Plant Monsters of the Silver Age
Plant Monsters of the Silver Age grew in a different soil than their predecessors. Plant monsters in comics begin as far back as 1940 with Read More
Tag: Dell Comics
Rudyard Kipling’s Mowgli
Rudyard Kipling’s Mowgli is a very different thing than Walt Disney’s. I love that old cartoon but when I finally read the original stories as Read More
Pulps & Movies & Comics, Oh My!
Pulp magazines and movies were big at the same time making the crossover a logical idea. The consumer in the 1930s and 40s had a Read More
Strangest Northerns: Porky Pig Style II
Dell Comics’ Porky Pig #61 (November-December 1958) offered a different kind of a strange Northern with a Science Fiction twist. “Porky Pig and the Trading Read More
Strangest Northerns: Porky Pig Style
Last time, we saw Porky and Bugs find a city of gold in Alaska in a traditional Northern. But not all Northerns were gold mines Read More
Strange Northerns: Bugs Bunny Style
Even Bugs and Porky enjoyed a good Northern once. “Bugs Bunny Finds the Frozen Kingdom” was written by an unknown author and drawn by Tom Read More
The Strangest Northerns: More Sergeant Preston!
Sergeant Preston of the Yukon #8 (August-October 1953) from Dell Comics gave us a haunted cabin in “The Ghost in the Window”. This ten-pager was Read More
Dell’s Tarzan by Mo Gollub
Dell’s Tarzan ran from Issue #13 to #54 with photographic covers featuring Lex Barker. Tarzan fans were used to the green backgrounds with the single Read More
Walt Kelly’s Fairy Tale Parade
Walt Kelly’s Fairy Tale Parade was a anthology comic published by Dell in 1942-1944. It ran for nine issues. The contents were taken from folklore Read More
The Terrors of Egypt
The terrors of Egypt were created largely out of ignorance. With centuries passing before the decoding of hieroglyphics, we had plenty of time to come Read More