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Wednesday, June 3, 2020

Wednesday Worlds of Wonder / CoronaVirus Comics CONAN THE BARBARIAN ANNUAL "Bride of the Oculist!" Part 1

Conan meets Covid...

...sort of!

Well, he does deal with disease, eventually...

Scripted by Christopher Priest (as "James C Owlsey"), and illustrated by Ernie Chan/Chua (with an assist on layouts by John Buscema), this never-reprinted tale from Marvel's Conan the Barbarian Annual #11 (1987) does deal with disease, as shown by the disfigured Habar shown above.

But most of that material is later in the tale...which you'll see...
...Next Wednesday!
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Essential Conan
Volume 1
(and ONLY!)
Featuring issues 1 to 25

Tuesday, June 2, 2020

CoronaVirus Comics FEATURE COMICS "Rance Keane and the Anti-Cancer Serum"

Now here's something you don't see everyday...

...a romantic triangle involving a hero, his girlfriend and the comedy-relief sidekick!

We had an anti-cancer serum...in 1940?

Rance Keane started out in Quality's Feature Comics #22 as a present-day cowboy who moonlighted as an amateur sleuth with Pee Wee as his Gabby Hayes-style sidekick.

By the time of this story in Quality's Feature Comics #36 (1940), he migrated to New York City and lost most of his rural affectations.

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Cancer Vixen

A True Story

Monday, June 1, 2020

Monday Madness /CoronaVirus Comics THE STAND: CAPTAIN TRIPS "Prologue: the Circle Opens" Part 1

One of Stephen King's best-selling works starts with a pandemic...

...which begins here...

(note the partial lyrics/quotes of songs from several noted composers, singers, and poets.)

To Be Continued...

Next Monday!

Adapted by Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa, and illustrated by Mike Perkins, Marvel's The Stand: Captain Trips #1 (2008) details the accidental release of a fast-acting viral bio-weapon that will shortly decimate the world's population!

Marvel needed six mini-series from 2008 to 2012 to adapt the 1990 revised and expanded edition of the already-massive 1978 novel!

Trivia: Randall Flagg, a character who appears in many of King's stories, unifying them into one "multiverse", makes his debut in The Stand novel.

But, in comics, he premiered in Marvel's Dark Tower adaptation, which was published before The Stand!

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The Stand: Captain Trips

Collecting the entire 5-issue Mini-Series

The Stand Omnibus

collecting all six miniseries and the SketchBook plus an exclusive Companion in one huge HTF and OOP two-volume slipcased set!

Sunday, May 31, 2020

Covid-19 Doesn't Stop the Ants, Man!

Not even a pandemic stops the pests!

They've gone from the back yard to our basement bathroom and straight up the pipes into our main floor bathroom!
It's been contained and almost eliminated, but we're not going to do the usual post today.