Reading Room WORLD OF FANTASY "Iron Hulk!"

 Just before it transformed into Marvel, Atlas Comics was heavy into sci-fi...

...and I'm talking more than the giant monsters like Googam that most people think of.

(Though they were pretty kool...)

This never-reprinted tale from Atlas' World of Fantasy #19 (1959), scripted by either Stan Lee or Larry Lieber, is cliched beyond belief.

The reason I'm re-presenting it is to showcase the lovely art by Joe Sinnott.

While most of you know Sinnott as one of the best inkers in the business, he was also a competent penciler as well.

Ironically, Joe didn't ink much of his own pencil work, since it was subcontracted by Vince Colletta's prolific studio for use by Charlton, Gold Key, and Dell and inked by Colletta!

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Brush Strokes with Greatness

Life and Art of Joe Sinnott

Monday Madness / CoronaVirus Comics MORLOCK 2001 AND THE MIDNIGHT MEN "Then Came the Midnight Man" Conclusion

When Last We Left Our Protagonists...

...Professor Eugene Whitlock possesses books (forbidden in the year 2001)!

For that crime alone, he is sentenced to death.

The execution is interrupted by the arrival of Morlock, who changes to his lethal plant form to save the scientist because he believes Whitlock can duplicate the serum that allows him to control the transformation.

Morlock drives off the Thought Police and the scientist, though scarred, survives...

Sadly, I couldn't spend 25₵ on the next issue...since it never came out!

If you look at the last page, you'll see Morlock reverting to his human form after being shot.

He probably survived.

And, it's likely the self-destruct system either was defective, or only partially-functioned, leaving the Midnight Man, Morlock, and some of the freedom fighters separated from the Thought Police and able to escape!

As I mentioned earlier, this was a one-time collaboration between two legends (even in 1975) of the comics field...Steve (Spider-Man) Ditko and Berni (Swamp Thing) Wrightson!

This concludes our re-presentation of the time-lost Morlock 2001 series from 1975.

Next week we'll see...

Actually we don't know yet what we'll run, but it'll be interesting, disease/infection-related, and likely never-before seen by most of you!

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Fahrenheit 451

the Authorized (Graphic Novel) Adaptation

The RetroBlogs Summer Blogathon Presented a Most Excellent Conclusion...

....running both the never-reprinted comic adaptation of Bill & Ted's first movie...

....plus the only never-reprinted issue of their Marvel Comics run at Secret Sanctum of Captain Video!

Then, we presented a long-lost, not-quite team-up featuring all of Marvel's top martial artists vs Fu Manchu in an epic story on Pop Art Martial Arts!

(You'll understand when you read it!)

Then, we wound up the sexy and psychedelic adventures of Agar-Agar in True Love Comics Tales!

We hope you enjoyed it, and will keep all our RetroBlogs bookmarked!

(And the Summer Blogathon WILL Return Next Summer!)

Gone Too Soon...Chadwick Boseman 1976-2020

I didn't know he had cancer...

...and he didn't publicize the fact, preferring to perform and create memorable cinematic personas, both real and fictional.

As a Brooklyn boy born the year the Dodgers left town, I grew up with my dad (who hated the Yankees) telling the story of Jackie Robinson and the incredible guts he had in order to do what no Black man had done before!

When the movie 42 hit theaters, I rushed out to catch it, and see the tales my dad told me about (including some of the really-nasty, racist shit) brought to life.

Boseman's Jackie Robinson wasn't a pure, larger-than-life icon, but a guy who wanted to do something he loved, no matter what it took.

When he was cast as The Black Panther (and yes, I bought Fantastic Four #52 at my local candy store in early 1966), I knew he'd have the physical prowess to make the character convincing on-screen, but wasn't sure he'd pull off the persona, not to mention the accent.

I shouldn't have worried.
He was great!
Now he's gone.
What can you do to pay respect?

VOTE!

No matter what it takes!

It's what Jackie and T'Challa Would Do!

His last tweet before he died celebrated fellow Howard U alumni VP candidate Kamilla Harris!

So, let your voice be heard!

If You Haven't Already Done So...Register!

#WhenWeAllVote

#Vote2020

Trump Reading Room / Friday...Fun? HELP! "Now, Just to Save Time..."

After watching last night's Triumph of the Will-type convention rally by Don da Con...

...do you really think this "humorously"-captioned pic from Warren's HELP! #26 (1965) isn't as relevant today as it was 55 years ago?

Be Afraid!

Be VERY afraid!

For another, even more horrifying, look at American racism from the same issue of HELP!, click HERE for Not Safe for Work Comics!