Wednesday, September 25, 2024

Wednesday Worlds of Wonder FLYING SAUCERS "First Contact"

...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 Wednesday:
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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Tuesday, September 24, 2024

Reading Room: SPACE ACTION "MIssion into Time"

Remember When This Happened 10 Years Ago?
...You Don't???
But, it was predicted in this tale published in the third and final issue of Ace's sci-fi anthology, Space Action (1952)!
Did they lie???

At least this tale, illustrated by Lou Cameron, offers an explanation as to why time travelers haven't come back to the past...AFAWK!
But, I find it difficult to believe the people of the future couldn't retrofit a vehicle with still-functioning (though centuries-old) technology with a control device.

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Monday, September 23, 2024

Monday Maternity Madness CHOICES "Burning Issue: a True Story"

The ruling made by the Supreme Court repealing Roe V Wade two years ago seems inevitable...

...when you are dealing with religious fanatics who believe America should be like this!

Nope, this isn't all of America...yet!
But we're sure as Hell headed there as our own conservative religious fundamentalists start dominating the government!
From Isis Press' Choices: a Pro-Choice Benefit Comic for the Anthology National Organization for Women, produced to raise money after the Supreme Court ruling of Webster V Reproductive Health Services (1989) began the re-imposition of limits to the rights of women over their own bodies!
There will be more in the coming weeks!

Sunday, September 22, 2024

Saturday, September 21, 2024

Space Hero Saturdays COSMIC CARSON "Iako's Attack!"

This totally-inaccurate cover from Fox's Science Comics #4 (1940) by Joe Simon...

...featuring characters who never appear in the strip (except for the hero) marks Cosmic Carson's only cover appearance ever!
Ah, but it's who's on the inside that counts...and for this issue, it's Jack (King) Kirby, who penciled and inked this story!
("Michel Griffith" was a Fox Comics pen-name that anybody who wrote or drew this strip used!)








Though this Cosmic Carson tale from Fox's Science Comics #4 (1940) ends on a cliffhanger, the story in the next issue neither resolves nor even mentions it, or the current plotline and characters!
Not surprising, since Kirby had been moved to other strips in the next month's production cycle.
Cosmic Carson, in and of itself, was one of the worst, most inconsistent, poorly-plotted and illustrated strips (with this one exception) in the history of comic books.
(And that's saying a lot!)
So enjoy this appearance, since it's the only one Cosmic Carson will make in any RetroBlog!

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