Sword & Sorcery Stories You Might Have Missed IX
If you missed the last one… Alaric the Witchborn “Born to Exile” by Phyllis Eisenstein (F&SF, August 1971) is the first tale of Alaric, a Read More
If you missed the last one… Alaric the Witchborn “Born to Exile” by Phyllis Eisenstein (F&SF, August 1971) is the first tale of Alaric, a Read More
Note: Ed Hulse pointed out that these stories were probably written by James B. Hendryx’s son, Jim Hendryx Jr. I think he is right. The Read More
If you missed the last one… Beowulf Dragonslayer #3 (August-September 1975) features a classic Robert E. Howard inspired encounter: barbarian versus giant snake. In fact, Read More
Giant ants in the Comics are a given. The gigantic monsters appeared in the Pulps, so they have to be in the comic books as Read More
Science Fiction has suffered under an attitude since the 1940s, mainly that anything written before 1938 is crap. This form of exegenesis may have been Read More
Precursors Giant Ants of the Pulps seems like a no-brainer, right? Of course the Pulps were crawling with mad scientists creating giant bugs, or ones Read More
Worlds of Fear #7 (November 1952) was a pretty standard horror comic from Fawcett. This particular issue featured a story called “Journey to Chaos” that Read More
Giant spiders in Heroic Fantasy comics have been a mainstay since 1950. Inspired by Fantasy and Pulp fiction before it, the trend starts with Lord Read More
“Danny in Wonderland” was a Fantasy comic strip that appeared in Pep Comics #12 to #39 (February 1941-May 1943). It was written by Harry Shorten Read More
The adventures of Kardios, the last inhabitant of Atlantis, are a late Sword & Sorcery series. I say late because as editor, Andrew J Offutt Read More