Tuesday, September 22, 2015

Stephen Colbert is Tek Jansen / Tek Jansen IS Stephen Colbert

Donald Trump is Stephen Colbert's guest tonight...
...but before you witness that Clash of Titans, have a look at Colbert's lost masterpiece...
The Origin of Tek Jansen!
Not available on DVD/BluRay!

Monday, September 21, 2015

Reading Room EERIE ADVENTURES "Perfect Hideout"

It's a sci-fi tale!
It's a horror story!
It's a parable about how crime never pays!
...it's all these things...and more!
Illustrated by Gerald McCann, this tale from Ziff-Davis' one-shot Eerie Adventures (1951) shares a title with several other 1940s-50s tales from other publishers.
None of the others were sci-fi, but standard crime tales...

Sunday, September 20, 2015

"Happy" Anniversary, North Korea!

To celebrate the upcoming 70th Anniversary of the founding of North Korea...
...we at Atomic Kommie Comics™ decided to re-present art showing how pop culture (in particular, comic books), portrayed the 1950s Korean Police Action to the American public during the hostilities!
Well. they did it like this...
...and like this!
We're offering these rarely-seen classics of pop art to a modern audience on a kool 12-month calendar featuring a dozen classic 1950s comic covers, all digitally-restored and remastered directly from the actual books!
For those who wish to relive those days, or those who hope the end result this time will be the same as last time, this is the Korean Anniversary present for them!

Let Kim Jong Un BEWARE!
We did it before and we can do it AGAIN!

Saturday, September 19, 2015

Martians! Martians! Martians! (Or what Jan Brady said when she saw War of the Worlds)

Halloween is coming up fast, so what do I think of?
Martians!
I've always been a big fan of War of the Worlds, whether it's the H.G. Wells novel, Orson Welles' radio adaptation, the '53 movie, the 80s tv series (Year One or Year Two), Jeff Wayne's remarkable concept album, or the many variations, sequels, and pastiches (like my favorite: Sherlock Holmes' War of the Worlds!)
So, I added a line of shirts. mugs, messenger bags, and tchochkes to Atomic Kommie Comics' already bulging sci-fi collectibles section entitled Martians! Martians! Martians! (Or: what Jan Brady said when she saw The War of the Worlds!)
From benevolent visitors to arrogant invaders to an EarthMan turned Martian, we have them all! See The Devil Girl from Mars, Lars of Mars, Man O' Mars, John Carter: WarLord of Mars, and of course, the War of the Worlds' various incarnations!
(BTW, the Tote Bags make great trick-or-treat bags!)
We even have a three-way battle between Earth, Mars, and Venus as well as the campy cult classic Santa Claus Conquers the Martians!
So whether it's for Halloween, Christmas, a birthday, or anytime you feel the urge for alien antics, choose Martians! Martians! Martians!™
As the Martians in Mars Attacks! would say..."Ack! Ack! Ack!"

Friday, September 18, 2015

Reading Room STAR HUNTERS "Part 2: Beyond the Solar Rim" Conclusion

...nervous computer expert Mindy Yano spacewalks to a heavily-armed drone, intending to disarm it before the automated killer can destroy the starship SunRider that Mindy shares with the rest of The Corporation's black-ops team...
Thus ends the Star Hunters' premiere adventure written by David Michelene, penciled by Don Newton, and inked by Bob Layton.
After this never-reprinted debut in DC Super-Stars V2 N18 (1977), the Star Hunters series itself would run seven issues, then be cancelled mid-plotline.
The Star Hunters have never reappeared anywhere.
But, in the final issue, two other Michelene-created characters, StarFire II and Claw the Unconquered, whose solo books had just been cancelled, were ported over to Star Hunters, tying the three series together.
Both of those characters have since reappeared in several of the DC Universe's reboots since then.
But Donovan Flint, and the rest of his team are still in limbo.