Monday, December 28, 2020

Monday Madness WEIRD TALES OF THE FUTURE "Day of Doom"

It's Monday, which many of us considered, pre-coronavirus, to be the...
But we didn't mean the phrase quite as literally as this apocalyptic tale which...well, read for yourself...

Talk about "everything but the kitchen sink"! 
Us vs Commies!
Commies vs Aliens! 
Aliens vs Us!
Evacuation of the Earth! 
Destruction of the Moon!
Finally, to top it all off...Atlantis Rising!
And all that in only seven pages!

This story from Key's Weird Tales of the Future #4 (1952) could, with a little updating, make a helluva feature film or TV mini-series!
While the writer is unknown, the artist was Tony Mortellaro, who did hundreds of tales in various genres for Key and Atlas/Marvel, (where he became Associate Art Director under John Romita in the 1970s).

Sunday, December 27, 2020

Space Force Saturdays on Sunday SPACE SQUADRON "Armada of Death"

We had to move our Space Force Saturdays presentation to Sunday...
...since we were retelling Marvel's version of the Birth of Christ, and didn't want to interrupt it!
As long as we're here, let's go back to the year 2000, when Americans controlled the Solar System, and protected it from aliens...extraterrestrials, not people from other countries on Earth!
This never-reprinted tale from Atlas' Space Squadron #2 (1951) is typical of the early 1950s, when sci-fi was dominated by various military and police organizations patrolling and controlling the universe, much as America was patrolling and controlling the non-Commie-controlled parts of Earth.
The illustrator, who became the regular artist, was Werner Roth.
Sadly, the writer is unknown,
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Saturday, December 26, 2020

Holiday Reading Room LIFE OF CHRIST "Christmas Story" Epilogue

Up to this point, you've read what everybody knows about the Birth of Christ...

...now, here's what most presentations in print, TV, movies, etc, don't cover...



Marvel and Nelson Publishing's joint imprint, Nelson Comics, published a sequel issue called Life of Christ "Easter Story", which we'll run around (obviously) Easter!
BTW, the cover shown above was from a special reprint done for the Christian Broadcasting Network! which is now part of ABC's FreeForm network.

Friday, December 25, 2020

Holiday Reading Room LIFE OF CHRIST "Christmas Story" Conclusion

When Last We Left the Newly-Born Christ Child...

...there were about to be uninvited guests.
But will they bring joy or terror?
(Hey, it is a Marvel comic!)

This is as far as the story usually goes.
But there is more, which you'll see...

Thursday, December 24, 2020

Holiday Reading Room LIFE OF CHRIST "Christmas Story" Part 2

...actually, we haven't seen this part, but it will occur later in this chapter.
Though Mary discovered she was pregnant before the marriage, she and Joseph were wed after an angel appeared to him and explained his bride-to-be was still a virgin and that she had been impregnated by God.
Meanwhile, three wise men begin their journey by following a new star in the sky, prophesied to be the beacon to the newborn King of the Jews...
The Tale Concludes Tomorrow,
Christmas Day!

Since it's a Marvel comic we thought it appropriate to end this chapter on a cliffhanger!
Note: If these guys are so wise, why does a kid see through Herod, but not them?

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