Tuesday, August 9, 2016

Reading Room 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY "Capture of 'X-51'" Part 1

Marvel has released Machine Man: the Complete Collection...
...which leaves out the character's first three appearances!
Now that's what I call a "showstopper"!
(Hey, look! "Kirby Quotes")
The conclusion to this issue can be found..tomorrow, along with some info as to why it's not included in Machine Man: the Complete Collection!
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Monday, August 8, 2016

Reading Room CAPTAIN JOHNER AND THE ALIENS "Conspiracy"

...as the story takes a personal turn for Captain Johner...
With only four pages per quarterly issue to work with, fans' patience must have been stretched to the limit!
Aren't you glad RetroBlogs fans only have to wait a week between chapters?
Creator/writer/artist Russ Manning builds up suspense in this tale from Gold Key's Magnus, Robot Fighter #14 (1966).
The storyline's taking some interesting turns, including learning Johner has a first name!
Be here next week as the cavalry comes a'chargin!
BTW, note the sales figures on the last page!
This book was selling 235,000 copies an issue!
Publishers today would kill for those numbers!
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Sunday, August 7, 2016

Last Week on RetroBlogs...

...7th Voyage of Sinbad, featuring early art by League of Extraordinary Gentlemen artist Kevin O'Neill at Secret Sanctum of Captain Video!

..in War: Past Present & Future!

...at the opera!
...in Heroines!
What's coming up next week?
You won't know unless you look!

Saturday, August 6, 2016

We're Back with Amazon

For a while, Amazon refused to allow residents of New York or Illinois to participate in their Associate program, so people from those states were unable to embed links to Amazon that would also give them a comission.
(We have apartments in both New York City and Chicago, so it affected us either way!)
Those problems have been resolved, so New Yorkers and Illinii can now be Associates again.
Atomic Kommie Comics and the other RetroBlogs will now be offering links to related Amazon goodies in each post.
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Friday, August 5, 2016

Reading Room STRANGE WORLDS "Mystery of Asteroid 9"

...today, we're presenting the original version of the story...from 1952!
Gene Fawcette and Vince Alascia illustrated the first telling of this tale in Avon Comics' Strange Worlds #9 (1952).
The writer is, sadly, unknown.
The issue also had this kool inside cover contents page illustrated by Everett Raymond Kinsler...
...who also illustrated the story Ransom--One Million Decimars! inside the book.