Don Glut’s Tales of Sword & Sorcery
You are probably expecting a piece on Dagar the Invincible but Donald F. Glut wrote some other stories under this title and secreted them away Read More
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Werewolves of the Silver Age
If you missed the last one… The Silver Age of Comics begins with a general prohibition on werewolves (zombies, vampires and gore). You don’t see Read More
Grimm Ghost Stories Tales of Heroic Fantasy
If you missed the last one… While Gold Key had their own Sword & Sorcery hero in Dagar the Invincible, the publishers liked to include Read More
Magnus, Robot Fighter
I was having coffee with a friend the other day and the conversation turned to AI, as it does often these days. My friend, Otto, Read More
Lost Cities of the Silver Age
If you missed the last one…. The Silver Age did not produce the number of lost cities that we found in the Golden Age. Unless Read More
Frankenstein’s Monster in Bronze Age Comics: 1970-1974
If you missed the last one… The early 1970s brought us several series (though none ran more than eighteen issues) where the monster acts more 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
The Return of the Giant Robot!
If you missed the last one… The Return of the Giant Robot! These super beings were spawned in the Pulps. Edmond Hamilton, for his second 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
Still More Bronze Age Plant Monsters IV
If you missed the last one… The Bronze Age has the benefit of all the collective plant monsters of the Golden and Silver Ages before Read More