A Half Century of Robin Hood Comics (1941-1999)
Robin Hood has always been a bit of thorn in my side as a lover of heroic fantasy. Traditional, fun, adventurous, the stories of Robin, Read More
Tag: Alfred Alcala
Why Did It Have To Be Snakes?
Giant snakes, poisonous serpents, reptiles of the slithering variety, all grace the covers of the comics. Two big sources are Tarzan and Conan covers. If Read More
Yag-kosha and The Tower of the Elephant
“The Tower of the Elephant” (Weird Tales, March 1933) by Robert E. Howard is one of the central Conan stories, set in his youth. Conan Read More
Seven Decades of Dinosaur Comics: 1976-1977
If you missed 1975… The Disco Era was a second extinction event as some of the best of 1975 died off, with Kong the Untamed, Read More
King Kull Covers
Conan the Barbarian will always be Robert E. Howard’s top dog but there are those of us who enjoy Kull just as much. (In Robert Read More
American Heroic Fantasy Graphic Novels
The term “Graphic Novel’ was coined in November 1964 by Richard Kyle in the pages of the fanzine, Alpha-Cappa. It started to get more traction Read More
Marvel Treasury: Conan
Of the twenty-eight issues of Marvel Treasury (1974-1981), super-size format reprints 10×14 inches, four of them featured Conan the Barbarian. The only other character who Read More
Fantasy Comics You Might Not Know
The word “fantasy” is problematic to the researcher. If you are looking for Heroic Fantasy or Sword & Sorcery or even Epic Fantasy comics with Read More
Alex Nino’s Korak, Son of Tarzan
April-May 1974 something strange happened. DC’s Tarzan went from 36 pages to 100 pages! Issues #230 to 235 ballooned to giant issues of Edgar Rice Read More
Gil Kane’s Conan Covers
When you say “the early Conan the Barbarian comics” different artists come to mind. The first will certainly be Barry Windsor Smith who drew the Read More