The Robots of Space Adventures
The robots of Space Adventures appeared in three ages of comics. Charlton began the comic in July 1952 (to compete with DC’s Strange Adventures) with Read More
Tag: robots
1939 Was the Year of the Robot!
1939 was the Year of the Robot! So many stories, comics, movies from 1939 to 1942 were influenced by the World’s Fair, and one exhibit, Read More
The Spirit of Frankenstein
The Spirit of Frankenstein lives at ACG. Adventures Into the Unknown was the first true horror comic. Begun in 1948, the first two issues were Read More
Victor de la Fuente’s Haxtur
Victor de la Fuente’s “Haxtur” originally appeared in the Spanish anthology comic, Trinca in the early 1970s. The stories were reprinted in English for a Read More
Robot Anthologies of Pulp Stories (1953-1989)
Robot anthologies of Pulp stories in the 20th Century surprised me. They also confirmed a few things I thought as well. Science Fiction anthologies have Read More
The Robot Menace in Captain Marvel Adventures
The frequency of a robot menace in Captain Marvel Adventures tells you this was a comic soaked in Science Fiction. One of its top writers Read More
The Trial of Robot A-1
1939 saw the trial of two robots: first, Adam Link and then Robot A-1. It was a strange time for jurisprudence. Mechanical men were filling Read More
Introducing…For the First Time…Robots
We take robots for granted. Watching any Science Fiction show or movie, robots appear and we assume all kinds of things. Science Fiction is a Read More
Hugo’s Robots: The Gernsback Magazines
The word “robot” came to us from the 1920 play “R. U. R.” by Karl Capek. Capek’s robots are actually androids who rebel against their Read More
Link: Adam Link: The Autobiography of a Mechanical Man
Sympathetic robot characters were not the norm in the 1930s. Robots were either the tools of mad scientists or out-of-control monsters. Isaac Asimov’s fame as Read More