Monday, August 1, 2016

Reading Room CAPTAIN JOHNER AND THE ALIENS "Day of the Nightmare"

...Commander Zarz and his crew of aliens have discovered "false men" among the humans who greeted them when they arrived on Earth!
Are humans fickle, or what?
Make you wonder why aliens would even want to interact with us!
Creator/writer/artist Russ Manning is certainly using the "color hold" technique to best advantage when showing other dimensions, giving the strip a distinctive "look" at a time when other artists like Steve Ditko and Jack Kirby were doing their own wild (and equally-unique) versions of alternate realities!
This tale from Gold Key's Magnus: Robot Fighter #13 (1966) adds the worrysome aspect of a wide-ranging threat that won't be easily-stopped.
But that's a story for another time...

Saturday, July 30, 2016

July 2016-June 2017 Pop Culture Calendar Sale Ends 8/1!

Because it's become the most popular sale we've ever run, we're bringing back the  
Atomic Kommie Comics
2016-17 12-Month Calendars 
at a 25% discount!
Perfect for office, dorm, or bedroom!
The IDEAL gift for the hard-to-please pop culture fan in your life (or yourself)!
Plus: they show July 2016-June 2017!
A FULL YEAR OF GRAPHIC FUN!
Or you can set them up to begin anytime from July 2016 to January 2017, and present 12 months of comic and pulp covers and/or movie posters!
Sherlock Holmes: the Greatest Sleuth of All!

Basil Rathbone IS Sherlock Holmes!
WereWolves and Vampires
Vampires of Pulps and Comics
Werewolves of the Comics and Pulps
Zombies of Comics and Pulps
Plus MANY MORE!
Classic comic book and pulp magazine covers and movie posters, scanned from the originals and digitally-remastered and restored!
NOT available in stores, only on-line!
And, until Augist 1, 2016, they're FIVE BUCKS CHEAPER!
Normally $19.99, they're only $14.99!
Order now...before time runs out!

Friday, July 29, 2016

Reading Room TWILIGHT ZONE "Mars: Dead or Alive"

50 years ago, when I saw this George Wilson cover on the comics rack of my local candy store...
...I just had to read it!
(BTW, the astronaut is Steve (Doc Savage) Holland!)
Written by Dick Wood and illustrated by Nevio Zaccara, the cover-feature (though not lead story) from Gold Key's Twilight Zone #17 (1966) offered a somewhat-plausable explanation (in those pre-Mars Rover days) as to why we hadn't seen signs of life on Mars.
Wood and Zaccara also collaborated on the never-reprinted Explorers in the Unknown strip that ran in Gold Key's Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea comic.

Thursday, July 28, 2016

Jack Davis (1924-2016)

In tribute to the late, great, Jack Davis...
Here's a never-reprinted pic of him (sitting in the tree) from Playboy Press' Trump #1 (1957)
And here's a never-reprinted Davis pencil and ink feature: " 'You Know Who' Gets Killed" from Humbug Publications' Humbug #1 (1957)!
Rest in Peace, Jack.