Reading Room: CAPTAIN ATOM I "Cat with the Emerald Eyes" Part 1

Not the Charlton/DC Super-Hero...

...but a scientific adventurer in the the vein of Doc Savage or Captain Video!

Can Captain Atom and his entourage escape?

Will they become a permanent part of the tomb, to be found centuries later by future archeologists?

Be here tomorrow for the thrilling answer!

The reason the panels in this never-reprinted comic from the short-lived Nation-Wide Publishing are so large is that the book itself was only 5 inches wide x 7 1/4 inches tall.

These 52-page digest-sized comics were only 5 cents (half-price) compared to normal-sized 10-cent comic books.

And, yes, the shorts and bare legs were Captain Atom's standard garb, not just desert-wear...

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Reading Room: BRANT CRAIG "Case of the Racing Grellama"

Some things never change...

...including cliched mysteries featuring private eyes, whether set in the 1930s/40s or the far future...

This never-reprinted "hard-boiled dick in space" story from Youthful's Fantastic #8 (1951) was probably illustrated by Bill Molno.

The writer is unknown.
BTW, Fantastic's first issue was #8.
The book is actually Captain Science retitled!
This is the final published tale of Brant Craig, but it's not the last one you'll see here!
There's one more, horror-themed, story we're saving for Halloween week.
Don't miss it!

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What I'm looking forward to at SDCC...

...with all the new merchandise from the 1960s Batman tv series...

...coming out, there's really only one thing left, an annoucement about a long-awaited DVD release, either as season boxes or a complete series set!

(And a simultaneous release of it's "brother" tv series...

...The Green Hornet, would be the icing on the cake!)

Return of Fantastic Femme Aisha Tyler!

A truly Fantastic Femme, Aisha Tyler, has a busy week...

...with the debut of the revival of Whose Line is It Anyway? and several appearances at the San Diego ComicCon plugging Archer, XIII and her new book, Self-Inflicted Wounds!

(Like a needed an excuse to run these pix?)

Why Haven't You Seen Pacific Rim?

Was Pacific Rim too sophisticated for the Transformers crowd?

A private screening on Thursday was packed, but a show at Imax on Friday afternoon was only 1/4 full!