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
Tag: Howard Purcell
The Seance Begins! Part 1
Seances and Spiritualism fiction began shortly after the movement swept the world in the 1840s. The flood of mediums who gave readings got a shot Read More
Interplanetary Graveyard of the Comics
Having looked at this one in the Pulps, it makes sense to see what the Interplanetary Graveyard of the comics is like. A Sargasso of Read More
Classic Monsters in Comics: The Invisible Man
The Invisible Man by H. G. Wells (1897) was one of his genre-establishing books along with The Time Machine, The Island of Dr. Moreau and Read More
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
Plant Monsters in the Comics III
If you missed last time… Well, it’s allergy season again and green is to be seen everywhere. The comics always seemed to do plant monster 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
Plant Monsters of the Silver Age
Plant Monsters of the Silver Age grew in a different soil than their predecessors. Plant monsters in comics begin as far back as 1940 with Read More
Johnny Peril, Occult Adventurer
Howard Purcell (1918-1981) created Johnny Peril almost by accident. “Just a Story” was a strip that had no real continuing character until Johnny stumbled along. Read More