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: Space Opera
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
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
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
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
Frank Belknap Long’s Solar System
Yesterday was the 95th anniversary of the first Buck Rogers comic strip ever published in the newspapers. In honor of that Space Opera milestone, here Read More
Space Invaders!
If you missed the last one… We all remember the video game Space Invaders if you are over fifty. But you’d need to be a Read More
Galeria de Personajes Fantásticos
Pin-ups (or mere filler) aren’t unique to Sword & Sorcery’s most famous magazine, Marvel’s Savage Sword of Conan. That black&white publication offered multiple portfolios and Read More
The Return of the Giant Robot II
If you missed the last one… Here is another collection of Giant Robots from the comics. Front and center are the Marvel Silver Age titles Read More