Detour: The Sword & Sorcery of Wonder Woman
Wonder Woman has connections to Sword & Sorcery. Like Hawkman, she uses weapons that scream sword fights and monsters. Also like Hawkman, it depends on Read More
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Supernatural Sherlock Holmes
Supernatural Sherlock Holmes is not much of a deal in 2020. Ever since the character entered the public domain, all manner of novels have appeared. Read More
The Lost Worlds of Doc Savage
Lost Worlds are a sub-genre of adventure story made popular by H. Rider Haggard in 1885 with King Solomon’s Mines. (Granted he borrowed from Jules Read More
The Black Arts – Mythos Heartbreak
A couple of days ago I wrote about “Beyond the Past” and said I hadn’t found any Mythos comics since Dr. Styx in 1945. Well, Read More
More Sword & Sorcery at DC Comics
A while back I wrote about how DC experimented with Sword & Sorcery stories in their Horror comics. Here are eight more I missed. Some Read More
Beyond the Past – Mythos Miniature
This post is brought to you by The Book of the Black Sun by G. W. Thomas, a mandala of Cthulhu Mythos fiction featuring a Read More
Artists of Sword & Sorcery: Walt Simonson (1946-)
Walt Simonson has worked largely with superheroes but has made a few contributions to Sword & Sorcery comics, in particular an early Star*Reach parody piece Read More
First Images of Tarzan: Pre-1918
Hollywood has had an influence on our images of Tarzan since 1918. Only Clinton Peetee Jr. had no images from previous sources to influence him Read More
Artists of Sword & Sorcery: Alfred Alcala (1925-2000)
Alfred Alcala has been one of the most influential and important of inkers working in Sword & Sorcery. He started in the Philippines in 1963 Read More
S. P. Meek: Science Fiction Adventure Writer
Captain S. P. Meek (1894-1972), if you were to look him up on Google, would most likely come up as the author of Jerry, the Read More