Fredric Brown’s “Arena” (1944)
The June 1944 issue of Astounding Science Fiction had a cornerstone tale of Science Fiction with Fredric Brown’s “Arena”. Rather foolishly it didn’t get the Read More
Month: June 2020
Detective Illustrations
Detective illustrations have a charm all their own. It is hard to imagine a time long gone when images came to readers not from a Read More
Horror Science Fiction Anthologies
Fans of Science Fiction and Horror are not always the same people. The spectrum between Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror is wide. As a result Read More
Link: Bomba the Jungle Boy: A Swinging Scene
Bomba the Jungle Boy was created in 1926 by the Stratemeyer Syndicate, the organization that produced all those Hardy Boys and Nancy Drew novels by Read More
The Casebook of Lucius Leffing (1973)
Joseph Payne Brennan (1918-1990) created The Casebook of Lucius Leffing in a spirit of another age. Which is fitting, since Leffing himself suffers from the Read More
Seven Decades of Dinosaur Comics: 2018-2019
If you missed 2017… Our last batch of dinosaur comic covers. It has been a long trip from 1939 to 2020. (I have included one Read More
AmazingCon is this weekend!
AmazingCon, the first completely virtual science fiction convention begins on Friday, June 12 and runs through the weekend. The convention is being held virtually via Read More
The Lion’s Way by C. T. Stoneham
Edgar Rice Burroughs must have known about C. T. Stoneham’s The Lion’s Way. But like all the imitators, ERB ignored them, having the policy of Read More
The Case of Professor Zoff
The popularity of Dr. Occult and later Dr. Thirteen made occult detective characters another “must have” feature of early comics, along with the jungle lord Read More
Prehistoric Dinosaur Comics: 1930-1940s
When I originally started on my journey to post all the dinosaur covers I could between 1950-2020, I disregarded earlier comics on the grounds that Read More