Albert dePina, Space Opera Specialist
Albert dePina was a name blazoned across the covers of Planet Stories in 1944. He was never a prolific writer, not a professional in terms Read More
Category: Science fiction
The Robots of Superman Part 2
If you missed Part One… Continuing our look at robots in Superman comics in the Silver and Bronze Age, I noticed the return of elder Read More
The Robots of Superman Part 1
The Superman comics, including Superman, Action Comics, Adventure Comics, Superboy, Superman’s Pal, Jimmy Olsen, Superman’s Girl Friend, Lois Lane as well as others, featured plenty Read More
Even More Plant Monsters in Comics!
If you missed the last one… Even more Plant Monsters in comics offers you thirteen more vegetative horror tales from the 1930s to the 1970s. Read More
Sword & Sorcery at Warren – Part 8: 1978
If you missed the last one … Sword & Sorcery at Warren in 1978 shows marks of change. Competition with the Warren Black & Whites Read More
The Underwater City in the Silver Age
If you missed the last one… The Underwater City in the Silver Age took on the domed city look most often. DC Comics don’t dominate Read More
Rainbow of Reprints
Everything Old Is New Again! Reprinting Science Fiction began right from the beginning of American Pulp Science Fiction. Farnsworth Wright, over at Weird Tales, brought Read More
Fantasy in the Argosy: 1921
If you missed the last one… 1921 began with the same pattern as the previous year, with small stories getting illustrations while the big ones Read More
Victorian and Edwardian Dinosaurs
I saw 65 last night and enjoyed the dinosaurs in it thoroughly. As to be expected there were Jurassic Park moments in it, but not Read More
The Exiles of Space
In previous posts we looked at Derelicts and Castaways in Space, so why not the very popular Exiles of Space? The idea of being sent Read More