Seven Decades of Dinosaur Comics: 1980s
If you missed 1978-1979…. The 1980s were another dry spell over-all for the dinosaur. Turok ended with a whimper and no great series took over Read More
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Seven Decades of Dinosaur Comics: 1978-1979
If you missed 1976-1977… 1978 saw the creation of the first comic to star a real dinosaur, Jack Kirby’s Devil Dinosaur. Sadly it only lasted 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
Seven Decades of Dinosaur Comics: 1973-1974
If you missed 1968-1972… 1973 saw the beginning of a new wave of dinosaur comics as the Bronze Age got into full swing. There were Read More
Seven Decades of Dinosaur Comics: 1966-1967
If you missed 1964-1965… 1966-1967 was the last year of multi-covers. The horror magazines have moved on leaving the prehistoric series to themselves but even Read More
Seven Decades of Dinosaur Comics: 1964-1965
1964 saw the dinosaurs going primarily to comics about prehistoric settings like Turok, Son of Stone, Edgar Rice Burroughs’ Tarzan and Korak at Gold Key Read More
DC’s World of Silver Age Robots
DC Comics loved a good robot cover. There was usually one of two themes: either gigantic, killer machines or duplicitous copies that needed to be Read More
Seven Decades of Dinosaur Comics: 1962-1963
If you missed 1960-1961… 1963 saw the last of the Dell Tarzan and Turok. In 1964 Gold Key would take up the mantle. We also Read More
Seven Decades of Dinosaur Comics: 1960-1961
If you missed the 1950s…. In the 1960s, comic covers truly discovered dinosaurs. Whole series now featured dinos every issue. DC and Dell were the Read More
“The King of the Ring” by Wally Wood
Plop #23 (September-October 1976) featured a very special comic for Fantasy fans. This was “The King of the Ring” by Wally Wood. By 1976, The Read More