Attack of the Clones: The Tarzan Clones!
Tarzan clones became a thing in 1926, when Bomba the Jungle Boy (by the house name, Roy Rockwood) began publishing the first close imitation of Read More
Category: Comic Books
End of a Warren Era: Bill DuBay
The end of the Warren magazine run was ushered in by Bill DuBay as editor. Bill started with Warren in 1973 as editor and writer. Read More
Those Fantastic Ape Monsters
Those fantastic ape monsters of Fantasy & Science Fiction show our interest in our shaggy relatives. Fiction writers produced tales of apes and apish creatures Read More
The Monsters of the Hyborian Age 5: Thak the Apeman
In case you missed the last monster… “Rogues in the House” (Weird Tales, January 1934) was the seventh Conan story Howard sold. It is set Read More
Superheroes Go Sword & Sorcery
Superheroes go Sword & Sorcery is not quite the same thing as Sword & Sorcery Superheroes. I would point to the piece I did on Read More
The Strangest Northerns: The Forest of Death
“The Forest of Death” is a strange Northern set in the Big Woods of Quebec. It appeared in Charlton’s This Magazine Is Haunted #15 (February Read More
Victor de la Fuente’s Haxtur
Victor de la Fuente’s “Haxtur” originally appeared in the Spanish anthology comic, Trinca in the early 1970s. The stories were reprinted in English for a Read More
Some Odd 1960s Sword & Sorcery Comics
Some odd 1960s Sword & Sorcery comics are the remainders after you take away the big players. This decade produced more Sword & Sorcery than Read More
The Monsters of the Hyborian Age 4: Thog the Slithering Shadow
In case you missed the last monster…. Thog the Slithering Shadow is without doubt the most Lovecraftian of all Robert E. Howard’s monsters. Formless, tentacled, Read More
The Strangest Northerns: Out of the Storm
“Out of the Storm” appeared in Marvel’s Strange Tales #37 (August 1955). The author is not known but the art was done by Dick Ayers. Read More