DC’s Bronze Age Vampire Tales
DC’s Bronze Age Vampire Tales are a lot of fun. When you think of vampires you might think first of Marvel Comics, with Morbius and Read More
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John W. Jakes – Part 2: The Magazine and Paperback Years
If you miss Part 1… John Jakes, after five years in the Pulps, moved on to writing for magazines and novels. His story output slowed Read More
The Tin Robot – An Evolutionary Search
When I read old comics, especially those based on cartoon characters I notice robots. Bugs Bunny, Porky Pig, Donald Duck, Mickey Mouse, they all encounter Read More
My Best Science Fiction Story (1949)
My Best Science Fiction Story (1949) was an SF anthology by Leo Marguiles and Oscar J. Friend. The way the editors open the book it Read More
If Your DC Series Is Getting Old…Just Add Monsters!
Movie Landmarks If your DC series is getting old…Just Add Monsters! I mean it worked for Universal Pictures, didn’t it? Dracula, The Wolfman and good Read More
Ray Bradbury Science Fiction in EC Comics
Ray Bradbury Science Fiction in EC Comics appeared between March 1951 and September 1954. This began as a bit of story stealing, when Al Feldstein Read More
Link: Do You Believe in Ghosts?
“Do I believe in ghosts? No, but I’m afraid of them.” Thus is the modern attitude toward all things ghostly, as stated by the Marquise Read More
Introducing…For the First Time…Robots
We take robots for granted. Watching any Science Fiction show or movie, robots appear and we assume all kinds of things. Science Fiction is a Read More
Link: A Bike on the Moon: The Science Fiction of Mickey Spillane
There was one job in comics that was lower than the guy who cleaned the ink pens. That poor fool was the one who had Read More
Robots Before the Pulps
The robot is an icon of Science Fiction, alongside the spaceship, the alien and the time machine. Of all these familiar themes, the robot is Read More