The Strangest Northerns: World Below the North Pole
“The World Below the North Pole” was Wonder Woman’s second foray as a strange Northern. This time it appeared in Wonder Woman #47 (May-June 1951). Read More
Category: Jungle Adventure
Beyond the Farthest Star: The Comic
If you missed the last one… Beyond the Farthest Star (1942) is not Edgar Rice Burroughs’ most famous book. In fact, it is a bit Read More
More H. P. Lovecraft and Charlton Comics
Charlton Comics in the 1970s wasn’t immune to the power of H. P. Lovecraft. Both Marvel and DC had their dalliances, why not Charlton? Tom Read More
The Lost Worlds of Doc Savage
Lost Worlds are a sub-genre of adventure story made popular by H. Rider Haggard in 1885 with King Solomon’s Mines. (Granted he borrowed from Jules Read More
First Images of Tarzan: Pre-1918
Hollywood has had an influence on our images of Tarzan since 1918. Only Clinton Peetee Jr. had no images from previous sources to influence him Read More
S. P. Meek: Science Fiction Adventure Writer
Captain S. P. Meek (1894-1972), if you were to look him up on Google, would most likely come up as the author of Jerry, the Read More
Pulp Scenarios in 1960s Sitcoms
We are going to look at Pulp Scenarios that showed up in the wacky sitcoms of the 1960s. I’m not going to suggest that Sherwood Read More
Joseph Doolin: Jungle Cover Artist
Joseph Doolin (1896-1967) is my favorite Weird Tales artist if you are talking realistic style. I love Lee Brown Coye, Boris Dolgov, Hannes Bok, Virgil Read More
The Forgotten Comics: Space Voyagers
If you missed the last one… Here is the first in a series on forgotten comics, starting with “Space Voyagers” by Robert Kanigher and Alex Read More
Jules Verne in Amazing Stories
On the backs of Jules Verne and H. G. Wells, the two giants of Science Fiction, Hugo Gernsback built Amazing Stories. These two pioneers of Read More