Giant SuperPowers Sunday!

For the next few Sundays, we're going to present the nifty updated designs of the Project SuperPowers characters by Alex Ross along with links to a couple of Squidoo pages of background info and links about the series and characters...
Alex Ross' Project SuperPowers
(featuring characters who've been cover-featured)
Alex Ross' Project SuperPowers Strikes Again!
(featuring the other characters)
Erik Larsen's the Next Issue Project & Savage Dragon
(featuring several of the same characters as Project SuperPowers and others, but set in a different universe!)

In addition, you can find Atomic Kommie Comics™ kool kollectibles emblazoned with the ORIGINAL 1940s classic cover art featuring these really BIG characters...
 both
Green Giant
and
Phantasmo
(in Solo Heroes)
Boy King's Giant
and
The Claw
at
Lost Heroes of the Golden Age of Comics™!

And don't forget to buy the Project SuperPowers comics and collections including Black Terror, Death Defying 'Devil, Masquerade, and Project SuperPowers Volume 2!

The HOTTEST Women of LOST!

IMHO!

Yeah, I ran this before, but the series finale is tomorrow night, and, well, I felt like it!

Yunjin Kim (Sun-Hwa Kwan)

Zuleikha Robinson (Ilana)

Bai Ling / Ling Bai (Achara)

Marsha Thomason (Naomi Dorrit)

Michelle Rodriguez (Ana-Lucia Cortez)

Design of the Week--Big Reptilian Monster!

Each week, we post a limited-edition design, to be sold for exactly 7 days, then replaced with another!
This week, a kool Godzilla-like (except he's blue and doesn't have atomic breath) reptilian monster, suitable for both kids and adults!
Will he protect the tiny town...or destroy it?
You decide!

Captain Science: Hero of Nerds & Geeks (including us) everywhere!

We at Atomic Kommie Comics™ are major fans of the tv series The Big Bang Theory.
Sheldon, Leonard, and their associates speak to us as fellow nerds, pardon me, pop culture aficionados.

But what we want to know is...why don't they dress the part?

Sheldon wears Green Lantern t-shirts.
GREEN LANTERN!!!
Now consider the Earthmen who have worn the particular insignia of the intergalactic police corps that Sheldon wears...
A jock test pilot!
A psychotic social worker/teacher!
An architect/ex-marine!
Note: the newest GL, comic book artist Kyle Rayner wears a variation of the insignia Sheldon wears, and is not included. Ironically, of all the Silver/Bronze/Current GLs, he's the GL Sheldon SHOULD be wearing!)

You'd think Sheldon would wear The Batman, the thinking-man's hero, the man with NO powers who can defeat even Superman!
Or the Golden Age Green Lantern, a radio technologist-turned media mogul (what a role model!)

But, if he'd really want to "go geek", he should go...
CAPTAIN SCIENCE !
After all, is he not Master of Technology™?
Does he not utilize his knowledge to triumph over bigger, stronger, foes?
Does he not have both a cool name and logo?
And he has a very retro look popular among us ner--I mean pop culture aficionados!
C'mon Big Bang crew, let Sheldon's true nerd shine thru!
Show him wearing CAPTAIN SCIENCE, the clothing line he was born to wear!

The Guys in the Foxhole...

After seeing Ken Burns' The War, we at Atomic Kommie Comics™ thought of doing something in the same vein, showing the gritty, dramatic, truth in honest, non-romanticised terms.
Not like Sgt. Fury or Our Army at War, but something that would pay respect to the dogfaces and leathernecks who actually won the war!

We proudly present... our World War II line , classic comic images drawn by veterans, for veterans, history and WWII buffs, or anyone who admires the men and women who put their lives on the line to stop true evil from conquering the world, not because they wanted to, but because they had to!
We've digitally-restored and remastered them on a line of kool kollectibles which would make perfect Memorial Day, Flag Day, or 4th of July gifts for the WWII veteran in your life.
Choose from t-shirts, mugs, magnets, BBQ aprons, and many other goodies.

What better way to say "thank you" to the guys or gals of the "Greatest Generation" for what they did for the world?

(And have a look at the other collectibles we offer at War: Past, Present & Future™ while you're at it!)

Have a LOST Series Finale Party? We can Help...

If you're like us, you're gonna gather together to watch the show this Sunday, May 23rd, 2010.

And, like us, you're gonna make it a theme party!

Here's some decor and party favor ideas...coincidentally, all available from us!  ;-)

Stock up on drinkware and coasters...

Mystery Tales #40 mug

Mystery Tales #40 Stackable 4-Mug Set

Mystery Tales Logo mug

Mystery Tales Logo Stackable 4-Mug Set

Mystery Tales #40 tile coaster

Mystery Tales #40 alternate tile coaster

Mystery Tales Logo tile coaster

Mystery Tales #40 rubber coaster

Mystery Tales #40 rubber coaster set of 4

Mystery Tales Logo rubber coaster

Mystery Tales Logo rubber coaster set of 4

Decorations to set the mood...

Mystery Tales #40 wall clock

Mystery Tales Logo wall clock

Mystery Tales #40 throw pillow case

Mystery Tales #40 decorative porcelain plate

Mystery Tales Logo decorative porcelain plate

How about mini-buttons as party favors?

Mystery Tales #40 Mini-Buttons (10-Pack)

Mystery Tales Logo Mini Buttons (10-Pack)

Mystery Tales #40 Mini-Buttons (100 Pack)

Mystery Tales Logo Mini-Buttons (100-Pack)

If you do a trivia contest, how about giving the winner a Mystery Tales #40 keychain or a Mystery Tales Logo keychain or a Mystery Tales Logo Cap or Mystery Tales Logo Trucker Hat?

Visit our Mystery Tales #40 stores for the complete line of kool kollectibles!

Mystery Tales #40 Cover / Comic Logo CafePress Store

Mystery Tales #40 ArtsNow Store

Mystery Tales #40 Printfection Store

World War II Comics Cover Tributes to American Aviators!

Comic books played a major part in shaping the public's impression of both our troops and our enemies during World War II.
Among the classiest were these three beautiful covers for Contact Comics, an aviation-oriented title.

 Tribute to the Navy Air Corps 

featuring F6F Hellcat fighters.

 Tribute to the Army Air Force 

featuring B-24 Liberator heavy bombers.

 Tribute to the Marine Air Corps 

featuring F4U Corsair fighters.

Spectacular, intense, eye-catching color highlighted these poster-style pieces of art by Golden Age legend L.B. Cole.
Each one paid honor to the aviation division of one of the three armed forces branches. (The Air Force as a separate branch didn't come about until after WWII)

We at Atomic Kommie Comics™ have digitally-restored and remastered them on a line of kool kollectibles which would make perfect Memorial Day, Flag Day, or 4th of July gifts for the WWII veteran in your life.
Choose from t-shirts, mugs, magnets, BBQ aprons, and many other goodies.
(And have a look at the other World War II collectibles we offer at War: Past, Present & Future™ while you're at it!)

Return of the Revenge of SuperPowers Sunday!

For the next few Sundays, we're going to present the nifty updated designs of the Project SuperPowers characters by Alex Ross along with links to a couple of pages of background info and links about the series and characters...
Alex Ross' Project SuperPowers
(featuring characters who've been cover-featured)
Alex Ross' Project SuperPowers Strikes Again!
(featuring the other characters)
Erik Larsen's the Next Issue Project & Savage Dragon
(featuring several of the same characters as Project SuperPowers and others, but set in a different universe!)

In addition, you can find Atomic Kommie Comics™ kool kollectibles emblazoned with the ORIGINAL 1940s classic cover art featuring these classic characters...
Air Man
The Black Owl
(both of them!)
Boy King
Dart & Ace
(in Solo Heroes)
Doc Strange (aka "Doc")
Golden Lad
Man of War
(in Flag-Draped Heroes)
Radior
(in Solo Heroes)
Rainbow Boy
Yank & Doodle
(in Flag-Draped Heroes)
at
Lost Heroes of the Golden Age of Comics™!
SparkMan will be added shortly. but, unfortunately, we've been unable to find solo cover appearances for Man O'Metal.
If you know of any, e-mail us the issue numbers and we'll track 'em down and scan them!

And don't forget to buy the Project SuperPowers comics and collections including Black Terror, Death Defying 'Devil, Masquerade, and Project SuperPowers Volume 2!

Fantastic Femmes--Charlotte Lewis

Note: this page has been updated with NEW info  
HERE!

(1986)

Teen model turned actress Charlotte Lewis made her film debut in Roman Polanski's 1985 film Pirates at the age of 16.
What was not known at the time was that the director may have molested the then-underage girl before filming began!
She's had an on-again, off-again film-tv career, working for several years straight, doing other things for several years, then returning to show business, then disappearing again.
She also posed for Playboy in 1993.

(Pirates, 1985)

Interestingly, almost all her film / tv work has been genre! (out of 27 projects, over 20 were genre!)

She hasn't appeared onscreen since 2003.

Trivia: Dated Mickey Rourke, Eric Clapton, and Charlie Sheen while appearing in movie or video projects with them!

NOTE: Google searches tend to confuse her with the same-named character played by Rebecca Mader from the tv series LOST.
Charlotte has not appeared on LOST.

(with Charlie Sheen, 1986)

Design of the Week--Silver Age Captain Marvel Redux

Each week, we post a limited-edition design, to be sold for exactly 7 days, then replaced with another!
(Except, that we're keeping him another week, due to popular demand!)
This week, a Lichtenstein-style pop-art rendering of the 1960s version of Captain Marvel!
No, not the Golden Age hero who said "SHAZAM!" or the several Marvel comics characters who've used the name, but an alien android who yelled "SPLIT!" and then broke into several pieces which flew around operating independently! (I'm not kidding!)
The vintage art also features the Ben-Day dot pattern for the skin tone that Roy Lichtenstein popularized in his "pop art" paintings of the period.
It's retro-style fun on a host of kool kollectibles, but only for a week, so grab them while you can!
Next Friday, it'll be history, just like the 1960s!

Robin Hood-the Man-the Myth-the Merchandise!

Just in time for the new Russell Crowe film...go "Secret Chic" with kool kollectibles featuring imagery from these previous versions of the legendary outlaw including Douglas Fairbanks' 1922 silent movie, the classic 1938 Errol Flynn flick, and several Golden Age comics covers (including Classics Illustrated)!

We're talking dark & light t-shirts, messenger bags, mugs, magnets, and other tchochkies...and all at a price that won't feel like we're stealing from the rich! ;-)

Captain Flash--the Silver-Age Hero No One Remembers!

Right before The Flash was revived in Showcase #4, there were several short-lived attempts to bring back super-heroes, who had all but disappeared by 1949, replaced by horror, western, and romance comics.
One of the better characters debuted in 1954...
Mild-mannered professor Keith Spencer lived in "Atom City" (an obvious surogate for Los Alamos), somewhere in the SouthWest USA.

Spencer was also Captain Flash, who could set off a "miniature atomic explosion" inside his body by clapping his hands, which made him super-strong, super-fast, and near-invulnerable for brief periods.

Like most heroes, he had a teen sidekick, Ricky Davis, who, like Bucky (Captain America's partner) and Tim (Black Terror's aide) didn't have a secret identity and was referred to as "Ricky" in and out of costume.
As Captain Flash, most of Spencer's time was taken up either dealing with Communist spies trying to steal atomic technology or disasters created when the technology went awry, which happened with alarming frequency!

Art was by veteran Mike Sekowsky, who later became one of Silver Age's most prolific pencilers, working on numerous titles including Justice League of America, T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents, and Metal Men,

The series only ran four issues before the publisher, Sterling Comics, went bankrupt in 1955.
Ironically, Captain Flash was the company's best-selling title, showing that superheroes were viable again!

Of course, we at Atomic Kommie Comics™have always believed that superheroes are marketable, and Captain Flash is no exception!
That's why we've included him in our new Lost Heroes of the Silver Age of Comics™ line featuring some of the characters who also filled the magazine racks of the 1950s and '60s along with the better-known Marvel and DC heroes and heroines!

Welcome back, Captain Flash! (But for God's sake, don't applaud!) ;-)