Kirby Reading Room SECRET CITY SAGA "Secrets" Part 1

When Last We Left the Ninth Men...

OK, this is gonna take a bit of an explanation, but keep in mind it was 1993 and Bill Clinton was the President...

Explanation done!
On with the tale...

Writer Roy Thomas (who was an English teacher before becoming a comics pro) loves his classic literature references!

Warning: there's a lot more of them coming!

To Be Continued...

Thursday!

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Kirby: Genesis

A retelling of elements of the Secret City Saga which also combines other Kirby projects like Galaxy Green, Captain Victory and Silver Star!

Monday Madness FLYING SAUCERS "First Contact"

We Have Already Seen...

...well, between the kool inside front cover (with art by Wally Wood and an unknown inker) above, and the first paragraph below, you have all you need to follow the tale, so dive right in...

Next Monday:

Final Objective!

Inspired by the flying saucer craze of the late 1940s-early 1950s, this 1950 Wally Wood-illustrated book was one of many one-shot titles from Avon Comics during their short, but prolific existence.

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Life and Legend of Wallace Wood

Volume One

and

Life and Legend of Wallace Wood

Volume Two

What Does Ron (the Con) DeSantis Fear Above All Else?

The coming of...
Marvel Mouse!
(Mighty Mouse was already trademarked)

Jack "King" Kirby was indeed a visionary!
This was done, tongue-in-cheek, for a book published in 1991 called The Art of Mickey Mouse edited by Craig Yoe, but seems extremely prophetic now!
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Art of Mickey Mouse

Artists Interpret the World's Favorite Mouse

Space Hero Saturdays JET POWERS "InterPlanetary War"

Like any respectable Space Hero, Magazine Enterprises' Jet Powers visited Mars...

...and ran right into the middle of an interplanetary war...but one that, for a change, didn't involve Earth!

But, the Queen doesn't realize a danger threatening not only Mars, but Earth as well, lurks within her own court...in a sequel tale to this one by writer Gardner Fox and artist Bob Powell from ME's Jet Powers #3 (1951)!
Jet Powers was a typical all-American scientist/pilot/adventurer who fought foes of democracy on Earth, in space, and even other dimensions!

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Bob Powell's Complete
Jet Powers

Friday Fun ROWAN & MARTIN'S LAUGH IN "Five Year Plan for the Moon" & "...as Used by Our Astronaughts in Space!"

Though largely-forgotten today...

Wraparound cover of #12

Artist Unknown

...this 1960s comedy-variety TV series was ground-breaking in a number of ways.

Besides the show's anti-Establishment content, which was always a source of contention with NBC network censors, it had an amazing amount of tie-in merchandise...including a MAD-style magazine!
In 1969, with the first Moon landing about to occur, the mag took a couple of looks at the space program...

...and...

By the time these features appeared in the final issue of Laufer Publishing's Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In (#12 in 1969), the use of images of the actual performers from the show had been reduced to the cover and a couple of one-pagers based on long-running gags like the "Flying Fickle Finger of Fate Award".
Laufer Publishing was best-known for the legendary 1960s-70s teen magazine Tiger Beat!,...

...which continues to this day as a website, though not a print magazine!

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MEOW!

My Groovy Life with Tiger Beat's Teen Idols!