The Tin Robots of the Fly and Jaguar
Adventures of the Fly and Adventures of the Jaguar were the two big superhero series at Archie Comics during the Silver Age. These comics were Read More
Adventures of the Fly and Adventures of the Jaguar were the two big superhero series at Archie Comics during the Silver Age. These comics were Read More
If you missed the last one…. The rest of the Bronze Age, 1975 to 1986, is a scattered and largely unimpressive collection. The Frankenstein boom Read More
If you missed the last one…. The end has finally come. Warren Publications lost Louise Jones, the top editor in 1980, to be replaced by Read More
In Savage Sword of Conan – The Original Marvel Years Omnibus v01 (2019), Roy Thomas tells how John Buscema did not like Alfred Alcala’s incredible Read More
Sword & Sorcery Comics, and those that will appeal to S&S fans, have only really existed since 1950. Robert E. Howard invented the sub-genre with Read More
I don’t waste much time on defining Sword & Sorcery but it seems to be a thing again on the Internet. Men like Lin Carter Read More
The enchanted sword has been a part of heroic fantasy since the beginning. Beowulf slays Grendel’s mother with an elder blade he conveniently finds in Read More
Whether you call him Siegfried (in the German The Nibelungenlied) or Sigurd (the Völsunga saga, and the Poetic Edda), it doesn’t really matter. He fights Read More
On August 19th I gave this talk to an audience at the Central Alberta Fanfest. I figured after all that research, why not make a Read More
Jeffrey Catherine Jones did some early Sword & Sorcery comics before and after the rise of old Conan. Some of these comics aren’t pure S&S Read More