Bronze Age Robots! 1980s
If you missed the last one… The 1980s saw the fruits of Star Wars‘ labor come to harvest. Science Fiction, especially featuring robots, was big Read More
Category: Television
Weird Tales TV: The Extra Passenger
If you missed the last one… We continue out look at Weird Tales stories that made it onto television with another episode of Boris Karloff’s Read More
Weird Tales TV: The Cheaters
Weird Tales Weird Tales published literally hundreds of stories over its original thirty-one year run. It should be no surprise that some of these stories Read More
Lost Cities of the Bronze Age
If you missed the last one… The Bronze Age of lost cities is really a time of specialists. Tarzan at DC or Marvel finds one Read More
Slave Ships From Space
If you missed the last one… The Science Fiction Pulps loved the idea of space slavery. Space pirates and other villains could steal your ship Read More
I Can’t Believe It’s More Plant Monsters!
If you missed the last one… It gets harder to talk about plant monsters in comics because there have been literally hundreds of them. My Read More
Frankenstein’s Monster in Silver Age Comics
If you missed the last one… The Silver Age brought in the Comics’ Code and Horror comics became much tamer. Despite this, a classic like Read More
Tin Robots in Film and Television
Robots have long been a favorite in Hollywood, especially after 1939 when Jack Haley played the Tin Woodsman in The Wizard of Oz. (He made Read More
Days of the Triffids
John Wyndham’s The Day of the Triffids (aka “Revolt of the Triffids”) was a watershed moment in Science Fiction as well as in the career Read More
Richie Rich, Ghostbreaker!
There have been a lot of Richie Rich comics over the years. Some with titles referring to his great wealth like Billions, Zillions, Gems, etc. Read More