Wednesday, September 30, 2020

Wednesday Worlds of Wonder LOST WORLD "Return to Earth"

 When Last We Left Our Future-Based Hero...

...why do I even bother?
BTW, the "Lost World" of the title is not Earth, but Lyssa's home planet...

The artist round-robin ends with rookie illustrator Graham Ingels taking over as of this strip from Planet Comics #24 (1943)!
Ingels would become far more famous (or infamous, depending on your point of vew) as part of the EC Comics crew in the 1950s, where he earned the nickname "Ghastly" Graham for his work on Tales from the Crypt and other horror and sci-fi titles!
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Tuesday, September 29, 2020

Reading Room WORLD OF FANTASY "To Build a Robot!"

Does this tale take place in the present...or the future?
Or has it already happened, and we don't know it?
Considering the way industry has thwarted the introduction of the electric car, is it that far-fetched someone for their own ulterior motives is trying to supress mobile artificial intelligence?
Or have we just seen the Teminator and Matrix films too many times?
Plotter Stan Lee, scripter Larry Lieber, penciler Jack Kirby, and inker Christopher Rule had their own take in Atlas' World of Fantasy #18 (1959), decades before James Cameron or the Wachowskis...and it didn't take multiple films to tell it, just four pages!
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Monday, September 28, 2020

Monday Madness UNUSUAL TALES "Man Who Could See Tomorrow"

When you want a tale that exemplifies "madness" visually...

...it's hard to go wrong with Steve (Doctor Strange) Ditko!





Originally-appearing in Charlton's Unusual Tales #7 (1957), this simple (but effective) story by writer Joe Gill and illustrator Steve Ditko leaves the reader wanting more.

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Sunday, September 27, 2020

Halloween-Themed PPE Face Masks

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The one-size-fits-all mask features a pocket for optional filter use...
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Saturday, September 26, 2020

Space Force Saturdays SPEED CARTER: SPACEMAN "and the Pirate Planet!"

 The 1950s, when heroic astronauts fought for Truth, Justice, and the American Way in outer space...

...as seen in this premiere tale from Speed Carter: SpaceMan #1 (1953), the series' premiere issue!
Written by Hank Chapman, illustrated by Joe Maneely.
Maneely was Stan Lee's go-to artist during the early 1950s with the ability to handle any and every genre with equal speed and versatility.
Unfortunately, he was killed in a commuter train accident in mid-1958 at the age of 32.
Had he lived, Joe would probably have been one of the creative mainstays, along with Jack Kirby, Steve Ditko, and Don Heck in Marvel Comics' ascendancy in the Silver Age.
Speed Carter: Spaceman was Atlas Comics' second try at an ongoing space opera series when a short-lived Space Squadron comic bit the dust after six issues!
You'll see that series' premiere here next week!
Speed fared no better, logging a half-dozen editions before disappearing into the infinite, but we'll be presenting his never-reprinted tales right here!
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