Still More Bronze Age Plant Monsters I
If you missed the last one… Still more Bronze Age Plant Monsters?! I suppose I shouldn’t be surprised when I think about this historically. In Read More
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More Silver Age Plant Monsters
If you missed the last one… More Silver Age Plant Monsters, because they just never seem to run out! Here’s a baker’s dozen more botanical Read More
Next Stop: The Thirteenth Floor
Last year my favorite television episode was “E is For Elevator” on Evil. This segment used the old idea of the “Thirteenth Floor”, a Read More
Tomahawk and the Dinosaurs
Tomahawk and the Dinosaurs? The brave frontiersman met dinosaurs eight times in his lengthy career in the Old West. The character began as a back-up Read More
Where Do You Get Your Ideas?
Where do you get your ideas? Well, if you are drawing comics in the 1950s, you borrow them. From the Pulps. Here’s a case where Read More
DC’s Cavemen Capers
DC’s cavemen capers began at the beginning of the company with “Caveman Capers” in 1935’s New Fun Comics. Every so often DC would try a 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