Andrew J. Offutt’s Conan Trilogy 1: Conan and the Sorcerer
No Stranger to Howard Andrew J. Offutt was no stranger to Robert E. Howard’s work in 1978 when he began his trilogy of Conan novels. Read More
Category: Comic Books
The Strangest Northerns: ACG Style IV
If you missed the last one… “Diary of Doom” is a strange Northern that appeared in Adventures Into the Unknown #12 (August-September 1950). The author Read More
The Spirit of Frankenstein
The Spirit of Frankenstein lives at ACG. Adventures Into the Unknown was the first true horror comic. Begun in 1948, the first two issues were Read More
The Savage Land: A Pulp Heritage
The Savage Land from the Ka-Zar comics has an obvious Pulp heritage. Or is it all that obvious? Who was the first person to place Read More
Vikings on a Rampage!
Vikings on a rampage always means fun. The idea of a barbarian warrior suddenly showing up in a shopping mall or on the White House Read More
Gardner F. Fox’s Crom the Barbarian
Gardner F. Fox’s Crom the Barbarian is special. I have avoided it for a while because I really wanted to do it properly. I want Read More
The Monsters of the Hyborian Age 6: The Winged Ape
If you missed last time…. Robert E. Howard liked ape monsters. He had Thak in our last entry from “Rogues in the House” as well Read More
H. G. Wells: The Man Alone
Superheroes got me thinking about this one. I gave up on DC superhero shows and am beginning to feel the same way about Marvel films Read More
Attack of the Clones: The Tarzan Clones!
Tarzan clones became a thing in 1926, when Bomba the Jungle Boy (by the house name, Roy Rockwood) began publishing the first close imitation of Read More
End of a Warren Era: Bill DuBay
The end of the Warren magazine run was ushered in by Bill DuBay as editor. Bill started with Warren in 1973 as editor and writer. Read More