Link: The Time Travelers
Science fiction comics usually run in anthologies of similar material. Forbidden Worlds, Mystery in Space, even Space Westerns. All their stories are clearly marked as Read More
Category: Science fiction
Link: Stranded on a Fearsome Planet: Two Novels of Survival
There is something immediately appealing about a killer planet. Science fiction has used the idea on numerous occasions, but the idea remains simple and the Read More
The Pellucidarian Dinosaur & Other Forms of Transport
In the last segment on riding beasts we focused largely on Barsoom and Amtor, or Edgar Rice Burroughs’ Mars and Venus, and similar types of Read More
The Science Fiction of Donald Duck
It can be fun to read comics that were written and drawn before you were even born. Take Dell Comics for instance. Began as a Read More
Link: Tragg and the Sky Gods
I want to read all the old Gold Key original comics. Titles like Tales of Sword and Sorcery, Solar, Man of the Atom, and Magnus, Read More
The Early Robert Bloch: 1935-1938
Robert Bloch became world famous when he wrote Psycho in 1959. The Alfred Hitchcock film had something to do with that. Before that he was Read More
Link: Tweenies of Venus: The Early Asimov
Isaac Asimov never made any secret about the fact that he was not an instant success. Where Robert A Heinlein and AE van Vogt exploded Read More
Link: Dreamer’s World: A Tribute to Normal Bean
Edmond Hamilton wrote seventy-nine stories for Weird Tales and amongst them are several classics including “Thundering Worlds,” “Day of Judgment,” and “He That Hath Wings” Read More
Link: Marga the Panther Woman
Jungle lords were nothing new in 1940. Edgar Rice Burroughs created Tarzan in 1914. Johnny Weissmuller had been playing him in the movies since 1932. Read More
Link: The Legion of Space: Lest We Forget
We live in a world that ignores its past. “Everything old is new again” is a kinder way to say it. Even Science Fiction does Read More