Sword & Sorcery at Skywald
Skywald Publications was created by former Marvel Comics employee, Sol Brodsky – the Sky of the name, and Israel Waldman – the wald of the Read More
Tag: Marvel Comics
Alien Space Bats!
I recently heard that ASB is a neologism used by writers of Alternate History Science Fiction. The term refers to an implausible idea based on Read More
Sword & Sorcery Comics Hall of Fame: Archie Goodwin
If you are going to associate a name with Sword & Sorcery comics it is usually Roy Thomas. This is ironic in that Roy has Read More
Early Marvel Mythos
In 2008, Marvel did Haunt of Horror: Lovecraft with adaptations of the Old Gentleman from Providence. But this wasn’t Marvel’s first go at the Mythos. Read More
The Strangest Northerns Ever: Marvel Style
Tales of the north as a sub-genre date back to the Franklin Expedition, then the Klondike Gold Rush of 1898. Northerns in Marvel Comics, those Read More
Donald F. Glut: The Doctor Spektor Interview
Donald F. Glut began his comic writing career in the late1960s with the Warren horror comics. This was good training, for he would pen some Read More
O Green Man: The Visual History of the Thark – Part 2
In our first installment we looked at the birth of the thark and the magazine, book hardcover images as well as the first comics. Our Read More
An Elric of Melnibone Gallery
Michael Moorcock’s albino swordsman appeared for the first time in Science Fantasy #47 (1961) in the story “The Dreaming City”. Fifty-eight years later, television finally Read More
The Night Gawker
Occult detective spoofs date back to the 1940s with Bob Hope and Paullette Goddard in The Ghostbreakers (1940) and the Universal Abbott and Costello pictures Read More
Marvel Movie Preview #1
As the name suggests, Marvel Movie Preview #1 was the first Marvel magazine of its kind. This one-shot publication adapted Edgar Rice Burroughs’ The Land Read More