Reading Room CHAMBER OF CHILLS MAGAZINE "Walking Dead"

The phrase "Walking Dead" wasn't always synonymous with zombies...

...as this never-reprinted story from Harvey's Chamber of Chills Magazine #3 (1951) demonstrates!

Penciled by Bob Powell, inked by Powell, Howard Nostrand and Martin Epp, this tale was one of the earliest to use the phrase "Walking Dead"...but in connection with ghosts, not zombies!

But don't worry, zombies get equal time this weekend...

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Zombies of Comics and Pulps

2017 12-Month Calendar

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Return of the Walking Dead!

We've already presented the origin of the first Walking Dead comic series...

...but before that, there were other "Walking Dead" stories!

Since the AMC tv series based on the wildly-successful current graphic tales is returning this Sunday, we're going to run several of these "predecessor" tales this weekend!

Be here Friday through Sunday for some long-unseen four-color zombie stories that'll thrill and chill you!

Reading Room PLASM "The Sedition Agenda: Prologue 'The Death of Love' " Conclusion

We Have Already Seen...

...an alternate dimension/universe where Plasm, a world of humanoids using organic technology, dominates the region!

With their technology requiring constant intake of organic material as both fuel and construction material, the Plasmoids prize professional "seekers" like Lorca above all others in their society...except the ruling class.
But Lorca has begun to feel guilt about destroying all others the Plasmoids encounter simply to sustain their society.

And he's begun to question the "groupthink" that restrains individualism and free thought...

With an intriguing start like this, you may well ask...what happened?

Marvel Comics happened!

You can read the gory details HERE.

End result: Defiant Comics was gone in two years!

Sad, eh?

Depending upon the audience response, we may present more tales of Plasm and the Defiant Comics multiverse.

It's up to you, dear readers!

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Warriors of Plasm

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Reading Room THRILL-O-RAMA "Old Hulk"

A never-reprinted tale from an influental artist...

...whose greatest contributions were to animation, not comics!
(And no, it's not Alex Toth!)

During the mid-1960s, Harvey Comics jumped back into superhero and sci-fi/fantasy comics with several titles combining a mixture of reprints and new material.

This tale from Thrill-O-Rama #1 (1965) was one of the "new" ones, though it's likely left over from Harvey's previous sci-fi anthology, Race for the Moon (1958).

Though the writer is unknown, the artist is Doug Wildey, who spent several years in comics, but found working in tv animation steadier and more profitable!

His many credits include Jonny Quest, Godzilla, and, Return to the Planet of the Apes!

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Jonny Quest
the Complete Original Series

Reading Room THE UNEXPECTED "Choice"

When DC's 1979-80 sci-fi anthology Time Warp folded, the remaining stories...

...were published in the fantasy/horror anthology The Unexpected!

This tale of questionable "justice" was written by George Kashdan and illustrated by "Vicatan" (Vic Catan, Jr), this never-reprinted tale from DC's The Unexpected #210, (1981) was typical of the output by long-time pro Kashdan, solid, but not really memorable.
The art by Vicatan raises it a notch with effective storytelling and clean linework.

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Showcase presents Tales of the Unexpected

Vol 1