Comics of the 1950s™ logo!
Be the envy of all the kids on your block this Halloween with black or white t-shirts, tote bags for your candy, and mugs, magnets, buttons and other perplexing paraphernalia!
Thursday, September 15, 2011
Reading Room: "Supreme Penalty" 1.0 & 2.0
A couple of months ago, we presented two different versions of the same tale...
...and we're doing so again!
This version appeared in Black Cat Mystery #47 (1953) during the height of the horror comics boom.
It was re-presented in Race for the Moon #1 (1959) after the Comics Code went into effect.
Let's see how things have changed...
Almost every panel has a change from the original, either in art or balloons!
Panel 4 has an interesting change in dialogue indicating the condemned survive in space...
Only change is dialogue in the first panel, which indicates the exiled criminals are still alive, but in orbit.
The figure of Judge Krenk being murdered in Panel 6, and his corpse in Panel 7 have been removed!
Panel One: Judge Krenk is said to be wounded, not dead!
Panel Six: Frances' face redrawn to look less maniacal and his sentence altered to confine him to his lab!
Interesting to note the alterations inflicted by the Comics Code!
Art (and probably story) by Bob Powell.
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