More Silver Age Robot Comics – Part 2
If you missed the last one… The 1960s saw more superheroes facing off against robots. The Horror comics still used them frequently since the Comics’ Read More
Category: G. W. Thomas
More Silver Age Comics Robots – Part I
If you missed the last one… In the last two posts on robots, we covered the “Giant” robot, that being one that is larger than Read More
Conan (1967) The Thing in the Crypt
This is the first in a series of posts about the original 196os-1970s Conan paperbacks. I haven’t worried about Howard versus pastichers or any of Read More
Invisibility in the Pulps: 1920s
The original idea of something or someone being unseeable, usually because of a scientific discovery or a rare color in nature, dates back before H. Read More
Sword & Sorcery at Warren – Part 11: 1981
If you missed the last one… The blending of genres continues in 1981, with many stories falling into the Science Fiction category. SF was big Read More
Space Pirates in the Silver Age
If you missed the last one …. The Golden Age, that time of poor art but wide open rules, gave way to the Silver Age Read More
The Fantastic in the Argosy: 1928-1929
If you missed the last one… 1928 and 1929 show a real improvement over the previous years for serials. This is largely in part to Read More
More Cavemen & Dinosaurs
In my last post, I talked about Nelson S. Bond’s “Exiles of the Dawn World” (Action Stories, December 1940) and how it used cavemen & Read More
Exiles of the Dawn World
Nelson S. Bond’s “Exiles of the Dawn World” (Action Stories, December 1940) was a Cavemen & Dinosaurs spectacular published by Fiction House. Combining the two Read More
Space Pirates in the Golden Age
A few posts back I looked at Space Pirates in Pulp magazines. The comic books weren’t far behind. There really isn’t much difference visually between Read More