I won't be watching The Quiet Man this St Pat's Day!
Instead, it's...
Instead, it's...
...featuring Svengoolie!
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Friday, March 16, 2012
Indulge in the Airin' of the Green (Hornet, that is) on St Patrick's Day
...featuring Svengoolie!
Thursday, March 15, 2012
Space: 1999 Returns to Comics!
One of the announcements at this weekend's WonderCon features...
...the first of a series of new graphic novels and comics from Archaia Entertainment.
We've been presenting the 1970s comics (both American and British) at our "brother" blog, Secret Sanctum of Captain Video™, and will continue to do so in advance of these new adventures.
Wednesday, March 14, 2012
Reading Room: INTERPLANETARY POLICE "Mirror of Doom" Conclusion
When Last We Left Our Heroes...
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| Yes, I know we've used this art before, but it's the only time the InterPlanetary Police appeared on the cover! |
Tanya, the Space Siren, constructed a giant mirror on the surface of a small planetoid.
With it, she focused the Sun's rays at the frozen planet Simia in order to melt it's icy coating and then mine the previously-unreachable platinum beneath it's surface.
However, without the solar radiation she diverted, Earth is now freezing!
Needless to say, the InterPlanetary Police tracked down the source of the solar energy drain and landed on the tiny planetoid...
It's 59 years later, and we're still looking (she was one hot babe)...
This final high-adventure story from Buster Brown Comic Book #32 (1953) was written by Hobart Donovan, penciled by Reed Crandall, and inked by Ray Wilner.
The book continued for another eleven issues, ending in late 1956.
The book continued for another eleven issues, ending in late 1956.
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Tuesday, March 13, 2012
Reading Room: INTERPLANETARY POLICE "Mirror of Doom" Part 1
Let's leave Barsoom for another universe...
...as we present the final tale of the InterPlanetary Police by an artist who's no stranger to sci-fi (including the works of Edgar Rice Burroughs), Reed Crandall!
And, with that, we temporarily break contact with the brave spacemen of the InterPlanetary Police until tomorrow, when we conclude their final battle against the Siren of Space!
This high-adventure story from Buster Brown Comic Book #32 (1953) was written by Hobart Donovan, penciled by Reed Crandall, and inked by Ray Wilner.
As we mentioned, Reed Crandall was no stranger to the many worlds of Edgar Rice Burroughs.
He illustrated several Canaveral Press hardback editions including John Carter of Mars and Tarzan and the Madman, as well as doing art for a couple of books that didn't see print.
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Monday, March 12, 2012
Reading Room: STORY OF OTHER WORLDS "Amazon of Barsoom"
The John Carter movie is in theaters now...
...so we're presenting the final never-reprinted Barsoom tale that ran in DC Comics' Tarzan Family in 1976!
This story from Tarzan Family #60 (1975) was written by Robert Kaniger and illustrated by Rudy Zamora.
The Heliumites in this tale are blue-skinned, not red (as in all other Barsoom stories), and the red "demon apes" who carry spears and talk have never appeared in any other Barsoom tale!
As we mentioned earlier, this story and the "Secret Diaries of John Carter" mini-series have never been reprinted since their publication in 1976, even in the recent Dark Horse trade paperback that presented all the other Barsoom-based stories that appeared in DC Comics!
(It's rumored that they were the reason ERB.Inc pulled the license from DC!)
(It's rumored that they were the reason ERB.Inc pulled the license from DC!)
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