The Human Torch..."I got better"

After all the sad farewells and retrospectives The Human Torch will apparently be brought back from the dead in time for Fantastic Four #600 in November, less than a year after his demise!
Well, it's not like he was Bucky or...wait...Bucky's alive!
Well, it's not like he was Baron Zemo...wait...he's still dead, but he gets resurrected every once and awhile...

YouTube Wednesday: VOYAGE TO THE BOTTOM OF THE SEA: the Movie

Over at our brother blog, Secret Sanctum of Captain Video™, we're presenting the never-reprinted comic book adaptation of Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea: the Movie, which the tv series spun-off from!

To entice you, here's the trailer from the feature film...

and here's a promo from the tv series...

Oddly, there's LOADS of Voyage stuff on YouTube, but most of it is not embeddable!
Irritating!

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Is Miles Morales the (Ultimate) Spider-MAN?

There's been a lot of controversy about the new Ultimate Spider-Man.
The sometimes-heated discussions about his ethnicity have been rather...revealing.
But, perhaps the most important question has been all but ignored...
Is Miles too young to be Spider-Man?
Look at this page...

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He's apparently 12-14, and short for his age.
Now, Peter Parker was a high-school junior/senior, average height, but thin.

So 17-18 isn't unreasonable.
Even in disguise, he's not that imposing a figure, but obviously a young adult...

Even in costume, he looks almost as frail as the elderly security guard...

In the first year, before Ditko was told to "bulk him up", a number of foes would intitially snicker and make derisive comments about the "skinny twerp in the spider costume".
Then Spidey would kick their butts.
After Ditko left, Spidey's look became more muscular until he was on a par with most other acrobatic heroes like Daredevil or Black Panther.

How is a 12-14 year-old (even spider-enhanced) possibly going to look like anything but a kid in a Halloween costume when going toe-to-toe with characters who look like Schwarzenegger in a funhouse mirror?


Spider-Boy, maybe.
Kid Spider, perhaps.
Spider-Man, nope!
Try again when you grow up, Miles.

Reading Room: VIC TORRY & HIS FLYING SAUCER "Evil of Szzz"

When Last We Left Our Hero...

Ace test pilot Victor Torry and his aviation-enthusiast girlfriend Laura are testing a new jet when they encounter a flying saucer!
They pursue it and, when it lands in the desert, they also land, then go aboard the alien ship where they meet an elderly alien.
Unable to return to Mercury (his home world) in time to regenerate, he bequeaths the spacecraft to Vic and Laura, then disintegrates.
Exploring the ship, they accidentally activate the propulsion system and the ship, operating on automatic pilot returns to Mercury, with them aboard.
It lands, and a group of Mercurians greet the ship.
They are not pleased to see Earthlings instead of one of their own exiting the ship...

Script by Roy Ald, who also edited Fawcett's Captain Video!
Art by Golden Age great Bob Powell.
The final chapter of Vic Torry will appear here next Monday!

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Cover Preview: WARLORD OF MARS: Fall of Barsoom #4

Whether doing Western, Film Noir, or Space Opera-themed art, Francesco Francavilla consistently astounds and amazes with his ability to capture the "essence" of the subject!
For proof, just look up!
And he's one of those rare combination penciler/inker/colorists! (Do you realize how few of them there are?)

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