DC’s Cavemen Capers
DC’s cavemen capers began at the beginning of the company with “Caveman Capers” in 1935’s New Fun Comics. Every so often DC would try a Read More
Category: Northern
Lost Worlds of the Pulps
The lost worlds of the Pulps began almost immediately after a certain book. The Lost World (1912) by Arthur Conan Doyle, oddly, signaled the end Read More
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
The Strangest Northerns: Stanley Waterloo
Stanley Waterloo (1846-1913) was an American writer of note, largely for the novel The Story of Ab (1897), a prehistoric journal of a young man’s 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
The Flying Death and The Giant Claw
The Flying Death and The Giant Claw share a common source, Samuel Hopkins Adams (1871-1958). Adams was famous as a muckraker and newspaperman. He was Read More
The Strangest Northerns: Space Western Style
Charlton’s Space Western #42 (February 1953) had a one-pager set in the Canadian West. “An Amazing Space Journey: A Tale of the Canadian West” was Read More
The Strangest Northerns: Sword of the Vikings
“Sword of the Vikings” is a strange Northern that appeared in St. John’s Strange Terrors #7 (March 1953). Neither the writer nor the artist is Read More
The Strangest Northerns: Frozen Alive
“Frozen Alive!” from Marvel Tales #147 (June 1956) was written by an unknown author and drawn by Bob Brown. The immediate reaction for me is Read More
The Strangest Northerns: Shako
“Shako” was a sixteen part series in Fleetway’s 2000 A. D. weekly comic, best known for publishing the original Judge Dredd. Not the usual place Read More