Asians and Asian-Americans in Comics

How have American comics treated Asians and Asian-Americans?

We're presenting a RetroBlog-wide look, starting with a comic based on the 1960s Dr Kildare TV series in Medical Comics and Stories!

Then we flash back to World War II, and American comics' first solo Asian superhero, The Green Turtle at Hero Histories!

(Note: that doesn't include partners/sidekicks like the The Green Hornet's Kato or Crimson Avenger's Wing who didn't have their own strips. But Hero Histories will get to them!)

And tomorrow, you can see the comic book based on the second American TV series starring an Asian character...played by an actor of Asian descent at Secret Sanctum of Captain Video!

There's more coming, as every RetroBlog presents a post you won't want to miss!

FCBD Delayed...But Not Space Force Saturday SPACE SQUADRON "Ring of Flame!"

Usually, the first Saturday in May is Free Comic Book Day...

...but this year, due to Covid-19, it's been moved!

So, let's dive into this week's Space Force Saturday...which won't be pre-empted today, but will be on August 14th!

I suspect Atlas was trying out a new colorist on this never-reprinted tale from Space Squadron #4 (1951)!

Otherwise, with all respect to penciler/inker Werner Roth, it's not a particularly-memorable tale.

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Mysteries in Space

The Best of DC Science Fiction Comics

Friday Fun RIOT "Mother Goosepimple's Nursery Rhymes"

Atlas Comics' numerous 1950s MAD comic clones...

...gave their creatives a chance to flex their artistic muscles in ways rarely-seen by their readers!

This never-reprinted short from Atlas RIOT #5 (1956) gave amazingly-versatile artist Joe Maneely a chance to show his humorous side.

OTOH, writer/editor Stan Lee was already well-known for his snarky prose.

This was the first installment of what was intended to be an ongoing feature.

A second Mother Goosebumps appeared in the next (and last) issue.

You'll see that one next Friday.

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Sincerest Form of Parody

Reading Room IMAGINATION and RAVENS AND RAINBOWS "Explored"

"What are Saturn's rings made of?"

Writer/artist Jeffrey Jones had a better question...What if it wasn't what we thought it was?

Jones' short tale in David Jablan Publishing's one-shot fanzine Imagination (1971) offered a cool explanation.

Remember, the first probe to pass near Saturn, Pioneer 11, didn't do so until 1979!

While it was theorized that ice and rocks made up the rings, there was no way to verify it!

So the tale, though improbable, was not unreasonable!

By the time Pacific Comics reprinted the story in their anthology Jeffrey Jones: Ravens and Rainbows (1983), several probes (including two Voyagers) had done flybys and analysis.

Sadly, they didn't find a Sargasso Sea of Space...

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Jeffrey Jones

A Life in Art

Wednesday Worlds of Wonder LOST WORLD "Atomic Secrets"

Reunited with Bruce, the VoltaMan with an implanted human's brain...

...Hunt Bowman and Lyssa continue their crusade against the alien conquerors of Earth as they establish communications with others...

Hey, Hunt...Bruce, who was put in suspended animation before the Volta invasion, could probably have figured it out!
Ah, well...too late, since we won't see Bruce again!
And more changes are coming to The Lost World...

Next Wednesday!

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Lily Renee, Escape Artist

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Trina Robbins