Reading Room: SPACE DETECTIVE "Pearl Ship of Death"

Once more we battle crime in the far future with Avenger and Teena...

...in another tale of the man called "Space Detective" on the cover and captions, but never by anyone face-to-face!

The Avenger and Teena will catch up with the Chameleon...

Tomorrow!

Nobody's been able to identify the writer or artist(s) of this opener of a kool 3-part tale from Avon's Space Detective #3 (1952).
Personally, I see elements of Wally Wood, Joe Orlando, and Joe Kubert in the art, but nothing definitive.

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Cutting Up Comic Books!

And people wonder why it's so hard to find older comics in VF or better condition!

Many Bronze Age Marvels have a similar problem due to kids cutting the Marvel Value Stamps out of the letters pages!

(I wonder how many of those slabbed Bronze Age Marvels are actually missing Value Stamps...)

Reading Room: SPACE PATROL "Cannibal Monster of the Pygmy Planet"

Rockets on full for ACTION in the far future...

...on the maiden voyage of a new Space Patrol ship (after we saw their previous vessel get trashed HERE)!

The story really doesn't make much sense, but, hoo-boy, is it fast-paced FUN!
The multi-talented Basil Wolverton wrote, illustrated, lettered, and probably colored, this wild tale from Amazing Mystery Funnies #24 (1940).
I'd love to see someone animate these classics of surreal storytelling.

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DESIGN OF THE WEEK "Owl"

Each week, we post a limited-edition design, to be sold for exactly 7 days, then replaced with another.

This week, it's the return of a Lost Hero of both the Golden and Silver Ages of Comics...the Owl!
We presented his background and several adventures at our "brother" blog Hero Histories™...

Ominously Lurks...The Owl!

The Owl's Premiere Adventure!

His second appearance...and his first superhero costume!

The Owl's big comeback in the Silver Age!

Now, Dynamite Entertainment, who presented a revived Owl as a minor character in their Project: SuperPowers series, are giving him a new lease on life with his own title!

So, let's celebrate his return with t-shirts, mugs, and other kool collectibles featuring one of the coolest covers of his Golden Age run!

Reading Room: BRANT CRAIG "Red Devils of Mars"

In the 1950s "Red" usually meant Communists...

...or a Communist-like threat, even in stories set in the future!

Add how the "Red" Martians set up an impenetrable "ionic curtain" (instead of Iron Curtain),  and the parallels are obvious to anyone.

This never-reprinted tale from Youthful's Captain Science #6 (1951) was probably illustrated by Bill Molno and Rocco Mastroserio.

The writer is unknown.

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