Wednesday, April 26, 2017

Trump Reading Room COMMANDER BATTLE AND THE ATOMIC SUB "ChiCom Deception"

The Atomic Sub series veered from straight science fiction...
...into an amalgam of science fiction and espionage as the Atomic Commandos began to battle various Communists!
Tomorrow:
Behind the Bamboo Curtain!
Written by Richard Hughes and illustrated by Ken Landau, this never-reprinted tale from ACG's Commander Battle and the Atomic Sub #5 (1955) was the second issue of the new anti-communist direction the series took.
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Monday, April 24, 2017

Reading Room FANTASTIC WORLDS "Cosmic Terror"

Some say space opera is just a Western with ray guns instead of six-shooters...
...but this never-reprinted tale from Standard's Fantastic Worlds #6 (1952) is a Cold War tale with aliens instead of Communists!
Though the scripter is unknown, the artwork is by Art Saaf, who had a long career in comics from the mid-1940s to the mid 1970s, doing everything from romance to horror to sci-fi to superheroes!
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Sunday, April 23, 2017

For the Mother/Wife/Sister/Girlfriend/Veteran in Your Life!

May is chock-full of holidays.Among them: Mother's Day, Armed Forces Day, and Memorial Day.How about a gift that would cover ALL three of them at one shot?
Our War: Past, Present and Future store offers a unique idea for the female World War II veteran in your life.
Whether she's your mother or grandmother, sister or aunt, wife or ex-wife, we've got a bunch of items that show your respect and love in a kitchy kool kind of way.
Long and short-sleeve T-shirts, mugs, blank journals, even kitchen magnets, all adorned with a classic 1940s comic cover paying tribute to WWII-era WACs, WAVEs, and MCWRs!
Available on a variety of kool kollectibles!

Saturday, April 22, 2017

Reading Room LOST WORLDS Feature Pages

Besides stories, comics often run one or two-page features...
Lost Worlds #5 Art by Ross Andru & Mike Esposito
...based on historical or scientific information available at the time...
Lost Worlds #6 Art by Rocco Mastroserio
...or speculation about future developments, again, based on then-current knowledge!
(I love that third panel, showing spacesuit-garbed scientists on a balcony on the satellite!)
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