tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5892981156215014512026-06-27T07:00:00.117-04:00Atomic Kommie ComicsNews and info on Atomic Kommie Comics: a line of pop culture (comics / tv / movie / music) collectible items including T-Shirts, mousepads, mugs, and other tchochkes, as well as things of interest to us as science fiction / fantasy / pop culture fans (especially golden age comic books and silver age comics)!Britt Reidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07245579677452948620noreply@blogger.comBlogger6240125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-589298115621501451.post-1051951523841774432026-06-27T07:00:00.000-04:002026-06-27T07:00:00.114-04:00Space Hero Saturdays BARNEY CARR "?????" Part 1<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b><span style="color: #fcff01;">We've Re-Presented Two <i>Published</i> Tales of the <i>Only</i> Space Hero with a <i>Normal</i> Name...</span><br /></b></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi-5o_Jwq_6bqkNwQ-Y7whxzFcgdY1ycmAmO1DctX4CadhMs3UO1oiIVI7nW4wg1TpjIp0VXNTvWeRFBORPbV3uRwq-yzrpwGyyuYXqTyu7wFBBsyry_S550k-Ixr78TS4YJ-34UxC0f6EokjL0IvdyFgnlvGtYzvSQVcWkzB4JJgfe1cErUcYC4rHMd4M" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="802" data-original-width="525" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi-5o_Jwq_6bqkNwQ-Y7whxzFcgdY1ycmAmO1DctX4CadhMs3UO1oiIVI7nW4wg1TpjIp0VXNTvWeRFBORPbV3uRwq-yzrpwGyyuYXqTyu7wFBBsyry_S550k-Ixr78TS4YJ-34UxC0f6EokjL0IvdyFgnlvGtYzvSQVcWkzB4JJgfe1cErUcYC4rHMd4M=s16000" /></a><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">...<b><a href="https://atocom.blogspot.com/2024/05/space-hero-saturdays-barney-carr-attack.html" target="_blank">HERE</a> </b>and <b><a href="https://atocom.blogspot.com/2026/03/space-hero-saturdays-barney-carr-peril.html" target="_blank">HERE</a></b>!<br />Now, we're proudly presenting one of <i>two</i> unpublished tales of the stalwart Space Detective,,,but we have <i>no</i> idea of what it's about, since it was <i>never lettered</i>!</span><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhHfrU2FTakB4J9iPTb-YdyS2az4zPBtUaf2pWu0BH7YcvSgE3yWKxJce8PiFdpdcwhCkn-AUqAy3ywL3oecXJbrox89wVua6ZHGj2CUra1p6R_3PUhckhN1E8DBtIt8-xVmy6fe2zaAh8aENE7jsnmNbtuiCGrbMJCx4FJHiJ0Nf7oVBYZQ_xsSiZ0o6w" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="525" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhHfrU2FTakB4J9iPTb-YdyS2az4zPBtUaf2pWu0BH7YcvSgE3yWKxJce8PiFdpdcwhCkn-AUqAy3ywL3oecXJbrox89wVua6ZHGj2CUra1p6R_3PUhckhN1E8DBtIt8-xVmy6fe2zaAh8aENE7jsnmNbtuiCGrbMJCx4FJHiJ0Nf7oVBYZQ_xsSiZ0o6w=s16000" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjxiClXncJi23kBcdY7I3BPn_zWbiSH644L-4Hz7uY1K8ZqIQBVaNFoxCF23uK-AVk7vzGI_K7KksUGqOiY03FTfqq7E8PFBCtRWQ53d_8BYC9VoDN1TRwQXS01-vdNuiEgvbyGpO5Oi0pMdXrmLZnTLvDpw4jq3OiSvBoO3fgteStGM1-SM79c1AW4VdU" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="525" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjxiClXncJi23kBcdY7I3BPn_zWbiSH644L-4Hz7uY1K8ZqIQBVaNFoxCF23uK-AVk7vzGI_K7KksUGqOiY03FTfqq7E8PFBCtRWQ53d_8BYC9VoDN1TRwQXS01-vdNuiEgvbyGpO5Oi0pMdXrmLZnTLvDpw4jq3OiSvBoO3fgteStGM1-SM79c1AW4VdU=s16000" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg4X1owEs-Ng6lvBVdQbtpJd55x63IHXp9JlEjVWcmcMkM986-gNgDFYh8DIQQ4D71eZfNkJ9fkLR66nOswhl0BP5GK4e_fTitndpaZ3gLXAgprbKlArIqVO1fi6GE7K-g3sKeqn2JpqeQCGF55cdoXDuCXsn64JUcvhNYpeOP40KtLJ3Z44yb_jZwXlMY" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="525" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg4X1owEs-Ng6lvBVdQbtpJd55x63IHXp9JlEjVWcmcMkM986-gNgDFYh8DIQQ4D71eZfNkJ9fkLR66nOswhl0BP5GK4e_fTitndpaZ3gLXAgprbKlArIqVO1fi6GE7K-g3sKeqn2JpqeQCGF55cdoXDuCXsn64JUcvhNYpeOP40KtLJ3Z44yb_jZwXlMY=s16000" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiyxtOk9k0LAVKr1U9t3W20sjlrsNst2pE6yhW3vm42ZHQ4Ozkov0lKrR3Ds2DuRk5iVb9b9nh1ukcd7Jwjw259wDrFrO7qI7xqYOlU4F_mz5oB1xPCTMr09tCV_XTwK-8SkTFiR1ZejaK1ucahOlq6sGqWLbxCsWmfPw-WM2T_LUofHoIZoAceeSk5YnU" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="525" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiyxtOk9k0LAVKr1U9t3W20sjlrsNst2pE6yhW3vm42ZHQ4Ozkov0lKrR3Ds2DuRk5iVb9b9nh1ukcd7Jwjw259wDrFrO7qI7xqYOlU4F_mz5oB1xPCTMr09tCV_XTwK-8SkTFiR1ZejaK1ucahOlq6sGqWLbxCsWmfPw-WM2T_LUofHoIZoAceeSk5YnU=s16000" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjCYWsSPtC08G9Is3jdKN9m4sX4Mv4VZi8XlIMgTZcwzz39Ptnp6Xqjp8ecSgKJ4GDoDSsuZaXvnhhy2JS-dKqAQ2L3mrDpOMCeU2e1r-I20PG44MJxN44g3blbIuN4YZ3_fWlvtT9Lr0n-gKExCo39jYUqh-akjs6fDijT9SNwbw5208NZ6KylAUUkYEQ" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="525" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjCYWsSPtC08G9Is3jdKN9m4sX4Mv4VZi8XlIMgTZcwzz39Ptnp6Xqjp8ecSgKJ4GDoDSsuZaXvnhhy2JS-dKqAQ2L3mrDpOMCeU2e1r-I20PG44MJxN44g3blbIuN4YZ3_fWlvtT9Lr0n-gKExCo39jYUqh-akjs6fDijT9SNwbw5208NZ6KylAUUkYEQ=s16000" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjD-7dXm1S15GeflWGMxUAdeHJGHVrMzp3qHgm1IPBRTtvHNpxv781x3FIODq_Vj9t4TNWPTfXGJjv12AUS6ik9FceBdYn0jz6l07kw7Tm8B1xZXKu0anN4yZW9RRd493p7JWu4YGRPwogF2o_q7nVrNbWHNuhOUQ0_jDN3omijwAm00iETl2W8Ow89uBg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="525" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjD-7dXm1S15GeflWGMxUAdeHJGHVrMzp3qHgm1IPBRTtvHNpxv781x3FIODq_Vj9t4TNWPTfXGJjv12AUS6ik9FceBdYn0jz6l07kw7Tm8B1xZXKu0anN4yZW9RRd493p7JWu4YGRPwogF2o_q7nVrNbWHNuhOUQ0_jDN3omijwAm00iETl2W8Ow89uBg=s16000" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Apparently writer/artist Jerry Faisano didn't do the balloon/caption lettering on his strips, but since the series was cancelled after only two appearances, the remaining tales remained unlettered!</span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: red; font-size: x-large;"><b><i>Can </i>you<i> figure out what's going on?</i></b></span></div></div><p></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: yellow;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>Support Atomic Kommie Comics</b></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span><div style="text-align: center;"><div><i><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>Visit </b></span></i><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>Amazon</b></span><i><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b> and Order...</b></span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: medium;"><a href="http://amzn.to/2G4MKFa" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="475" data-original-width="304" height="640" src="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/6144YF8AKVL.jpg" width="409" /></a></div><div style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b><a href="http://amzn.to/2G4MKFa" target="_blank">Mystery in Space</a></b></span></div><div style="font-size: medium;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><b><a href="http://amzn.to/2G4MKFa" target="_blank">Pulp Fiction Library</a></b></span></i></div><div style="font-size: large;"><div><i><b>(which contains only a couple of stories from <a href="http://amzn.to/2y0Ymae" target="_blank">this</a></b></i><b><a href="http://amzn.to/2y0Ymae" target="_blank"> previously-listed volume</a>)</b></div><b><div><b><span style="font-size: small;">Paid Link</span></b></div></b></div></div></span></div></div>Britt Reidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07245579677452948620noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-589298115621501451.post-46724052177453847792026-06-26T07:00:00.000-04:002026-06-26T07:00:00.109-04:00Friday Fun is Going to The Big Apple (Comix, That Is) This Summer!<div style="text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0HTGr4V1LSFjuxAoi-akHTzfDKi5T1XR4rg8krVaF0fQqADeK_DK0LcrOsAZ_7DP9iop-HnfEUz1oEAJ-kyjzy9gURppjs3g2OgTIfC0swInm6PT0vDFA7Qdm1ScjSXUd0cvxIwDmVZI/s1600/BigAppleComix-01.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0HTGr4V1LSFjuxAoi-akHTzfDKi5T1XR4rg8krVaF0fQqADeK_DK0LcrOsAZ_7DP9iop-HnfEUz1oEAJ-kyjzy9gURppjs3g2OgTIfC0swInm6PT0vDFA7Qdm1ScjSXUd0cvxIwDmVZI/s1600/BigAppleComix-01.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption">Art by Larry Hama, Paul Kirchner, <span class="credit_value">Stu Schwartzberg, </span>Wally Wood</td></tr></tbody></table></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #fcff01; font-family: Fontdiner Swanky; font-size: x-large;">This summer we're having <i><b>Friday Fun </b></i>featuring <i>Big Apple Comix</i>!</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">It was an underground comic anthology produced in 1975 featuring an incredible range of NYC-based comics talent (including <i>many</i> <b><i>DC</i></b> and <i><b>Marvel</b></i> contributors), all paying tribute to the city "so nice, they named it twice!"</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">The book was sold in head shops, porn shops, and other off-the-beaten track venues in NYC, SF, and other cities where there was a major counter-cultural presence. </span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">(The first comic book shops were just starting up, and most didn't want to carry "adult" material.)</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">As Denny O'Neil explains...</span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxoYiwYYIqTx2xS2PpSGPIXHElfgcQBmWcNl0ulU42kRlsmRFrFFW6Hw-9u8biA8O-nCxVvrjzGgOWNezjHdQ1-xH2MGibDuXlqp-sVKiG4d_d9Tr884hRvUas9nFW9rN3erPGdpuRqto/s1600/BigAppleComix-02.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxoYiwYYIqTx2xS2PpSGPIXHElfgcQBmWcNl0ulU42kRlsmRFrFFW6Hw-9u8biA8O-nCxVvrjzGgOWNezjHdQ1-xH2MGibDuXlqp-sVKiG4d_d9Tr884hRvUas9nFW9rN3erPGdpuRqto/s1600/BigAppleComix-02.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption">Art by Denny O'Neil</td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">...Flo, BTW, was Stan Lee's right-hand woman at <i><b>Marvel</b></i> during the Silver Age of Comics, and she had <i>both</i> the publishing experience <i>and</i> the contacts to put together this one-of-a-kind project!</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">The best part is...<i>none of the material in this 50+ year old book has <b>ever</b> been reprinted,</i> so, for a lot of you, it'll be a look at work by some of your favorites that you've <i>never</i> seen before!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: red; font-family: Fontdiner Swanky; font-size: x-large;">Be here starting next Friday for...FUN!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: yellow;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>Support Atomic Kommie Comics</b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>Visit </b></span></i><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>Amazon</b></span><i><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b> and Buy...</b></span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0HTGr4V1LSFjuxAoi-akHTzfDKi5T1XR4rg8krVaF0fQqADeK_DK0LcrOsAZ_7DP9iop-HnfEUz1oEAJ-kyjzy9gURppjs3g2OgTIfC0swInm6PT0vDFA7Qdm1ScjSXUd0cvxIwDmVZI/s500/BigAppleComix-01.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="352" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0HTGr4V1LSFjuxAoi-akHTzfDKi5T1XR4rg8krVaF0fQqADeK_DK0LcrOsAZ_7DP9iop-HnfEUz1oEAJ-kyjzy9gURppjs3g2OgTIfC0swInm6PT0vDFA7Qdm1ScjSXUd0cvxIwDmVZI/w450-h640/BigAppleComix-01.jpg" width="450" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><b><a href="http://amzn.to/2s41kYp" target="_blank">the HTF Comic Classic...</a></b></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span><b><a href="http://amzn.to/2s41kYp" style="font-size: xx-large;" target="_blank">Big Apple Comix</a><br /><i>Paid Link</i></b></span></div>Britt Reidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07245579677452948620noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-589298115621501451.post-72921399379371478392026-06-25T07:00:00.000-04:002026-06-25T18:27:14.575-04:00Reading Room: WEIRD TALES OF THE FUTURE "Plaything"<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #fcff01; font-size: x-large;"><b>Ever feel like you're totally-insignificant?</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-FAV7wW7jvik/UPWAXfN8mdI/AAAAAAAAdIM/mukjmTcc09Q/s0/WTotF6-09.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-FAV7wW7jvik/UPWAXfN8mdI/AAAAAAAAdIM/mukjmTcc09Q/s1600/WTotF6-09.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Well, there might be a very good reason, as shown in <b><i>Key's</i> Weird Tales of the Future</b> #6 (1953)!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-KwZusW0YElI/UPWAXsKQzpI/AAAAAAAAdH0/vYWiCpe28pI/s0/WTotF6-10.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-KwZusW0YElI/UPWAXsKQzpI/AAAAAAAAdH0/vYWiCpe28pI/s1600/WTotF6-10.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-3_MgMIYUWGs/UPWAXlAO7sI/AAAAAAAAdH8/giv3R7gwfro/s0/WTotF6-11.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-3_MgMIYUWGs/UPWAXlAO7sI/AAAAAAAAdH8/giv3R7gwfro/s1600/WTotF6-11.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-t193mCC6WRM/UPWAbsrhBHI/AAAAAAAAdII/ky72YATUWTc/s0/WTotF6-12.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-t193mCC6WRM/UPWAbsrhBHI/AAAAAAAAdII/ky72YATUWTc/s1600/WTotF6-12.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: medium;">"<span class="st">As flies to wanton boys are we to th' gods. They kill us for their sport."</span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="st" style="font-size: medium;">–Shakespeare "King Lear"</span></div><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium; text-align: left;">While the writer is unknown, the artist was Tony Mortellaro, who did hundreds of tales in various genres for <b><i>Key</i></b> and <i><b>Atlas/Marvel</b></i>, (where he became Associate Art Director under John Romita in the 1970s).<br /></span></p><div style="text-align: center;"><b style="color: yellow; font-size: xx-large;"> Support Atomic Kommie Comics</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>Visit </b></span></i><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>Amazon</b></span><i><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b> and Buy...</b></span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/611%2BKYGEb5L.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="442" src="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/611%2BKYGEb5L.jpg" /></a></div><p style="text-align: center;"><i></i></p><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://amzn.to/2iC8OPk" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>Sci-Fi Art: a Graphic History</b></span></a><br /><b><i>Paid Link</i></b></div>Britt Reidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07245579677452948620noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-589298115621501451.post-69118324958487401482026-06-24T07:00:00.000-04:002026-06-24T12:53:19.856-04:00Wednesday Worlds of Wonder THE ODYSSEY "Part 3"<p style="text-align: center;"></p><div style="text-align: center;"><b style="font-size: xx-large;"><a href="https://atocom.blogspot.com/2026/06/wednesday-worlds-of-wonder-odyssey-part2.html" target="_blank">When Last We Left Odysseus & His Men...</a></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhsKOUQ-OauG46JoNJJE9AheDtVzxZ5cGKdFc7mLmVwcBpth_KhlR14DrYLMQQBr5zIb-y3hwryPl_BGyEjZnbh1atRuUScS1pqj9IbNENZM5X_Hzh6FS5rruHspZjP7ZfoYXw98F3QgVlg9TS3DrvdmPI3DeVL-Ke1L8zfxqiZSsgS29Sq4Ffentqafoc" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="615" data-original-width="400" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhsKOUQ-OauG46JoNJJE9AheDtVzxZ5cGKdFc7mLmVwcBpth_KhlR14DrYLMQQBr5zIb-y3hwryPl_BGyEjZnbh1atRuUScS1pqj9IbNENZM5X_Hzh6FS5rruHspZjP7ZfoYXw98F3QgVlg9TS3DrvdmPI3DeVL-Ke1L8zfxqiZSsgS29Sq4Ffentqafoc=w416-h640" width="416" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">...they were about to be drowned in a whirlpool!</span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhZvGC_Qo3Vd_ENNctzmubfBtJAXcOmcN2PuMUVBZYWaWrmeOZr8jOEfjBw2ysyDUDArvRyw2qiHZ2Mp951AAXl7NiQbzreC8af7DO5s-Q6J63b_acNedY6PUKMtwSrEjPRdYNyhspn2VoO6z8VTPTCZWu7Eqwb3Haaa--6eIx6j3wLIL6gFfmZyIjJ09I" style="font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="525" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhZvGC_Qo3Vd_ENNctzmubfBtJAXcOmcN2PuMUVBZYWaWrmeOZr8jOEfjBw2ysyDUDArvRyw2qiHZ2Mp951AAXl7NiQbzreC8af7DO5s-Q6J63b_acNedY6PUKMtwSrEjPRdYNyhspn2VoO6z8VTPTCZWu7Eqwb3Haaa--6eIx6j3wLIL6gFfmZyIjJ09I=s16000" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEihLQqgL9RfXaNwM67i9-H9jnZxlrQXkY6dPoNDKfk70Zhb4SEmNCBf5xYoqy8_0iEsBvh5JrGuwJM2GqL4-QF3obfECGz7mVOfSipGFxU8w3mJ--1xfnTMe0_e6udp_xcJxxKkdkLBZBgyNdt4zi8p2j62umRLvvZJnUBae-f1Qf7yG0EhcwSwN_6qSnA" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="785" data-original-width="525" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEihLQqgL9RfXaNwM67i9-H9jnZxlrQXkY6dPoNDKfk70Zhb4SEmNCBf5xYoqy8_0iEsBvh5JrGuwJM2GqL4-QF3obfECGz7mVOfSipGFxU8w3mJ--1xfnTMe0_e6udp_xcJxxKkdkLBZBgyNdt4zi8p2j62umRLvvZJnUBae-f1Qf7yG0EhcwSwN_6qSnA=s16000" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhYFw3DInGIC3T0oIWdo72iaR4-yT5iILHbkhIZu-9kMbNxxxoVcN3Ah3n1mWIsoiwXRDpavmSVHi7QiFf1n3EuNU_NPeTfg_XRPWEMkeO_sLCixQY_vgfarsDWPsBHo82hwJtnA2hF44__jWz_SRGqs2DUK4Bb8hLPIJU8KEHHXwIYnHPQf0DurwDQVAI" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="785" data-original-width="525" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhYFw3DInGIC3T0oIWdo72iaR4-yT5iILHbkhIZu-9kMbNxxxoVcN3Ah3n1mWIsoiwXRDpavmSVHi7QiFf1n3EuNU_NPeTfg_XRPWEMkeO_sLCixQY_vgfarsDWPsBHo82hwJtnA2hF44__jWz_SRGqs2DUK4Bb8hLPIJU8KEHHXwIYnHPQf0DurwDQVAI=s16000" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiC-iG75vrUAvTg-jWAW3Ev9_kh6qZ6dKWFTKJ49_5-Z4urxUmsj55ZLDX60PjhtIreqGs2Ovw99EyJ-smws2JxnrQeKcAAYSx_hOgezOoJPBvjb2mi-g5yQHV_z3d7MCDoCYDXfQVmeIBc1AxuHtCzKf-jRI53mpOohnTsA9ioE7uaO6SWE008osAEUPU" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="785" data-original-width="525" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiC-iG75vrUAvTg-jWAW3Ev9_kh6qZ6dKWFTKJ49_5-Z4urxUmsj55ZLDX60PjhtIreqGs2Ovw99EyJ-smws2JxnrQeKcAAYSx_hOgezOoJPBvjb2mi-g5yQHV_z3d7MCDoCYDXfQVmeIBc1AxuHtCzKf-jRI53mpOohnTsA9ioE7uaO6SWE008osAEUPU=s16000" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiKGnfcIXtyzw-UzmVMCqxhcMf69VlO9B7CUdYrkLOFc0UC8szDkL5lhVrJ3AWyneVwN3Km8PdItzBZE2mhERX8jp5IilNSA-fmubs5R6-yoCjp-clg4OgiwqPErOcL7K9Wc99LztP0MSnEqf2qeLYOqWg_hLRGSnpvPY21Mizxog4dnbU_ixAiRt0qCtI" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="785" data-original-width="525" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiKGnfcIXtyzw-UzmVMCqxhcMf69VlO9B7CUdYrkLOFc0UC8szDkL5lhVrJ3AWyneVwN3Km8PdItzBZE2mhERX8jp5IilNSA-fmubs5R6-yoCjp-clg4OgiwqPErOcL7K9Wc99LztP0MSnEqf2qeLYOqWg_hLRGSnpvPY21Mizxog4dnbU_ixAiRt0qCtI=s16000" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEimf1VzNXSEwwX0GQcb6joA3GGQ6yQ4ABP3YliKTJ3ohQZUu0E1gFQsCmva0XeFQKkLjJifAmBMtmNHv6UbzrvgCzVwy5pikMgwz2fxV6bceu26yVqZcdK7SYUlu9oQCQ0tETfXk6ZhJ0hRvtP2A7g_c-74dBVEip3PYsubfwL7eQcYXD5UfBJStQntsMc" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="785" data-original-width="525" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEimf1VzNXSEwwX0GQcb6joA3GGQ6yQ4ABP3YliKTJ3ohQZUu0E1gFQsCmva0XeFQKkLjJifAmBMtmNHv6UbzrvgCzVwy5pikMgwz2fxV6bceu26yVqZcdK7SYUlu9oQCQ0tETfXk6ZhJ0hRvtP2A7g_c-74dBVEip3PYsubfwL7eQcYXD5UfBJStQntsMc=s16000" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgh3ZLGI0_VNQaNQFuIh9l2X9b1O0aNPOf9DNgBgGFyIze5NP-xdB6ZWPMJuwkPwuL-p98IHe5ZMaJZcP8MRLAGcZ0c3tILEePuvmsiherAaUkXGonzbRGcby6JVw8VmFeHElMkYup0RFfi2fUkIxG-tZ1rDfno1JOHbeiavgEwAGYdU1Lrmwr1qje_D3A" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="790" data-original-width="525" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgh3ZLGI0_VNQaNQFuIh9l2X9b1O0aNPOf9DNgBgGFyIze5NP-xdB6ZWPMJuwkPwuL-p98IHe5ZMaJZcP8MRLAGcZ0c3tILEePuvmsiherAaUkXGonzbRGcby6JVw8VmFeHElMkYup0RFfi2fUkIxG-tZ1rDfno1JOHbeiavgEwAGYdU1Lrmwr1qje_D3A=s16000" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjf2H76aVIg78ogN5nFetunxcZ2aTRYGc2i2BeCsan8oYjhKHXquU_1pI4SP1ZyMjlr_F3gb62ySPt0vfr0E1ExtYRCkCZvF54iUogWKZiBODCV3OBWti_gQNsZkv09LA-6RfezgT7sDjffn9mlqmK_XA_qBfaYGoyuhJu0O98c0bE1IPLR23wafj86UOM" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="775" data-original-width="525" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjf2H76aVIg78ogN5nFetunxcZ2aTRYGc2i2BeCsan8oYjhKHXquU_1pI4SP1ZyMjlr_F3gb62ySPt0vfr0E1ExtYRCkCZvF54iUogWKZiBODCV3OBWti_gQNsZkv09LA-6RfezgT7sDjffn9mlqmK_XA_qBfaYGoyuhJu0O98c0bE1IPLR23wafj86UOM=s16000" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEixr_HaIUdzIZWXszsi7D6PklsdL0G5hWsTe9sI77GGgiqhhPzCFjb64skzWmjx2rcGGB0H7iQn3_wjAjpmbpn3jSZbU_2MhSpOg8HK2_DKRxyvSwQC4mJ-FncftmMLwLZptRZaIDrpE67t6eKYDKAhfINu5Fx5ZpsfYQXi2su4DUfGJfWTpczfq69Lst8" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="775" data-original-width="525" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEixr_HaIUdzIZWXszsi7D6PklsdL0G5hWsTe9sI77GGgiqhhPzCFjb64skzWmjx2rcGGB0H7iQn3_wjAjpmbpn3jSZbU_2MhSpOg8HK2_DKRxyvSwQC4mJ-FncftmMLwLZptRZaIDrpE67t6eKYDKAhfINu5Fx5ZpsfYQXi2su4DUfGJfWTpczfq69Lst8=s16000" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgVTKSx-zUFx0nAykypyDmTwSOvKVQj5_H1rkrqoBuCV91y2ZK3_yuhU3GzFXraAg5Zi2dQB-DhdX0lf8QZoQYShPV4SgZDfe34BY9fRI-ZKgnqpvU-BYf7RdzXSynWSTBMiwJfhdMqKHEQHuzX4Khew4vrwJnCrIsYHvvgSSPE2JDxfK1TiZPZ8u_pgqs" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="525" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgVTKSx-zUFx0nAykypyDmTwSOvKVQj5_H1rkrqoBuCV91y2ZK3_yuhU3GzFXraAg5Zi2dQB-DhdX0lf8QZoQYShPV4SgZDfe34BY9fRI-ZKgnqpvU-BYf7RdzXSynWSTBMiwJfhdMqKHEQHuzX4Khew4vrwJnCrIsYHvvgSSPE2JDxfK1TiZPZ8u_pgqs=s16000" /></a></div><span style="color: #fcff01; font-weight: bold;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: xx-large;">To Be Concluded, Next Wednesday!</span></div></span></div><p></p><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span>Based on the classic story by Homer, this adaptation, scripted by Bill Mantlo and penciled/inked by Jess Jodloman appeared in </span><b>Marvel Classic Comics</b><span> #18 (1977).</span></span><br /></span></p><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #fcff01; font-size: x-large;">Support Atomic Kommie Comics</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;"><i>Visit </i>Amazon<i> and Buy...</i></span></b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiT7zHOKB7OQftMv-Gltzna0ULSW2RKVKCfw4KNEGpvNYRtp7OnJOE3Li6RP9D6RpCoymnJTHy2ap8nJMvG_n-aZKnprsFpnMp2R2QN7d1gSTzprSvSrt9uY5tNtYzDlVrBgGrYk6ZuynlU-WuCaKkV-iS4dWm6n8R9iLDNqnQYG3AGJuPCV1eND_s1a_0" style="font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="375" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiT7zHOKB7OQftMv-Gltzna0ULSW2RKVKCfw4KNEGpvNYRtp7OnJOE3Li6RP9D6RpCoymnJTHy2ap8nJMvG_n-aZKnprsFpnMp2R2QN7d1gSTzprSvSrt9uY5tNtYzDlVrBgGrYk6ZuynlU-WuCaKkV-iS4dWm6n8R9iLDNqnQYG3AGJuPCV1eND_s1a_0=w400-h640" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><b><div style="text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://amzn.to/4uyJBnv" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Homer's The Odyssey</span></a></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://amzn.to/4uyJBnv" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>Newly-Translated/Annotated/Illustrated</i></span></a></b></div><span><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span>Paid Link</span></b></div></span></b></div>Britt Reidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07245579677452948620noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-589298115621501451.post-36488828763687372382026-06-23T07:00:00.000-04:002026-06-24T10:57:58.138-04:00Reading Room FLASH GORDON COMICS "Stories Behind the Stars"<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #fcff01; font-size: x-large;"><b>This was an ongoing feature about the mythological origins of the constellations...</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiw0jY13HJnGBXxjl3du7lzb4ohKfvgdYn4GSiU4g_5Pk7YG2NFGmnKL0hdKW4ib3r94E1sQssfcnPYNmtj4y32UGVcVicx5ay2_5kgWAbT7hRjSnpfCy7BvijouSufftF7YDPlnSe3tK8/s1600/FlashGordonHarvey2-29.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiw0jY13HJnGBXxjl3du7lzb4ohKfvgdYn4GSiU4g_5Pk7YG2NFGmnKL0hdKW4ib3r94E1sQssfcnPYNmtj4y32UGVcVicx5ay2_5kgWAbT7hRjSnpfCy7BvijouSufftF7YDPlnSe3tK8/s1600/FlashGordonHarvey2-29.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">...which has never been reprinted since its' appearance in <b><i>Harvey's</i> Flash Gordon</b> #2, #3, and #4 (1950).</span></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Ever wonder what the <i>actual</i> legend behind <b>Clash of the Titans</b> was?</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgluV4P_3iuJkvq3UA3GFyNA394MiXkhUzVZyRYEj45Hg1gymEtsN64b9XQ9a7rPzdmxuLY1rNi94h8uJSYiQ6jBhv4XWrtne3LvX6mj4ZyjmR8Ax6CAIcYQXjsTZ4rg5iyo2a4EjKuzO0/s1600/FlashGordonHarvey3-30.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgluV4P_3iuJkvq3UA3GFyNA394MiXkhUzVZyRYEj45Hg1gymEtsN64b9XQ9a7rPzdmxuLY1rNi94h8uJSYiQ6jBhv4XWrtne3LvX6mj4ZyjmR8Ax6CAIcYQXjsTZ4rg5iyo2a4EjKuzO0/s1600/FlashGordonHarvey3-30.jpg" /></a></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">You'll note the "monster" is <i>not</i> the movie's <i>Kraken</i>, which was a mythological <i>Norse</i> creature based on sailors' sightings of huge octopi.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">Ray Harryhausen let his imagination run wild, producing a far more interesting creature than the usual fire-breathing lizard.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="394" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/AEVvCgdRg-I?rel=0&controls=0&showinfo=0" width="525"></iframe><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><div style="text-align: center;">Last, but hardly least, here's a popular mythological creature who's been "retconned" in movies and tv...</div></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhC00dl7N4yIrUf0HDCUlaq966fX05ul8JjCgE5_zykZs5zl3Kk-DvfCqIXFOKQxy78TrjGowLh4LG2IPEPpFr6BE3HnLhzDSxl1nx5CvbdNB6Ac8B1oER_uXr0p6lzq33wwS66iGcqjw/s1600/FlashGordonHarvey4-29.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhC00dl7N4yIrUf0HDCUlaq966fX05ul8JjCgE5_zykZs5zl3Kk-DvfCqIXFOKQxy78TrjGowLh4LG2IPEPpFr6BE3HnLhzDSxl1nx5CvbdNB6Ac8B1oER_uXr0p6lzq33wwS66iGcqjw/s1600/FlashGordonHarvey4-29.jpg" /></a></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">...but this never-reprinted one-pager from <b><i>Harvey's</i> Flash Gordon</b> #4 (1950) gives you the original version of the story!<br />Note, again, Ray Harryhausen presents the (for many of us) definitive cinematic version of the creature, but substituting <i>Jason</i> (the leader of the Argonauts) for <i>Hercules</i>...<br /></span></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" referrerpolicy="strict-origin-when-cross-origin" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/QTeN9vvB2lQ?si=G5sOJeF8zaT8NWHh" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;">All illustrated (and likely written) by by Bob Powell!</span></div></div>Britt Reidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07245579677452948620noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-589298115621501451.post-54376872349359363412026-06-22T07:00:00.000-04:002026-06-22T07:00:00.117-04:00Monday Mecha Madness SPIRIT OF FRANKENSTEIN "A Monster is Born"<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #fcff01; font-family: Black Han Sans; font-size: x-large;">There have been several ongoing series that combined horror and sci-fi...</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-S9GF-shIDkA/Uk1wwrmMYLI/AAAAAAAAkGg/BKA4cYIOldQ/s0/AitU05-11.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-S9GF-shIDkA/Uk1wwrmMYLI/AAAAAAAAkGg/BKA4cYIOldQ/s1600/AitU05-11.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">...such as the strip which premiered with this tale from <b><i>ACG's</i> Adventures into the Unknown!</b> #5 (1949)!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-0qou4i-X0Uk/Uk1wyOJrY4I/AAAAAAAAkGs/-eooOn5WimI/s0/AitU05-12.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-0qou4i-X0Uk/Uk1wyOJrY4I/AAAAAAAAkGs/-eooOn5WimI/s1600/AitU05-12.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ZYaABDApqD4/Uk1wyc-W4FI/AAAAAAAAkGw/7xtTR04B4yw/s0/AitU05-13.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ZYaABDApqD4/Uk1wyc-W4FI/AAAAAAAAkGw/7xtTR04B4yw/s1600/AitU05-13.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-3PwmC65inbw/Uk1wzqwwfUI/AAAAAAAAkG4/xhu27NaEeSI/s0/AitU05-14.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-3PwmC65inbw/Uk1wzqwwfUI/AAAAAAAAkG4/xhu27NaEeSI/s1600/AitU05-14.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ub8VY1PzvuM/Uk1w0k5MNWI/AAAAAAAAkHA/fyp1oSDGICM/s0/AitU05-15.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ub8VY1PzvuM/Uk1w0k5MNWI/AAAAAAAAkHA/fyp1oSDGICM/s1600/AitU05-15.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-4aVJn-okQwI/Uk1w1vtAXVI/AAAAAAAAkHI/yj1qhCr1oco/s0/AitU05-16.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-4aVJn-okQwI/Uk1w1vtAXVI/AAAAAAAAkHI/yj1qhCr1oco/s1600/AitU05-16.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-3FeyDTPDNdk/Uk1w2me_ZsI/AAAAAAAAkHQ/udplcnJhjpQ/s0/AitU05-17.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-3FeyDTPDNdk/Uk1w2me_ZsI/AAAAAAAAkHQ/udplcnJhjpQ/s1600/AitU05-17.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-uTqgHOUpJcc/Uk1w3nRh8uI/AAAAAAAAkHY/jkcCRnqQqBU/s0/AitU05-18.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-uTqgHOUpJcc/Uk1w3nRh8uI/AAAAAAAAkHY/jkcCRnqQqBU/s1600/AitU05-18.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Jif7Q1cj7CA/Uk1w4q96M_I/AAAAAAAAkHg/9TPwslQo2ZA/s0/AitU05-19.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Jif7Q1cj7CA/Uk1w4q96M_I/AAAAAAAAkHg/9TPwslQo2ZA/s1600/AitU05-19.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ymuN8LGqW-I/Uk1w5sl6GZI/AAAAAAAAkHo/pIJdi38J4ms/s0/AitU05-20.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ymuN8LGqW-I/Uk1w5sl6GZI/AAAAAAAAkHo/pIJdi38J4ms/s1600/AitU05-20.jpg" /></a></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">The "monster" here is <b>not</b> <i>Frankenstein's Monster</i>, nor are any of the scientists members of the Frankenstein clan.<br />Though it's defined as a "robot" it appears to be more of an android!<br />But, if the strip's creators say it's a robot, that's good enough for me!</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">Writer Richard Hughes and artist Charles Sultan invoked the "spirit" of the Frankenstein Monster Monster concept with a creation run amok and ran amuck with it for several issues from #5 to #16.<b><i><br /></i></b></span><div style="text-align: center;"><b><i><span style="font-size: x-large;">Rest assured it'll be back...</span></i></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b><span style="color: #fcff01;">Support Atomic Kommie Comics</span><br /><i>Visit </i>Amazon<i> and Buy...</i></b></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj13HiKmhnY34ofBopPcQjnfkAPEeP1wnOHj0Of5VQd8TbqnT3ff-IgFnfUsu3UFn1uR9D0NSJ3P9vAEOBksaLt6P-gKAD_8U-ZUXyVrgM2IV6-qF-k_LlT6MX9yZZvOG8k3Hb1RNJCBxDxfnrkAN3qyFLs_vrFb-hRg2x-tbMoG54pZ-jnwSMRaB91nso" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="936" data-original-width="648" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj13HiKmhnY34ofBopPcQjnfkAPEeP1wnOHj0Of5VQd8TbqnT3ff-IgFnfUsu3UFn1uR9D0NSJ3P9vAEOBksaLt6P-gKAD_8U-ZUXyVrgM2IV6-qF-k_LlT6MX9yZZvOG8k3Hb1RNJCBxDxfnrkAN3qyFLs_vrFb-hRg2x-tbMoG54pZ-jnwSMRaB91nso=w443-h640" width="443" /></a></div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b><a href="https://amzn.to/4fU402N" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Adventures Into the Unknown!<br />Volume 1</a></b></span><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">Paid Link</span></div></div>Britt Reidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07245579677452948620noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-589298115621501451.post-5805039552122959782026-06-21T07:00:00.000-04:002026-06-21T07:00:00.117-04:00Happy Father's Day...<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj401B0WWWYJ7It9n4HjE3OQwNyDnBLZDBdTrwTSXNtp5uwN_fQohkPeQKl6QFcgflcouNKmYBEXTq8fLsoHnLoe-312gkg0GRJc8EEQ1xzswvDgbxhMnueoYaJa4i_5JJchWuub8-oigg/s0/darthva1.rgb.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj401B0WWWYJ7It9n4HjE3OQwNyDnBLZDBdTrwTSXNtp5uwN_fQohkPeQKl6QFcgflcouNKmYBEXTq8fLsoHnLoe-312gkg0GRJc8EEQ1xzswvDgbxhMnueoYaJa4i_5JJchWuub8-oigg/w423-h640/darthva1.rgb.jpg" width="423" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption">Art by Al Williamson and Carlos Garzon</td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: center;"><i><b><span style="color: #fcff01; font-size: x-large;">..or else!</span></b></i></div>Britt Reidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07245579677452948620noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-589298115621501451.post-45878777069520792732026-06-20T07:00:00.000-04:002026-06-20T07:00:00.112-04:00Best of Space Force Saturdays MARS COMPANY in "Winner"<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #fcff01; font-size: x-large;"><b>In the early 1970s, <i>DC</i> experimented with pulp-style illustrated prose tales...</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqyRLzbNtRgwFtJSiMAcn3Lp48tg1OCpsMPC1rCT9MDSTtox73YeDXtOmvwE1TjCMggYPPBekksoHARBNykVJLAbwAWcGz1K4ptZiU72fGoeQUQmSd9bAR7y6OjExZMIFZ-c2O_dbE8gE/s1600/StrangeAdventures227-32.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="801" data-original-width="1100" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqyRLzbNtRgwFtJSiMAcn3Lp48tg1OCpsMPC1rCT9MDSTtox73YeDXtOmvwE1TjCMggYPPBekksoHARBNykVJLAbwAWcGz1K4ptZiU72fGoeQUQmSd9bAR7y6OjExZMIFZ-c2O_dbE8gE/s1600/StrangeAdventures227-32.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">...in genre (sci-fi, horror, western, and romance) titles!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKWZKL90zb2h2Hj6ynfGSJQ6tP2xx9XSKyGm5_3riuw73Lv9fLDQtyfFm_8Tr98SHkOFxuK4HpbCRMeii54aSFG4Ypl3fFof9PglGJP_qF5qv-Y62xhuLjLEo9Ulh2w4zOmqZ3695Rflc/s1600/StrangeAdventures227-34.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="550" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKWZKL90zb2h2Hj6ynfGSJQ6tP2xx9XSKyGm5_3riuw73Lv9fLDQtyfFm_8Tr98SHkOFxuK4HpbCRMeii54aSFG4Ypl3fFof9PglGJP_qF5qv-Y62xhuLjLEo9Ulh2w4zOmqZ3695Rflc/s1600/StrangeAdventures227-34.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLPV8_60J6zYoC91NpnoYXXvK0AS7PeApBBHTRsAYrl9UkldU4RZSxRF5Nk5mOqLA9526LGmjNXEW-BFPRzM5n1lvIhh0i6hP4eTY3FUtgkM27KmTApGM6lE8RHJIsi_lDGyxhiufGxXs/s1600/StrangeAdventures227-35.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="550" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLPV8_60J6zYoC91NpnoYXXvK0AS7PeApBBHTRsAYrl9UkldU4RZSxRF5Nk5mOqLA9526LGmjNXEW-BFPRzM5n1lvIhh0i6hP4eTY3FUtgkM27KmTApGM6lE8RHJIsi_lDGyxhiufGxXs/s1600/StrangeAdventures227-35.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6XCDsquU8JjJfszEvHk8Bmlw8MaZRhW14PC_IFJNIl0Queh0oRsZIKs9O_FUBpppPu6NyjowV-xBAHFFgRi4ySf8r-E9UJybSVutU8Cq1UM_2pH3vHw_pVlIe12VOhHHJgiu2hpDlBy0/s1600/StrangeAdventures227-36.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="550" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6XCDsquU8JjJfszEvHk8Bmlw8MaZRhW14PC_IFJNIl0Queh0oRsZIKs9O_FUBpppPu6NyjowV-xBAHFFgRi4ySf8r-E9UJybSVutU8Cq1UM_2pH3vHw_pVlIe12VOhHHJgiu2hpDlBy0/s1600/StrangeAdventures227-36.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZuKOzr6-t-XMi5uYMLfSfYERHOHoZ-U1A8qaBPT9k31vcF0YpTrQgPuzwInGdTiZF3qQENRmA1dC1C0p6nrMlomGfoAJQMY_rr2XBXYgUXiSrxA0JkQzgNwLqmU6LllgbYgw0yMAQPSU/s1600/StrangeAdventures227-37.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="810" data-original-width="550" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZuKOzr6-t-XMi5uYMLfSfYERHOHoZ-U1A8qaBPT9k31vcF0YpTrQgPuzwInGdTiZF3qQENRmA1dC1C0p6nrMlomGfoAJQMY_rr2XBXYgUXiSrxA0JkQzgNwLqmU6LllgbYgw0yMAQPSU/s1600/StrangeAdventures227-37.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Written by Denny O'Neil, and rendered in retro 1950s <b>Buck Rogers</b> style...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiohUgkvRwmwaDW9fTfAie-eeE53iRSqjuDg3fuSQR4Eod615odb_k21MPb7SPNkPaWGa5xVl9UY4cI7Mpq9UsHut0HN7LsGFs8cAjsvFzWo6Ttd8P4nnTe1Dwxy9rax8422QX0WAAzonZo/s1600/AndersonBuckRogers.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="805" data-original-width="500" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiohUgkvRwmwaDW9fTfAie-eeE53iRSqjuDg3fuSQR4Eod615odb_k21MPb7SPNkPaWGa5xVl9UY4cI7Mpq9UsHut0HN7LsGFs8cAjsvFzWo6Ttd8P4nnTe1Dwxy9rax8422QX0WAAzonZo/s640/AndersonBuckRogers.jpg" width="396" /></a></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">...by Murphy Anderson, this never-reprinted text feature from <b><i>DC's </i>Strange Adventures</b> #227 (1971) seems more a tribute to classic 1940s-50s "hard" sci-fi pulps instead of a then-current "new wave" science fiction tale!<br />Since it featured the last story about Earth's interplanetary fighting force, <i>Mars Company</i>, we felt it would be the perfect "capper" to the <b>SpaceBusters</b> saga, <a href="https://warpastpresentfuture.blogspot.com/search/label/SBMA" target="_blank">which Murphy re-conceived just before its' cancellation!</a></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">Murphy seemed to be <b><i>DC's</i></b> "go-to" guy when they needed retro-style material in the 1960s-70s!</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">He was the artist for Silver Age revival try-outs of Golden Age characters in <b>Brave & Bold</b> (<i><b>Starman & Black Canary</b></i>) and <b>Showcase</b> (<b><i>Dr Fate & HourMan</i></b> and <b><i>The Spectre</i></b>), as well as the first few issues of <b>The Spectre's</b> own Silver Age title!</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">Anderson was also the initial artist on <i><b>DC's</b></i> Bronze Age version of Edgar Rice Burroughs' <b><i>John Carter of Mars</i></b>, as well as filing-in where needed on other Burroughs strips including <b><i>Korak</i></b> and <b><i>Beyond the Farthest Star!</i></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: yellow;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>Support Atomic Kommie Comics</b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>Visit </b></span></i><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>Amazon</b></span><i><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b> and Buy...</b></span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/61gjRiftsmL._SL500_.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="353" src="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/61gjRiftsmL._SL500_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://amzn.to/2y0Ymae" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>Mysteries in Space</b></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://amzn.to/2y0Ymae" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><i>The Best of DC Science Fiction Comics</i></b></span></a><br /><b>Paid Link</b></div>Britt Reidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07245579677452948620noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-589298115621501451.post-23899821331123950082026-06-19T07:00:00.000-04:002026-06-19T19:30:20.311-04:00Friday Fun FAST WILLIE JACKSON "Jabar in 'No Way Out' "<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #fcff01; font-size: x-large;"><b>In the 1970s, there was an <i>Archie</i>-style comic aimed at Black audiences...</b></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCiqIdudaT4ilSFOrLQNGVAxrR1zPyK96FWEW0LyDz0yNKjQta-TYaqoRQqqgfhRaBYE7KjQIEHM0I2Z8NMtsKOoaPgapHxxYnMrQ45794Ri8H9qR3TcnHD-yuu4yUJF1lYxjwiNDEVFE/s1600/FastWillieJackson2_15.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="825" data-original-width="550" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCiqIdudaT4ilSFOrLQNGVAxrR1zPyK96FWEW0LyDz0yNKjQta-TYaqoRQqqgfhRaBYE7KjQIEHM0I2Z8NMtsKOoaPgapHxxYnMrQ45794Ri8H9qR3TcnHD-yuu4yUJF1lYxjwiNDEVFE/s1600/FastWillieJackson2_15.jpg" /></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;">...from the publishers of the <b>Golden Legacy</b> series which featured factual stories about Black historical figures!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwm-lw9m0LoBI801qPmkzYDkD0NDYtfEQWZL-AJGp0_DPnJ6g0z4ly_6nYazHar5bpUKvPRiW9dn5JlEd0r803jd9tWYCXAFCG34pE8y8WmGqovS7vakQVs2y0xxcg1Eu4OulAjOvBObo/s1600/FastWillieJackson2_16.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="825" data-original-width="550" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwm-lw9m0LoBI801qPmkzYDkD0NDYtfEQWZL-AJGp0_DPnJ6g0z4ly_6nYazHar5bpUKvPRiW9dn5JlEd0r803jd9tWYCXAFCG34pE8y8WmGqovS7vakQVs2y0xxcg1Eu4OulAjOvBObo/s1600/FastWillieJackson2_16.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgI_k4tuWk7Face-O0Q5iyCi5fRxgFr_egd8By83xirbHzhyphenhyphenvZC55r0pexYfcczVmGpQBs1n-AOkJyJjRD6x1UM_R2HgLWQHzRT1crYu8tCQJBspbCXbNd7T30MseuWLKjphKXNAynKWVA/s1600/FastWillieJackson2_17.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="825" data-original-width="550" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgI_k4tuWk7Face-O0Q5iyCi5fRxgFr_egd8By83xirbHzhyphenhyphenvZC55r0pexYfcczVmGpQBs1n-AOkJyJjRD6x1UM_R2HgLWQHzRT1crYu8tCQJBspbCXbNd7T30MseuWLKjphKXNAynKWVA/s1600/FastWillieJackson2_17.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfS9EXLeh2fLJupk6glIfeJ_DdCpd5TCHaQ4LjVtmyo9c7Ke03NV3D2Wj_U4kw27gA3sSLqYlOODohMLbMEgdeDGU8uPbX4ccdyJ4pEb6S8fGle3RXZ5VLA5l7g3YtsLSa49dBSBl5NCE/s1600/FastWillieJackson2_18.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="825" data-original-width="550" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfS9EXLeh2fLJupk6glIfeJ_DdCpd5TCHaQ4LjVtmyo9c7Ke03NV3D2Wj_U4kw27gA3sSLqYlOODohMLbMEgdeDGU8uPbX4ccdyJ4pEb6S8fGle3RXZ5VLA5l7g3YtsLSa49dBSBl5NCE/s1600/FastWillieJackson2_18.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSCEBcA9PkY-HHf0y7ot3GhDSRSQsiaXikaIjPbLWP4LiqlOIGYgC_85NYzDjX3AVv2ZiFOivdMlp1YkurAXsAJGpzy4GFzk8Ed4Gak0-Zr2TWjSnbbOCqjAK3t8zWYmqKgTaj2nBg4e0/s1600/FastWillieJackson2_19.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="825" data-original-width="550" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSCEBcA9PkY-HHf0y7ot3GhDSRSQsiaXikaIjPbLWP4LiqlOIGYgC_85NYzDjX3AVv2ZiFOivdMlp1YkurAXsAJGpzy4GFzk8Ed4Gak0-Zr2TWjSnbbOCqjAK3t8zWYmqKgTaj2nBg4e0/s1600/FastWillieJackson2_19.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Though it <i>looks</i> like it, <b>Fast Willie Jackson</b> was <i>not</i> published by <i><b>Archie Comics</b></i>, but by Black-owned publisher <i><b>Fitzgerald Publications</b></i> who had previously published the <b>Golden Legacy</b> non-fiction comic series about Black history.</span></div><div style="text-align: start;"><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>Fast Willie</b> was their entry into the mass-market comics market.</span></div></div><div style="text-align: start;"><div><span style="font-size: medium;">Though not <b><i>Comics Code</i></b>-approved, it received newsstand distribution, and sales were climbing for each successive issue.</span></div></div><div style="text-align: start;"><div><span style="font-size: medium;">Unfortunately, it reached break-even only with the seventh (and final) issue, when other matters caused <i><b>Fitzgerald Publications</b></i> to cease producing new material for an extended period. <br />When <b><i>Fitzgerald</i></b> briefly resumed publishing, <b>Fast Willie</b> was not among the titles.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">Written by publisher/editor Bertram Fitzgerald, illustrated by "Gus LeMoine".</span></div></div><b><span style="color: yellow; font-size: x-large;">Support Atomic Kommie Comics!</span></b><br /><b><span style="font-size: x-large;"><i>Visit </i>Amazon<i> and Order...</i></span></b><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/51lN6vdlXDL.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="333" height="640" src="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/51lN6vdlXDL.jpg" width="426" /></a><br /><a href="https://amzn.to/39aJYf5" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Black Comics</span></b></a></div><a href="https://amzn.to/39aJYf5" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><i><b><span style="font-size: large;">Politics of Race and Representation</span></b></i></a><br /><b>Paid Link</b></div>Britt Reidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07245579677452948620noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-589298115621501451.post-81972798080098541392026-06-18T07:00:00.000-04:002026-06-18T07:00:00.119-04:00Happy Birthday to Me!<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #fcff01; font-size: x-large;"><b>Taking the day off to celebrate...</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTrptwUE1GqZ8UXQZ7GiMm4dQZCJ_D6nBkvr0biG6O0hemMFU7Y_5WsEquvcPYrL0twTSnFKSyf_KQItp4GIJALDQbUTO94rH8NggbR4ZJIVgwvoLgDUJwOHp0KEt8u7aER0ZkuIGRfG1q/s0/SuperBirthday.gif" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTrptwUE1GqZ8UXQZ7GiMm4dQZCJ_D6nBkvr0biG6O0hemMFU7Y_5WsEquvcPYrL0twTSnFKSyf_KQItp4GIJALDQbUTO94rH8NggbR4ZJIVgwvoLgDUJwOHp0KEt8u7aER0ZkuIGRfG1q/w318-h640/SuperBirthday.gif" width="318" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">...by going to a steakhouse I've never been to!</span><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><span style="color: #ffa400;"><br /></span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><i><span style="color: #fcff01;"><b>See you tomorrow...</b></span></i></span></div></div>Britt Reidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07245579677452948620noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-589298115621501451.post-31453684385480235892026-06-17T07:00:00.000-04:002026-06-24T12:49:30.597-04:00Wednesday Worlds of Wonder THE ODYSSEY "Part 2"<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://atocom.blogspot.com/2026/07/wednesday-worlds-of-wonder-odyssey-part1.html" target="_blank"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">When Last We Left <i>Odysseus</i> and His Crew...</span></b></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiv9yIzUTmvoF3E3w9UO-OXjM_coIEAQ3kaXW0dbGyCm_WnUzWPo_khU9GiRxToYcca-Rgk4Ig8bBr5tPWymbGx8GEhw_wDcaSrIAwYhMg__lhZAHfzgIDFbAt0LQrqZw02jHSHNmYOtXs1Ipj29u2xPVBN0jurMNRmx0wm25YzGEvTQVzgobtE0fAOW3M/s800/classics_18_13.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="525" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiv9yIzUTmvoF3E3w9UO-OXjM_coIEAQ3kaXW0dbGyCm_WnUzWPo_khU9GiRxToYcca-Rgk4Ig8bBr5tPWymbGx8GEhw_wDcaSrIAwYhMg__lhZAHfzgIDFbAt0LQrqZw02jHSHNmYOtXs1Ipj29u2xPVBN0jurMNRmx0wm25YzGEvTQVzgobtE0fAOW3M/s16000/classics_18_13.jpg" /></a><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">...heading home to Ithica after the sacking of Troy, they barely survived an encounter with the giant cyclops </span><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>Polyphemus</i>...who was also a son of <i>Poseidon</i>, God of the oceans!<br />But greater terrors await the hapless Greeks...</span><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj6EHio1HKVlfrsKRzzhPULtzp7hromP21h6BP6dF5Y_Renl3Zv8x_yGn-7szRcY-rxvjkX08ng_reig9L4-5MQRzEhOeJkexD1ijuHHnmPMSODqJzudYsYK0HB9NjtgEXC7Wq8N5CVdCtbX5q_WCZ6lIoJGW_wta6dE4glP7O5GQe6VkP8wPeNYOBKIB4" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="1050" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj6EHio1HKVlfrsKRzzhPULtzp7hromP21h6BP6dF5Y_Renl3Zv8x_yGn-7szRcY-rxvjkX08ng_reig9L4-5MQRzEhOeJkexD1ijuHHnmPMSODqJzudYsYK0HB9NjtgEXC7Wq8N5CVdCtbX5q_WCZ6lIoJGW_wta6dE4glP7O5GQe6VkP8wPeNYOBKIB4=s16000" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhtNJe4-LjoG7hBaxnP8SoUGnrVqIskKjsQNv2JRVmRKajVorvxRueBXa8QyDn3u4HUFHGIWAtnlcTy4ciAUUT6eRzt_ib1wTYsrBODttwS8H-spyfAqr6tdg1nJKPq6ojxWXgxqkc8VppE4_MDBgUuSEqu0vd7Bo17vTJ6g_5SOd2Q2tE-dhTuS8kW1Y4" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="525" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhtNJe4-LjoG7hBaxnP8SoUGnrVqIskKjsQNv2JRVmRKajVorvxRueBXa8QyDn3u4HUFHGIWAtnlcTy4ciAUUT6eRzt_ib1wTYsrBODttwS8H-spyfAqr6tdg1nJKPq6ojxWXgxqkc8VppE4_MDBgUuSEqu0vd7Bo17vTJ6g_5SOd2Q2tE-dhTuS8kW1Y4=s16000" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhxwoGiaSzEvshLnDukYbGzRuJVbQT24YHyJKjrbKwoqmsT1sxlZoFJCfTOsNqDgk-wfrfQ-Q9QBakzGsHZSJt1RQcmKNwsxsn4fS8k1QQJ-Q10ozTiUHjhhh0ZBBoWLS1Ff4kTuV4KxN3EvD_uHf4ZeJfkvq4YvsteVMWHAqa-KvfRu89FgStkB7GzSbc" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="525" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhxwoGiaSzEvshLnDukYbGzRuJVbQT24YHyJKjrbKwoqmsT1sxlZoFJCfTOsNqDgk-wfrfQ-Q9QBakzGsHZSJt1RQcmKNwsxsn4fS8k1QQJ-Q10ozTiUHjhhh0ZBBoWLS1Ff4kTuV4KxN3EvD_uHf4ZeJfkvq4YvsteVMWHAqa-KvfRu89FgStkB7GzSbc=s16000" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjCazWMHI7lRJJxJZkQUTY8_JoKWEMCJV5Ite5ug2XEa_UxSMy1daYpN12kA2oek3TttKFbGK6No723LkXdix-9DOcBzil81G2TZr28SBiOZRPcEvMPTvMRgmzuIAY83KKhm9kcqhhcjNmM5O00FSMZlnSuNLFd1nDYw0m24W5Fot5xVzy5lu_l3jkDrq4" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="525" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjCazWMHI7lRJJxJZkQUTY8_JoKWEMCJV5Ite5ug2XEa_UxSMy1daYpN12kA2oek3TttKFbGK6No723LkXdix-9DOcBzil81G2TZr28SBiOZRPcEvMPTvMRgmzuIAY83KKhm9kcqhhcjNmM5O00FSMZlnSuNLFd1nDYw0m24W5Fot5xVzy5lu_l3jkDrq4=s16000" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhqcnlemeASMYwfXyow83KwJslPXV983Uy_6-UpFIRx6KF2u77xlWyPjiTz5HFWmfNDenwnXDmY1CJQZ7Sya0h2EoozUS12ii3f2i_fRTk6KwyC7pCSvu_TKYDDbNI8Z9RoEKckKsxuqDCgc5Ul6j6w7gTINihTwQMyoeFPBGGFGNuezpfc3QWwJPZ2-XA" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="525" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhqcnlemeASMYwfXyow83KwJslPXV983Uy_6-UpFIRx6KF2u77xlWyPjiTz5HFWmfNDenwnXDmY1CJQZ7Sya0h2EoozUS12ii3f2i_fRTk6KwyC7pCSvu_TKYDDbNI8Z9RoEKckKsxuqDCgc5Ul6j6w7gTINihTwQMyoeFPBGGFGNuezpfc3QWwJPZ2-XA=s16000" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjQjmqUJBIrr4f9IodxkAoNDR-JOe4NCtInXBCGEcchTZ2D8qyiCfjrY539xTzGBARPgY8uWBn8irxdXzh-0ozPdXJJ6Ap6gHj6DHYGHSLJWbqZdTdeV6-jybuIGXOJMYLKVmSf7mBREHftDJlTuBk_UWqki0rhNxGe0WLdSJxXa0w4DZCVQ3lIDoT4t2c" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="525" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjQjmqUJBIrr4f9IodxkAoNDR-JOe4NCtInXBCGEcchTZ2D8qyiCfjrY539xTzGBARPgY8uWBn8irxdXzh-0ozPdXJJ6Ap6gHj6DHYGHSLJWbqZdTdeV6-jybuIGXOJMYLKVmSf7mBREHftDJlTuBk_UWqki0rhNxGe0WLdSJxXa0w4DZCVQ3lIDoT4t2c=s16000" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEikuTsGdtsBb6Gyh7i0bPlu1N47QZIVhjChe1I8vVDSBbTgHjEmWZHLNdLx9mrHjuajm_lTP2L6ylf0lgLyvqXOw1y6vl0URGUZzpplzIZ6AXvhgk-8US5vOQslw_ZykINb5Sa3jl5sxDAeIrJpVQly4bpaIKE24u0spCWuwz2Zc3oaFZ24w9dLouULJCk" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="525" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEikuTsGdtsBb6Gyh7i0bPlu1N47QZIVhjChe1I8vVDSBbTgHjEmWZHLNdLx9mrHjuajm_lTP2L6ylf0lgLyvqXOw1y6vl0URGUZzpplzIZ6AXvhgk-8US5vOQslw_ZykINb5Sa3jl5sxDAeIrJpVQly4bpaIKE24u0spCWuwz2Zc3oaFZ24w9dLouULJCk=s16000" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEitxi3aeICP67jN9KRH91kJ_Q4UQbk7giedD5TJrc9T4YQTLjvZDYwT63VxgOAVn2Dj5F7KkYu1rzBKds2GA2MjDJ_xjJJ1rONTMJe95SKPSE-G57L3XJw5cf7lC2lfJitJYCJLBsSS5QNHKbJMCZIZwRCfcz_AAwZ2raG_nCwW_cR_uM_2Z6-_5Vd_QKU" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="525" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEitxi3aeICP67jN9KRH91kJ_Q4UQbk7giedD5TJrc9T4YQTLjvZDYwT63VxgOAVn2Dj5F7KkYu1rzBKds2GA2MjDJ_xjJJ1rONTMJe95SKPSE-G57L3XJw5cf7lC2lfJitJYCJLBsSS5QNHKbJMCZIZwRCfcz_AAwZ2raG_nCwW_cR_uM_2Z6-_5Vd_QKU=s16000" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjOfi3d2SaF1SY3Z2uKKKVMcDUkZIIHWb384olQu0LfUXlCf98--LpZFjHgEfl38M6FhA5dugW3BaGAEVGXMU0anhJRyr3sDRjj2XPZAToODD7ssYuq42k43_1s1ccM-8IYtfe8naD2HambVdgFsnRjDKU6rL_r1OLx8fI5BLJnPPeYG5LKZj_7VFx6HPo" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="525" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjOfi3d2SaF1SY3Z2uKKKVMcDUkZIIHWb384olQu0LfUXlCf98--LpZFjHgEfl38M6FhA5dugW3BaGAEVGXMU0anhJRyr3sDRjj2XPZAToODD7ssYuq42k43_1s1ccM-8IYtfe8naD2HambVdgFsnRjDKU6rL_r1OLx8fI5BLJnPPeYG5LKZj_7VFx6HPo=s16000" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgHKKtns0zkTboe9cHLbSRo02LZg0tblRFu6_90GLwvQoEPkwnG_JqlhGjwRNjFAULXJPXHcCan8MbFDCM6GiGqy-styGmb2GHHso7DqDB3FhE1nh30wvu1vE2T9kBtdPO4POXU8uHZxqo7rLbpOwAIMAzFaQ8RRnokc4f5mPlAVfnUmqDomSXxuOGx0C4" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="525" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgHKKtns0zkTboe9cHLbSRo02LZg0tblRFu6_90GLwvQoEPkwnG_JqlhGjwRNjFAULXJPXHcCan8MbFDCM6GiGqy-styGmb2GHHso7DqDB3FhE1nh30wvu1vE2T9kBtdPO4POXU8uHZxqo7rLbpOwAIMAzFaQ8RRnokc4f5mPlAVfnUmqDomSXxuOGx0C4=s16000" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgQBZGb8XMgyTfObcWxu1QddIrWl0FfzR8O-0VmIetUQAI99zimtEc-uJik03-Bf_4bjgChkQFyJl__ecYyiJL7W-JEt2omBG03BmnaSNLasGtx_71m40fzW2OgkU7VFfkdQSE0QB_7oPcaUaqif2HiiBvShv7cR59NgJ_uLcpEZmuHoRbH0sUsVnc3dA0" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="525" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgQBZGb8XMgyTfObcWxu1QddIrWl0FfzR8O-0VmIetUQAI99zimtEc-uJik03-Bf_4bjgChkQFyJl__ecYyiJL7W-JEt2omBG03BmnaSNLasGtx_71m40fzW2OgkU7VFfkdQSE0QB_7oPcaUaqif2HiiBvShv7cR59NgJ_uLcpEZmuHoRbH0sUsVnc3dA0=s16000" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhPtC0hlHF-sm6NlC8Rc7bL-687A3HfljIbxN5x7UTi1g7sGnBvqs4AIV93K6WZNsPX1xPdIZCIEbvWXY2mQsgjWpxmsMLSMHIElFJtl_bL48uLDwprD2dwyABSmXMQ36jmwI41OsOt0L7IJi6Kc771n8j1vd4fQBfTwHixtdllFnC4-2TCYhBrmGLYM1I" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="525" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhPtC0hlHF-sm6NlC8Rc7bL-687A3HfljIbxN5x7UTi1g7sGnBvqs4AIV93K6WZNsPX1xPdIZCIEbvWXY2mQsgjWpxmsMLSMHIElFJtl_bL48uLDwprD2dwyABSmXMQ36jmwI41OsOt0L7IJi6Kc771n8j1vd4fQBfTwHixtdllFnC4-2TCYhBrmGLYM1I=s16000" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhDEnI5WWO4xi0fHOp2alXvTf2KnXMYNAv0MGeyRRwGUyUJFVgrTuRxBEfiAhRVJWvWjK67qM_Jg2uyBmw0zPQM_gQfvRP1-BlNJwHyAQbnW6shF75a1xUSrIFGbE4426VvQnSoov1EnYAFnmS5spnXY8YBJ7TYCBhpLhS5HHuMw1bYXy3og52H6K8EjjE" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="525" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhDEnI5WWO4xi0fHOp2alXvTf2KnXMYNAv0MGeyRRwGUyUJFVgrTuRxBEfiAhRVJWvWjK67qM_Jg2uyBmw0zPQM_gQfvRP1-BlNJwHyAQbnW6shF75a1xUSrIFGbE4426VvQnSoov1EnYAFnmS5spnXY8YBJ7TYCBhpLhS5HHuMw1bYXy3og52H6K8EjjE=s16000" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhpP7y3AllmrfXGJav2GF5_q3ufQK1j2p9Y7d2Zh4I8BLZ410ro8ov4A7yMO2sDMUpgBWrB_37w2RAZGObgcaRxJBkNgRLa4bDhxE9i8t1oFvfDJO_f4coudvBXUgkqIlq0k-GL0xRHoQpFV-NOUF6m-j2540AL8OV_d9rZq_0ew7MFSmDrY_F5-YCG_84" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="525" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhpP7y3AllmrfXGJav2GF5_q3ufQK1j2p9Y7d2Zh4I8BLZ410ro8ov4A7yMO2sDMUpgBWrB_37w2RAZGObgcaRxJBkNgRLa4bDhxE9i8t1oFvfDJO_f4coudvBXUgkqIlq0k-GL0xRHoQpFV-NOUF6m-j2540AL8OV_d9rZq_0ew7MFSmDrY_F5-YCG_84=s16000" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh0ptp24CuwZjHTS9MGRDIHW-RsZRsmL6IxEjpjWpk8_jZOWnBIZbVKoy3-kLsyz_8NcjqatLsLIgIup5MR9C1kytPuaNWF-zKnvLGLiRxqEHAx1MmugGJk9gcSTpBPAEyctjUxoDwXKTOj2w0m3CcVk0b19RUrBwzNFbrHENQTF-oFOcaoUHLJQDsME5Q" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="525" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh0ptp24CuwZjHTS9MGRDIHW-RsZRsmL6IxEjpjWpk8_jZOWnBIZbVKoy3-kLsyz_8NcjqatLsLIgIup5MR9C1kytPuaNWF-zKnvLGLiRxqEHAx1MmugGJk9gcSTpBPAEyctjUxoDwXKTOj2w0m3CcVk0b19RUrBwzNFbrHENQTF-oFOcaoUHLJQDsME5Q=s16000" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhZvGC_Qo3Vd_ENNctzmubfBtJAXcOmcN2PuMUVBZYWaWrmeOZr8jOEfjBw2ysyDUDArvRyw2qiHZ2Mp951AAXl7NiQbzreC8af7DO5s-Q6J63b_acNedY6PUKMtwSrEjPRdYNyhspn2VoO6z8VTPTCZWu7Eqwb3Haaa--6eIx6j3wLIL6gFfmZyIjJ09I" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="525" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhZvGC_Qo3Vd_ENNctzmubfBtJAXcOmcN2PuMUVBZYWaWrmeOZr8jOEfjBw2ysyDUDArvRyw2qiHZ2Mp951AAXl7NiQbzreC8af7DO5s-Q6J63b_acNedY6PUKMtwSrEjPRdYNyhspn2VoO6z8VTPTCZWu7Eqwb3Haaa--6eIx6j3wLIL6gFfmZyIjJ09I=s16000" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #fcff01; font-size: x-large; font-weight: bold;">To Be Continued, Next Wednesday!</span></div><p></p><span style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Based on the classic story by Homer, this adaptation, scripted by Bill Mantlo and penciled/inked by Jess Jodloman appeared in </span><b style="font-size: large;">Marvel Classic Comics</b><span style="font-size: medium;"> #18 (1977).</span><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><b style="font-size: xx-large;"><span style="color: #fcff01;">Support Atomic Kommie Comics</span></b></div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><div style="text-align: center;"><b><i>Visit </i>Amazon<i> and Buy...</i></b></div></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiT7zHOKB7OQftMv-Gltzna0ULSW2RKVKCfw4KNEGpvNYRtp7OnJOE3Li6RP9D6RpCoymnJTHy2ap8nJMvG_n-aZKnprsFpnMp2R2QN7d1gSTzprSvSrt9uY5tNtYzDlVrBgGrYk6ZuynlU-WuCaKkV-iS4dWm6n8R9iLDNqnQYG3AGJuPCV1eND_s1a_0" style="font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="375" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiT7zHOKB7OQftMv-Gltzna0ULSW2RKVKCfw4KNEGpvNYRtp7OnJOE3Li6RP9D6RpCoymnJTHy2ap8nJMvG_n-aZKnprsFpnMp2R2QN7d1gSTzprSvSrt9uY5tNtYzDlVrBgGrYk6ZuynlU-WuCaKkV-iS4dWm6n8R9iLDNqnQYG3AGJuPCV1eND_s1a_0=w400-h640" width="400" /></a></div><b><div style="text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://amzn.to/4uyJBnv" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Homer's The Odyssey</span></a></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://amzn.to/4uyJBnv" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>Newly-Translated/Annotated/Illustrated</i></span></a></b></div><span><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span>Paid Link</span></b></div></span></b></div></span>Britt Reidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07245579677452948620noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-589298115621501451.post-77030476211479672592026-06-16T07:00:00.000-04:002026-06-16T23:51:09.486-04:00Reading Room: GREEN PLANET "Empty Earth"<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #fcff01; font-size: x-large;"><b>Ever Feel Like Staying in Bed and Pulling the Covers Over Your Head?</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-OvCEA3pN7uA/Trn0HVGK0XI/AAAAAAAAJB8/Xxl3tzlfOjs/s0/GreenPlanet032.jpg"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-OvCEA3pN7uA/Trn0HVGK0XI/AAAAAAAAJB8/Xxl3tzlfOjs/s1600/GreenPlanet032.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Here's a tale about an entire planet tha felt that way, from the one-shot <b>Green Planet</b>, published by <b><i>Charlton Comics</i></b> in 1962.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-CdFkXZ2Nov4/Trn0G_vbcmI/AAAAAAAAJB4/LCNKoB3-H70/s0/GreenPlanet033.jpg"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-CdFkXZ2Nov4/Trn0G_vbcmI/AAAAAAAAJB4/LCNKoB3-H70/s1600/GreenPlanet033.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-8Yj1eTvcc_k/Trn0IPWqjtI/AAAAAAAAJB0/9TEg5x8kFO8/s0/GreenPlanet034.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-8Yj1eTvcc_k/Trn0IPWqjtI/AAAAAAAAJB0/9TEg5x8kFO8/s1600/GreenPlanet034.jpg" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">This backup tale, unrelated to the title story, was written by Joe Gill, penciled by Dick Giordano, and inked by Vince Coletta.</span></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>Green Planet</b> was a very odd comic...</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">1) The title story was actually an adaptation of a then-current sci-fi novel by J Hunter Holly, but, oddly, there's no mention of that fact <i>anywhere</i> in the comic!</span></div><div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">2) There's </span><i style="font-size: large;">no</i><span style="font-size: medium;"> numbering on the comic (it's indicia lists it as a quarterly book) and </span><i style="font-size: large;">no</i><span style="font-size: medium;"> copyright notice listing either </span><b style="font-size: large;"><i>Charlton</i></b><span style="font-size: medium;"> or novel author Holly!</span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">We presented the main feature a couple of years ago, </span><b><a href="https://atocom.blogspot.com/2023/01/reading-room-green-planet-part-1.html" target="_blank">HERE</a></b><span style="font-size: medium;"> and </span><b><a href="https://atocom.blogspot.com/2023/01/blog-post.html" target="_blank">HERE</a></b><span style="font-size: medium;">!</span></div></span><div style="text-align: center;"><b style="font-size: xx-large;"><span style="color: yellow;">Support Atomic Kommie Comics!</span></b></div><span style="font-size: x-large; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><i><span><b>Visit </b></span></i><span><b>Amazon</b></span><i><span><b> and Buy...</b></span></i></span><a href="https://amzn.to/2thwpaK" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="589" height="640" src="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/91oICZs-HvL.jpg" width="470" /></a></div></span><b style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://amzn.to/2thwpaK" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Science Fiction Comics</span></a></b></div></b><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://amzn.to/2thwpaK" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><b>Taylor History of Comics</b></i></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://amzn.to/2thwpaK" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><b>Vol 3</b></i></span></a></div><b style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Paid Link</b></div></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i></i></div>Britt Reidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07245579677452948620noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-589298115621501451.post-44631167068150847852026-06-15T07:00:00.000-04:002026-06-20T15:09:07.021-04:00Monday Mecha Madness FANTASTIC "Thinking Machine"<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #fcff01; font-family: Black Han Sans; font-size: x-large;">During the Golden Age of Comics, Writers and Artists Sometimes Came Up with Rather...Unique Portrayals of Mechanical Beings...</span><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEheBo2dCLCDAJqArwMpwNCQeh_aXFDugBjqzniuKSrvFi959d7C39C412R67u0oLu94kx4j4dmPzbrp8WvAu9IHwA6FIzOzbt8f3pIY9wDAe-P_faWjUI_OK2hZjTEYmi5iCxePTaoQ-ACqaNaIBCQZdN5oZOn0HWncE6R3PnNKZxkRswoy_NpTOdUyFaM" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="725" data-original-width="525" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEheBo2dCLCDAJqArwMpwNCQeh_aXFDugBjqzniuKSrvFi959d7C39C412R67u0oLu94kx4j4dmPzbrp8WvAu9IHwA6FIzOzbt8f3pIY9wDAe-P_faWjUI_OK2hZjTEYmi5iCxePTaoQ-ACqaNaIBCQZdN5oZOn0HWncE6R3PnNKZxkRswoy_NpTOdUyFaM=s16000" /></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><div style="text-align: center;">...as you'll see in this <i>never-reprinted</i> tale from <b><i>Youthful's</i> Fantastic</b> #8 (1952)!</div></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjyiaaTTS3IgiQYd9ft-MhMxUFOZ9jT8Q0BXEaHzWy4WOpfFTlZOWQbK9Rv_nxHM0DzewLkDnKhzfk43b90e6ETLyvbhsJXLM71oiseJmE_YWyyySvZw7Om-Qllfnv0jAv_sqVJJ2xHUeyz8epAFU3G_oRqXvQvqsinKJQcbDcymdHy0ZbxcVfzeIy0xpQ" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="725" data-original-width="525" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjyiaaTTS3IgiQYd9ft-MhMxUFOZ9jT8Q0BXEaHzWy4WOpfFTlZOWQbK9Rv_nxHM0DzewLkDnKhzfk43b90e6ETLyvbhsJXLM71oiseJmE_YWyyySvZw7Om-Qllfnv0jAv_sqVJJ2xHUeyz8epAFU3G_oRqXvQvqsinKJQcbDcymdHy0ZbxcVfzeIy0xpQ=s16000" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh3SPsk6Zx8V-r5j0ZarcZ4whdjcyFJXfyk-6C-7N3IfM4QhfpF5wif3oqkcRmatGFfMcQKPNjNvzJSzJMtfzyKCit-wBYU932109BHB7LRqP2r4EjGoXgvQcgYm8_vDg0BwiqO1vb9W9qKw-zsBhvDkx7JgY3Vags_eHH8XPkScnmz4yClQdwNwN98drU" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="725" data-original-width="525" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh3SPsk6Zx8V-r5j0ZarcZ4whdjcyFJXfyk-6C-7N3IfM4QhfpF5wif3oqkcRmatGFfMcQKPNjNvzJSzJMtfzyKCit-wBYU932109BHB7LRqP2r4EjGoXgvQcgYm8_vDg0BwiqO1vb9W9qKw-zsBhvDkx7JgY3Vags_eHH8XPkScnmz4yClQdwNwN98drU=s16000" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh5nfGouxMLxbT5o0DGh7kxlQZ-hMR-qNAPUkL6nyKKUO8DpeSeTmF1EhTDdXqmg-hrYuPJunYZd8NPaNPyjw1GkR5GddUwIOarF2Va3brW2bz2ALuR_k1leF3s7UYLdFnesBlhuGhqWVWjJbmUHvLlRBLiHlcnUSwnlwJcbEJnsm8nKN-qYdbBJs-sjvk" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="725" data-original-width="525" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh5nfGouxMLxbT5o0DGh7kxlQZ-hMR-qNAPUkL6nyKKUO8DpeSeTmF1EhTDdXqmg-hrYuPJunYZd8NPaNPyjw1GkR5GddUwIOarF2Va3brW2bz2ALuR_k1leF3s7UYLdFnesBlhuGhqWVWjJbmUHvLlRBLiHlcnUSwnlwJcbEJnsm8nKN-qYdbBJs-sjvk=s16000" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgfrVtzz-Kwt4lsngUtD3atZnd23zJ25Jfy-rV0GkuHNRCMKxxx1Sjdb9TL9GPkm_QuwnWA6XOBliX8kVF35a_4BxnOQJGPZwFC-iYPPvTHJyzMzT5TNSrOiCoXW846rDmjzQk4C47PX8bTo9cMVLZZn5_1Dlp1jCvPGIH7Q-0lG1hZHw57E7uRm3kUBVk" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="725" data-original-width="525" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgfrVtzz-Kwt4lsngUtD3atZnd23zJ25Jfy-rV0GkuHNRCMKxxx1Sjdb9TL9GPkm_QuwnWA6XOBliX8kVF35a_4BxnOQJGPZwFC-iYPPvTHJyzMzT5TNSrOiCoXW846rDmjzQk4C47PX8bTo9cMVLZZn5_1Dlp1jCvPGIH7Q-0lG1hZHw57E7uRm3kUBVk=s16000" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhktgp4coN_XIfJ4U7loV5ceOODDq_c2X5I53g3ywhYMfjq_PCFkk69B2Ev8ajS9qFuf262RSDE_45JU-Ol4JI2KIBeXqHGUSTLyZZlRm6ytLG1qW8RpaVnOLhSk2E6ZtTyXYQr5vjijzMv24gZ_T6EnNiF1nNLe8hvYUPxaTpePWqlnlGhP0kO-9mHTsc" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="725" data-original-width="525" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhktgp4coN_XIfJ4U7loV5ceOODDq_c2X5I53g3ywhYMfjq_PCFkk69B2Ev8ajS9qFuf262RSDE_45JU-Ol4JI2KIBeXqHGUSTLyZZlRm6ytLG1qW8RpaVnOLhSk2E6ZtTyXYQr5vjijzMv24gZ_T6EnNiF1nNLe8hvYUPxaTpePWqlnlGhP0kO-9mHTsc=s16000" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhVh8KbBGwh3phYuufDkUB_f23PCuGmc-aNJmWbzekcI4HvJxtMgs9tE7xOZvbnvkPS8SitbyHriRq7-ze0CyiuDUUGJoGkVwtV9cWVvOUEXLBwGho5ZagS1G62KzuRatstbljhmYeb4wGKA47qJQio-C9Ees36zM_Wlkqg3AjkChrNKKd0jf9lDI8qT-g" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="725" data-original-width="525" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhVh8KbBGwh3phYuufDkUB_f23PCuGmc-aNJmWbzekcI4HvJxtMgs9tE7xOZvbnvkPS8SitbyHriRq7-ze0CyiuDUUGJoGkVwtV9cWVvOUEXLBwGho5ZagS1G62KzuRatstbljhmYeb4wGKA47qJQio-C9Ees36zM_Wlkqg3AjkChrNKKd0jf9lDI8qT-g=s16000" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Illustrated by Vince Napoli and scripted by a writer whose identity is lost to the mists of time, this reads more like a Frankenstein-type horror tale than a sci-fi story about a robot!</span><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b><span style="color: yellow;">Support Atomic Kommie Comics!<br /></span></b><i><span><b>Visit </b></span></i><span><b>Amazon</b></span><i><span><b> and Buy...</b></span></i></span><a href="https://amzn.to/2thwpaK" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="589" height="640" src="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/91oICZs-HvL.jpg" width="470" /></a><br /><b><a href="https://amzn.to/2thwpaK" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Science Fiction Comics</span></a><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></b><a href="https://amzn.to/2thwpaK" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><b>Taylor History of Comics</b></i></span></a><br /><a href="https://amzn.to/2thwpaK" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><b>Vol 3</b></i></span></a><span style="font-size: large;"><i><br /></i></span><b>Paid Link</b></div></div><p></p>Britt Reidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07245579677452948620noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-589298115621501451.post-51093574864962988912026-06-14T07:00:00.000-04:002026-06-14T07:00:00.108-04:00Holiday Reading Room EVERY DAY'S A HOLLY DAY "Thrilling Story Behind Old Glory: Flag Day"<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #fcff01; font-size: x-large;"><b>Learn About...</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0SH0064D5MxR-5vF4EeMA33DGLxlDWmJulcq44nsTtEL5IqJXkZ8X-rXkpDfGoumrs9PMnoQvgb1qYeN5SBiIn-mq9cBCglYHkAHZPL-ticL5AP3FECqvK9q7XSrzCxIZ_KamrGEXR3s/s1600/holly09June14.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="550" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0SH0064D5MxR-5vF4EeMA33DGLxlDWmJulcq44nsTtEL5IqJXkZ8X-rXkpDfGoumrs9PMnoQvgb1qYeN5SBiIn-mq9cBCglYHkAHZPL-ticL5AP3FECqvK9q7XSrzCxIZ_KamrGEXR3s/s1600/holly09June14.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div><span style="font-size: medium;">...and try to forget it is <i>also</i> (ironically) the 80th birthday of disgraced, twice-impeached, President Don (the Con) Trump, the <i>Oldest</i> President in American History!</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i><b>Coloring goof:</b></i> the <i>Union</i> soldiers in panel 5 are <i>wearing Confederate gray!</i></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div><span style="font-size: medium;">Why is this 1955 comic entitled "<b>Every Day's a Holly Day</b>" instead of "<b>Every Day's a Holiday</b>"?</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">Because it was given away to kids by grocers who sold <a href="http://www.hollysugar.com/" target="_blank"><i><b>Holly Sugar</b></i></a>!</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">Illustrated by John Rosenberger, it's a unique pamphlet covering a number of American holidays, including both Lincoln and Washington's Birthdays (before they were combined into "Presidents' Day" in 1962), Mothers' Day (though <i>not</i> Fathers' Day), Flag Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving, and a couple of holidays we've largely abandoned...<a href="http://www.oas.org/columbus/panamericanday.asp" target="_blank">Pan-American Day</a> and <a href="http://blog.nativepartnership.org/history-of-native-american-day/" target="_blank">American Indian Day</a>!<br />Note: We're gearing up for our traditional multi-blog Summer Blogathons which we'll announce the week before the 4th of July weekend and begin the week after!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: yellow;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>Support Atomic Kommie Comics</b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>Visit </b></span></i><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>Amazon</b></span><i><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b> and Order...</b></span></i><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="http://amzn.to/2ElMkfN" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="396" src="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/61ncDIEDkrL.jpg" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://amzn.to/2ElMkfN" target="_blank"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Cartoon History of the United States</span></b></a><br /><b><i>Paid Link</i></b></div></div></div>Britt Reidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07245579677452948620noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-589298115621501451.post-28702014320750646202026-06-13T07:00:00.000-04:002026-06-13T07:00:00.193-04:00Space Hero Saturdays SPACE MOUSE "Master Mind" & "Believe It or Not"<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #fcff01; font-size: x-large;"><b>This short-lived, but entertaining, series <i>was</i> uneven...</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKRAdbXvss_Ya6uGnZsrHpbgV8oi8g13_3IW-cglVUNlZ36whNmydEvzU3NyPCM2Q31m7Q4WyMjckP8GAorCSCsZ8l3ZFTc5OMZkDeFshzvEwMbVzddS-jRvM7dk8G5rNmT4DW6nzVgEE/s1600/SpaceMouse1-36.jpg"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKRAdbXvss_Ya6uGnZsrHpbgV8oi8g13_3IW-cglVUNlZ36whNmydEvzU3NyPCM2Q31m7Q4WyMjckP8GAorCSCsZ8l3ZFTc5OMZkDeFshzvEwMbVzddS-jRvM7dk8G5rNmT4DW6nzVgEE/s1600/SpaceMouse1-36.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">...with some stories, like this one from the back cover of <b><i>Avon's</i> Space Mouse</b> #1 (1953) featuring the heroic character as a thief, obviously adapted from a <i>different</i> strip...</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYVnANH_9ZsXzuqOoXIgMTT547QrTqDPer90JDISUiC_BfJLACE34yg7hyphenhyphenzccbpj6GBbz0-x5juDBH3WKVROqi8fzO1MDR1iRXjvDCL-HajjqBva34lrWOz9RuB87RgCOKF1IY49KZil4/s1600/SpaceMouse3-02.jpg"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYVnANH_9ZsXzuqOoXIgMTT547QrTqDPer90JDISUiC_BfJLACE34yg7hyphenhyphenzccbpj6GBbz0-x5juDBH3WKVROqi8fzO1MDR1iRXjvDCL-HajjqBva34lrWOz9RuB87RgCOKF1IY49KZil4/s1600/SpaceMouse3-02.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">...and this one, from the inside cover of <b><i>Avon's</i> Space Mouse</b> #3 (1953) showing him both in "hero mode" and cleverly breaking the "fourth wall"!</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">Writer/artist Frank Carin was an experienced pro who started as an animator the<b><i> Fleischer Brothers</i></b> and <b><i>TerryToons</i></b>, then moved over to comics in the early, writing and/or illustrating several hundred stories and covers for everybody from <i><b>Timely/Atlas</b></i> to <i><b>Magazine Enterprises</b></i>, to <b><i>Nation-Wide</i></b>, to <b><i>Harvey</i></b>, to, of course, <i><b>Avon</b></i>, and finally, to <i><b>Gold Key</b></i>!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: yellow;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>Support Atomic Kommie Comics</b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>Visit </b></span></i><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>Amazon</b></span><i><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b> and Buy...</b></span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/512B1x8iTbL.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="386" height="640" src="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/512B1x8iTbL.jpg" width="494" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b><a href="https://amzn.to/2CXS8KD" target="_blank">Fleischer Story</a></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><b><a href="https://amzn.to/2CXS8KD" target="_blank">A History of the Cartoon Studio in the Golden Age of Film Animation</a></b></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">(covering the studio where Frank Carin got his start)</span><br /><i>Paid Link</i></b></div>Britt Reidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07245579677452948620noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-589298115621501451.post-88734208783368709912026-06-12T07:00:00.000-04:002026-06-12T07:00:00.194-04:00Friday Fun KOOKIE "Bongo & Bop 'Cats in the Attic' "<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #fcff01;"> </span><b style="font-size: xx-large;"><span style="color: #fcff01;">Before Slackers!</span><br /></b><b style="font-size: xx-large;">Before Hipsters!<br /></b><b style="font-size: xx-large;"><span style="color: #fcff01;">Even Before Hippies!</span><br /></b><b style="font-size: xx-large;">There were <i>Beatniks</i>!</b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbsz2Rnp5BKx4iWZ8LN4VMQXO2xXUkK5jpAA9CZrwX5pJ40JnWDGm9kiZHtrdDHFq9IzuWUvVyqaGkEQmoh7Dcfn40g8h0RFSklynieYEgjEpuCJ0QP1kiGPoZhcvL7URaNhsER5OBkNQ/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="775" data-original-width="550" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbsz2Rnp5BKx4iWZ8LN4VMQXO2xXUkK5jpAA9CZrwX5pJ40JnWDGm9kiZHtrdDHFq9IzuWUvVyqaGkEQmoh7Dcfn40g8h0RFSklynieYEgjEpuCJ0QP1kiGPoZhcvL7URaNhsER5OBkNQ/s16000/KOOK2_31.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Here's a tale about a pair of them that could easily be updated and re-told today!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9LxOcElgx6vTJWRxQ4k28gBXoANFlhAbN34eLip6_ig9I71hSZEaaHNFGp84Y8hp6ebnwUslpewOx9dqZloaR1qe1ppIx2ww3n1Yv4s5CZz1Nhdt9sRB80YEnU1-eVrY_t0y-WhfjuyE/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="775" data-original-width="550" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9LxOcElgx6vTJWRxQ4k28gBXoANFlhAbN34eLip6_ig9I71hSZEaaHNFGp84Y8hp6ebnwUslpewOx9dqZloaR1qe1ppIx2ww3n1Yv4s5CZz1Nhdt9sRB80YEnU1-eVrY_t0y-WhfjuyE/s16000/KOOK2_32.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOKqGMHRgLJYp9RLggJA__84jd86fUKIQO9JZr__wSns_yiSogsA9Z-lwbIKFwNC0zrWyR6j4G0D0l2govsN5rXmMW9P5Apo4ru95on9OjlE7LnCFwAiRUiYiz3NzT5ogthyphenhyphen6z10kUUn0/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="775" data-original-width="550" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOKqGMHRgLJYp9RLggJA__84jd86fUKIQO9JZr__wSns_yiSogsA9Z-lwbIKFwNC0zrWyR6j4G0D0l2govsN5rXmMW9P5Apo4ru95on9OjlE7LnCFwAiRUiYiz3NzT5ogthyphenhyphen6z10kUUn0/s16000/KOOK2_33.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrkQ7sDuZ8GfgCsGbJlt5crfHRk46E653HhY9XJG76RACzygJ-NIpq-v6GVPFrIs3-DPq7FAiJh2SUfNdqAkcPG5VrsXUghUC60SS92_LfgUToIZf7OK8W_04K_Vx6Vz_zue59VxfMiys/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="775" data-original-width="550" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrkQ7sDuZ8GfgCsGbJlt5crfHRk46E653HhY9XJG76RACzygJ-NIpq-v6GVPFrIs3-DPq7FAiJh2SUfNdqAkcPG5VrsXUghUC60SS92_LfgUToIZf7OK8W_04K_Vx6Vz_zue59VxfMiys/s16000/KOOK2_34.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">This never-reprinted story from <b><i>Dell's</i> Kookie</b> #2 (1962) by writer John Stanley and artist Bill Williams was part of an attempt to produce an on-going series featuring young adults in a (then) contemporary setting.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>Bongo</i><i> </i>and <i>Bop</i> were the slackers of the ensemble, like <b><a href="https://captainvideossecretsanctum.blogspot.com/2015/05/the-many-incarnations-of-dobie-gillis.html" target="_blank">Dobie Gillis'</a></b> <i>Maynard G Krebs</i> amped up to 11!<br />Sadly the title only lasted two issues!</span><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #fcff01; font-size: x-large;">Support Atomic Kommie Comics</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;"><i>Visit </i>Amazon<i> and Buy...</i></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8G9p0vupyNnKW-glvP63unax8GJ-mesmuDHLWPfRUD5hkcZBe7j-vyOcOBAVKllLX6S807S-pW9V_rD1IVqzTWkfVaReak-i1npOU455vSSGl0Lxwi8p5YPlSk2np25uyeacREeBQEAw/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="499" data-original-width="315" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8G9p0vupyNnKW-glvP63unax8GJ-mesmuDHLWPfRUD5hkcZBe7j-vyOcOBAVKllLX6S807S-pW9V_rD1IVqzTWkfVaReak-i1npOU455vSSGl0Lxwi8p5YPlSk2np25uyeacREeBQEAw/w405-h640/51cDnBDO8IL._SX313_BO1%252C204%252C203%252C200_.jpg" width="405" /></a></div><a href="https://amzn.to/3qvuz4p" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Beatniks</span></b></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://amzn.to/3qvuz4p" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><i><b><span style="font-size: large;">Guide to an American Subculture</span></b></i></a><br /><b>Paid Link</b></div></div></div>Britt Reidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07245579677452948620noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-589298115621501451.post-87237158169650806312026-06-11T07:00:00.000-04:002026-06-11T14:08:50.616-04:00Reading Room: UFO FLYING SAUCERS "Read the Real Story of the UFOs and Flying Saucers!"<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #fcff01; font-size: x-large;"><b><a href="https://atocom.blogspot.com/2026/02/flying-saucers-far-out-physical.html" target="_blank">As we mentioned in an earlier post,</a> <i>Dell</i> and <i>Gold Key</i> published anthology comics about UFOs..</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgb7_YcckfKfEVaXP-GZ3FRRRELK7KLLlG7_dtDHNXkNUokKGAoIkKBeI9umCGxHGWvOZVaXg7gzyVO2UC0rDrdErO0ishJcY0i14QkxxC0UFFpCQlz19-Tq9hXPReaDx0nI0Yj2lZduEc/s1600/UFOFS01-03.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgb7_YcckfKfEVaXP-GZ3FRRRELK7KLLlG7_dtDHNXkNUokKGAoIkKBeI9umCGxHGWvOZVaXg7gzyVO2UC0rDrdErO0ishJcY0i14QkxxC0UFFpCQlz19-Tq9hXPReaDx0nI0Yj2lZduEc/s1600/UFOFS01-03.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Here's the intro story from <b><i>Gold Key's</i> UFO Flying Saucers</b> #1 (1968)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjB33euWfmxLIDpUJKlNZ6I6fuIXluDiJdcxIlXP1MxgIcVRHjGLt8l3FwOptGz-9oOowRON4Wl8s4Culq07583M0MqQm58G-wOut5cjeU47BGW8lpu05-jdbL8MXn_KNpb4uX7AS9qWNs/s1600/UFOFS01-04.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjB33euWfmxLIDpUJKlNZ6I6fuIXluDiJdcxIlXP1MxgIcVRHjGLt8l3FwOptGz-9oOowRON4Wl8s4Culq07583M0MqQm58G-wOut5cjeU47BGW8lpu05-jdbL8MXn_KNpb4uX7AS9qWNs/s1600/UFOFS01-04.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9fBkYKABNhyphenhyphenLRVh0y7qDGZ9pXQPn0m2JKRbTBMkmfxqcVAN3mEpBcEPM4mBFS_7iPRjMSmZRiskgXpU4h4AUvuswzUI_LYiZrNqYrEe5ZQEtJqnJxEvV25Cx0XKj7s-DDa48UmCo0htw/s1600/UFOFS01-05.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9fBkYKABNhyphenhyphenLRVh0y7qDGZ9pXQPn0m2JKRbTBMkmfxqcVAN3mEpBcEPM4mBFS_7iPRjMSmZRiskgXpU4h4AUvuswzUI_LYiZrNqYrEe5ZQEtJqnJxEvV25Cx0XKj7s-DDa48UmCo0htw/s1600/UFOFS01-05.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsCGF52d2SIw24ZYoWZsUHpCYBVA4Bo-NJ2-QGcaAfdevyGusYwtKM2E7FDhBnV2wlLeCmiZl2eH6ElJ0Wiiam4IICCUC9DFdlg2rZJlPPmKd83awkkwS0W35mt7dQ60NmOOFISOUZIYg/s1600/UFOFS01-06.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsCGF52d2SIw24ZYoWZsUHpCYBVA4Bo-NJ2-QGcaAfdevyGusYwtKM2E7FDhBnV2wlLeCmiZl2eH6ElJ0Wiiam4IICCUC9DFdlg2rZJlPPmKd83awkkwS0W35mt7dQ60NmOOFISOUZIYg/s1600/UFOFS01-06.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjn5CT4RCKONt4RwOFzuKfYDb1N_pnzx-C9tRstkkzftoUiuL5gbcVCc_mbOrXB1sLLx_C_EMeWITqLnbDlXTQ5b8kM6-DkNRDoWhjsVusW0KVjmozLIt-M_o2kVgF_mBeemmDbMUMFAb8/s1600/UFOFS01-07.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjn5CT4RCKONt4RwOFzuKfYDb1N_pnzx-C9tRstkkzftoUiuL5gbcVCc_mbOrXB1sLLx_C_EMeWITqLnbDlXTQ5b8kM6-DkNRDoWhjsVusW0KVjmozLIt-M_o2kVgF_mBeemmDbMUMFAb8/s1600/UFOFS01-07.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsLsuDp9PN3B8bJfa2sx_UUD54vgqUz-IUl4tFqJ380QojDzRRvwzak6U5FOJUzvDYe7lxF68sYqO6nNj6r3fgwqnQKyBsJFQgIBwRNKQmWHn0D6xB-5fe5QWZ2DtkYEYlTGVcPlPV9sw/s1600/UFOFS01-08.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsLsuDp9PN3B8bJfa2sx_UUD54vgqUz-IUl4tFqJ380QojDzRRvwzak6U5FOJUzvDYe7lxF68sYqO6nNj6r3fgwqnQKyBsJFQgIBwRNKQmWHn0D6xB-5fe5QWZ2DtkYEYlTGVcPlPV9sw/s1600/UFOFS01-08.jpg" /></a></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">Written by long-time sci-fi/fantasy comics scripter Leo Dorfman and illustrated by Golden and Silver Age artist Joe Certa (best known as the co-creator of another alien series; </span><b style="font-size: large;"><i>J'onn J'onnz, Manhunter from Mars</i></b><span style="font-size: medium;">), the story set the rather straightforward tone for the book, which would run for 13 issues from 1968 to 1977 before changing its' title to </span><b style="font-size: large;">UFO & Outer Space</b><span style="font-size: medium;"> and continuing for another 12 issues combining reprints and new material until cancellation in 1980.</span><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><b style="color: yellow; font-size: xx-large;">Support Atomic Kommie Comics!</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>Visit </b></span></i><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>Amazon</b></span><i><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b> and Buy...</b></span></i></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://amzn.to/2thwpaK" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="589" height="640" src="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/91oICZs-HvL.jpg" width="470" /></a></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b><a href="https://amzn.to/2thwpaK" target="_blank">Science Fiction Comics</a></b></span></div><div><a href="https://amzn.to/2thwpaK" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><b>Taylor History of Comics</b></i></span></a></div><div><div><a href="https://amzn.to/2thwpaK" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><b>Vol 3</b></i></span></a></div><b>Paid Link</b></div></div></div></div>Britt Reidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07245579677452948620noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-589298115621501451.post-7246261722070136572026-06-10T07:00:00.000-04:002026-06-10T16:46:11.621-04:00Wednesday Worlds of Wonder THE ODYSSEY "Part1"<p style="text-align: center;"></p><div style="text-align: center;"><b style="font-size: xx-large;"><span style="color: #fcff01;">With a New Big-Budget Film Adaptation Coming Out This Month...</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhg1y2P0rhwAXLmc8Jqh_JReALv_cw-E5ODLjJqbKLzZ8LP8Hvz3fU473GzoJ7DwJIXvFCXj2XqRtPupwttjzXIJSY3-kTIXw7EpHSOdRNf2_7ixpK0AtWmCuNhGZ-ujWfV2N1aVZ6tZAj0oe6Qk3im6rXK_PDXDSkyw9bSOC_on9xJHijjU4dJr4IkgSw/s800/classics_18_03.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="525" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhg1y2P0rhwAXLmc8Jqh_JReALv_cw-E5ODLjJqbKLzZ8LP8Hvz3fU473GzoJ7DwJIXvFCXj2XqRtPupwttjzXIJSY3-kTIXw7EpHSOdRNf2_7ixpK0AtWmCuNhGZ-ujWfV2N1aVZ6tZAj0oe6Qk3im6rXK_PDXDSkyw9bSOC_on9xJHijjU4dJr4IkgSw/s16000/classics_18_03.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span>...we thought "let's go back to the original story"...but told the </span><i><b>Marvel</b></i><span> way!</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnwTSwhtWGWZVHpT0Rjd58d_mYXp4QKLTGBrgnLoh9ngKBe5S10WTqHgtrj8zNpcCYqYMP6HqWxDmsuOAaZ3SBe1vzoMtxrILC_n6EKIBAkMoxT-6tAEsswI69pdbOXAnVxvBcLOt9i4obvZhDEkJxrh8VQRAZ9SaGB4dA9kIhyUjxSqfNWpH3bmETneI/s800/classics_18_04.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="525" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnwTSwhtWGWZVHpT0Rjd58d_mYXp4QKLTGBrgnLoh9ngKBe5S10WTqHgtrj8zNpcCYqYMP6HqWxDmsuOAaZ3SBe1vzoMtxrILC_n6EKIBAkMoxT-6tAEsswI69pdbOXAnVxvBcLOt9i4obvZhDEkJxrh8VQRAZ9SaGB4dA9kIhyUjxSqfNWpH3bmETneI/s16000/classics_18_04.jpg" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1CCSK2LMqhrZ_7gHM0xDEwMoCtsKm_pGL_UTD537kq7MU1TYRG8BjUfo0DfnWaPWb0NQ0a_qPh9mVjUiqrByfgVSYiIuLPL-CCjzP_nSyKrXAHMeJT76vPE8DGMuwFWJcBXaOv3a4Y7897As6W_MDwElWbQ57XmY6qtKcyYT4JFDesZ122ih6__3tkDQ/s800/classics_18_05.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="525" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1CCSK2LMqhrZ_7gHM0xDEwMoCtsKm_pGL_UTD537kq7MU1TYRG8BjUfo0DfnWaPWb0NQ0a_qPh9mVjUiqrByfgVSYiIuLPL-CCjzP_nSyKrXAHMeJT76vPE8DGMuwFWJcBXaOv3a4Y7897As6W_MDwElWbQ57XmY6qtKcyYT4JFDesZ122ih6__3tkDQ/s16000/classics_18_05.jpg" /></a></div><div style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrSSpCVdl2oEBCUVrMMh93_4YdeH1znyh9Bt8jfilCp9CABQ_JclSlUawpHY7meELr1x8xR_8Acjfx5_c9vmAg-AlLon0g11DWztfxIGEj3SJdnbIlD3aZ7N2ERANlh_3JYbh8oxTT-OKMeckutmaMUPg0MqG26Erge_auCffrC_ZcVshgMllPFU2Oz9I/s800/classics_18_06.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="525" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrSSpCVdl2oEBCUVrMMh93_4YdeH1znyh9Bt8jfilCp9CABQ_JclSlUawpHY7meELr1x8xR_8Acjfx5_c9vmAg-AlLon0g11DWztfxIGEj3SJdnbIlD3aZ7N2ERANlh_3JYbh8oxTT-OKMeckutmaMUPg0MqG26Erge_auCffrC_ZcVshgMllPFU2Oz9I/s16000/classics_18_06.jpg" /></a></div><div style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPlgPyHtYhdAo2mIxaDZI_lfXWpVhwtew-HEp5BKnKG38CRLhJ76K92ynjzt_h1vZa-p2kcm8I2ZgnQeZRfqBLw9o3maV2Y3aDrBAvORUsHcxfVRC-Wc0GwXqWe7xKqxFnOYSY890b4_Lym6biFsnnN5-Swe6xqtmomMKEizjmzNaC47ezEb91W06e4_E/s800/classics_18_07.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="525" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPlgPyHtYhdAo2mIxaDZI_lfXWpVhwtew-HEp5BKnKG38CRLhJ76K92ynjzt_h1vZa-p2kcm8I2ZgnQeZRfqBLw9o3maV2Y3aDrBAvORUsHcxfVRC-Wc0GwXqWe7xKqxFnOYSY890b4_Lym6biFsnnN5-Swe6xqtmomMKEizjmzNaC47ezEb91W06e4_E/s16000/classics_18_07.jpg" /></a></div><div style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXyuvHFJmlSFx24RjjEaqoUdbFy3S9vwjGGQuSplXRfOJ7OJ2y8Ddiw7USe4rkRDQWH0MKM_mju2ySmfsRM0X75Q-lTqkQ9x1HmiJZ7pz6uUQib2vrufox8YP-e9JZ_3tYgR5iRE-GhlA5V-x9Fn7TH5uzOEVndK_LuNIgCCqFe5cgqCTt-nPa1zoVEfU/s800/classics_18_08.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="525" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXyuvHFJmlSFx24RjjEaqoUdbFy3S9vwjGGQuSplXRfOJ7OJ2y8Ddiw7USe4rkRDQWH0MKM_mju2ySmfsRM0X75Q-lTqkQ9x1HmiJZ7pz6uUQib2vrufox8YP-e9JZ_3tYgR5iRE-GhlA5V-x9Fn7TH5uzOEVndK_LuNIgCCqFe5cgqCTt-nPa1zoVEfU/s16000/classics_18_08.jpg" /></a></div><div style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSq-gj2UB0qiu5kLC3ez3E7Y-XI8h_oLRlJxFKFYcxjxQi6Xk67YvZbOLPlSwwAZmdarNRwTraI9BWXGzRUmJTY8mt33DGw0wigQOT3FEK-f0tDcP1zCJoE5XZzYlSxHQtxQ3AvJ9ncD6Tv0UVwBGj04KF7QiXhbTgCIKRdNhF54cb48upSfm2znRb9NQ/s800/classics_18_09.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="525" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSq-gj2UB0qiu5kLC3ez3E7Y-XI8h_oLRlJxFKFYcxjxQi6Xk67YvZbOLPlSwwAZmdarNRwTraI9BWXGzRUmJTY8mt33DGw0wigQOT3FEK-f0tDcP1zCJoE5XZzYlSxHQtxQ3AvJ9ncD6Tv0UVwBGj04KF7QiXhbTgCIKRdNhF54cb48upSfm2znRb9NQ/s16000/classics_18_09.jpg" /></a></div><div style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdWb-TUekkU-0PY634aFwfQT392KjnUS16hTiPv4B5gP1PdyBVH1o5iEN3DPVyUptuxpqsCwhecnEXy82SeEIKpa61aIYitMGkwm4EV51RHotTyG_dXhzaMlyuZrhmvGH5zWqEqZw96jUJi2AOKYMagJXrtN7itTYaPZTQFM1GKmS43-UXnZU-g-Prk-E/s800/classics_18_10.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="525" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdWb-TUekkU-0PY634aFwfQT392KjnUS16hTiPv4B5gP1PdyBVH1o5iEN3DPVyUptuxpqsCwhecnEXy82SeEIKpa61aIYitMGkwm4EV51RHotTyG_dXhzaMlyuZrhmvGH5zWqEqZw96jUJi2AOKYMagJXrtN7itTYaPZTQFM1GKmS43-UXnZU-g-Prk-E/s16000/classics_18_10.jpg" /></a></div><div style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicwYmR9Apr6TSIDajVqTmSsVrDMaSZ7T1dVixWemfYvzmwL2QjFukd_8cEsXc7nGVHQKFLBVdM0_8VcSRFD-ChINi-ieV1zrHglDte0UFrxkXw7er2oMPjQjaamieCyptHmtqmdtrR8uARBrl8RCShcZWkkriBDSR-XnDW45yXA_HV7xSRhxEDsgblzNw/s800/classics_18_11.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="525" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicwYmR9Apr6TSIDajVqTmSsVrDMaSZ7T1dVixWemfYvzmwL2QjFukd_8cEsXc7nGVHQKFLBVdM0_8VcSRFD-ChINi-ieV1zrHglDte0UFrxkXw7er2oMPjQjaamieCyptHmtqmdtrR8uARBrl8RCShcZWkkriBDSR-XnDW45yXA_HV7xSRhxEDsgblzNw/s16000/classics_18_11.jpg" /></a></div><div style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixtHPKxeu22VlbR4XewKcm_A7-Qeng91vM_sjsbIcHGhuny9L5U-9JEIo3o9PSf97oAFY6DhjXT-o79002eySIKUiAL8MU9mFwNPGHpYN4GVPV101AnsV1VqEUSkoQTR6cwxRviXTP1OXatSSjZzvPzE4v93Pm9JvEIT-D0IDBCszsjD57vaRTDLUWDdo/s800/classics_18_12.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="525" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixtHPKxeu22VlbR4XewKcm_A7-Qeng91vM_sjsbIcHGhuny9L5U-9JEIo3o9PSf97oAFY6DhjXT-o79002eySIKUiAL8MU9mFwNPGHpYN4GVPV101AnsV1VqEUSkoQTR6cwxRviXTP1OXatSSjZzvPzE4v93Pm9JvEIT-D0IDBCszsjD57vaRTDLUWDdo/s16000/classics_18_12.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiv9yIzUTmvoF3E3w9UO-OXjM_coIEAQ3kaXW0dbGyCm_WnUzWPo_khU9GiRxToYcca-Rgk4Ig8bBr5tPWymbGx8GEhw_wDcaSrIAwYhMg__lhZAHfzgIDFbAt0LQrqZw02jHSHNmYOtXs1Ipj29u2xPVBN0jurMNRmx0wm25YzGEvTQVzgobtE0fAOW3M/s800/classics_18_13.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="525" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiv9yIzUTmvoF3E3w9UO-OXjM_coIEAQ3kaXW0dbGyCm_WnUzWPo_khU9GiRxToYcca-Rgk4Ig8bBr5tPWymbGx8GEhw_wDcaSrIAwYhMg__lhZAHfzgIDFbAt0LQrqZw02jHSHNmYOtXs1Ipj29u2xPVBN0jurMNRmx0wm25YzGEvTQVzgobtE0fAOW3M/s16000/classics_18_13.jpg" /></a></div><span style="font-size: x-large; font-weight: bold;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #fcff01;">To Be Continued, Next Wednesday!</span></div></span><span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Based on the classic story by Homer, this adaptation, scripted by Bill Mantlo and penciled/inked by Jess Jodloman appeared in </span><b style="font-size: large;">Marvel Classic Comics</b><span style="font-size: medium;"> #18 (1977).</span><br /><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b><span style="color: #fcff01;">Support Atomic Kommie Comics</span><br /><i>Visit </i>Amazon<i> and Buy...</i></b></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiT7zHOKB7OQftMv-Gltzna0ULSW2RKVKCfw4KNEGpvNYRtp7OnJOE3Li6RP9D6RpCoymnJTHy2ap8nJMvG_n-aZKnprsFpnMp2R2QN7d1gSTzprSvSrt9uY5tNtYzDlVrBgGrYk6ZuynlU-WuCaKkV-iS4dWm6n8R9iLDNqnQYG3AGJuPCV1eND_s1a_0" style="font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="375" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiT7zHOKB7OQftMv-Gltzna0ULSW2RKVKCfw4KNEGpvNYRtp7OnJOE3Li6RP9D6RpCoymnJTHy2ap8nJMvG_n-aZKnprsFpnMp2R2QN7d1gSTzprSvSrt9uY5tNtYzDlVrBgGrYk6ZuynlU-WuCaKkV-iS4dWm6n8R9iLDNqnQYG3AGJuPCV1eND_s1a_0=w400-h640" width="400" /></a><br /><b><a href="https://amzn.to/4uyJBnv" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Homer's The Odyssey</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><i>Newly-Translated/Annotated/Illustrated</i></span></a><br /><span>Paid Link</span></b></div></div></span></div><p></p>Britt Reidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07245579677452948620noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-589298115621501451.post-62091942659527152062026-06-09T07:00:00.000-04:002026-06-09T07:00:00.117-04:00Reading Room VENUS COMICS "Strange Rocket!"<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #fcff01; font-size: x-large;"><b>Here's a tale combining sci-fi with the "present day" West...</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4e3ypQ7sw2RENZlBZ_CTkX8ej6ByfUKkgEBYo8F3HFa9_rnch6NBpp2mqp6SPMdFpRfZHndmawQIUxJ22T5awccHEHGvPBe9OD4CfdjK0jtuh0pAzu9kEgEFrEYdw3q0YFcDlOCfMfno/s1600/venus_12_17.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4e3ypQ7sw2RENZlBZ_CTkX8ej6ByfUKkgEBYo8F3HFa9_rnch6NBpp2mqp6SPMdFpRfZHndmawQIUxJ22T5awccHEHGvPBe9OD4CfdjK0jtuh0pAzu9kEgEFrEYdw3q0YFcDlOCfMfno/s1600/venus_12_17.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> ...from the back of <b><i>Atlas' </i>Venus Comics</b> featuring the art of a future major Silver Age <b><i>Marvel</i></b> artist!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4ub_apmxh_ctTGL-kiJMRVQNBIXI3gW3CV-48MSaKW9Mz1wXAyRlMskPIAEhKjwNF_h4j84mzYNzSBtVhaI6bKIQ_zUnSAuQAUqnt4TKS0v4zrp0CCBml0k8pXvlpIjYUGpq5QSeOjro/s1600/venus_12_18.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4ub_apmxh_ctTGL-kiJMRVQNBIXI3gW3CV-48MSaKW9Mz1wXAyRlMskPIAEhKjwNF_h4j84mzYNzSBtVhaI6bKIQ_zUnSAuQAUqnt4TKS0v4zrp0CCBml0k8pXvlpIjYUGpq5QSeOjro/s1600/venus_12_18.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-ef7yGb02vs9Q7ijmwh9cEgle_IT_g-4HJoC147-h8DvlEoIVLpNKKYvqRD2q4piYIZnIF-PRAsgnfNphlWHarJLKsv-m8XjEsUIQ0dvdzt5XcSYubJ47EvubHCvFsLzU37IucRxnBAY/s1600/venus_12_19.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-ef7yGb02vs9Q7ijmwh9cEgle_IT_g-4HJoC147-h8DvlEoIVLpNKKYvqRD2q4piYIZnIF-PRAsgnfNphlWHarJLKsv-m8XjEsUIQ0dvdzt5XcSYubJ47EvubHCvFsLzU37IucRxnBAY/s1600/venus_12_19.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEir1s4xVlpIza4yP6pBHXLYC_2z_KL8I4QnNPm3e9q6b-MS-39HuAD1Dx-_Wwddv_HKayyqwmBvaZXdVGX9HEZexFAHEs8lx1Iw9KWe6YjS7XmIEQlvEaFc4yRITx5H8zT2lxpgOvtd0bc/s1600/venus_12_20.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEir1s4xVlpIza4yP6pBHXLYC_2z_KL8I4QnNPm3e9q6b-MS-39HuAD1Dx-_Wwddv_HKayyqwmBvaZXdVGX9HEZexFAHEs8lx1Iw9KWe6YjS7XmIEQlvEaFc4yRITx5H8zT2lxpgOvtd0bc/s1600/venus_12_20.jpg" /></a></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">The parents weren't questioned as to where their son went after he failed to show up for school...ever again?</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">"Well, officer, <i>Toby</i> went into space with a bunch of extraterrestrials, but they <i>promised</i> they'd bring him back.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">It's OK!<br />We gave him permission..."</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">The writer of this somewhat silly story from </span><i style="font-size: large;"><b>Atlas'</b></i><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span><b style="font-size: large;">Venus</b><span style="font-size: medium;"> #12 (1951) is unknown, but the artist is Gene Colan, best known to </span><b style="font-size: large;"><i>Marvel</i></b><span style="font-size: medium;"> fans as one of the definitive artists on Silver and Bronze Age titles like </span><b style="font-size: large;">Daredevil</b><span style="font-size: medium;">, </span><b style="font-size: large;">Iron Man</b><span style="font-size: medium;">, and </span><span style="font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">Dracula!</span><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: #fcff01;">Support Atomic Kommie Comics</span><br /></span></span><i style="font-size: xx-large; font-weight: bold; text-align: left;">Visit</i><span style="font-size: xx-large; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; text-align: left;"> </span><b style="font-size: xx-large; text-align: left;">Amazon</b><i style="font-size: xx-large; text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"> </span><b>and Buy...</b></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://image.isu.pub/240517152744-b85bfa4ef3bb10a88872b33a5bd2a6ca/jpg/page_1_social_preview.jpg" style="font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1583" height="640" src="https://image.isu.pub/240517152744-b85bfa4ef3bb10a88872b33a5bd2a6ca/jpg/page_1_social_preview.jpg" width="495" /></a><br /></span><a href="https://amzn.to/41fQxKk" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>Secrets in the Shadows</b></span></a></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://amzn.to/41fQxKk" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b><i>Art & Life of Gene Colan</i></b></span></a><span style="font-size: x-large;"><i><br /></i></span><b>Paid Link</b></div></div>Britt Reidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07245579677452948620noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-589298115621501451.post-90203650680101741432026-06-08T07:00:00.000-04:002026-06-20T15:09:15.549-04:00Monday Mecha Madness: Before ULTRON...there was MAKINO!<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #fcff01; font-size: x-large;"><b>Who created <i>Ultron, </i>the Ultimate Evil AI?</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://i.annihil.us/u/prod/avengersmovie/avengers2/mainsite/media/img/iphone/Avengers_dls_iphone_Ultron.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://i.annihil.us/u/prod/avengersmovie/avengers2/mainsite/media/img/iphone/Avengers_dls_iphone_Ultron.jpg" width="360" /></a></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">If you go with the movie <b><a href="http://marvel.com/avengers" target="_blank">Avengers: Age of Ultron</a></b>...<i>Tony Stark</i> aka <i><b>Iron Man</b></i>. and <i>Bruce Banner</i> aka <i><b>The Hulk</b></i>!</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">If you go with <b><i>Marvel Comics</i></b> history...<i>Henry Pym</i> aka <i>Ant-Man/Giant-Man/Goliath/Yellowjacket/Wasp/</i>etc (Don't ask. It's too long a story...).</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">In reality, it was writer Roy Thomas and artist John Buscema in <b><i>Marvel's</i> Avengers</b> V1 #54 (1967).</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">But where did Roy come up with the idea?</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Well, he "borrowed" it from <b><i>Captain Video</i></b>!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-9XCVJvQGRvU/TrNnxbxVzQI/AAAAAAAAJOc/iUGMngkJUCY/s0/cv_03_pg15.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-9XCVJvQGRvU/TrNnxbxVzQI/AAAAAAAAJOc/iUGMngkJUCY/s0/cv_03_pg15.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Yep!</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">In #3 of <b>Captain Video's</b> short-lived 1950s <b><i>Fawcett Comics</i></b> title, he faced a robot named <i>Makino</i> who killed his scientist creator and then threatened all mankind!</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">The story left such an impression on the young Roy Thomas that, almost two decades later, he adapted elements of that story into the long-running saga of Ultron!</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">Roy explained how it came about in <a href="http://twomorrows.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=55&products_id=1033" target="_blank"><b><i>TwoMorrows' </i>Alter Ego</b> #114</a>.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">You can read the actual comic story on our "brother" <b><i>RetroBlog</i> Secret Sanctum of Captain Video</b> <a href="http://captainvideossecretsanctum.blogspot.com/2011/12/captains-library-captain-video.html" target="_blank"><b>HERE</b></a> and <a href="http://captainvideossecretsanctum.blogspot.com/2011/12/captains-library-captain-video_06.html" target="_blank"><b>HERE</b></a>!<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b><span style="color: #fcff01;">Support Atomic Kommie Comics</span><br /><i>Visit </i>Amazon<i> and Buy...</i></b></span><br style="font-size: medium;" /><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhGGYsgKS81yKm0YgaSwWjgoLIYC4L5qAc7vCDvQI35OqWI7HZZsSXHuCUmtZ4SPtTfjrUJDhuLhhc99w5gLKfFVA9R8kqOwlRGa_XbrwcWTD7wgfNFRCmxffDigI_4CBIf3AMg5TJUoTnmeEBaFQRrdM9PipeJX-Li58KqkB6rCuNBAu7JHnIdMRG7M20" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="415" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhGGYsgKS81yKm0YgaSwWjgoLIYC4L5qAc7vCDvQI35OqWI7HZZsSXHuCUmtZ4SPtTfjrUJDhuLhhc99w5gLKfFVA9R8kqOwlRGa_XbrwcWTD7wgfNFRCmxffDigI_4CBIf3AMg5TJUoTnmeEBaFQRrdM9PipeJX-Li58KqkB6rCuNBAu7JHnIdMRG7M20=w443-h640" width="443" /></a></div><b style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://amzn.to/4vwRRW5" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Captain Video</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><i>the Complete Comic Book Series</i></span></a><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">Paid Link</span></b></div></span></div>Britt Reidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07245579677452948620noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-589298115621501451.post-73085889851212016552026-06-07T07:00:00.000-04:002026-06-08T14:05:55.696-04:00The Past is Present at SECRET SANCTUM OF CAPTAIN VIDEO with Masters of the Universe & Close Encounters of the Third Kind<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #fcff01; font-size: x-large;"><b>Currently, at Our 'Brother" <i>RetroBlog</i>...</b></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiAoEjbPM5QKxIggjl7m9H5a5Z6eXIzYowF3dxKneO7kqyJtOuh2lsJksQKQ4HVKX__6I2wijRWEObG3ZJS1R19HE4UPjxSPEQdQ3XkR4OZZLjYqnTE5VnbLJ-2aiis_cnZw396TQJAtge5Y6CKIxH4JapdVdw-yhINdXthcRgB434SvYtYmr36GM3RMYk" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="798" data-original-width="525" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiAoEjbPM5QKxIggjl7m9H5a5Z6eXIzYowF3dxKneO7kqyJtOuh2lsJksQKQ4HVKX__6I2wijRWEObG3ZJS1R19HE4UPjxSPEQdQ3XkR4OZZLjYqnTE5VnbLJ-2aiis_cnZw396TQJAtge5Y6CKIxH4JapdVdw-yhINdXthcRgB434SvYtYmr36GM3RMYk=s16000" /></a></p><span style="font-size: medium;">...we celebrate the <i>new</i> <b>Masters of the Universe</b> movie with a re-presentation of the never-reprinted comic adaptation of the 40-year old <i>first </i>live-action movie based on the animated series and toy line!<br />Click <b><a href="https://captainvideossecretsanctum.blogspot.com/search/label/Masters%20of%20the%20Universe" target="_blank">HERE</a></b> to read the first three parts, and catch the final chapter tomorrow!<br />(Note: they're in reverse order, most recent post first!)<br />And, starting Tuesday, in tribute to Stephen Spielberg's new movie about alien visitation, <b>Disclosure Day</b>,,,<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiXZSnoEi3jZI0jgObxlTabPIBlxoLJriNifL29dTB-EIUgSxUv8D9PIclHlTIX2cAXcXaYSN-FR-GbLC9aIZuHu9OS9qxbtKJCfeqeTh9HWsbdLgqRUJrQmgtjyNwdw65VlYphtMm_u-FcmgFvVW2nCebT2nwkOA1DqylR-tivcWDuqrNnwV-UUqiYPRE" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img alt="" data-original-height="732" data-original-width="1262" height="372" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiXZSnoEi3jZI0jgObxlTabPIBlxoLJriNifL29dTB-EIUgSxUv8D9PIclHlTIX2cAXcXaYSN-FR-GbLC9aIZuHu9OS9qxbtKJCfeqeTh9HWsbdLgqRUJrQmgtjyNwdw65VlYphtMm_u-FcmgFvVW2nCebT2nwkOA1DqylR-tivcWDuqrNnwV-UUqiYPRE=w640-h372" width="640" /></a><br />...the <b><i>Secret Sanctum</i></b> re-presents the comic adaptation of the director's <i>first</i> film about alien visitation from almost a half-century ago...<br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0Bor9HJw0L_g8M2NDymQL20yxGW2F3GGVbsoyrYbX7rub_E1p-K4tc-NHdELU43GTGtf4GxzcS5N8wU-vzdZL0c9uychKwJo3vIUt8IpkM1qqPgPgozcoJns3iPIKUIr987XowxTUp1MJKwNXxYlybHA00aikUh_dqg1S75savdm09d4RLrMvQXTcW3Q/s703/MarvelSuperSepcial003-Cover.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="703" data-original-width="525" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0Bor9HJw0L_g8M2NDymQL20yxGW2F3GGVbsoyrYbX7rub_E1p-K4tc-NHdELU43GTGtf4GxzcS5N8wU-vzdZL0c9uychKwJo3vIUt8IpkM1qqPgPgozcoJns3iPIKUIr987XowxTUp1MJKwNXxYlybHA00aikUh_dqg1S75savdm09d4RLrMvQXTcW3Q/s16000/MarvelSuperSepcial003-Cover.jpg" /></a></div><span><span style="font-size: medium;">...by Archie Goodwin, Walt Simonson and Klaus Janson!</span><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">And to think I saw the flick in the movie theatres when it opened!</span><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">Lord, I feel old!</span><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #fcff01; font-size: large;">Bonus:</span></b></div><span style="font-size: medium;">Here's the </span><i style="font-size: large;">original</i><span style="font-size: medium;"> version of Bob Larkin's painted cover, showing </span><i style="font-size: large;">Roy Neary</i><span style="font-size: medium;"> and </span><i style="font-size: large;">Jillian Guller</i><span style="font-size: medium;"> running </span><i style="font-size: large;">away</i><span style="font-size: medium;"> from the alien ship!</span><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEht6fTYvvvIkTPNQE5tkqxV2lyXtp4BByLrGlz1EGFfkXoSDpdGGFHqr0J_qH227MfFhmnZkZkw_kZCV-ujeH2SBqTqU_LrDW4iqRn2QVtMGr5FkQpSMLkxFIUsM801C3RmgveNFfNA4yEGLgoZ42KyX8KxwTcph7wIpBPbWlvZ4HjSd8xWvH2kopJGkSg/s627/UnusedLarkinCover.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="627" data-original-width="525" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEht6fTYvvvIkTPNQE5tkqxV2lyXtp4BByLrGlz1EGFfkXoSDpdGGFHqr0J_qH227MfFhmnZkZkw_kZCV-ujeH2SBqTqU_LrDW4iqRn2QVtMGr5FkQpSMLkxFIUsM801C3RmgveNFfNA4yEGLgoZ42KyX8KxwTcph7wIpBPbWlvZ4HjSd8xWvH2kopJGkSg/s16000/UnusedLarkinCover.jpg" /></a></div><span><span style="font-size: medium;">(I've never seen it <i>anywhere</i> in color...)<br />And here's Simonson & Janson's cover for the tabloid-sized <b><i>Treasury Edition</i></b> reprint...</span><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHpusiYM75HeVfRPiqsKhnKEptxspI1Ub6xE5UfUGe2jo1rBu0Fya1UJuP5t1rKaLXfdsDCxIKBcZkzdet_Xelb1jYsHDdIYo-gqcqnMFQEfRJxjIfblyJ8p85DzCEsESvDhrcxpB-dI7CwFiIvL3UyYo-ALBlqa_uWY2kEWcwE0fO2pXR4KNEjJUtWlw/s695/CloseEncountersTabloid-Cover.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="695" data-original-width="525" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHpusiYM75HeVfRPiqsKhnKEptxspI1Ub6xE5UfUGe2jo1rBu0Fya1UJuP5t1rKaLXfdsDCxIKBcZkzdet_Xelb1jYsHDdIYo-gqcqnMFQEfRJxjIfblyJ8p85DzCEsESvDhrcxpB-dI7CwFiIvL3UyYo-ALBlqa_uWY2kEWcwE0fO2pXR4KNEjJUtWlw/s16000/CloseEncountersTabloid-Cover.jpg" /></a></div><b><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #fcff01; font-size: large;"><i>Bookmark and visit</i></span></b></div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://captainvideossecretsanctum.blogspot.com" target="_blank">Secret Sanctum of Captain Video</a></span></b></div></span><span style="color: #fcff01; font-size: large;"><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #fcff01; font-size: large;"><i>the </i>only<i> blog devoted to comics based on or adapted into radio/tv/movie/video games!</i></span></b></div></span></b><p></p>Britt Reidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07245579677452948620noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-589298115621501451.post-49483551723246246052026-06-06T07:00:00.000-04:002026-06-06T07:00:00.112-04:00Space Hero Saturdays: The Comic Book Trade Paperback You SHOULD have Bought in 1980...but DIDN'T!<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #fcff01; font-size: x-large;"><b>Remember <i>this</i> spectacular wraparound cover?</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhl5JcA7BPE9VxLQQhaZxDY32e_pKVp85QermhFtfUkAtOjiLlZcr54yXMfXEJ6kr6apNhjNQuAy-3jwGkIUX6FSq5-UG_9Y4jPbn_0wlZDD8tUOPmApNLVC72rNyWqw9ubbwXYCnWZqTE/s1600/MiS-Wraparound.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="1188" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhl5JcA7BPE9VxLQQhaZxDY32e_pKVp85QermhFtfUkAtOjiLlZcr54yXMfXEJ6kr6apNhjNQuAy-3jwGkIUX6FSq5-UG_9Y4jPbn_0wlZDD8tUOPmApNLVC72rNyWqw9ubbwXYCnWZqTE/s1600/MiS-Wraparound.jpg" /></a></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">This superb, never-reprinted Murphy Anderson illustration encapsulates what made <b><i>DC's</i></b> science fiction line in the 1950s and 60s so entertaining!</span></div><div><ul><li><span style="font-size: medium;"><i><b>Adam Strange</b></i> and <i>Alanna</i>! (<b>DC's</b> premiere Silver Age space-going heroes!)</span></li><li><span style="font-size: medium;">Winged Apes! (<b><i>DC </i></b>was famous for using apes almost <i>anywhere</i> you could think of!)</span></li><li><span style="font-size: medium;">A ridiculous, physically-impossible image (giant arrow thrown by aforementioned winged [but normal-sized] ape through the Earth) that you just <i>must know</i> the story behind! (Though, sadly, in this case, there's no actual story behind this particular piece!)</span></li></ul></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><i>Fireside's</i> Mysteries in Space</b> (1980), a $7.95 trade paperback reprint compiled from <b>Strange Adventures</b>, <b>Mystery in Space</b>, <b>Tales of the Unexpected</b>, and <b>From Beyond the Unknown</b> came and went quickly through bookstores.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">Sadly, it didn't sell well, and many copies were returned to the publisher and pulped!</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">It's <i>not</i> available in e-book form, and a <i>different</i> 1999 trade paperback, <b>Mystery in Space</b>, doesn't reprint <i>any</i> of the stories featured in this compilation!</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">When you can find a copy now, it runs from $30 to $100, depending on condition!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: yellow;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>Support Atomic Kommie Comics</b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>Visit </b></span></i><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>Amazon</b></span><i><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b> and Order...</b></span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/61gjRiftsmL._SL500_.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="353" height="640" src="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/61gjRiftsmL._SL500_.jpg" width="451" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://amzn.to/2y0Ymae" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>Mysteries in Space</b></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://amzn.to/2y0Ymae" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><i>The Best of DC Science Fiction Comics</i></b></span></a><br /><b>Paid Link</b></div>Britt Reidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07245579677452948620noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-589298115621501451.post-45963329508504864822026-06-05T07:00:00.000-04:002026-06-05T12:16:16.568-04:00Friday Fun RIOT "Advertisements"<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>Several people have complained <a href="https://atocom.blogspot.com/2025/08/friday-fun-marvin-mouse-not-so-honest.html" target="_blank">my post about Bill Everett's <i>Marvin the Mouse</i></a> was <i>too</i> harsh...</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6VH4pol1glJ_zDpbVYfKKqceF7HEh_WU8DaiVZ_sWNDhnVWCF9fX9Kpja9II4PeMMiE1O5jM4Meyz5ELmTncxLzhqxmVJ7UjuRDiRIm73OwTJ2phIlZwdLK4kZgGF2za0O2baL-VQwMU/s1600/Riot6_20.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="809" data-original-width="550" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6VH4pol1glJ_zDpbVYfKKqceF7HEh_WU8DaiVZ_sWNDhnVWCF9fX9Kpja9II4PeMMiE1O5jM4Meyz5ELmTncxLzhqxmVJ7UjuRDiRIm73OwTJ2phIlZwdLK4kZgGF2za0O2baL-VQwMU/s1600/Riot6_20.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">...but I submit these never-reprinted pages from <b><i>Atlas'</i> Riot</b> #5 & #6 (1956) demonstrate Everett <i>could</i> do humor...and in a variety of styles!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXwWy_dhfa309WsXzawCEDtl3qi0Ka8SulW0L09zoiyZ3Gurz4edsWYj8ELbeUnJErSbkYN2MtP4eTJBA4xWWzwMWJgbqMsyV6oBRLMzBTcRGsjUuMbb0_CRzZVJbmfy-Kf7U_o0-ZBcw/s1600/Riot6_22.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="825" data-original-width="550" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXwWy_dhfa309WsXzawCEDtl3qi0Ka8SulW0L09zoiyZ3Gurz4edsWYj8ELbeUnJErSbkYN2MtP4eTJBA4xWWzwMWJgbqMsyV6oBRLMzBTcRGsjUuMbb0_CRzZVJbmfy-Kf7U_o0-ZBcw/s1600/Riot6_22.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBnRq0m8FUDXDreg1emBKBoHzWiDMdJ8rUhCxUFkrFMwPxf7VIl4ldCcXBtimlqQWpS1oHZSkXeVzdhDuUrBvljWfUkI-g4bogSe9VredJyfhShq1tMREOCiFT2cPU6-F4OhRmZhbJ9zk/s1600/Riot6_21.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="825" data-original-width="550" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBnRq0m8FUDXDreg1emBKBoHzWiDMdJ8rUhCxUFkrFMwPxf7VIl4ldCcXBtimlqQWpS1oHZSkXeVzdhDuUrBvljWfUkI-g4bogSe9VredJyfhShq1tMREOCiFT2cPU6-F4OhRmZhbJ9zk/s1600/Riot6_21.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTFWpvdz7-eVIC4begu2bTNTvTaWlJ4K_1efDUx6k9ZcY06kQxWElg1hhHv6A-p4pOakeP6DwDJjlde0vmjNgevu_uPnct3S-pxhFD-y_GS53nc-ABQ7uLtk5QhRMiri9q-4BwLaJAQS4/s1600/Riot6_23.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="825" data-original-width="550" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTFWpvdz7-eVIC4begu2bTNTvTaWlJ4K_1efDUx6k9ZcY06kQxWElg1hhHv6A-p4pOakeP6DwDJjlde0vmjNgevu_uPnct3S-pxhFD-y_GS53nc-ABQ7uLtk5QhRMiri9q-4BwLaJAQS4/s1600/Riot6_23.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIx5hPwNhe1EQxuRmKIpMj3v0nAwRyd3VIWnMv6nZQunUSiD247R7fYbfxb7VG5xFuK3RX_vLZ-AT9O0AoLdtxcdreJgaHfI8zpo25gAvEXn0UDHZZoL9i36ZeS7I3OnE5eyOu-lzdJoI/s1600/Riot5_17.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="820" data-original-width="550" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIx5hPwNhe1EQxuRmKIpMj3v0nAwRyd3VIWnMv6nZQunUSiD247R7fYbfxb7VG5xFuK3RX_vLZ-AT9O0AoLdtxcdreJgaHfI8zpo25gAvEXn0UDHZZoL9i36ZeS7I3OnE5eyOu-lzdJoI/s1600/Riot5_17.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjs3NsUvMq-TmdR13pIt88hZRZdSpkSmwatx25eSjSUpc_Hy6ROtGlmuQP_vHxxAzlUz0rwIdLuu-ZY_9UTsBvIW-4k3_VuUvo2OwmOgTqkV1j9KI9nySPYQQBLFgZqHMCdVEsA7xrury4/s1600/Riot5_16.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="821" data-original-width="550" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjs3NsUvMq-TmdR13pIt88hZRZdSpkSmwatx25eSjSUpc_Hy6ROtGlmuQP_vHxxAzlUz0rwIdLuu-ZY_9UTsBvIW-4k3_VuUvo2OwmOgTqkV1j9KI9nySPYQQBLFgZqHMCdVEsA7xrury4/s1600/Riot5_16.jpg" /></a></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">Spoofing actual ads from <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyXzZsw1Q66KmepLwHyPjbcWjRV2V0zkU3NCUoeAXaZtCi3XrVBjUTrifvfu1_Wq4wV6a4BcHKY337r1BDUVlmQLDIGN-18YWBjsL66o17lzFGPqxUwP_CeLQOpa0tol_rTwyK7_zwpBkv/s1600/Screen+Shot+2013-03-28+at+6.31.05+PM.png" target="_blank"><b>Kleenex</b></a>, <a href="https://s3.amazonaws.com/productimages.goantiques.gemr/45407/3622645_fullsize.jpg" target="_blank"><b>Wildroot Cream Oil</b></a>, <a href="https://i.pinimg.com/originals/97/aa/86/97aa865cfcf676aae2ab65662ac6909d.jpg" target="_blank"><b>Ford Motors</b></a>, <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3na_h4wz0mF0EQ-pCRfYFSy1xFZrjRFRPGQWvGEKt2TsMQTxbo6CXGKYkLLTrTX_BNXv71M7e0E2T1LPfWBspHyGqDgvVA8gnW-lN7x6uhKef76Dz1OKLp86xYOdmxgCipbVHuB3xMfjm/s1600/gas561.jpg" target="_blank"><b>Westinghouse Electronics</b></a> and <a href="https://www.picclickimg.com/d/l400/pict/312452650914_/1954-TWA-airlines-Constellation-plane-show-biz-trade.jpg" target="_blank"><b>TWA</b></a> (I have no idea what the bike ad relates to), artist B<span style="font-family: inherit;">ill Everett demonstrates his mastery of the page, even imitating the art style of <b>Little Lulu's</b> creator Marjorie Henderson Buell!</span><br /><span style="font-family: inherit;">The mystery of why his work on <b><a href="https://atocom.blogspot.com/2025/08/friday-fun-marvin-mouse-not-so-honest.html" target="_blank">Marvin Mouse</a></b> was, to put it mildly, substandard may never be discovered!</span><br /><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Trivia:</b> <b><i>Atlas</i></b> was a bit of a trend-follower, rather than a trend setter, as it became in the Silver Age as <i><b>Marvel</b></i>!</span><br /><span style="font-family: inherit;">Trying to capitalize on <b><i>EC's</i></b> success with <b>MAD</b>, <b><i>Atlas</i></b> launched <i>four</i> different satire/parody anthologies...<b>Crazy</b>, <b>Riot</b>, <b>Snafu</b>, and <b>Wild</b>, only one of which lasted to seven issues!</span></span><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: yellow; font-family: inherit; font-size: x-large;"><b>Support Atomic Kommie Comics</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;"><i>Visit </i>Amazon<i> and Buy...</i></span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/71OsPEXYSgL.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="608" height="640" src="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/71OsPEXYSgL.jpg" width="486" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://amzn.to/2Tm8MMj" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Fire & Water</span></b></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://amzn.to/2Tm8MMj" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><i><b><span style="font-size: large;">Bill Everett, the Sub-Mariner, and the Birth of Marvel Comics</span></b></i></a><br /><b>Paid Link</b></div></div>Britt Reidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07245579677452948620noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-589298115621501451.post-27219116788807448592026-06-04T07:00:00.000-04:002026-06-05T10:11:32.128-04:00Reading Room MONSTER OF FRANKENSTEIN COMICS "Doorway to the Future!"<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>Is this a "lost" <i>Kirby Klassic</i> from the 1950s?</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjX1vuxmNbkLCIeSyK7iUTRh59d1KuqxkoRweyWygU48CXz9q3ryeC0RFpvf90asC6JPH6ohEwjx37aQKvsw7KAbEJsHWnetM1j9Za2YyQ42NJgpA4mOu3B-XYMpvKA79xAozJYh9nzvPpqRxMxryeYXW6O7REq1Bb4aGl33vgadAsV0qx_aufK33guw-w/s775/Frankenstein33_19.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="775" data-original-width="525" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjX1vuxmNbkLCIeSyK7iUTRh59d1KuqxkoRweyWygU48CXz9q3ryeC0RFpvf90asC6JPH6ohEwjx37aQKvsw7KAbEJsHWnetM1j9Za2YyQ42NJgpA4mOu3B-XYMpvKA79xAozJYh9nzvPpqRxMxryeYXW6O7REq1Bb4aGl33vgadAsV0qx_aufK33guw-w/s16000/Frankenstein33_19.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Read this <i>never-reprinted</i> tale from <b><i>Prize Comics'</i></b> <b>Monster of Frankenstein</b> #33 (1954) and judge for yourself...</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgR_ByhVEakjQWS5klIa1NMHuWOQAhZSbfGLy-a28bPkVMnCNJXvCjanZ3GwYYfNFVN_YXO-yJT5jrYo8d6Ver1rYg4fcKFGTCLn-LR0_KY4dtKhWGThAEnLcgrqe_jifvdjqgNibiKPmxUNdJ_sJHf_NQKT_LAsfYooVLG5f7kpCUZ1kDOSC_w54KCpu8/s775/Frankenstein33_20.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="775" data-original-width="525" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgR_ByhVEakjQWS5klIa1NMHuWOQAhZSbfGLy-a28bPkVMnCNJXvCjanZ3GwYYfNFVN_YXO-yJT5jrYo8d6Ver1rYg4fcKFGTCLn-LR0_KY4dtKhWGThAEnLcgrqe_jifvdjqgNibiKPmxUNdJ_sJHf_NQKT_LAsfYooVLG5f7kpCUZ1kDOSC_w54KCpu8/s16000/Frankenstein33_20.jpg" /></a></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEjH8tmdGN8U9R5h4Auzeq8kBUG3Df7ipRQ2NHEUVI6D2VgEzg2RONrXBty1txU-v1h99-8vczpimGEgoaoXM3pgVPA3C4wcdQb4K4YwySUfU90ZSdgBZ1avXTZU2b3Ws_pDVL310aqSZzGu_N0MqMd-IrD0fxsRjhCds2eJtJickBSPGJmMTSj0IpUkg/s775/Frankenstein33_21.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="775" data-original-width="525" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEjH8tmdGN8U9R5h4Auzeq8kBUG3Df7ipRQ2NHEUVI6D2VgEzg2RONrXBty1txU-v1h99-8vczpimGEgoaoXM3pgVPA3C4wcdQb4K4YwySUfU90ZSdgBZ1avXTZU2b3Ws_pDVL310aqSZzGu_N0MqMd-IrD0fxsRjhCds2eJtJickBSPGJmMTSj0IpUkg/s16000/Frankenstein33_21.jpg" /></a></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">When <b><i>Prize Comics'</i> Monster of Frankenstein</b> title was revived during the horror comic boom of the early 1950s, besides <a href="http://horrorcomicsofthe1950s.blogspot.com/search/label/Monster%20of%20Frankenstein" target="_blank">a wonderfully-gruesome version of Dick Briefer's <i>Monster</i></a>, it featured a number of two to four page "fillers".</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">Most of these tales appear to be, at the very least, laid-out by Jack Kirby.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">This story is a prime example.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">The figure poses, faces, machinery, even the futuristic buildings all but <i>scream</i> "KIRBY"!</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="http://www.comics.org/issue/11685/#100350" target="_blank">The <b><i>Grand Comics Database</i></b> lists the story's artist as <i>Marvin Stein</i> with a "?"</a>, but considering the volume of work Simon & Kirby did for <i><b>Prize</b></i> before leaving to form their own company, <a href="http://www.comics.org/publisher/2515/" target="_blank"><b><i>Mainline</i></b></a>, and the fact Stein worked primarily for their studio, it's not unlikely this was an "inventory" story meant for insertion wherever editorial material page count came up short.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">Sadly, the writer of the story is, as in so many cases, unknown, but it might also be Kirby...</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div><span style="color: yellow;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>Support Atomic Kommie Comics</b></span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b><i>Visit </i>Amazon<i> and Buy...</i></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/61Zfl290A%2BL.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/61Zfl290A%2BL.jpg" /></a></div><div><a href="http://amzn.to/2eXpvPf" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Simon & Kirby Library</b></span></a><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><a href="http://amzn.to/2eXpvPf" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>Science Fiction</b></span></a></div><div><i><b>Paid Link</b></i></div></div>Britt Reidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07245579677452948620noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-589298115621501451.post-52640736154447602382026-06-03T07:00:00.000-04:002026-06-03T10:12:22.378-04:00Wednesday Worlds of Wonder WORLDS UNKNOWN "Doorstep"<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #fcff01; font-size: x-large;"><b>We've been showing aliens who dare to land on Earth "who's the boss" for centuries...</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpx-PROdzbCCcB_R3Ok4YreEnKAHXzIZZrmRcDEsf1bdnUdxIBekDbEMg7UwHqKeHPrFHYimE-MFe1ZfuNryx5YEiCGAuIr1L2BeqPP5JvPizkdfpK5Ub2LvZw9nJ0S6SazvO0kstUiCZH/s1600/WorldsUnknown02-23.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpx-PROdzbCCcB_R3Ok4YreEnKAHXzIZZrmRcDEsf1bdnUdxIBekDbEMg7UwHqKeHPrFHYimE-MFe1ZfuNryx5YEiCGAuIr1L2BeqPP5JvPizkdfpK5Ub2LvZw9nJ0S6SazvO0kstUiCZH/s1600/WorldsUnknown02-23.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">...but <i>this</i> is one time that may <i>not</i> have been the best approach!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoOAPATei5oGj3VACYKBJOxreD6DSXaHW-f0DfkplPliyRcVprSk1XkHjt0_u67NdjXDHtH7xd5yK5G1wS3wNMgbboJd03TYInQJMym5HCZ4EdvWAX3iQloMp0mcvswQi4Ij5H9PBYLwM/s1600/WorldsUnknown02-24.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoOAPATei5oGj3VACYKBJOxreD6DSXaHW-f0DfkplPliyRcVprSk1XkHjt0_u67NdjXDHtH7xd5yK5G1wS3wNMgbboJd03TYInQJMym5HCZ4EdvWAX3iQloMp0mcvswQi4Ij5H9PBYLwM/s1600/WorldsUnknown02-24.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiWyhBDNGXIrnAQXMzOuqpIHbvdHS2O-7iwhHQYu8T6Z4SL2ZHxS-t9O1EDyQub8UeB78ShCPknv5Bf-skvaXt_se4u9TELN33DYXGN97Ae2JJvc1ME5olypu742EzewFgxLJwoDJAGOpw/s1600/WorldsUnknown02-28.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiWyhBDNGXIrnAQXMzOuqpIHbvdHS2O-7iwhHQYu8T6Z4SL2ZHxS-t9O1EDyQub8UeB78ShCPknv5Bf-skvaXt_se4u9TELN33DYXGN97Ae2JJvc1ME5olypu742EzewFgxLJwoDJAGOpw/s1600/WorldsUnknown02-28.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTKKAPWhtSitM92hyvSafA2wA7AtguwlDdcFufKunlWnfm2JYP6TBswMzoxYtunbvfwqNd9-fjwWH5Airx4GUeWxoWvf7zz1Nv8TKU-HMPf6ySg90eF0gZgo0W47ajdDxf92vIvaS8wjjw/s1600/WorldsUnknown02-29.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTKKAPWhtSitM92hyvSafA2wA7AtguwlDdcFufKunlWnfm2JYP6TBswMzoxYtunbvfwqNd9-fjwWH5Airx4GUeWxoWvf7zz1Nv8TKU-HMPf6ySg90eF0gZgo0W47ajdDxf92vIvaS8wjjw/s1600/WorldsUnknown02-29.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-lGDF6xX8JcBfKpTAKSPFS1cIfUQ9myeg1BE-WMGlSLf49V8payzww0QUzWlhjHt7p3vhDbVnDnVTjgl7Rjy1vO-GX-oMVAOKtE4ZK66WqnBhKDIhlw_1bppW-myTgUJcVhIdPdQe7NFs/s1600/WorldsUnknown02-30.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-lGDF6xX8JcBfKpTAKSPFS1cIfUQ9myeg1BE-WMGlSLf49V8payzww0QUzWlhjHt7p3vhDbVnDnVTjgl7Rjy1vO-GX-oMVAOKtE4ZK66WqnBhKDIhlw_1bppW-myTgUJcVhIdPdQe7NFs/s1600/WorldsUnknown02-30.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbMEvJuNN_bkjsCX_Joakqo7BDGXbQpUmmBpnUtnWhQe5Drlf5OP8g3OHB3x344b-ndiW2PjD3gnI-vUIDay0qA3tk9-uHfEB-gmdXu26lxVnpevRxQs3NDpey5VPVgn-wjF4mcWna4vWg/s1600/WorldsUnknown02-32.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbMEvJuNN_bkjsCX_Joakqo7BDGXbQpUmmBpnUtnWhQe5Drlf5OP8g3OHB3x344b-ndiW2PjD3gnI-vUIDay0qA3tk9-uHfEB-gmdXu26lxVnpevRxQs3NDpey5VPVgn-wjF4mcWna4vWg/s1600/WorldsUnknown02-32.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEja9oBTuU7uk2D6m2vVYtUHjbMB2Tsk9HKaSrcAtUzNB7t2zBqbI_-5ifyxK1nWLXggWu_0D2fj9kbktqpTdQmMvWFQQirl5pLPZBuvGvRk7Xygx5oU6jm3tp2nO5iatR_b4yJK3hPvVD8/s1600/WorldsUnknown02-33.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEja9oBTuU7uk2D6m2vVYtUHjbMB2Tsk9HKaSrcAtUzNB7t2zBqbI_-5ifyxK1nWLXggWu_0D2fj9kbktqpTdQmMvWFQQirl5pLPZBuvGvRk7Xygx5oU6jm3tp2nO5iatR_b4yJK3hPvVD8/s1600/WorldsUnknown02-33.jpg" /></a></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">Adapted from a short story by Keith Laumer, this tale from <b><i>Marvel's</i> Worlds Unknown</b> #2 (1973) has a kool "<b>Twilight Zone</b>" twist ending, but couldn't have been adapted for the show due to the crudeness of tv special effects work at the time.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">OTOH, writer Gerry Conway, penciler Gil Kane, and inker Tom Sutton had <i>no</i> such constraints, and they do <b><i>EC Comics</i></b>' writers and artists proud with a tale that would have fit right in with <b>Weird Science</b>, <b>Weird Fantasy</b>, or the merged <b>Weird Science-Fantasy</b> books!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: yellow;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>Support Atomic Kommie Comics</b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b><i>Visit </i>Amazon<i> and Buy...</i></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/51E2RX30J6L.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/51E2RX30J6L.jpg" width="415" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://amzn.to/2mmSGSP" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>A Plague of Demons</b></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://amzn.to/2mmSGSP" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>and Other Stories</b></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span><b><i style="font-size: x-large;">(featuring "Doorstep")</i><br />Paid Link</b></span></div>Britt Reidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07245579677452948620noreply@blogger.com0