Lost Cities of the Golden Age
In the last post I focused on the lost cities in the fiction of Edgar Rice Burroughs and his Tarzan novels. I have another one Read More
Tag: Thrilling Comics
The Seance Begins! Part 1
Seances and Spiritualism fiction began shortly after the movement swept the world in the 1840s. The flood of mediums who gave readings got a shot Read More
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 Underwater City in the Golden Age
The concept of the underwater city, usually a futuristic deal under a glass dome, is as old as Science Fiction. John Wilkins, in Mathematicall Magick Read More
Donald Bayne Hobart: Comic Book Storyteller
Donald Bayne Hobart (1898-1970) (aka Hobart Donbayne, aka Bayne Hobart) was a prolific Pulpster especially in the 1940s. He wrote many of the Masked Rider Read More
Tara, Outlaw of the Universe
When you search the word “Tara” in comic databases you usually get Tara on the Dark Continent, a Jungle Girl from the 1970s and 80s. Read More