Ghost Writers in the Sky!
People don’t write stories about typewriters anymore. Even magical or haunted ones. It’s not surprising. In my collection The Book of the Black Sun I Read More
Tag: Superman
The Return of the Giant Robot!
If you missed the last one… The Return of the Giant Robot! These super beings were spawned in the Pulps. Edmond Hamilton, for his second Read More
The Avenger – Part 1: The Paul Ernst Novels
The Avenger was the third kick at the cat for Street & Smith. They had The Shadow publishing every two weeks. They had Doc Savage Read More
Four Color Dragons
The dragon of Western culture was a chimera of parts with the body of a crocodile, the wings of a bat and the neck and Read More
DC Superheroes vs. T. Rex
DC Super Heroes vs. T. Rex is a no-brainer. DC loves dinos. And what dinosaur symbolizes raw Jurassic fury better than old Tyrannosaurus rex? We Read More
1939 Was the Year of the Robot!
1939 was the Year of the Robot! So many stories, comics, movies from 1939 to 1942 were influenced by the World’s Fair, and one exhibit, Read More
The Robots of Superman Part 2
If you missed Part One… Continuing our look at robots in Superman comics in the Silver and Bronze Age, I noticed the return of elder Read More
The Robots of Superman Part 1
The Superman comics, including Superman, Action Comics, Adventure Comics, Superboy, Superman’s Pal, Jimmy Olsen, Superman’s Girl Friend, Lois Lane as well as others, featured plenty Read More
The Underwater City in the Golden Age
The concept of the underwater city, usually a futuristic deal under a glass dome, is as old as Science Fiction. John Wilkins, in Mathematicall Magick Read More
Lars of Mars
Lars of Mars was the perfect combination of creators, with Jerry Siegel of Superman fame working with Murphy Anderson, a former artist on the Buck Read More