Wraiths on Wings! A Gallery
“Wraiths on wings!” Recently I rewatched The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings movies and that line by Gollum stuck in my head. Both Read More
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The Strangest Northerns: The Icy Sea!
“Death and the Icy Sea!” is a short shock to fill out an issue of a 1950s comic book. This strange Northern makes me think Read More
The Northern Thing: Artists of the Golden Age
Robert E. Howard and J. R. R. Tolkien shared one thing for sure: a love of “the Northern thing”. The two giants of heroic fantasy Read More
The Strangest Northerns: The Mighty Samson
The Mighty Samson #8 (December 1966) featured a strange Northern with a Sword & Sorcery twist. The premise behind TMS was that the world has Read More
Conan the Described
Robert E. Howard described his most famous character, Conan the Cimmerian, not in minute detail but more like a force of nature. In his first Read More
The Polar Bears of Fantasy
Polar bears as creatures of Fantasy have not had the widespread exposure that other animals have. I suspect this is because J. R. R. Tolkien Read More
The Strangest Northerns: Fanged Nemesis of the North
“Fanged Nemesis of the North” appeared in Beyond #14 (August 1952). It was written by Robert Turner. (Turner wrote about penning this story in Some Read More
The Strangest Northerns: They Saw the Light
“They Saw the Light” takes us back to the Arctic for riches! Yesterday’s story revolved around uranium in the far north. Here’s another: Mister Mystery Read More
More H. P. Lovecraft and Charlton Comics
Charlton Comics in the 1970s wasn’t immune to the power of H. P. Lovecraft. Both Marvel and DC had their dalliances, why not Charlton? Tom Read More
The Strangest Northerns
This blog has threads running through it. One of these is the idea of the Northern tale with a fantastic element. I call them “The Read More