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Tuesday, April 28, 2020

CoronaVirus Comics UNSEEN "Eerie Glen"

No, it's not about a weird guy named "Glen"...

...but, according to dictionaries, a Scottish/English term meaning "valley with gentle slopes"!

In truth, it seems more like a swamp than a glen, which tends to be open and grassy!

This never-reprinted tale from Standard Comics' Unseen #6 (1952) is typical of the "Oops! I'm dead!" twist-ending story, but because of the reason for the demise (a fever from an unspecified disease), we felt it appropriate for CoronaVirus Comics.

Artist George Roussos worked for for half a century in comic (1940s to the 1990s) as a penciler, colorist, and, most notably, a fast, clean and efficient inker (one of the few who could keep up with speed-demon penciler Jack Kirby)!

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Great Comic Book Scare and How It Changed America

Monday, April 27, 2020

Monday Madness / CoronaVirus Comics VEXT "Germ Warfare" Part 1

Think of the protagonist's name as a phonetic version of "vexed"...

...and the character himself as a "trapped on Earth"
parody of Neil Gaiman's Sandman, and you have the concept behind the series!

Now, just follow along...

We take our leave of the sentient, screaming streptococcus until next Monday...

Written and laid-out by Keith Giffen, penciled by Mike McKone, and inked by Mark McKenna, this never-reprinted story from DC's Vext #3 (1999) was a showcase for the snarky, in-joke-infused humor Giffen is notorious for!

Despite being incorporated into the mainstream DC universe from his first issue (which guest-starred Superman), and promoted in the DCU Heroes Secret Files and Origins one-shot, the book didn't sell well despite writer-artist Giffen's popularity with the comics audience!

The 6-issue mini-series was one of the few to not be reprinted as a trade paperback!

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