Henry Andrew Ackermann, Cousin to Greatness
When you hear the name Ackermann you automatically think of Forrest J. Ackermann of Famous Monsters. Well, it seems Forrey had a younger cousin named Read More
Giant Spiders in Golden Age Comics III
If you missed the last one (and you probably did)… The end of the Golden Age saw fewer superheroes and Jungle Lords and more pure Read More
Giant Spiders in Golden Age Comics II
More re-organizing. Just found ten more! So I recommend you go back to Part 1 first. You may begin to see more Jungle Lords and Read More
Giant Spiders in Golden Age Comics I
Some of this will be familiar but I didn’t really do a proper job it last time. So here are all the best giant spider Read More
Bullard of the Space Patrol
Bullard of the Space Patrol appeared in between the classics at Astounding Science-Fiction. The stories never got a cover. Instead we saw “Total Blackout”, “Slan” Read More
John Gregory Betancourt’s Hercules
A new series of Hercules tales in 1997 could only mean Tor Books was willing to gamble on the popularity of another Hercules. Kevin Sorbo Read More
Fantasy Isle – Fantasy Comic Pioneer
“Fantasy Isle” was an experiment in Fantasy comics that appeared in Amazing Mystery Funnies. This anthology book from Centaur Publications ran from August 1938 to Read More
The Super-Team: A Pulp Creation
You’ve heard me complain in the past about how much I hate “The Guy in the Chair“. That character that exists largely to give the Read More
Siegfried and the Dragon
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
Doc Savage vs. Superman
Doc Savage vs. Superman? You can blame Will Murray for this one. In his piece called simply “Intermission” in the Sanctum reprints of Murder Mirage/The Read More