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| Action Comics #81. Art by Wayne Boring & Stan Kaye One of the coolest New Year's Eve/New Year's Day covers ever! |
Sunday, January 1, 2023
Happy New Year's Day!
Saturday, December 31, 2022
Space Hero Saturdays CAPTAIN MIDNIGHT "Trip to the Moon!"
...so let's join him as he returns to the dark depths for a never-reprinted adventure!
Though this tale from Fawcett's Captain Midnight #49 (1947) wasn't the cover feature, the sci-fi oriented stories would soon come to dominate the book's editorial orientation....as you'll see next year!
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(...which doesn't include the story we presented here!)
Friday, December 30, 2022
Friday Fun MARVIN MOUSE "Shoe-In"
The late Stan (the Man) Lee wrote numerous graphic story classics!
A caption at the end of the book read "And remember, every issue Marvin Mouse magazine brings you the best in laughs, adventure, and fun ... don't miss a single issue!"
No problem!
The book ended up a one-shot and the already-completed material intended for #2 became filler in the backs of other humor titles.
(Editor Stan Lee was very frugal and didn't let anything go to waste!)
Most of the never-reprinted Atlas' Marvin Mouse #1 (1957) consisted of single-page or half-page Marvin Mouse features plus a Dippy Duck story.
There was another multi-page Marvin tale, which we presented HERE!
Note: Dippy Duck was another funny animal comic written by Stan Lee launched at the same time...which also lasted only one issue!
Hey, they can't all be hits!
Most of the never-reprinted Atlas' Marvin Mouse #1 (1957) consisted of single-page or half-page Marvin Mouse features plus a Dippy Duck story.
There was another multi-page Marvin tale, which we presented HERE!
Note: Dippy Duck was another funny animal comic written by Stan Lee launched at the same time...which also lasted only one issue!
Hey, they can't all be hits!
Thursday, December 29, 2022
Robot Reading Room TALES OF SUSPENSE "Robot Hater!"
The third variation on the "robot saves human despite mistrust" theme...
Technically, the pilot is an android, not a robot.
Illustrator Paul Reinman, also rendered the Xmas-themed "It Walks Like a Man!" which was plotted, like this story from Atlas' Tales of Suspense #3 (1959), by Stan Lee!
There are several more Atlas/Marvel stories with this same concept.
Would you like to see them?
There are several more Atlas/Marvel stories with this same concept.
Would you like to see them?
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Wednesday, December 28, 2022
EXCELSIOR!!! Happy 100th Birthday, Stan Lee!
Long before the "real" world accepted and respected nerds...
...Stan (the Man) Lee showed being a nerd was KOOL!
The co-creator (along with amazing illustrator/storytellers like Jack Kirby, Steve Ditko, Don Heck, Gene Colan, John Buscema, John Romita Sr, Marie Severin, and many others) of the pop culture monolith we know as Marvel, the guy originally-named Stanley Martin Leiber re-defined the four-color comic industry during the 1960s not only as a scripter for most of the books, but as as the company's editor/art director, inserting his style/vision/viewpoint into every aspect of the comics!
Note: it was that sheer workload that forced him to switch from the usual format of "full script" provided to artists to the "Marvel Method" of a plotting session with the illustrators, who had enormous latitude in interpreting the flow of the tale...as long as it finished after 20 pages at the plot point the team discussed!
Note: it was that sheer workload that forced him to switch from the usual format of "full script" provided to artists to the "Marvel Method" of a plotting session with the illustrators, who had enormous latitude in interpreting the flow of the tale...as long as it finished after 20 pages at the plot point the team discussed!
While most of you know him as the crotchety old guy who pops up briefly in movies and TV shows, I remember the vibrant, snarky, (but always fun) adult with the "big kid" persona of the Silver Age, as shown above from the inside cover to Marvel's Fantasy Masterpieces #1 (1967).
You can peruse our numerous entries featuring his work by clicking HERE.
There's a lot of them, but they're worth the effort!
BTW, Wednesday Worlds of Wonder will return next week with the finale of the current Atari Force story.
But we couldn't let this day pass without some celebration!
You can peruse our numerous entries featuring his work by clicking HERE.
There's a lot of them, but they're worth the effort!
BTW, Wednesday Worlds of Wonder will return next week with the finale of the current Atari Force story.
But we couldn't let this day pass without some celebration!
EXCELSIOR!!!
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