Flash Gordon: The Golden, Silver and Bronze Age Comics
Flash Gordon, the comic strip, began on January 7, 1934. Intended as competition for Buck Rogers, it is still running to this day. Alex Raymond Read More
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Edgar Allan Poe in Black & White
Edgar Allan Poe in Black & White comics is a tale of two rival publishers. Warren and Skywald, both used the public domain stories of Read More
Sword & Sorcery at Warren -Part 5: 1973
If you missed 1972…. Sword &Sorcery at Warren in 1973 continues with Esteban Maroto and Dax taking the show. In fact, with Sword & Sorcery Read More
Sword & Sorcery at Warren – Part 1: The 1960s
Sword & Sorcery at Warren is a tale of a sub rosa movement within another genre. James Warren’s black & white magazines were an innovation Read More
Werewolves in Black & White – Part 1
Werewolves in Black & White seems like the perfect way to follow our Conan Black & White series. Why? Because a good werewolf tale has Read More
Heroic Fantasy Movie Comics
Previously I outlined the major Heroic Fantasy movies and shows that Sword & Sorcery fans could have watched in their youths. Many of those films Read More
The Big Five in the Comics
The Big Five The Big Five of the Storytellers were all authors of adventure fiction but they were also writers of Science Fiction, Fantasy or Read More
Gardner F. Fox’s Warren Sword & Sorcery
Gardner F. Fox‘s Warren Sword & Sorcery appearances seem almost obvious as Fox had left DC to write his Kothar and Kyrix novels. The dispute 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
Bill Parente and Sword & Sorcery
When Archie Goodwin left Warren in 1967, he was replaced by Bill Parente, who took over as editor and chief writer. This time period is Read More