Link: The End of a Beautiful Friendship: Creators’ Rights
The fight over creators’ rights seems like ancient lore these days, but for those of us who remember Destroyer Duck and all the fuss that Read More
Tag: DC Comics
Link: Lois Lane, Jungle Girl
The early days of superheroes were pretty simple. You created a weird character and you threw villains at him. Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman; they just Read More
Post-Apocalyptic Heroes: Samson and Hercules
Selling a comic based on straight mythology is a tough go. Wonder Woman is an Amazon but the myths are all in the background. Same Read More
Link: The Journeys of the Viking Prince
Most Sword & Sorcery fans consider “Crom the Barbarian” by Gardener F. Fox and John Giunta (Out of This World #1, June 1950) the first Read More
Sword & Sorcery Comics Hall of Fame: Archie Goodwin
If you are going to associate a name with Sword & Sorcery comics it is usually Roy Thomas. This is ironic in that Roy has Read More
Donald F. Glut: The Doctor Spektor Interview
Donald F. Glut began his comic writing career in the late1960s with the Warren horror comics. This was good training, for he would pen some Read More
O Green Man: The Visual History of the Thark – Part 2
In our first installment we looked at the birth of the thark and the magazine, book hardcover images as well as the first comics. Our Read More
Sword & Sorcery versus Sword & Planet
A swordsman, his arms bearing red wounds, limps across a battlefield covered in bodies. His helmet is gone; his shield is broken. The flag of Read More
Jack Kirby’s Kamandi Kritters
Planet of the Apes gave us more than just the immortal Charleton Heston screaming “Get your hands off me, you damn dirty apes!” and “Damn Read More
MEGA ACTION FIGURES!
With the welcome news recently that MEGO, the famed toymaker, which hit its peak in the mid 1970s with popular figures and toys from Star Trek and Read More