Thursday, August 9, 2018

SPACE BUSTERS...the ORIGINAL "Space Force"!

...VP Pence will outline the Drumpf administration's plan to create a new branch of the military focused on defending the ultimate high ground.
You can watch it live HERE!
Were Don the Con's grandiose plans inspired by these comics about "space marines" from his childhood?
(I doubt he actually read any books, so it's unlikely he was inspired by Heinlein's Starship Troopers!)
Published in 1952, the series ran only two issues, with a couple of unpublished stories appearing in other mags later on.
Conceived by Superman co-creator Jerry Siegel, illustrated by comics legends Bernie Krigstein and Murphy Anderson, with covers by Norman Saunders and Allen (no relation to Murphy) Anderson, the series took the concept of the US Marine Corps and transplanted it to outer space in the near-future.
Though not specificially-stated, the Space Busters were Americans and Western Europeans, with no Communist countries or non-white nations represented.
You can read a complete digitally-remastered re-presentation of this apparently-groundbreaking (and still never reprinted) series at our brother RetroBlog, War: Past, Present & Future!
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Wednesday, August 8, 2018

Wednesday Worlds of Wonder BEYOND THE FARTHEST STAR "Princess of Doom!"

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Well, we've gone totally-off script from the ERB novella!
Not to mention...what's up with Tangor's hair???
Did he find an unlimited mousse supply somewhere?
Murphy Anderson handled the art duties on this never-reprinted installment from DC's Tarzan: Lord of the Jungle #218 (1973) with his usual classic-style finesse.
The question is...who scripted it?
Various sources attribute either Marv Wolfman or Denny O'Neil, with no definitive answer available.
This open-ended chapter ended the strip's run in Tarzan...but there's one more tale to tell...as you'll see next week!
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Tuesday, August 7, 2018

Reading Room WORLD OF FANTASY "Guardian of the Stars!"

What's kooler than a Jack (King) Kirby cover?
How about the never-reprinted Steve Ditko story it leads into?
Did the cover or the story come first?
The total redesign of the robot indicates whichever was done first wasn't provided to the other artist as reference!
Also, shouldn't the title be "Guardian of the Earth"?
Of course, that would be a "spoiler", ruining the drama shown on the cover...
Illustrated by Steve Ditko, this tale from Atlas' World of Fantasy #17 (1959) was probably plotted by Stan Lee, though the scripting doesn't read like his work.
Keep an eye on this blog as we re-present more never-reprinted Steve Ditko stories and covers!
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Monday, August 6, 2018

Monday Madness FANTASTIC COMICS "Space Smith and the Death of a Planetary Policeman!"

This series has become "gangsters in space"...
...with plots right out of the then-popular crime films of the 1930s, transposed into the future!
This never-reprinted tale from Fox's Fantastuc Comics #17 (1941) isn't a bad story, just...familiar.
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Sunday, August 5, 2018

Reading Room ADVENTURES INTO THE UNKNOWN "Vampire Spider"

Here's a tale that combines two of the most popular themes of sci-fi/horror...
...science-induced mutation in human beings and giant arachnids (which includes both insects and spiders)!
This never-reprinted cover story from ACG's Adventures into the Unknown #50 (1953) was written by Richard Hughes and illustrated by Robert McCarty, who, unfortunately, doesn't do a very accurate (most panels show the arachnid with only six legs) or scary spider...
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