Reading Room MANHUNTER 2070 "D.O.A." Conclusion

We have already seen...

Discovering the Brotherhood of Space has put a 100,000 credit bounty on him, Starker returns his two dinner dates to the safety of their home on Earth.

While en-route he tells the story of how he became a bounty hunter after pirates killed his asteroid miner father and took the then-teenage Starker to serve as a galley slave.

After a few months, he works up the courage to supplant the cook...

Script and pencils for this never-reprinted tale from DC's Showcase #92 (1970) are by Mike Sekowsky, with most inks provided by Frank Giacoia.

However, the last page is inked by Vince Colletta.

And the cover is inked by Dick Giordano.

Be back next month as we present the third (note, we didn't say final chapter) of Manhunter 2070...

Reading Room MANHUNTER 2070 "D.O.A." Part 1

It begins as a carefree night out on the town 55 years from now...

...and then this never-reprinted tale from DC's Showcase V1 #92 (1970) takes a decidedly-downbeat turn.

Payback's a bitch, even in the future, as you'll see...

TOMORROW!

Sekowsky had quite a bit of latitude at DC as a writer/artist/editor during this period, revamping Wonder Woman, Metal Men and Supergirl (in Adventure Comics) while also presenting a couple of potential series in the final six issues of Showcase, Jason's Quest and Manhunter 2070.

Glory at Gallipoli!

Most Americans are unfamiliar with the WWI story of Gallipoli...

...which serves as the back story for the new Russell Crowe movie The Water Diviner.

Luckily, our "brother" RetroBlog, War: Past, Present & Future, is running a graphic story retelling of the sordid saga!

Part 1 is HERE.

Part 2 is HERE.

MANHUNTER 2070 Returns on Monday...

...with the Origin of Starker...

...as shown in this "teaser" from the back of DC's Showcase #91 (1970).

Written and penciled by Mike Sekowsky, inked by Vince Colletta.
But before that, catch up with the first part of the never-reprinted Manhunter 2070 saga HERE!

Reading Room VENUS COMICS "Little Man Who Wasn't There!"

Let's wind up our week of Venus Comics back-up tales with...

...a story that would have qualified as "metafictional"...if the word had existed in 1951!

Neither the writer nor artist for this never-reprinted story from Atlas' Venus Comics #14 (1951) are known to us (or any credible source like GCD).

Pity, since it's a clever little tale...though it would've benefited from being given a couple of additional pages to flesh out why the "creator" decided to suddenly alter the character's personality and actions so radically.

(Perhaps the "creator" in the last panel was, himself, being manipulated by a creator who was going insane...)