Here is another classic Tarzan by John Celardo. This story had also been presented by Dr. Ramesh Bagwani, (albeit incomplete) from his collection of newspaper strips. Enjoy the complete story here.Here is the original link [...]
Action #328
Người đăng: lecuongle on Thứ Sáu, 14 tháng 12, 2012
This was an issue that I didn't have back in the 1960s, but picked up on ebay. You can see the entire premise for the story on that cover, and given that premise, the story practically writes itself. Of course [...]
The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis #3
Người đăng: lecuongle on Thứ Ba, 4 tháng 12, 2012
Dobie was DC's only remaining teen star in the early 1960s; A Date With Judy was about to give up the ghost shortly after this particular issue hit the newsstands and Binky and Buzzy had both been cancelled a few years before. [...]
May I See Your License, Please?
Người đăng: lecuongle on Thứ Ba, 27 tháng 11, 2012
Licensed comics were pretty common in the Silver Age. It's not hard to see the appeal to the publishers; you can argue that every episode of the TV show you're covering is an advertisement for the comic as well. As [...]
Redrawn Faces in MSH #14?
Người đăng: lecuongle on Thứ Bảy, 24 tháng 11, 2012
It is well-known that when Jack Kirby came over to DC in the early 1970s and started working on Jimmy Olsen as well as other titles, that Superman and Jimmy Olsen's faces were redrawn by DC staff artists like Al Plastino [...]
A different Tarzan
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Here is the first of the Tarzan stories published by Dynamite Comics. Enjoy.http://www.mediafire.com/?81g5ws4re3gv [...]
Lois Lane's "Fictional" Adventures
Người đăng: lecuongle on Chủ Nhật, 11 tháng 11, 2012
From Lois Lane Annual #1, comes this list of "famous" old Lois Lane tales: Why the scare quotes? Well, it turns out that a few of these stories never existed. Action Comics #20 is the January 1940 issue, and the (untitled) [...]
Walt Simonson's First Published Work?
Người đăng: lecuongle on Thứ Tư, 7 tháng 11, 2012
From Magnus, Robot Fighter #10, May 1965, about 8 years before his first official work for DC (Weird War Tales) and about the same amount of time before his famed work on Manhunter, one of my favorite series of all time. [...]
In Search of... Aliens
Người đăng: lecuongle on Thứ Hai, 5 tháng 11, 2012
A reader named Darell writes:When I was young, before I started collecting comics (I collected and traded them between 1960 and 1966) I used to read my uncle's. This would have been in the very early sixties, 1961 to 63 probably (he was about 16). I [...]
A Really Big Shoe
Người đăng: lecuongle on Chủ Nhật, 4 tháng 11, 2012
Superman gets emphatic at the UN: This refers to a famous supposed incident when Nikita Kruschev, then ruler of the Soviet Union, supposedly banged his shoe on the desk in anger during a debate at the United Nations. This [...]
D139 - Tarzan and the Missionary
Người đăng: lecuongle on Thứ Tư, 31 tháng 10, 2012
Here is another classic Tarzan by John Celardo. This story had been presented by Dr. Bagwani from his collection of newspaper strips.Here is the original link to these strips, which were shared by EMILE (Who else?)http: [...]
The Aliens
Người đăng: lecuongle on Thứ Hai, 29 tháng 10, 2012
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This post was suggested by an emailer named Darell.I have talked previously about the terrific Gold Key series, Magnus, Robot Fighter. In the back of each of the Magnus comics was a four-page serial called The Aliens. [...]
Flash Gordon - S075 - The Skorpi (1959-02-08 to 1959-04-05)
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Story & Art: Mac Raboy Original run: 1959-02-08 to 1959-04-05Summary: Finding themselves plunging through an artificial lake on Saturn’s moon Titan (read S-074 The Ship of Gold), a horrified Flash and Dale suddenly stand face to face [...]
Flash Gordon - S074 - The Ship of Gold (1958-12-21 to 1959-02-01)
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Story & Art: Mac Raboy Original run: 1958-12-21 to 1959-02-01Summary: Preparing a shipment of mining equipment and a large money consignment at an Earth rocket port, Flash and Dale are suddenly overcome by two robbers in an unusual [...]
Flash Gordon - S073 - Moon Wreck (1958-10-19 to 1958-12-14)
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Story & Art: Mac RaboyOriginal run: 1958-10-19 to 1958-12-14Summary: As the world is buzzing with the news of a pompous playboy and his movie star partner crashing their space ship on the Moon, plans are set in motion for the delicate rescue [...]
Flash Gordon - S072 - Rocket Derby (1958-08-24 to 1958-10-12)
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Story & Art: Mac Raboy Original run: 1958-08-24 to 1958-10-12Summary: Agreeing to fly the powerful “Bumblebee” rocket in the upcoming Solar Derby space race, Flash soon learns that his decision incites acute jealousy in another prospective [...]
Flash Gordon - S071 - Stratosphere Beast (1958-06-22 to 1958-08-17)
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Story & Art: Mac Raboy Original run: 1958-06-22 to 1958-08-17Summary: Taking a prolonged holiday away from all things space to come to terms with the outcome of his latest mission (see S-070 The Z Bomb Cloud), Flash is contacted by [...]
Flash Gordon - S070 - The Z Bomb Cloud (1958-05-04 to 1958-06-15)
Người đăng: lecuongle on Thứ Bảy, 27 tháng 10, 2012
Story & Art: Mac Raboy Original run: 1958-05-04 to 1958-06-15Summary: A deadly radioactive cloud is travelling fast through space after a violent Z bomb detonation on a war-ravaged planet, threatening the Milky Way and Earth with total [...]
Flash Gordon - S069 - Robinson Crusoe in Space (1958-03-16 to 1958-04-27)
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Story & Art: Mac Raboy Original run: 1958-03-16 to 1958-04-27Summary: Concluding his delicate mission on Neptune (read S-068 Missiles from Neptune), Flash suffers a massive ship system failure on his way back to Earth and is forced [...]
Flash Gordon - S068- Missiles from Neptune (1958-01-19 to 1958-03-09)
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Story & Art: Mac Raboy Original run: 1958-01-19 to 1958-03-09Summary: Answering an emergency summons, Flash and Zarkov learn that Earth is being bombarded by interplanetary missiles from the outer region of the galaxy and manage to [...]
Flash Gordon - S067- The Lonely Crowd (1957-12-01 to 1958-01-12)
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Story & Art: Mac Raboy Original run: 1957-12-01 to 1958-01-12Summary: Finally back on Earth (see S-066 Weird World), Flash, Dale and Zarkov decide to unwind by taking the car for a spin in the American wilderness, but a new mystery is waiting [...]
A Robot Did What?
Người đăng: lecuongle on Thứ Năm, 25 tháng 10, 2012
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I don't know why, because I've always been an avid reader, but for some reason, while reading comic books of the early 1960s or before, I tend to ignore the text features that appeared in many of them. But today I [...]
