Number 268 The Glittering NightmareJohn Forte was a solid artist from the golden and silver age of comics. His work was known to me mainly in the late 1950s in the ACG mystery comics, Adventures Into The Unknown and Forbidden [...]
Người đăng: Unknown on Thứ Tư, 27 tháng 2, 2008
Number 267 The tallest taleI'm in need of a laugh today. I went looking for a laugh and found several good ones in Spunky Junior Cowboy #3, September 1949. The whole book is drawn by one of the all-time cartooning greats, [...]
Người đăng: Unknown on Thứ Hai, 25 tháng 2, 2008
Number 266Wonderman"Hordes Of The Immortal Emperor" is from Wonder Comics #16. I've posted stories from this issue before in Pappy's #158 and Pappy's #166.Someone needs to collect all of the Wonderman stories. We're seeing [...]
Người đăng: Unknown on Thứ Sáu, 22 tháng 2, 2008
Number 265Vampire At The Window!"Vampire At The Window," a shorty originally from Astonishing #18, is written by Stan Lee and according to the Atlas Tales site, drawn by Hy Rosen. What I like about it is the creepy Max Schreck-Nosferatu [...]
Người đăng: Unknown on Thứ Tư, 20 tháng 2, 2008
Number 264Never trust a damePoor Johnny D. The lady with the camera shot his eye out. It must've been a pretty fancy camera if it could do that! Now he's looking for payback. He gets it in the next to last panel when he [...]
Người đăng: Unknown on Thứ Hai, 18 tháng 2, 2008
Number 263Cold war on a cold moonIn the 1950s we lived in a state of paranoia. A lot of people believed that at any time atom bombs would rain down on us. It was the fault of those damn Reds, you know, the Enemy.Luckily [...]
Người đăng: Unknown on Thứ Sáu, 15 tháng 2, 2008
Number 262Flipping the birdYou never want to scoff at an old Indian legend. No sirree. Otherwise you'll end up like this hunter who went against the strong advice of an old Indian. "Wings Of Death" is likely inspired by [...]
Người đăng: Unknown on Thứ Năm, 14 tháng 2, 2008
Number 261Happy Valowe'en!All of this artificial sweetness about Valentine's Day. Ugh. I'm not against love, I'm against greeting card companies, candy manufacturers and florists telling me when to tell someone I love them.I [...]
Người đăng: Unknown on Thứ Tư, 13 tháng 2, 2008
Number 260The Beast From Fifty Million, Trillion, etc…Here's a funny story from Atlas' Crazy #2, 1954. The artwork is by Joe Maneely, a great cartoonist who seemed to work almost exclusively for Atlas before his accidental [...]
Người đăng: Unknown on Thứ Hai, 11 tháng 2, 2008
Number 259Happy birthday, AbeTomorrow is Abe Lincoln's birthday. We'll celebrate it by showing his death! Illustration Station has Jack Davis illustrations from the children's book, Meet Abraham Lincoln, so I thought I'd [...]
Người đăng: Unknown on Thứ Sáu, 8 tháng 2, 2008
Number 258Herbie, Boy Beetle!On Sunday, February 9, 1964, the Beatles made their initial appearance on the Ed Sullivan Show. My whole family was there in front of our TV. My brother Rob and I knew what we were seeing, but [...]
Người đăng: Unknown on Thứ Tư, 6 tháng 2, 2008
Number 257The Lovesick ClownRudy Palais does a "true" crime comics version of I Pagliacci in Crime Does Not Pay #43, January 1946. The clown gets turned down by the woman he lusts after, then goes into a murderous rage.I [...]
Người đăng: Unknown on Thứ Hai, 4 tháng 2, 2008
Number 256Underground comicsHere are variations on a theme: two stories about people who find utopian civilizations underground, with two different endings. "The Men In The Mole" was published in Atlas Comics' Journey Into [...]
Người đăng: Unknown on Thứ Sáu, 1 tháng 2, 2008
Number 255The Thing On Sputnik 4I bought Race For The Moon #2 in July, 1958. I loved all things science fiction, and thought this comic was neat-o, daddy-o! I didn't know Jack Kirby's name, but I recognized his artwork from [...]
