Sword & Sorcery at DC: The 1970s
Sword & Sorcery comics at DC Comics was a slow process. Marvel had struck gold with Conan the Barbarian in October 1970 but their main Read More
Tag: Joe Kubert
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
Sword & Sorcery in The Rook
The Rook was a Warren character who got his start in Eerie before moving onto his own magazine in October 1979. While Dane’s adventures are Read More
The Weird War Tales of Alex Nino
The Weird War Tales of Alex Nino may seem like an odd choice of subject. Isn’t Alex Nino the artist who did all those mind-bending Read More
The Strangest Northerns: The Northern Horror
Witchcraft #2 (May-June 1952) featured “The Northern Horror”, a comic written by an unknown author but drawn by A. Albert and Joe Kubert. Once again Read More
Beyond the Farthest Star: The Comic
If you missed the last one… Beyond the Farthest Star (1942) is not Edgar Rice Burroughs’ most famous book. In fact, it is a bit Read More
The Forgotten Comics: Space Voyagers
If you missed the last one… Here is the first in a series on forgotten comics, starting with “Space Voyagers” by Robert Kanigher and Alex Read More
The Terrors of Egypt
The terrors of Egypt were created largely out of ignorance. With centuries passing before the decoding of hieroglyphics, we had plenty of time to come Read More
Blackthorne’s 3D Sword & Sorcery
3-D comics had a short but bright moment back in 1953 when St. John tried it following the movie gimmick of 1952. The comics came Read More
Why Did It Have To Be Snakes?
Giant snakes, poisonous serpents, reptiles of the slithering variety, all grace the covers of the comics. Two big sources are Tarzan and Conan covers. If Read More