Artists of Sword & Sorcery: Jess Jodloman (1925-2018)
Jess Jodloman (1925-2018) was one of the Filipino artists who came to the United States in the 1970s along with Alfred Alcala, Alex Nino, Nestor Read More
Tag: Marvel Comics
Sword & Sorcery Comics: Alpha the Slave Pirate
Break Your Chains! “Alpha the Slave Pirate” isn’t exactly a Sword & Sorcery comic. It’s a historical piece set in Roman times. It appeared in Read More
The Beasts of Pellucidar: Comic Book Style
The beasts of Pellucidar first came to me comic book style. The reason for this was I was lucky to be reading the books for 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
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
Favorite Sword & Sorcery From Epic Illustrated
Here are my favorite Sword & Sorcery comics from Marvel’s Epic Illustrated. The full-sized magazine ran for 34 issues from Spring 1980 to February 1986. 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
Top Ten Sword & Sorcery Comic Stories of the 1970s
In preparation for this weekend’s next session of the Dark Worlds Quarterly Sword & Sorcery Round Table, I am looking over my favorite comics, games Read More
One-Shot Occult Detectives
One-shot occult detectives are more common than you know. The early comics all had to have one. After Siegel & Shuster created Dr. Occult, they Read More
The Many Mirrors of Tuzun Thune
“The Mirrors of Tuzun Thune” first appeared in Weird Tales in September 1929. It received an illustration by Hugh Rankin. (Rankin signed it DOAK because Read More