The short-lived anthology Fantastic Worlds featured Earth-based stories...
...contrasting with the other anthology from Standard Comics, Lost Worlds, which was a space-opera book.
Saturday, September 7, 2019
Reading Room FANTASTIC WORLDS "Boy Who Saved the World!
Friday, September 6, 2019
Friday Fun SPACE MOUSE "Tasty Planet"
Along with comic tales, comic books ran text features...
...in order to qualify as magazines and get special low mailing rates!
Here's the never-reprinted story from Avon's Space Comics #4 (1954)!
It reads like it was probably written by series creator Frank Carin.
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Thursday, September 5, 2019
Reading Room LARS OF MARS "Terror Weapon" Conclusion
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| Art by Allen Anderson |
...he was heading for Manchuria to stop a mad Soviet scientist from unleashing a super-weapon that could freeze anything!
After facing several deadly devices, Lars uses his ability to travel at light-speed...
Written by Jerry Siegel, illustrated by Murphy Anderson, this was the cover-featured tale from Ziff-Davis' Lars of Mars #11 (1951), the second (and last issue) of the series!
BTW, the cover artist is Allen Anderson (no relation to Murphy)
And, Allen also did the cover to the second (and last) issue of Ziff-Davis' Space Busters...which was illustrated by Murphy!
Weird, huh?
featuring the covers of both issues of Lars of Mars!
Wednesday, September 4, 2019
Wednesday Worlds of Wonder SEEKER 3000 "A New Beginning..." Part 1
...and now that we're caught up, let's jump into the action!
Seems the "next gen" series begins with patricide...
Next Wednesday
What Happened to Seeker 3000's Commander, Jordan Shaw?
Next Wednesday
What Happened to Seeker 3000's Commander, Jordan Shaw?
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(the first appearance of the series)
Tuesday, September 3, 2019
Reading Room WEIRD TALES OF THE FUTURE "Ten Thousand Years Old!"
Here's the "pilot" for an ongoing comic series that never came about...
..but did see publication in Key's Weird Tales of the Future #1 (1952)!
It's an interesting premise, and the publishers even gave the story the coveted cover slot...
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| Art by Ross Andru and ? |
...yet next issue, Jerry and Jill were nowhere to be found!
So, what happened?
With a cool (if somewhat implausible) story by an uncredited scripter and pencils (and possible inks) by Ross Andru, it seemed like the sort of ongoing feature that could anchor a title.
Was a second story commissioned?
We'll never know...
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