Space Heroes of the Golden Age
The Space hero began in the Pulps with characters like Hawk Carse and John Hanson but were quickly adopted into the newspapers with the advent Read More
Tag: Flash Gordon
Space Opera: A Ramble
Brian Aldiss once said in an anthology called Space Opera (1974): “Science fiction is for real. Space Opera is for fun. Generally.” And for the Read More
The Comics of Fu Manchu
Fu Manchu is one of the great villains of Pulp fiction. Sax Rohmer created the character in Collier’s Magazine, Feb 15, 1913 with “The Zayat Read More
Bronze Age Robots! 1980s
If you missed the last one… The 1980s saw the fruits of Star Wars‘ labor come to harvest. Science Fiction, especially featuring robots, was big Read More
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
Bronze Age Robots! 1970s
If you missed the last one… The Bronze Age of Robots is all about franchises. Movies, TV, comic book and especially, TOYS! This is the Read More
More Silver Age Robot Comics – Part 2
If you missed the last one… The 1960s saw more superheroes facing off against robots. The Horror comics still used them frequently since the Comics’ Read More
More Silver Age Comics Robots – Part I
If you missed the last one… In the last two posts on robots, we covered the “Giant” robot, that being one that is larger than Read More
Space Pirates in the Golden Age
A few posts back I looked at Space Pirates in Pulp magazines. The comic books weren’t far behind. There really isn’t much difference visually between Read More
The Return of the Giant Robot II
If you missed the last one… Here is another collection of Giant Robots from the comics. Front and center are the Marvel Silver Age titles Read More