Reading Room STAR HUNTERS "Part 1: The Farrell Alternative"

It's 1977.
Space opera's making a comeback in a big way...

...and here's DC's contribution to the genre!

To quote the famous Admiral Ackbar...

Be here tomorrow to see what happens next!

Written by David Micheline, penciled by Don Newton, and inked by Bob Layton, this opening chapter of the never-reprinted (or completed) Star Hunters saga appeared in DC Super-Stars V2 #18 (1977).

The Return of...the Star Hunters!

In the mid-1970s, tv/movie sci-fi experienced a revival...

...and comics, as they had done since the late 1940s, jumped on the pop culture bandwagon!

But, instead of doing adaptations of popular shows like Space: 1999 (Charlton), or movies like Star Wars (Marvel), DC decided to do a couple of original series using talented, young, up-and-coming creatives.

One of them was The Survivors...I mean The Outcasts...er, make that  Donovan Flint: StarHunter...or finally, The Star Hunters!

Here's the explanation of how the project came about, from DC Super-Stars V2N18 (1977)...

Be here tomorrow as we begin the never-reprinted saga of The Star Hunters!

One-stop Halloween shopping at SEDUCTION OF THE INNOCENT!!!

Ah, Halloween...
One of our favorite times of the year here at Atomic Kommie Comics™!
And what better time to promote the ghoulish goodies of Seduction of the Innocent™ including Halloween-wear t-shirts, mugs and reusable trick-or-treat tote bags?
SEE: the moody moonlit graveyard of the full-color Italian poster for the original Night of the Living Dead!
SEE: the kitchy graphics of the rarely-seen Astro Zombies poster (believe it or not, the film was PG)!
SEE: the koolest ghoul of all...Vincent Price, on the classic poster for the original House on Haunted Hill?

And let's not forget

The Green Slime!

Last Man on Earth AND Omega Man!

The ORIGINAL Demon Barber of Fleet Street!

I Married a Monster from Outer Space!

The ORIGINAL Little Shop of Horrors!

Occhio de Uccide!

They Came from Beyond Space!

AND (You knew we had to have this one)  

Plan 9 from Outer Space!

Buy them! Trade them! Collect 'em all!

Reading Room: SPACE ACTION "Weird Threat of the Space Giants"

Let's end the week with some good 'ol sci-fi schlock...

...just think of it as a SyFy network Saturday night movie on paper!

This never-reprinted tale from Ace's Space Action #2 (1952) was illustrated by workhorse Bill Molno, but the writer's name as eluded our keen senses.

Lucky guy!

9/11/15

We'll be back tomorrow...