Marvel Comics Salutes Canada!
Marvel Comics salutes Canada on this 154th Canada Day. I can still remember being a twelve year-old kid living in Dawson Creek, BC and opening Read More
Category: Superheroes
Sword & Sorcery Superheroes II: Hulk vs. Kronak
Hulk vs. Kronak! “The Sword and the Sorcerer” is not a 1980s film but another episode of Sword & Sorcery superheroes from Marvel. The Incredible Read More
The Savage Land: A Pulp Heritage
The Savage Land from the Ka-Zar comics has an obvious Pulp heritage. Or is it all that obvious? Who was the first person to place Read More
Vikings on a Rampage!
Vikings on a rampage always means fun. The idea of a barbarian warrior suddenly showing up in a shopping mall or on the White House Read More
Those Fantastic Ape Monsters
Those fantastic ape monsters of Fantasy & Science Fiction show our interest in our shaggy relatives. Fiction writers produced tales of apes and apish creatures Read More
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
Superheroes Go Sword & Sorcery
Superheroes go Sword & Sorcery is not quite the same thing as Sword & Sorcery Superheroes. I would point to the piece I did on Read More
The Ghost of Venus by Bob Butts
If you missed the last one… “The Ghost of Venus” by Bob Butts appeared as the four-part text feature for Novelty’s Target Comics #11-14 (December Read More
Edmond Hamilton Comics 1953
1953 produced the first real noteworthy story, “The Lord of Batmanor” (Detective Comics #198). This comic was special because Hamilton and Leigh Brackett, his wife, Read More
The Tin Robot – An Evolutionary Search
When I read old comics, especially those based on cartoon characters I notice robots. Bugs Bunny, Porky Pig, Donald Duck, Mickey Mouse, they all encounter Read More