D139 - Tarzan and the Missionary

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: [...]

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The Aliens

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.  [...]

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Flash Gordon - S075 - The Skorpi (1959-02-08 to 1959-04-05)

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 [...]

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Flash Gordon - S074 - The Ship of Gold (1958-12-21 to 1959-02-01)

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 [...]

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Flash Gordon - S073 - Moon Wreck (1958-10-19 to 1958-12-14)

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 [...]

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Flash Gordon - S072 - Rocket Derby (1958-08-24 to 1958-10-12)

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 [...]

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Flash Gordon - S071 - Stratosphere Beast (1958-06-22 to 1958-08-17)

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 [...]

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Flash Gordon - S070 - The Z Bomb Cloud (1958-05-04 to 1958-06-15)

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 [...]

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Flash Gordon - S069 - Robinson Crusoe in Space (1958-03-16 to 1958-04-27)

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 [...]

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Flash Gordon - S068- Missiles from Neptune (1958-01-19 to 1958-03-09)

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 [...]

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Flash Gordon - S067- The Lonely Crowd (1957-12-01 to 1958-01-12)

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 [...]

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A Robot Did What?

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 [...]

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Buz Sawyer strips (D025 to D028 and VX)

Thanks to Emile, not only old links (D01 to D24 and S000) are up again, but followings are added HERE also:D025 - Alaska 5-21-51 to 8-21-51D026 - Doldrums 8-22-51 to 9-29-51D027 - Zazarof 10-1-51 to 1-11-52D028 - The Hawks Boys 1-12-52 to 6-11-52155.Buz [...]

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Clark Kent Calls It Quits?

In current comics, of course.Clark Kent quits the Daily Planet in Superman #13 — and he doesn’t go quietly. He resigns in front of the whole staff, reports Brian Truitt, “and rails on how journalism has given way to entertainment.” [...]

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My Greatest Adventure #81

This is the second MGA issue featuring the Doom Patrol. As you can see, the "freaks and outcasts" theme that Arnold Drake was copying from Marvel is still underway:They also carry on the bickering in the Marvel style.  [...]

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D138. Krona and the Treasure of Opar - 1963-04-12 (7397) to 1963-08-12 (7501)

Here is a classic Tarzan strip by John Celardo. This was sent to me by Emile.Here is the original strip from Emile.http://www.sendspace.com/file/m7gtcqEnjoy,Venkitacha [...]

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Stan Lee's Guide to Creative Insults

Or, who says comics aren't educational?  Stan seemed to have an inexhaustible thesaurus of put-downs, aspersions and invectives:I can tell you for a fact that was the first time I ever heard the word "dolt", and it [...]

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The Trouble With Robots

One of the central themes running through DC comics in the Silver Age was a reverence for science combined with skepticism for applied science (i.e., technology).  Few plot points illustrate this better than the continual [...]

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S176. The Power House Gang

Here is the just completed Sunday Phantom story. Here is the original link from Emile who shared the story with us.http://www.sendspace.com/file/yzd64cEnjoy,Venk [...]

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Those Pagan Kryptonians!

A rather surprising response from Weisinger, who generally portrayed Krypton as far more advanced than Earth. Of course, you can see the problem; if he responds that they had some different kind of religion (or no religion [...]

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