Wednesday, January 25, 2023

Wednesday Worlds of Wonder MEDUSA CHAIN Part 3

After avoiding being gutted by Basenga and his cronies, Adams returns to his cabin and rests, dreaming of how he broke jail to track down the executive who planed to destroy the ship Chon was on to collect the insurance, forcing Adams to euthanize half the crew so the other half would have enough food and air to survive the trip home after the bombs were disarmed.
When he awakens...
Next Wednesday...
...Things Go from Bad to Worse!
The amount of violence and gore is amazing when you're aware writer/artist Ernie Colon spent decades illustrating the wholesome adventures of Casper the Friendly GhostRichie Rich and the rest of the Harvey Comics crew...

Tuesday, January 24, 2023

Reading Room: SPACE ADVENTURES "Lunar Rendezvous"

A 1950s-style script with art that tries to offer a 1960s "psychedelic" feel...
...in this never-reprinted tale from Charlton's Space Adventures V2#6 (1969)
Sam Glanzman was an amazingly-versatile artist, whose work in every genre from sci-fi to war to romance to Westerns was usually exemplary.
Whether this was a rush job...or he was experimenting with a new inking style...or he simply had an off-week, it's just not up to his usual high standards.
BTW, you may notice the indicia says "Vol 1 Number 6", but the book is actually from Vol 2 Number 6!
Charlton's first Space Adventures title ran from 1952-56 (1-21), then 1958-64 (23-59) for a total of 58 issues.
(There wasn't a #22 in either part of the run).
This tale was from a 1968-69 revival of the title that lasted only 7 issues.

Monday, January 23, 2023

Monday Madness FLYING SAUCERS x FOUR #4 "Impossible Spaceship!"

The final version of the "sentient flying saucer" story doesn't even include the words "flying saucer" in the title...
...and the ship design itself is closer to classic Star Trek or 1960s Italian sci-fi like Planet of the Vampires (one of my all-time faves)...
Published in the back of Marvel's Strange Tales #101 (1962), this MadMan-era, never-reprinted, Don Heck-illustrated, Stan Lee-scripted tale was the final version of a Stan Lee plot involving sentient alien spacecraft first used in 1953 (HERE), then re-used in 1958 (HERE), and 1960 (HERE).
NOTE: Atlas had given way to Marvel several months earlier with Amazing Fantasy #15 (first Spider-Man) and Fantastic Four #1 in 1961.
(When Spider-Man received his own title a year later, the FF were cover-featured guest-stars!)
BTW, the cover feature for this issue was the introduction of the Human Torch's short-lived solo strip!
Weird Trivia: All four of the issues these stories originally appeared in had a number "1" in the issue numbering (21, 1, 11, 101)!
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Sunday, January 22, 2023

ANTI-Valentine's Day Gifts!

 

Over the past couple of weeks, we've been suggesting Valentine's Day kool kollectibles for those with True Love in their hearts!
But what of those of you who don't look forward to this Day for Lovers?
Don't worry! We haven't left you out!
Today, Atomic Kommie Comics™ offers "Wrong Way Wedding" from the Weddings section of True Love Comics Tales™! on a host of items including greeting cards, mens' and womens' garb, even teddy bears!

Saturday, January 21, 2023

Space Heroine Saturdays TARA "Key of the Cuchin Van!"

We continue the space-spanning saga of Tara, Queen of the Space Pirates 
...with this tale from Nedor's 
Wonder Comics #18 (1948).

The Grand Comics DataBase lists Gene Fawcette, who did the previous stories, as the penciler/inker, but it looks like fellow Wonder Comics artist George Roussos, who used a more standardized layout and looser inking style.
Check out the