Space Heroes of the Golden Age
The Space hero began in the Pulps with characters like Hawk Carse and John Hanson but were quickly adopted into the newspapers with the advent Read More
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Don Glut’s Tales of Sword & Sorcery
You are probably expecting a piece on Dagar the Invincible but Donald F. Glut wrote some other stories under this title and secreted them away Read More
Werewolves of the Silver Age
If you missed the last one… The Silver Age of Comics begins with a general prohibition on werewolves (zombies, vampires and gore). You don’t see Read More
Werewolves of the Golden Age: 1954-1955
If you missed the last one… This finishes our general Golden Age Werewolf posts. I say that because we still have the Werewolves of EC Read More
The Comics of Fu Manchu
Fu Manchu is one of the great villains of Pulp fiction. Sax Rohmer created the character in Collier’s Magazine, Feb 15, 1913 with “The Zayat Read More
Werewolves of the Golden Age: 1953
If you missed the last one… Let’s continue our look at Golden Age werewolves in the other comics. I have to admit that I was Read More
Some Odd Bronze Age Sword & Sorcery Comics III
If you missed the last one… I guess I shouldn’t be surprised, but I always let out a girlish cry of delight when I stumble Read More
Warren in Space – Part 1
The idea of a Horror comic set in space goes back into the Golden Age. The first company to really refine such a tale was Read More
New Talent Showcase: Heroic Fantasy Edition
DC Comics had a comic book with the expressed purpose of promoting new writers, artists and letterers called New Talent Showcase, later Talent Showcase. It Read More
Bronze Age Robots! 1980s
If you missed the last one… The 1980s saw the fruits of Star Wars‘ labor come to harvest. Science Fiction, especially featuring robots, was big Read More