Beowulf Comics: DC’s Dragonslayer #3 – August-September 1975
If you missed the last one… Beowulf Dragonslayer #3 (August-September 1975) features a classic Robert E. Howard inspired encounter: barbarian versus giant snake. In fact, Read More
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Beowulf Comics: DC’s Dragonslayer #1 – April-May 1975
DC’s Beowulf Dragonslayer #1 (April-May 1975) is honestly my favorite Sword & Sorcery comic from the 1970s. There are many reasons for this though nostalgia 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 Adventures of Thula
The Adventures of Thula was a series of five Sword & Sorcery tales featured in Lin Carter’s The Year’s Best Fantasy Stories 1-5. Pat McIntosh, 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 Strangest Northerns: Cave of Doom
“Cave of Doom” appeared in Chamber of Chills #10 (July 1952). The writer is unknown but the art was done by Al Avison. This time Read More
Donald A Wollheim – Part 2: 1948-1988
If you missed the last part… Wollheim continued to edit Pulps and to supply stories when needed. When the Pulps died, he turned to writing Read More
The Birth of the Savage Land
Pulp Beginnings The Savage Land from the Ka-zar comics had an unusual birth in Marvel Comics. It all begins with the Pulps. Bob Byrd wrote Read More
The Strangest Northerns: The Ghoul and the Corpse
“The Ghoul and the Corpse” appeared in the very first issue of Weird Tales (March 1923). From that title you’d expect some Lovecraftian dudes with Read More
The Ghostbreakers: Ghost on Lonesome Hill
Roscoe in Argosy “Ghost on Lonesome Hill” was an Argosy Mystery/Horror piece by Theodore Roscoe from December 27, 1941. (I won’t go on about the Read More