Thursday, August 30, 2012

Reading Room: SPACE RANGERS "Invasion from the Moon"

Yesterday, the Moon was invaded by aliens from Saturn...
...today, the Moon is used as a dumping ground for nuclear weapons, resulting in serious complications!
(Apparently, they never aired Space: 1999 in this universe!)
This tale from Charlton's Space Adventures #1 (1952) was illustrated by Frank Frollo. who followed Al Fago & Lou Morales' costume and character designs.
The writer is unknown.

Wednesday, August 29, 2012

Reading Room: SPEED CARTER: SPACEMAN "Invasion of the Moon"

The Chinese Commies of space strike again...
...as the Saturnians unleash another diabolical plot against Earth!
Let's overlook the fact that Earthmen are about to move in on Lunar natives the way settlers overran Native Americans in the Old West, and wonder how the Saturnians knew the PositPeople and NegaNatives (not to mention the Lunanimals) were even on the Moon, when humans (who presumably had explored the Lunar surface) had no idea anyone lived there!
Mike Sekowsky's redesign of everything in the Speed Carter universe apparently extended to existing aliens as well, since the Saturnian shown in this tale doesn't match their original appearance in this story, illustrated by Joe Maneely.
But at least the Saturnians in this story from Speed Carter: SpaceMan #4 (1953) act the way they did previously, no doubt attributable to the fact that the same writer, Hank Chapman wrote both tales!

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Tuesday, August 28, 2012

American Eagles (All Three of Them)!

Last week, we told the story of a hero called American Eagle...three times on three blogs!
...then at Hero Histories™, we introduced the Golden Age SuperHero...
...finally, the WWII Native American aviator created during the Silver Age in War: Past, Present & Future™!
It was a fun project, and you should keep an eye out on the RetroBlogs™ for another themed cross-posting...soon.

Monday, August 27, 2012

Land-Line repaired, and we're back with a new week of RetroBlogs™ fun!

The land-line is fixed and we're back to posting.
This week...
features a week of Masked Heroes, including a few we've never presented before!
But don't worry, the Original Ghost Rider will appear before the week is out!