Monday Madness STRANGE TALES "Zzutak: the Thing that Shouldn't Exist!!" Part 1

It's interesting to note how many of these "writers/artists encountering madness" tales Jack Kirby drew.-

Considering how many stories, characters, and creatures he did create and co-create, was it simply...coincidence?

Since plotter Stan Lee, scripter Larry Lieber, penciler Jack Kirby, and inker Steve Ditko ended this chapter of the two-parter from Atlas' Strange Tales #88 (1961) at this point, we'll pause until next Monday before continuing!

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Monster Masterworks

(HTF anthology from the 1980s featuring this tale and a never-reprinted cover by Walt Simonson)

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Space Force Saturdays SPACE BUSTERS "Remember Makano"

It's the final battle in the series that may have inspired Don (the John) Trump's fantasy about a "Space Force"...

...appropriately enough, a tale that places emotion over logic!

This never-reprinted tale from Ziff-Davis' Space Busters #2 (1952) is the final story for the short-lived series.

Oddly, none of the sci-fi books about specific characters (this one and Lars of Mars, Crusader from Mars, and Space Patrol) lasted more than two issues!

But the anthologies lasted longer...Amazing Adventures ran six issues and Weird Thrillers ran five!

It must be admitted that Murphy Anderson's revamp gave the book a solid "shot in the arm" artistically, so why it was cancelled so abruptly remains a mystery!

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Friday Fun MY GAL PEARL "Football"

In the mid-1950s, there were a spate of "dumb blonde" comics...

....inspired by the radio/TV series My Friend Irma and Marilyn Monroe in such films as Gentlemen Prefer Blondes and Some Like it Hot!

This was one of Atlas (later Marvel) Comics' contributions to the genre!

Who says "vaudeville is dead"?

Certainly not writer Stan Lee and artist Dan DeCarlo in this never-reprinted tale from My Girl Pearl #1 (1955)!

There's lots more of this sort of thing...from almost every comic company of the era.

And you'll be seeing examples from them in the coming weeks!

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Pin-Up Art of Dan DeCarlo

Reading Room TALES TO ASTONISH "I Found the Abominable SnowMan" Conclusion

We Have Already Seen...

Art by Jack Kirby and Dick Ayers

...reality TV show producer Victor Cartwright stops at nothing to get ratings, even faking some of the wonders he shows on the cathode screen!

When he publicly promises to deliver film of the legendary Abominable SnowMan, Cartwright dons a furry costume to fake some footage.

But things go terribly wrong when a huge furry creature captures him and takes him via an advanced drilling ship into the depths of the Earth, where Victor discovers...

Whatever happened to the stranded lizard-man?

The cover art above was reused, but not for a reprint of the story you just read!

When it appeared on the cover of Marvel's Where Creatures Roam #5 (1970)...

Art by Jack Kirby, Dick Ayers with additions by Marie Severin

..it was to cover-feature a reprint of a different furry character (also drawn by Kirby and Ayers) that had it's own cover when it appeared in Tales to Astonish #18!

Why didn't they use that art?

Most likely, the original photostats and printing films of that cover had been lost, so Marvel decided to modify the art for TtA #24 that they did have stats for!

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August 1961 Omnibus
(Featuring EVERY comic published by Atlas/Marvel the month Fantastic Four #1 hit the newsstands!)