Reading Room: SECRETS BEHIND THE COMICS by STAN LEE...Secrets 1-3!

For those, like myself, who aren't (sob) going to San Diego this weekend...

...here's a "how-to" manual from The Man himself...Stan Lee!

(As if you couldn't tell from the "soft-sell" text!)

Tomorrow...

MORE SECRETS!

Reading Room JUDAS COIN "2087 AD: Manhunter 2070" Conclusion

When Last We Left Our Interplanetary Bounty Hunter...

...tracking his latest quarry leads Starker into another encounter with the two "red-haired Greenies" who, years earlier, tricked and left the bounty hunter for dead.

But neither Starker nor the two con-women realize what the true prize is...

Did the coin survive...and cause the star to go nova?

Could it end up in the hands of someone we know in the 30th Century?

Only time will tell...

If this tale by Walt Simonson is, in fact, Manhunter 2070's swan-song, it's a helluva finale, and one I'd like to think creator Mike Sekowsky would've appreciated!

Reading Room JUDAS COIN "2087 AD: Manhunter 2070" Part 1

Last week we told you about Twilight...

...a 1990 mini-series that "resolved" the story of Manhunter 2070...by killing him!

But, DC's continuity being what it is (or isn't) these days, it seems you can't keep an interplanetary bounty hunter dead for long.

In 2012, comics legend Walt Simonson wrote and illustrated a graphic novel...

The coin falls into the hands of various people throughout recorded history (including a number of both notable and almost-forgotten DC characters), the final chapter takes the reader to a near-future those who read our recent re-presentation have more than a passing familiarity with...

Looks like Starker learned his lesson from their previous encounter.

But things are not quite what they seem, as you'll see tomorrow!

The now out-of-print graphic novel is a fascinating look at a master at work.

Simonson does each chapter in a different style mirroring each part's differing time period.

The "future" chapter is rendered in a kool manga/anime "look", though still utilizing Walt's trademark storytelling techniques.

(Having his favorite letterer, John Workman, along, doesn't hurt!)

Simonson also adheres to original story continuity, inserting references to occurrences from the earlier tales and keeping the characters to their pre-Crisis on Infinite Earths personalities!

It's a helluva book, and well worth picking up at your local comics shop (or e-book provider) to read the complete tale!

Reading Room KIDNAPPED BY A SPACE SHIP "Part 4 - Marooned on a Doomed World!"

We (inadvertently) skipped a week, but, we're back...

...as the tweens from 1970 (and their adult chaperones) explore an uninhabited alien city...

(Ahem) Perhaps they could use the same sort of material the flying saucer was fabricated from?

As this tale from Treasure Chest V14N14 (1959) demonstrates, even "men of science" can miss the obvious.

Hopefully, next Monday, the genius who designed the spaceship will figure it out!

Writer Frances Crandall followed the accepted concepts of space travel postulated by scientist Wener Von Braun and, illustrated by Chesley Bonestell in various books and magazines like Conquest of Space, and popularized in numerous 1950s movies like Destination Moon and Angry Red Planet!

Artist Fran Matera was also the art director/art editor for Treasure Chest, but is best known for his long run on the Steve Roper and Mike Nomad newspaper strip.

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