The Strangest Northerns: The Forest of Death
“The Forest of Death” is a strange Northern set in the Big Woods of Quebec. It appeared in Charlton’s This Magazine Is Haunted #15 (February Read More
Category: Comic Books
Victor de la Fuente’s Haxtur
Victor de la Fuente’s “Haxtur” originally appeared in the Spanish anthology comic, Trinca in the early 1970s. The stories were reprinted in English for a Read More
Some Odd 1960s Sword & Sorcery Comics
Some odd 1960s Sword & Sorcery comics are the remainders after you take away the big players. This decade produced more Sword & Sorcery than Read More
The Monsters of the Hyborian Age 4: Thog the Slithering Shadow
In case you missed the last monster…. Thog the Slithering Shadow is without doubt the most Lovecraftian of all Robert E. Howard’s monsters. Formless, tentacled, Read More
The Strangest Northerns: Out of the Storm
“Out of the Storm” appeared in Marvel’s Strange Tales #37 (August 1955). The author is not known but the art was done by Dick Ayers. Read More
Harry Harrison- Artist!
Harry Harrison is one of the few Science Fiction writers I have actually met. I got on an elevator with him and Barry B. Longyear Read More
John Carter and the Robots of Mars
If you missed the last one… John Carter and the Robots of Mars. Every heard of it? Edgar Rice Burroughs never wrote it but someone Read More
The Ghost of Venus by Bob Butts
If you missed the last one… “The Ghost of Venus” by Bob Butts appeared as the four-part text feature for Novelty’s Target Comics #11-14 (December Read More
The Menace of the Machine Men: A Robot Tradition
“The Menace of the Machine Men” was a Superman comic story that is part of a robot tradition. Edmond Hamilton made the transition from Pulps Read More
Robots in the 1950s Golden Age
Robots in the 1950s Golden Age changed very little from the horrible invaders of the 1940s. The robots of the 1950s tended to be in Read More