The Monsters of H. Rider Haggard
H. Rider Haggard is not usually thought of as a monster writer, and for the most part that reputation is sound. He loved to write Read More
Seven More Voyages of Sinbad
In the last segment we focused on comics that were basically movie adaptations. Now we can leave Hollywood behind and look at seven other Sinbad Read More
Seven Decades of Dinosaur Comics: 1960-1961
If you missed the 1950s…. In the 1960s, comic covers truly discovered dinosaurs. Whole series now featured dinos every issue. DC and Dell were the Read More
Adventures in Time and Space
Raymond J. Healy and J. Francis McComas are credited with editing and publishing the first major Science Fiction anthology, a volume that said to the Read More
Wilford Allen, Weird Tales Author
Wilford Allen is a bit of a mystery. Terence Hanley at Tellers of Weird Tales wrote about Wilford C. Allen Jr. of Oregan but there Read More
Seven Decades of Dinosaur Comics: The 1950s
The 1950s gave us two big companies with dino covers. First it was ACG’s Adventures Into the Unknown and Forbidden Worlds, most often drawn by Read More
The Strangest Northerns: Henry Beaugrand Style
“The Wer-Wolves” (1898) by Henry Beaugrand is not technically a Northern, in that it doesn’t take place in the Arctic, Labrador or the Klondike, traditional Read More
Of Apes & Adventure: The Crystal Sceptre
The Crystal Sceptre (1901) is one of my favorite obscure adventure novels. It’s a one-off so there isn’t a whole Burroughsian pile of them but Read More
Some Victorian Werewolves
A key work in the history of the Victorian werewolf is “The Werewolf” by Captain Frederick Marryat, also known as “The White Wolf of the Read More
The Runestone: Lesson Learned
A long time ago, back in the ancient days of video rental, I saw a movie that never made it into any theater I know Read More