The Strangest Northerns: Airboy Returns – Part 1
Airboy returns to the Arctic in a two-parter featuring frozen dinos and mammoths. His last adventure had been in Airboy V6n5 (Jun 1949) when he Read More
Category: Adventure
The Strangest Northerns: The Beast From Beyond
“The Beast From Beyond” was a strange Northern that appeared in Quality Comics’s Web of Evil #3 (March 1953). The creators are not known. This Read More
The Devilman of the Deep
“The Devilman of the Deep” was an eight-part serial in the British story paper, Scoops. Some historians consider Scoops to be the first all-Science Fiction Read More
Giant Ants in the Comics
Giant ants in the Comics are a given. The gigantic monsters appeared in the Pulps, so they have to be in the comic books as Read More
The Strangest Northerns: Airboy Fights the Ice People
“Airboy Fights the Ice People” appeared in the June 1949 issue of Airboy (V6#5). It had one of the most unusual versions of the lost Read More
The Tarzan Parodies: Garzan the Magnificient
Garzan the Magnificient! You know you have arrived when they start poking fun at you. Tarzan received the parody treatment once he made it to Read More
The Strangest Northerns: A Ticket Outside
“A Ticket Outside” by Robert Ormond Case (1895-1964) is a strange Northern in a slightly different way than the usual. It is not a tale Read More
Llana of Gathol Part 4 Invisible Men of Mars
Invisible Men of Mars “Invisible Men of Mars” (Amazing Stories, October 1941) begins after John Carter and Llana of Gathol have escaped from Pankor in Read More
Llana of Gathol Part 3 The Yellow Men of Mars
The Yellow Men of Mars “The Yellow Men of Mars” (Amazing Stories, August 1941) takes us back to aerial warfare on Mars. The three wanderers Read More
Llana of Gathol: Part 1 “The City of the Mummies”
“The City of the Mummies” in Llana of Gathol (1948) proves it was not a novel so much as a series of stories combined to Read More