The Robots of Superman Part 1
The Superman comics, including Superman, Action Comics, Adventure Comics, Superboy, Superman’s Pal, Jimmy Olsen, Superman’s Girl Friend, Lois Lane as well as others, featured plenty Read More
Tag: Amazing Stories
Fantasy in the Argosy: 1921
If you missed the last one… 1921 began with the same pattern as the previous year, with small stories getting illustrations while the big ones Read More
Victorian and Edwardian Dinosaurs
I saw 65 last night and enjoyed the dinosaurs in it thoroughly. As to be expected there were Jurassic Park moments in it, but not Read More
The Exiles of Space
In previous posts we looked at Derelicts and Castaways in Space, so why not the very popular Exiles of Space? The idea of being sent Read More
The Underwater City in the Golden Age
The concept of the underwater city, usually a futuristic deal under a glass dome, is as old as Science Fiction. John Wilkins, in Mathematicall Magick Read More
The Derelicts of Space
If you missed the last one…Castaways of Space… Derelicts of Space is one of my favorite themes in Science Fiction. Those abandoned old ships could Read More
The Cosmic Horror – Lovecraftian Legacy II
If you missed the last one… “The Cosmic Horror” by Richard F. Seabright appeared in Hugo Gernsback’s Wonder Stories, August 1933. (Richard F. Seabright was Read More
The Fantastic in the Argosy: 1920
The Fantastic in the Argosy in the 1920s makes sense after looking at Argosy in the 1930s. If you missed the 1930s, go here. No Read More
Adventures Underground
Adventures Underground! What an amazing place to tell a story. Jules Verne chose it well when he wrote Journey to the Center of the Earth Read More
Atlantis: The Pulp Years – Part 1: 1910-1920s
Atlantis flourished during The Pulp Years, 1923-1954. In L. Sprague de Camp’s Lost Continents (1954) he discusses the romantic novels of the 1880-90s, then follows Read More