I Can’t Believe It’s More Plant Monsters!
If you missed the last one… It gets harder to talk about plant monsters in comics because there have been literally hundreds of them. My Read More
Tag: Fawcett Comics
The Tin Robots of the Fly and Jaguar
Adventures of the Fly and Adventures of the Jaguar were the two big superhero series at Archie Comics during the Silver Age. These comics were Read More
Kill, Puppets, Kill!
Abraham Merritt was the king of the Fantasy writers in the 1920s. He didn’t even do the job full time. He worked on a newspaper Read More
Giant Insects in the Comics: Bees
The idea of gigantic bugs including bees began with H. G. Wells’s The Food of the Gods (Pearson’s Magazine, December 1903-June 1904). Wells applied it Read More
Lost Cities of the Golden Age
In the last post I focused on the lost cities in the fiction of Edgar Rice Burroughs and his Tarzan novels. I have another one Read More
More Golden Age Comics Robots!
If you missed the last one… 1939s World Fair gave the world what Science Fiction fans had been enjoying for decades…the robot. Elecktro was so Read More
Weird Sites: Glamis Castle
Glamis Castle was once considered one of the most haunted place in the UK. This Scottish castle (pronounced “Glams”) is located near the village of Read More
Cavemen & Dinosaurs in Anthology Comics
In 1952, Frank Frazetta drew the first issue of Thun’Da King of the Congo, showing the right way to do comics about lost worlds. The Read More
Doc Savage vs. Superman
Doc Savage vs. Superman? You can blame Will Murray for this one. In his piece called simply “Intermission” in the Sanctum reprints of Murder Mirage/The Read More
Four Color Dragons
The dragon of Western culture was a chimera of parts with the body of a crocodile, the wings of a bat and the neck and Read More