Reading Room WAR OF THE WORLDS "Coming of the Martians"

In October 1976, Marvel's sequel series to HG Wells' War of the Worlds had just been cancelled...

...and the publisher released this adaptation of the original novel just in time for Halloween!

To Be Continued...
THURSDAY!

Adapted by Chris Claremont, penciled by Yong Montano, and inked by Dino Castrillo, it's a pretty clean adaptation of the original novel, which was the basis for Marvel's just-canceled KillRaven: Warrior of the Worlds!

Note: it's not meant as a tie-in to the series, because Dave Cockrum, who was aiding Art Director John Romita as his Associate while also drawing X-Men, deliberately designed the tripods and Martians to look different from the ones in KillRaven!

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Monday Madness CRAZY "Robert the Robot!"

OK, no more Flash Gordon or Buck Rogers spoofs!

For now!

This never-reprinted tale was the final story in the final issue of Crazy!

While the story's not a classic, it's not bad, either!

The amazingly versatile Joe Maneely handled the art fro this never=reprinted tale from Atlas' Crazy V1N7 (1954), but the script is not by Stan Lee...who would've had his name on it if he had written the tale!

Maneely could do anything; sci-fi, horror, war, romance, western, even humor, as this story demonstrates!

If not for his tragic death by falling from a moving commuter train, he would have been one of the major talents of Marvel Comics in the 1960s.

Atlas had no less than three MAD clones going at once; Crazy, Wild, and Riot!

MAD themselves commented on the proliferation of clones, not only from Atlas, but virtually every other publisher with this opener for their spoof of the 1950s movie Julius Ceasar by Harvey Kurtzman and Wally Wood...

When MAD converted to a b/w magazine, Atlas dropped the three color comics and launched the b/w Snafu,which only lasted three issues!

Atlas/Marvel would revive Crazy twice more!

First, in early 1973 as a reprint book of Not Brand Echh stories.

Then, in late 1973 as a b/w magazine going head-to-head with MAD, and surviving until 1983 for 96 issues!

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Sincerest Form of Parody

Design of the EEK--WereWolf? There, wolf!

Each week, we post a limited-edition design, to be sold for exactly 7 days, then replaced with another!
This week we take a one-liner from Young Frankenstein as our headline as we celebrate the upcoming Halloween holiday!
This vintage movie poster art features a classic lycanthrope with blood dripping from his gleaming fangs!
He's available on t-shirts, messenger bags, mugs, and a whole slew of kool kollectibles, but only on-line from us, and only for one week.
So order now, before the full moon rises...

The MONSTER OF FRANKENSTEIN Blogathon Rampages Through HORROR COMICS OF THE 1950s!

The legendary 1950s horror series continues...

"Ghoul"

"Battle of the Monsters"

"Frozen Alive"

"She-Monster"

"Entranced"

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Friday Fun REX DEXTER OF MARS "Who He Is and How He Came to Be" Conclusion

When Last We Left Our Interplanetary Hero...

...he was experiencing his revised origin (as compared to his origin as shown in his premiere appearance HERE!)

So far, we've witnessed Rex's great-grandfather Montague leaving Earth in 1939, Rex's childhood after being born on Mars, and his romance as a young man with Cynde, also a descendent of the group who traveled from Earth with Montague Dexter in 1939!

Many of the plot elements from the original origin were altered in this new version which led off Fox's Rex Dexter #1 (1940), which was hoped to be a new, ongoing title, spun-off from Mystery Men Comics!
However. sales weren't strong enough to warrant continuing the separate title, and Rex remained in Mystery Men Comics until the end of its' run!
Next week: Our final Rex Dexter story, featuring space zombies!

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