Reading Room (JOURNEY INTO) UNKNOWN WORLDS "End of the Earth"

There's a lot of never-reprinted Atlas/Marvel comics out there...

...including almost all of this anthology series!

By not accepting handouts from others, mankind is taught to, once more, be self-sufficient! 

Earth will not be a welfare state!

Illustrated by Vernon Henkel, this never-reprinted cover and feature from Atlas' Unknown Worlds #36 (1950) is typical of sci-fi comics of the 1940s-early 1950s (pre-EC Comics' sci-fi line)

BTW, though the book is #36, it's really #1!

The previous issues were titled Teen Comics, before that, All-Teen Comics, and before that, All-Winners Comics!

Also note, I called it "Unknown Worlds", even though the cover says "Journey into Unknown Worlds"!

The indicia (which lists the actual title in official records) leaves out the "Journey into...", so that's what we, and indexers, go by.

Be here tomorrow for another tale unseen since 1950!

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!

Part 1

Part 2

Part 3

Not available on DVD/BluRay!

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...

"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!

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!"