Reading Room SCIENCE COMICS "Build an Arctic Schooner"

Man it's c-c-c-old outside!

How am I gonna get around?

Why, with this kool cut-out transport courtesy of an unnamed artist in Fox's Science Comics #3 (1940)!

Though the caption seems to indicate it's something we've seen before, there's nothing in any of the stories in the issue even vaguely like it!

I'll peruse the previous and later issues to see if it appeared in any of the tales...

Religious Fanatics Attack Freedom of Speech...Again!

The right to speak your mind freely received another blow...

...when the offices of the French political satire magazine Charlie Hebdo were attacked for the second time in four years by Muslim fanatics, this time with the loss of a dozen lives, including magazine staffers and policemen!

We Are Charlie!

Reading Room: LARS OF MARS "Terror Weapon" Conclusion

When Last We Left the Martian disguised as an Actor Playing a Martian on TV...

Art by Allen Anderson

...he was heading for Manchuria to stop a mad Soviet scientist from unleashing a super-weapon that could freeze anything!

After facing several deadly devices, Lars uses his ability to travel at light-speed...

Written by Jerry Siegel, illustrated by Murphy Anderson, this was the cover-featured tale from Ziff-Davis' Lars of Mars #11 (1951), the second (and last issue) of the series!

BTW, the cover artist is Allen Anderson (no relation to Murphy)

And, Allen also did the cover to the second (and last) issue of Ziff-Davis' Space Busters...which was illustrated by Murphy!

Weird, huh? 

Reading Room: LARS OF MARS "Terror Weapon" Part 1

Old Commie Villains Never Die...

...they just return in the next issue, as the guy who doesn't just play a Martian on TV, but is a Martian playing an actor playing a Martian on TV while fighting crime in real life (got that?) discovers...

What Next?

Will Lars Stop Raskov?

Will Raskov Stop (and/or Kill) Lars?

Be Here Tomorrow for the Astounding Conclusion!

Written by Jerry Siegel, illustrated by Murphy Anderson, this was the cover-featured tale from Ziff-Davis' Lars of Mars #11 (1951), the second (and last issue) of the series!

Reading Room TOMB OF THE GODS "Horus"

The 1970s was a time of experimentation in comics...

Art by Enrich

...and one of the more interesting strips appeared in the back of Warren's b/w magazine Vampirella, beginning with this cover-featured tale...which may be NSFW...

Written and illustrated by Esteban Maroto, the strip played with a number of mythological characters from various pantheons, offering twists on the long-established legends.

This premiere tale appeared in Warren's Vampirella #17 (1972) with other Tomb of the Gods entries appearing irregularly until #23.