Cap'n's Comics

Feetlebaum Fanzine Cover by Jack Kirby

2026-05-30T22:27:32.948-07:00

Another reminder for me that Doc Doom was always just inches away from high comedy

Trapped On Earth by Gil Kane

2026-05-30T22:22:55.065-07:00

Stuck in a dead-end job? We shouldn't beat ourselves up-we may have just picked the wrong earth

Colorful John Fantucchio

2026-05-29T21:05:07.593-07:00

Yeah, yeah, the only new image on here AIN'T colorful

Race For The Moon #2 Contents Page by Jack Kirby

2026-05-27T17:03:28.965-07:00

Wouldn't ya know it? My fav spaceman from the wholr RFTM magilla doesn't even have his own story, just this lone image. First time I saw it, I thought another spaceship was cruis'n past just behind his right hip, but a moment later, realized it was sump'n sump'n spacey yet useful hanging off his belt

Nick Fury #6 Cover by Jim Steranko

2026-05-25T22:14:26.639-07:00

Only thing new here is the first image, from Portfolio 1 a coupla years after the cover and a few years before the FOOM mini-poster. The whenwherewhathow on the second image is a big dunno for me

Another Thermal Man by Jack Kirby

2026-05-23T22:06:49.869-07:00

Had a robust Thermal Man post in the wayback, but I forgot this unused page from the Marvelmania Portfolio. Taint very thermal anyhow, but che great looks at Fandal and Balder The Fraidy-Cat (errr-Balder The Brave) and Hogun

Culled Kulls by Barry Smith

2026-05-21T22:04:22.173-07:00

Only the first image is new on here. If you see somea the waybacks on here, you'll see I've always dug the lush finishes Wally Wood brought to Kull #1, and of course "there's no Severin like a Kull Severin," but, man, I so woulda loved Barry doing some Kull Komics

Under Da Sea by Wally Wood

2026-05-20T17:24:33.851-07:00

Only the first is new on here, but, man, please embiggen that one. I saw the Daredevil splash long before I knew of an Undersea City book cover, so I was all discombobulated to realize the book came 7 years before the comic

Good Grief! by Jack Kirby

2026-05-19T12:43:20.478-07:00

A week ago (exactly), I put up the best Chall-Town, but this one's none too shabby, neither. From Showcase #11, sounds like the Challengers of the Unknown talked a lot like Charlie Brown back in the fifties. If you haven't noticed over the years, my version of Good Grief! is Oh My Heck! Basically, none of us want to be accused of having a potty mouth. Funny thing is, almost daily in kindergarten, my teachers had to wash my mouth out with soap

Silver Age Atom by Gil kane

2026-05-16T21:37:31.639-07:00

At the beginning (roughly) of the century, I finally made it to Portland, and my one and only visit to the legendary Powell's Book Store. Saw a ton of amazeball books there, including a stack of the over-sized coffe-table book The Silver Age of Comic Book Art. On sale for five books. Nice. I often wonder why the heck I didn't hold onto it, but, hey, there's a lot more precious stuff out there than this that I sold for a moment's pleasure, so no surprise. The book was full of these wonderful giant two-page splashes by Kirby, Ditko, Kirby, Steranko, Kirby, Adams, Kirby, and Kane

Angelo Torres and Al Williamson

2026-05-15T09:52:37.900-07:00

Al Williamson Archives Vol. 2 Cover

2026-05-14T13:07:47.737-07:00

Luv star'n at this one (please embiggen)! After his Flash Gordon stuff, I think this is my fav picture by Al, and that's say'n a lot for me, cause those Fleagles working on EC projects did just amazeballs stuff. Speaking of Fleagles, Angelo Torres needs a better look on here, methinks

Chall-Town by Jack Kirby

2026-05-12T16:51:00.000-07:00

Second image up before (if you haven't seen New Jack Cities before, please look em up), but I think the first image is new on here. Both are the splash from The Challengers of the Unknown #4, when the Challs go to the future. My copy is from the reprints of the super special some 2 decades after, so I'm wonder'n if those first colors are from 1958. Whatever, cause I dig em both

Teleported Television Antennae by Rich Corben

2026-05-11T16:41:00.000-07:00

I kinda knew of these odd rooftop decorations before he drew them, maybe cause I grew up with similar items on every roof

Six Million Views Part Deux! by Neal Adams

2026-05-08T13:30:00.000-07:00

When Russ commented on the last post that I was now officially bionic, I immediately flashed to this, and (correct me if I'm wrong, cause I was wrong that one time when I said I was wrong) I'm pretty sure I've never had these up on here

Six Million Views!!! Thanks, Everybody!!!!

2026-05-06T22:07:00.000-07:00

May The 4th Be With You by Ken Barr

2026-05-04T21:41:00.000-07:00

Fundundant posts in the wayback on this date usually include Star Wars by Steranko and Michael Golden and Al Williamson (natch), so I wanted to do sump'n sump'n different

Coupla Iconic Reboots by Steve Ditko

2026-05-03T22:16:00.000-07:00

Like many of us, Cap'n Atom and Blue Beetle just needed a fresh start to really shine. Kinda stretch, but these two take me back to my single digit age, when I was outside from dawn to dusk. Whenever I'd take a pretend grenade or laser blast or was chopped down by a fake sword, I seemed to only be able to lay down and play possum for a moment, then I HAD to jump up and yell, "New guy!" and instantly rejoin the fray

Some Conan by Berni Wrightson

2026-05-02T21:17:00.000-07:00

Move along, folks! Noth'n new to see here (please check out complete Wrightson Conan in the wayback), but hey, an original, and sump'n biggerbetterfasterstronger

The Spirit On The Moon (Not) by Wally Wood

2026-04-29T21:09:00.000-07:00

That title reads kinda funny, so let me start by say'n that Wally Wood indeed drew this, but it's not The Outer Space Spirit (1952) that I thought it was when I first saw it. The first image is from a 1967 comic art catalog, and it's offering up a 1955 page from Mad Magazine. Ohmyheck. Saw it cause 1967 Berni Wrightson led to so much great stuff, I thought I'd add 1967 to the other usual suspects' names and see what popped up. I have six or seven grandkids who are STILL all about doing that balancing scales hand gesture whenever "six seven" is mentioned

Freebooters Ad by Barry Smith

2026-04-27T20:00:00.000-07:00

I haphazardly obtained The Buyer's Guide For Comic Fandom through about issue 50, so when this Storyteller ad appeared in issue 1103, I had no idea! Also, here's that Axus illo in a better format. When I slapped it up in the wayback, I was wish'n it twernt so tiny and blurry. They say if wishes were dishes, you'd never have to wash stuff after a meal, but, hey, every once in a while

Robbie by Al Williamson

2026-04-25T21:33:00.000-07:00

Okay, I lie like a dog on a rug in front of the fireplace on a cold winter's night. The first one is not even Robbie, but (per usual for the Cap'n) I have no idea what it REALLY is. The other two ARE Robbie, from the unsuccessful bid to start a new newspaper strip

King Of The Bad (Hair) Guys by George Metzger

2026-04-23T22:09:00.000-07:00

From another wordless story, thisun in the fanzine Promethean Ent #1

Coupla Barbaric Bob Kline Fanzine Pictures

2026-04-21T22:30:00.000-07:00

In my mind, this is kinda the end of a geeky era for me (sigh), in that these two illos pretty much wrap up fanzine Kline on here. All I got. See, look, I've turned all four jean pockets inside out. Poke me with a fanzine fork, and you'll see--I'm done. But, as Firesign Theater useta say, If the sun's going down, just stand me on my head, and it's a whole new day! If you know of sump'n sump'n, please holla, and stand me on my head

Our Time Is Now! by Gil Kane

2026-04-21T11:23:00.000-07:00

Eeerrrr....out time is now!(?)

From Thunder Agents #14, the Kane machinery was sharp (get the point?), and the same issue included some Andor by Wood & Ditko, but, as with most Tower comics, the writing left a lot to be desired