It's a classic tale with a holiday twist...
...as told by the legendary Walt (Pogo) Kelly in Dell's Four Color Comics #140 (1947)
"Fudgy-wudgy" indeed!
Sunday, March 5, 2023
Saturday, March 4, 2023
Space Hero Saturdays FANTASTIC WORLDS "Space Treasure"
What's it like to be just another working stiff doing his job...but in outer space?
This tale from Standard's Fantastic Worlds #5 (1952) offers some insight...
Lovingly-rendered by Murphy Anderson, the story was created between his stints on the Buck Rogers newspaper strip, and certainly has the "look" of the legendary comic!
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Friday, March 3, 2023
Friday Fun EH! "Squeeeezerama in 5-D!"
Movie theaters are still struggling, post-covid, to get people back into the seats...
...much like back in the 1950s, when TV first competed with the cinemas for the attention of the viewing public!
Illustrated by Dick Ayers and likely written by editor Al Fago, this story from Charlton's Eh! #2 (1954) exaggerates (but not by much) the lengths to which movie studios went to lure the audience back to theaters!
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Thursday, March 2, 2023
Reading Room JUNGLE JIM "Winged Fury"
In the 1960s, the usually-staid Jungle Jim series jumped into high adventure/fantasy...
...with lost civilizations, mutants, aliens, even mystical menaces, threatening the Don Moore/Alex Raymond-created hero!
Scripted by Bhob Stewart, penciled by Steve Ditko and inked by Wally Wood, this never-reprinted (in color) tale from Charlton's Jungle Jim #27 (1969) was a classic example of how to update a series properly, unlike say, DC's attempt to make the 1940s aviators, the Blackhawks, into super-heroes from that same era!
Trivia: Though the cover looks like just a modification of Ditko/Wood's art on Page 5, panel 1, its actually a redraw by editor Sal Gentile, a pretty good artist in his own right!
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Wednesday, March 1, 2023
Wednesday Worlds of Wonder SPACE MAN "Out Into Space" Part 2
In the near-future (as seen from 1962), the experimental X-1825 attempts to break through the "Anti-Force" surrounding Earth that keeps spacecraft from going any further into outer space than orbiting our world.
Veteran spaceman Ian Stannard and rookie Johnny Mack manage to steer the ship through the barrier and land on the Moon's surface where they are surrounded by silent humanoids in spacesuits who bring them to an underground city...
Battle is joined, and the mayhem continues..
Next Wednesday!
This book-length tale from Dell's Four Color Comics #1253 (1962) was written by Ken Fitch and illustrated by Jack Sparling.
Was this originally-intended as a proposal for an animated or live-action TV series, which the writer then adapted into a comic series?
It certainly feels like it!
Was this originally-intended as a proposal for an animated or live-action TV series, which the writer then adapted into a comic series?
It certainly feels like it!
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