Friday Fun EH! "That's How T.V. was Born!!"

For the record, this is not a true story!
In fact, this never-reprinted tale from Charlton's EH! #1 (1953) isn't even close to the truth!

But, in the pre-cybertech era of the 1950s when all that existed was radio and blurry black-and-white TVs, this feature illustrated by Dick Ayers made a lot more sense.

As they say,"You had to be there!"

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Reading Room UNUSUAL TALES "Man Who Could Paint on Air"

With an intriguing cover like this...

...how could I resist running this rarely-seen tale by writer Joe Gill and artist Steve Ditko!

This story of artistic alien assassins and poisonous pigments appeared in Charlton's Unusual Tales #7 (1957) during one of Steve Ditko's most prolific periods as he freelanced for several companies including Atlas (later Marvel), Charlton, and St John doing a little in every genre...even romance!

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Wednesday Worlds of Wonder MEDUSA CHAIN Part 2

We Have Already Seen...

Convicted murderer Chon Adams' 13-year sentence is to serve on the space frieghter Medusa.

As the ship takes off and he's put into suspended animation, he dreams of the incident that resulted in his (wrongful) conviction.

Now in deep space, the Medusa's crew is revived...

To be continued, next Wednsday...

A year earlier, Ernie had been the editor of Green Lantern, and had pushed through a story set in deep space featuring a kid stupidly going out an airlock...without a spacesuit!

Due to the Comics Code Authority, the published art had been toned down, but there was still something of a controversy about it.

Did the controversy inspire a plot aspect in Medusa Chain since the graphic novel line's creatives were told there would be no Comics Code interference?

Reading Room WEIRD TALES OF THE FUTURE "Time and Tide"

According to the cliche, what "waits for no man"?

The answer is in this never-reprinted tale from Key's Weird Tales of the Future #6 (1953).

The writer of this story is unknown, but the artist is Eugene E Hughes, who had a brief career in comics working exclusively for Key Publications, then disappearing from the art world (comic books/strips/commercial art) entirely!

Monday Madness FLYING SAUCERS x FOUR #3 "I Know the Secret of the Flying Saucer!"

Last Monday, Jack Kirby demonstrated why he was THE KING...

...now Spider-Man co-creator "Sturdy" Steve Ditko shows us his unique approach to the same plot!

Presented in the back of Atlas' (later Marvel's) Tales of Suspense #11 (1960), this Stan Lee/Steve Ditko collaboration takes the twice-told tale (as we showed you HERE and HERE) and adds Ditko's more personal/less cosmic storytelling approach, playing up emotions of wonder and fear, taking the story closer to its' horror comic origins...but without the devouring of humans.

It's not better or worse, just different.

Next Monday, the final version of the tale...
...from another Silver Age stalwart!

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