The Space Heroes of Planet Comics
If you missed the last one… Fiction House‘s Planet Comics was the single largest producer of space heroes in comics. The comic ran for 73 Read More
Tag: Flash Gordon
Sword & Sorcery Comic Strips
If you would have asked me what was the oldest Sword & Sorcery comic strip I would have said The Sword of Shannara. And I Read More
The Amazing Adventures of Buster Crabbe
If you missed the last one… The amazing adventures of Buster Crabbe did not begin in the comics but in the movie serials. Larry “Buster” Read More
Plant Monsters of the Golden Age: Space Terrors
If you missed the last one…. Science Fictional Horror tales have their own small niche in the larger spectrum of speculative fiction. It sadly has Read More
Kenton of Star Patrol
If you missed the last one… “Kenton of Star Patrol” was a Space Opera comic created by John B. Michel and possibly continued by Gardner Read More
Second-Hand Sword & Sorcery: Avalon’s Barbarians
Reprints of 1970s material in the 1990s gave us second-hand Sword & Sorcery. Avalon Communications, a Canadian company, published two issues of Barbarians in 1998. Read More
Superheroes Go Sword & Sorcery
Superheroes go Sword & Sorcery is not quite the same thing as Sword & Sorcery Superheroes. I would point to the piece I did on Read More
John Carter and the Robots of Mars
If you missed the last one… John Carter and the Robots of Mars. Every heard of it? Edgar Rice Burroughs never wrote it but someone Read More
How Good They Got – Comic First Appearances
As a failed comic book artist it is sometimes comforting to look at the early work of those who went on to excel. I recall Read More
Fero, Planetary Detective
If you missed the last one… Fero, Planetary Detective was a short-lived character from Planet Comics #5-8 (May-August, 1940). Planet Comics was published by the Read More