Monday Mars Madness ATTACK ON PLANET MARS "Chapter One: Tarrano Strikes"

In the 1950s Avon did a number of one-shot comic books...

...based on sci-fi novels.

While most were of tales (then) recently-reprinted by their paperback division,  this one was not.

Does a Fate Worse than Death Await Elza?

And...What is Tarrano's Plan?

Be Here Next Monday to Find Out!

Based on the novel Tarrano the Conqueror by Ray Cummings, this chapter of the 1951 comic adaptation was penciled by Carmine Infantino and inked by Joe Kubert, the team who would illustrate the first Silver Age Flash story in DC's Showcase #4 several years later!

The writer of the adaptation is unknown.

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Weird Horrors and Daring Adventures

Joe Kubert Archives

...which reprints only this chapter of the story, since it's the only one in the book that Kubert worked on!

(But there's lots of other kool stuff by the legendary editor/writer/artist in the book, so it's a must-have for any comics fan's library!)

It's the 4th of July! Celebrate With a "Lost" Captain America Tale!

Unseen for over 50 years, the first novel featuring the Star-Spangled Avenger!

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NOW to start the serialized retelling of the long-lost OOP novel!

BTW, you can read a kool short feature about Independence Day HERE!

Space Force Saturdays SPEED CARTER "Thing in Outer Space"

Here's a tale that, back in the 1950s, could only have been shown in comics...

...because even the era's state-of-the-art SFX technology was far too primitive to do it effectively!

Oh, Speed, you're such a kidder!

This story from Atlas' Speed Carter: SpaceMan #6 (1954) was scripted (as were all Speed Carter tales) by Hank Chapman, and illustrated by Bob Forgione.
You'll note that Forgione uses original artist Joe Maneely's designs for the Speed Carter universe, which previous artists Mike Sekowsky (issue #4) and George Tuska (issue #5) ignored in their issues.
In fact, Forgione tries to match Maneely's rendering style...and does a damned good job at it.
It's a shame this was Speed's final issue.

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Complete Adventures of Lucky Starr

by Isaac Asimov

(under the pen-name "Paul French")

Omnibus of ALL Six Space-Opera Sagas!

David Starr: Space Ranger, Pirates of the Asteroids, Oceans of Venus, Big Sun of Mercury, Moons of Jupiter, Rings of Saturn

Friday Food Fun "Man's Guide to Outdoor Cooking" Part 2 "Meet the Meats"

Last Week We Presented the Tools You'll Use to BBQ...

...now let's continue with what you'll BBQ, starting with meats...

This next one is a tad "politically-incorrect"...

...but the recipe is perfectly valid!

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Side Dishes

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Reading Room SKATEMAN COMICS "FutureWorld"

Here's a "lost" tale by a talented artist nobody remembers...

...from a 1980s comic most people would rather forget!

With story and layouts by Jack Arata, inks by Andy Kubert, this never-reprinted tale from Pacific's SkateMan #1 (1983) is one of three sci-fi stories from Arata's brief comics career that spanned less than two dozen tales from 1982 to 1986.

A graduate of the Kubert School, he worked mostly for DC before returning to his farming roots in California, where he passed away in 2013.

As to why SkateMan the comic is so...to be blunt...reviled...this synopsis may explain it to those who didn't, like myself, live through it.

Oddly, despite its' reputation, the book is now extremely Hard to Find...and pricey!

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