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Reading Room: INTERPLANETARY POLICE "Rumpus on Rex" Conclusion

2012-01-27T01:01:00.061-05:00

When Last We Left Our Heroes...

The Space Siren plans to mine the valuable newly-discovered mineral Taganium, found only on asteroid Rex.

However, she lacks transport for the bulky metal.

So, she steals several freighters from a starbase on Venus.

However, Captain Bruce Warren of the InterPlanetary Police has tracked her to Rex, found the stolen ships, and radioed for backup.

Enraged, Tanya attacks Warren's ship and a space dogfight ensues...

Why is it good guys in comics are so hot for bad girls? (Batman/Catwoman)

But good girls tend to be attracted to really dull good boys? (Wonder Woman/Steve Trevor)

This high-adventure story from Buster Brown Comic Book #30 (1953) was written by Hobart Donovan, penciled by Reed Crandall, and inked by Ray Willner.

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Reading Room: INTERPLANETARY POLICE "Rumpus on Rex" Part 1

2012-01-26T01:01:00.038-05:00

Defending Law and Order in the Far Future (as seen in the 1950s)...

...and now penciled by the legendary Reed Crandall!

Be here tomorrow for the exciting conclusion!

Curiously, the previous adventure ended with The Space Siren evading capture (but clearly alive) and our heroes heading for Mars.

Yet, here they're returning from Venus and they believe Tanya is dead!

Is there an "unpublished adventure" floating around somewhere?

This high-adventure story from Buster Brown Comic Book #30 (1953) was written by Hobart Donovan, penciled by Reed Crandall, and inked by Ray Willner.

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The Coming of...The Black Beetle!

2012-01-25T15:31:00.001-05:00

Now, that's kool!

Francesco Francavilla's new retro-style character, The Black Beetle, makes his print debut in Dark Horse Presents #11 this April!

It's on my pull list.

Add it to yours, now!

Reading Room: VOYAGE TO THE DEEP "Disaster Rises" Conclusion

2012-01-25T02:10:00.000-05:00

We Have Already Seen...

An unnamed enemy has tilted the Earth's axis, creating tsunamis that have already destroyed most of the East Coast south of Washington DC, with the US capital and New York City soon to follow.

The nuclear sub Proteus heads towards the Mariana Trench in an attempt to counteract the threat, but it is attacked by a gigantic sea creature awakened by the catastrophe...

What the hell just happened?

This is, easily, one of the weirdest comics ever published.

I wonder if the other three issues in the series are equally-obtuse...

The never-reprinted tale features art by Sam Glanzman (who also did the Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea feature film adaptation), but the scriptwriter is unknown.

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Reading Room: VOYAGE TO THE DEEP "Disaster Rises" Part 1

2012-01-24T11:20:00.000-05:00

After publishing the comics adaptation of the movie Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea...

...Dell Comics planned to do an ongoing comic series.
However, they lost the license, and decided to rework the existing material into a new, similar, series...

The saga continues...tomorrow!

This never-reprinted tale features art by Sam Glanzman (who also did the Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea feature film adaptation), but the scriptwriter is unknown.

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Flash Gordon #6 Cover Preview

2012-01-23T01:01:00.039-05:00

There's no Flash Gordon like a "classic" Flash Gordon.

Have you ever noticed that all the attempts to "update" the character modify hm so much as to be unrecognizable?
(Remember the Smallville-ized Sci-Fi, er, SyFy version?)
Thankfully, Dynamite's current series goes back to the basics, combining the best of Alex Raymond's original with the movie serial, feature film, and Filmation tv series to make a kool pastiche almost on the level of the Dini-Timm-McDuffie DC Animated universe.
Top it off with superb covers like this one for #6 by Francesco Francavilla, and it's a must-have package for high-adventure fans of all ages.

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For Valentine's Day, She'll Love...Love Diaries and Love Letters!

2012-01-22T01:06:00.001-05:00

Art by John Buscema

Until the intro of texting, blogs, MySpace and FaceBook, the main way people kept track of their love lives was thru Love Diaries & Love Letters!
In fact, those contents of those small books with the easily-broken locks made up one of the most popular sub-categories of romance comics, with literally dozens of titillating titles!

Let our selection of the best of these these kitchy, campy (and very kool) classic comics covers help you express your true feelings on the Most Important of Days--Valentines Day on greeting cards, teddy bears, mugs, and even "naughty" undies!

And, if they can't assist your love-life, perhaps something from one of our other sections at True Love Comics Tales™ including...
All You Need is Love...
Beatrice Fairfax
Confessions
Lovers Lane
School of Love (or is that Love in School?)
WarTime Love
Weddings
Western Love
will help get your point across on the Most Important of Days!

Reading Room: SPACEHAWK "Creeping Death from Neptune"

2012-01-21T01:01:00.053-05:00

How could you not want to read a story with a title like that?

Plus: story and art by the unique (to put it mildly) Basil Wolverton!

This premiere tale from Target Comics V1 N5 (1940) was just the tip of the iceberg!

There's much more interstellar weirdness from the mind and pen of Basil Wolverton to come!

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If MegaUpload can be Deleted, Can Picasa and Other Cloud-Based Sites be Next?

2012-01-20T08:58:00.000-05:00

Considering Picasa, RapidShare, and other image/file lockers may (repeat MAY) have a few "inappropriate" or "copyright infringing" images on them, could they be shut down as MegaUpload was, punishing many innocent users who have nothing more insidious than Christmas pix...or Public Domain comic pages on them? ;-)
MegaUpload was shut down without the extended powers SOPA/PIPA would give the government!
Imagine what they would do with SOPA/PIPA in their arsenal!!!
Be afraid! Be very afraid!
In the meantime...

Don't use "cloud based" servers as your only backup!

What happened to MegaUpload can happen to any of them!

Fantastic Femmes--Parminder Nagra

2012-01-19T01:01:00.053-05:00

While her Bend It Like Beckham co-star Archie Panjabi has gotten all the attention lately...

...British actress Parminder Kaur Nagra has been assembling an impressive resume of her own including six years on ER, various movie and tv roles ranging from comedic to dramatic, and her newest gig as the mysterious Dr Banerjee on the tv series Alcatraz!

Genre credits include...

Twenty8k (Deeva Jani)

Alcatraz (Dr Lucy Banerjee)

Horrid Henry: The Movie (Miss Lovely)

Earth Defense Force: Insect Armageddon [VG] (Ops)

The Whole Truth "Liars"

Batman: Gotham Knights (Cassandra)

Ella Enchanted (Areida)

Judge John Deed "Exacting Justice"

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Reading Room: INTERPLANETARY POLICE "Space Trap" Conclusion

2012-01-18T11:00:00.039-05:00

When Last We Left Our Heroes...

Tanya, the Space Siren, attacks a space liner, but doesn't steal anything!
Why?

Captain Bruce Warren of the InterPlanetary Police is briefed that she's looking for a supply of Atovar, a new fuel more powerful and efficient than Uranium!

Word is leaked that the Star Queen will be transporting the fuel to Venus with the intent that Warren and his brother, Officer Terry Warren, will capture the Space Siren when she attempts to steal it!

The Siren hijacks the cargo, and returns to her secret base with the InterPlanetary Police trailing behind.

As the cops land on the planetoid, the Siren's men open the containers to discover...

When we rejoin Bruce and Terry next issue, the Mars situation is already cleared up and they're on their way back from Venus!
This never-reprinted story from Buster Brown Comic Book #29 (1952) was written by Hobart Donovan, penciled by Ray Bailey and Reed Crandall, and inked by Ray Willner.

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Reading Room: INTERPLANETARY POLICE "Space Trap" Part 1

2012-01-17T13:29:00.001-05:00

Tanya, the Space Siren has another cunning plan...

...and only Bruce Warren (and his little brother Terry) can stop her nefarious scheme in this tale from Buster Brown Comic Book #29 (1952)!

What do they find?

(We know, but we ain't talking!)

You'll have to be here tomorrow to discover the startling secret!

The eagle-eyed among you will notice a redesign of the police uniforms and spacecraft from the previous story.

Reed Crandall, who finished the pencils over Ray Bailey's layouts, revamped them in a more "Flash Gordon" style rather than the utilitarian "Space Cadet" look they initially had.

Crandall took over full penciling as of the next issue.

Written by Hobart Donovan.

Penciled by Ray Bailey and Reed Crandall

Inked by Ray Willner.

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Martin Luther King, Jr--the Comic Book

2012-01-16T12:30:00.000-05:00

On the day we honor the memory of Martin Luther King, Jr, the gang at Atomic Kommie Comics™ thought it only appropriate to present this item, the first comic book dramatizing his historic efforts.
From the website's intro to the comic...
Most sane thinkers consider MLK to be an important and historic larger-than-life icon, but how did that happen?
Especially given the marginalized press coverage of blacks in the 50s, how was his message galvanized among southern minorities and then spread as a single statement beyond the black community -- and how was it focused so specifically to such seemingly ignorable or boring local incidents as one black woman's refusal to give up a bus seat and a following small-town bus boycott, as well as the concept of Passive Resistance?
Without any need for hyperbole, this comic book is one of the reasons.

Produced by the Fellowship of the Reconciliation and sent very surreptitiously throughout the South (it was dangerous for many to own a copy), then translated, re-drawn, and distributed once again throughout the entire SOUTHERN CONTINENT through Mexico, into Central and then South America, this comic tells the story that established the myth of Martin Luther King and Rosa Parks at the time that it mattered, mere months after news events occurred.
Intended for adults, but shown in comic book format for the largest possible distribution and audience and instruction.

It was also produced as a comic because more adult seeming publications and newspapers were often destroyed by white businessmen and other violent types bent on continuing segregation's grip on the South.
But that does not mean people found distributing copies of this comic were not given their fair share of beatings and harassment, nor does it mean thousands of copies were not often destroyed.
Why? This comic is and was dangerously honest.
Featuring the Klan (lynching, bombs, burning crosses), Jim Crow laws, and the entire concept of Nonviolent Protest.
This pamphlet offered advice and instructions on how to use passive resistance and massive non-violent resistance against segregation, just as these ideas were fresh --and it also established a clear connection of MLK to Gandhi, a public connection that continues on to today.

A copy of this comic is held in the Smithsonian and many Civil Rights leaders recognize this as one of the most important AND PERSUASIVE items of the 50s in establishing or explaining their cause to the world, as well as giving many black youths the courage and direction to hold their own political protests.
Many notable sit-ins and demonstrations link to this comic book getting into the right hands - and it did get around, literally devoured by black college students at the time.

We're DELIGHTED to offer you not just the American version of this comic but also the SPANISH edition, of which maybe two or three copies are known to exist.
After extensive effort and search, we were able to find a copy in Uruguay.
Not joking. Completely redrawn and translated, click back and forth to compare art, some of the differences between the two are great.

Ever wonder how much influence and power a small press or self-produced item can have?
This is one of the best examples you'll ever see.

Design of the Week--Captain Steve Savage

2012-01-15T19:18:00.000-05:00

Each week, we post a limited-edition design, to be sold for exactly 7 days, then replaced with another!
This week...During the Korean War, Captain Steve Savage patrolled the skies protecting us from comic book Communists.
Now he's back to save us from the new threat of Kim Jong-un!
Check out his limited-time, limited-edition collectibles HERE!

Show the lady you love that she's a HEROINE on Valentine's Day!

2012-01-14T02:14:00.000-05:00

If you'd like to show your woman that you appreciate her strength as well as her beauty, why not give her a Valentine's Day gift that symbolizes exactly that?

We offer dozens of designs showing powerful women doing what they do best!

Whether it's '70s psychedelic or '40s retro, we have a heroine to suit your needs!

There's a kool variety of products ranging from his-and-her garb to mugs and mousepads to messenger and tote bags to blank sketchbooks!

Check out Heroines™!

Your lady (and you) will be glad you did!

James Bond 007 50th Anniversary Blu-Ray Set or "AGAIN? NEVER!"

2012-01-13T01:01:00.079-05:00

WTF?

I got the complete VHS set in the early 1990s (up to GoldenEye), two different sets of DVDs (the set up to World is Not Enough, and the 2-disc per title Ultimate Special Edition set up to Die Another Day) and the three-disc Casino Royale release!
And the VHS and two different 1967 Casino Royales and Never Say Never Agains!
Now you want more money from me?

So, where's George Lazenby (On Her Majesty's Secret Service)?
Yeah, the movie is in the box set, but where is he in the trailer?
Even Timothy Dalton gets a couple of shots!
And, the box set is missing the two previous versions of Casino Royale (1953 tv production with Barry Nelson & 1967 feature film with everybody), as well as Sean Connery's Never Say Never Again!
Sorry, I'll not buy this set until it hits the "used" racks.
Maybe, just maybe, if you had included new commentary tracks with Sean, Roger, Timothy, Pierce, and of course, George...

Reading Room: GREEN PLANET Conclusion

2012-01-12T00:15:00.110-05:00

We Have Already Seen...

Art by Dick Giordano

Exiled by the repressive government of Earth, Jason Tolliver and other dissenters are shipped to the planet Klorath in a far distant solar system where a colony of rebels led by Tolliver's father had been established.

Upon arrival at the so-called "Green Planet", they discover a partially-completed colony encampment, totally-deserted.

The new arrivals cautiously move into the camp, and utilize the supplies to finish the camp and grow food.

Within a couple of weeks, the camp is completed and the first crop ready to harvest, but an attack by a giant pterodactyl-like creature on the farmers provides a possible answer to the fate of the previous Earthmen.

Following the creature to its' nest on a nearby cliff, Jason encounters another human...but not one of the Earthmen!

Tolliver and the fur-garbed man fight off an attack by one of the pterodactyls, then go their separate ways, having conquered a common foe, but unable to communicate.

Jason returns to the camp, calls a meeting and informs the others that they are not alone on the Green Planet...

For those who say classic sci-fi was just Westerns with spaceships instead of horses, this story, with its' "pioneers and native inhabitants" concept seems to prove them correct. (Although with a much happier ending than most settler-Indian encounters in the real Old West.)

There was never a follow-up tale, although this one was finally reprinted thirty years later, still with no credit for the original book it was based on by J Hunter Holly (Joan Carol Holly)

The writer of the comic adaptation is unknown.

The story was penciled by Charles Nicholas, inked by Vince Alascia.

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Reading Room: GREEN PLANET Part 1

2012-01-11T09:21:00.000-05:00

Based on the then-current (1960) novel by J Hunter Holly...

...which is mentioned nowhere in the comic or on the cover!

Go figure!

But, what is the answer?

Be here tomorrow for the startling answer!

Penciled by Charles Nicholas, inked by Vince Alascia.

Based on the novel by J Hunter Holly (Joan Carol Holly), the writer of the comic adaptation is unknown.

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Sick and Laid Up in Bed...

2012-01-10T14:18:00.000-05:00

...but will be back tomorrow...

...with Part 1 of the never-reprinted The Green Planet!

Reading Room: CAPTAIN AERO "Alien Invasion"

2012-01-09T10:57:00.002-05:00

What do you do with a wartime character after the war?

In the case of fighting aviator Captain Aero, you make him into an extraterrestrial fighter!

Art by Rudy Palais, writer unknown.

Captain Aero was one of numerous costumed aviators who fought the Axis in comic books during World War II.

His distinctive traits included a mustache that came and went depending on the artist and an aircraft that could use its' propeller like a buzz-saw.

In his early days he was assisted by the Sky Scouts, a gang of kids who wanted to be aviators, and who were popular enough to have their own backup strip.

By the time of this never-reprinted story's publication in Captain Aero Comics #25 in 1946, WW II was over, and sales on military-themed comics were dropping.

A number of them, like Blackhawk, shifted to battling criminals and/or Communist spies.

But not Captain Aero!
He was destined for bigger things...like interplanetary conflict!

The series' change of concept was taken even further in the next issue...as you'll see in a week or so.

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Design of the Week--Somali Pirates? Bring 'Em ON!

2012-01-08T01:01:00.002-05:00

This week...Sailors on the high seas need not fear!
The US Navy will protect them from Somali pirates, even if they are Iranian nationals!
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Fantastic Femmes: Junie Hoang

2012-01-07T02:14:00.001-05:00

She's talented!
She's cute!
She's controversial!
She's Junie Hoang, and she's complaining that her career was ruined by the Internet Movie Data Base (IMDB) because they revealed her real age!
She's 41, and doesn't look it!

She's 40. So what? She's gorgeous!

While she's never had a big break, Junie has been working pretty regularly since 1992, including a lot of animation voice work!
She even voiced Chun Li in Street Fighter 2: Victory!

We wish you the best, Junie, and hope to see (or hear) you on the screen soon!

Genre credits include:

Ginger DeadMan 3: Saturday Night Cleaver (Sandy) / GingerDeadMan 2: Passion of the Crust (Ensign Del Rio)

Note: Junie plays two different characters since #3 is a time-travel story transporting the villain back to the 1970s.

1000 Ways to Die "Gratutity Violence"

Tropic Thunder (Day Player, scene deleted)

Back on Topps (Tough Asian)

Spirits Among Us (Jennifer)

Adventures of Zion Man & the Supreme Comander (Queen Lucealot)

Z: a Zombie Musical (Zombie Mailwoman)

Macross:

Eve of Destruction / When Worlds Collide / Fallen Angels

(additional voices)

Voodoo Dolly (Stephanie Hung / Ms Fix-It / Tool Time Lad)

All-Purpose Cultural Cat Girl Nuku Nuku TV (additional voices)

Street Fighter II: Victory (Chun Li)

BubbleGum Crisis: Tokyo 2040 (additional voices)

Martian Successor Nadesico (Eri / additional voices)

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The New Miss Moneypenny in Action!

2012-01-06T12:08:00.000-05:00

Naomie Harris as "Eve" aka Miss Moneypenny in a scene with Daniel Craig as James Bond.

Whether "Eve" is a code name or Moneypenny's first name is unknown at this point.

None of the previous Bond novels or films give her a first name, though a spin-off novel series, The Moneypenny Diaries, does..."Jane".

Moneypenny didn't appear in either of the previous Craig James Bond 007 movies Casino Royale, which rebooted the series from the early days of Bond's spy career before he received his "00" designation and license to kill or Quantum of Solace.
(Note: Moneypenny does appear in both the novel and 1967 movie versions of Casino Royale.)

Flash Gordon #5 Cover Preview

2012-01-05T10:35:00.000-05:00

Nifty cover for #5 of the new Flash Gordon comic from Dynamite by Francesco Francavilla featuring Nazi Zeppelins!
Retro Kool!

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Reading Room: INTERPLANETARY POLICE "Meteor Menace" Conclusion

2012-01-04T01:01:00.066-05:00

When Last We Left Our Heroes...

The Space Siren, after destroying several Earth landmarks (including Yankee Stadium II) with meteors, demands Earth's surrender lest she rain fiery death upon the planet!

While the peacekeeping organization is called the "Interplanetary Police" in the first three tales, it becomes the "Interstellar Police" for the last two!

Writer Hobart Donovan was the writer for the Buster Brown radio show this comic was spun-off from.
He wrote all the stories in the comic book, from sci-fi to western to funny animal!
Donovan was married to actress June Foray, best known as the voice of Rocky the Flying Squirrel!

Artist Ray Bailey began as an assistant to Milton Caniff on Terry and the Pirates and Male Call.
When Canniff left Terry and began Steve Canyon, Bailey went with him.
Finally going independent, Bailey launched several comic strips including the short-lived Vesta West, and Bruce Gentry, an aviation strip with sci-fi elements which was popular enough to have a 1940s movie serial based on it which features the first appearance of a flying saucer in the movies!
In the early 1950s, he was the artist on the Tom Corbett: Space Cadet newspaper strip at the same time he did the first two tales of this series.

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