Wednesday, December 15, 2021

Wednesday Worlds of Wonder SPACE CLUSTERS Part 3

Lieutenant Kara Basuto of the Terran Interplanetary Corps follows criminal Ethan Dayak from star system to star system, always one step behind him.
Due to the huge distances, both of them go into suspended animation during the trips between planetfalls.
But the more time they spend in hibernation, the more their minds and bodies begin to alter...
To Be Concluded...
NEXT WEEK!
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Tuesday, December 14, 2021

Holiday Reading Room SANTA CLAUS FUNNIES "Unsuitable Suit"

...but what happens when, after centuries of wear-and-tear, it needs to be replaced?
There are no credits for writer or artist(s) for this never-reprinted tale from Dell's Four Color Comics: Santa Claus Funnies #1274 (1962), so whe don't know who to thankk for this  almost 60 year-old bit of whimsey!

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Monday, December 13, 2021

Monday Mars Holiday Madness SANTA CLAUS CONQUERS THE MARTIANS Part 1

Believe it or not, there was a comic book version of this holiday "classic" flick...
...from Dell Comics in 1966!
Next week: Santa's trip to Mars...
(...not to be confused with Flash Gordon's Trip to Mars!)
The writer/adaptor is unknown, but the art is by Bob Jenney, who did quite a few movie and tv adaptations for Dell.
The actual title of the comic is Dell Movie Classic #725.
Not only was it sold on newsstands, but it was packaged with an LP album of the movie's audio including dialogue, sound effects and (shudder) the earworm-creating theme song!
(Remember, they didn't have streaming services, DVDs/Blu Rays, or even videocassettes back in the 1960s!)
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Sunday, December 12, 2021

The Hardly-Abominable SnowMan!

Along with Santa Claus and Scrooge, our frosty friend is one of the most recognizable symbols of Winter and the joyous Christmas Season!
The songwriting team of Jack Rollins and Steve Nelson took the folk-tale of a snowman coming to life and playing with children, only to melt at the end of winter, and adapted it into a song they sold to Gene Autry. who was looking for a follow-up to his previous hit; Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer.
Like RudolphFrosty the Snow Man turned out to be a major hit single and was adapted to other media, including several cartoon versions, the first of which was a short "music video" version of the song itself...
that version, and the subsequent books and comic books of the 1950s that we draw our kool retro-style imagery for our line of holiday goodies including greeting cardscollectiblesinfant/toddler/kidswear and adult clothing (sweatshirts and hoodies)!
So come play with the SnowMan!
We promise he won't melt!

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Saturday, December 11, 2021

Space Force Saturdays SPACE PATROL "Pirates of Mercury"

Now here's a series I'd love to see a live-action version of...
...using state-of-the-art CGI for the SFX and aliens!
The multi-talented Basil Wolverton wrote, illustrated, lettered, and probably colored, this tale from Amazing Mystery Funnies #19 (1940).
It's one of the first of the "law enforcement in space" sci-fi sub-genre that prospered in pulp and comic sci-fi in the 1930s and 40s, and carried over to TV in the 1950s.
Note: the 1950s TV/radio series Space Patrol was not based on Wolverton's strip.
(Could you imagine them trying to do Wolverton's aliens using 1950s-level makeup techniques?)