Reading Room: SPEED CARTER: SPACEMAN "BirdMen of Uranus"

The 1950s, when heroic astronauts fought for Truth, Justice, and the American Way...

 ..against the Uranians, who apparently are the space-age counterparts of the Chinese Communists, as least until the end of this lead story from Speed Carter: SpaceMan #2 (1953)!

While physics isn't my strong point, they must still be in the atmosphere, not the vacuum of space, or Kondor's wings wouldn't work!

Written by Hank Chapman, illustrated by Joe Maneely!

Speed Carter and the Space Sentinels will return in the (dare I say?) near future!

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Return of the Ants, Man!

Due to the mild winter, the ants are back in the kitchen...in force!

Makes you wonder if Henry Pym's a little perturbed he wasn't included in the Avengers movie, and is getting his six-legged friends to "lobby" for his big screen debut...

Preview: THE SHADOW #5 Cover by Francesco Francavilla

Who Knows What Evil...?

Francesco Francavilla does, as this cover from #5 of Dynamite's new Shadow comic book shows!
Check out his blog entry about it HERE !

BTW, if you want more The Shadow stuff, have a look at...

The Shadow: the never-reprinted 1994 movie adaptation HERE!

The Shadow's never-reprinted Bronze Age adventures with The Batman and The Avenger HERE!

The Shadow's never-reprinted campy Silver Age adventures HERE!

Design of the Week Redux--United We Stand

Each week, we post a limited-edition design, to be sold for exactly 7 days, then replaced with another!
This week...a vintage World War II-era painting of the 48-star Old Glory at sunrise over a typical American town.
Available on a host of goodies like t-shirts, mugs, throw blankets, etc, it's the perfect retro-kool (and very patriotic) Memorial Day gift for Republican and Democrat alike!

Reading Room: "Man-Gods from Beyond the Stars" Conclusion

We Have Already Seen...

British edition cover

In the far-distant past...

technologically-advanced aliens visit the Earth on a mission of exploration.

Their mandate is to observe, but not interfere.

In the present (1975)...

scientists discover ancient cave paintings that tell of god-like beings who came down among the primitive humans.

But, the paintings don't tell the whole story,
for the aliens are far more human than even they suspect!

Are we, in fact, "Children of the Gods"?
Ask Ridley Scott, or better yet, see Prometheus and make up your own mind about it...
Written by Doug Moench, illustrated by Alex Nino.

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