The Strangest Northerns: Airboy Returns – Part 1
Airboy returns to the Arctic in a two-parter featuring frozen dinos and mammoths. His last adventure had been in Airboy V6n5 (Jun 1949) when he Read More
Tag: Ray Bradbury
Before Star Trek There Was Pulp!
Before Star Trek there was Pulp! Here are three dozen different ideas seen on Star Trek the original series, Star Trek The Next Generation and Read More
The Return of a Master: Lee Brown Coye
Lee Brown Coye (1907-1981) made his debut on the covers of anthologies like Arkham House’s Sleep No More (1944) before moving onto the pages of Read More
One-Shot Marvel Sword & Sorcery Adventures
Here are some one-shot Marvel Sword & Sorcery adventures that get over-looked because they were single outings. The anthology comics like Monsters Unleashed were good Read More
The Philosophy of Fantasy: A Ramble
This piece is called “The Philosophy of Fantasy: A Ramble” because that is exactly what it is. I start here and I ramble on to Read More
The Strangest Northerns: Frozen Alive
“Frozen Alive!” from Marvel Tales #147 (June 1956) was written by an unknown author and drawn by Bob Brown. The immediate reaction for me is 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
Pulps & Movies & Comics, Oh My!
Pulp magazines and movies were big at the same time making the crossover a logical idea. The consumer in the 1930s and 40s had a Read More
The Sapphire Siren & Portal Fantasy
“The Sapphire Siren” was an unusual tale from an author with an equally odd name, Nyctzin Dyalhis. The story appeared in Weird Tales, February 1934 Read More
Impossible Crimes: The Horror-Stained Mystery
Impossible Crimes are Mystery stories that appear to be supernatural but turn out to be explainable. These stories have a way of shoving people off Read More