Dell’s Tarzan by Mo Gollub
Dell’s Tarzan ran from Issue #13 to #54 with photographic covers featuring Lex Barker. Tarzan fans were used to the green backgrounds with the single Read More
Category: Dark Worlds Quarterly
The Sons of Edgar Rice Burroughs
The sons of Edgar Rice Burroughs must have felt some inkling of pressure from the public to continue in their father’s footsteps. Successful children of Read More
Walt Kelly’s Fairy Tale Parade
Walt Kelly’s Fairy Tale Parade was a anthology comic published by Dell in 1942-1944. It ran for nine issues. The contents were taken from folklore Read More
A Science Fiction Double Feature
The iconic lyrics to the opening song of The Rocky Horror Picture Show, “Science Fiction Double Feature” does a great job of summarizing the favorite Read More
Heroic Fantasy Movies and Television: The 1990s
If you missed 1982-1989… Heroic fantasy movies and television changed in the 1990s. CGI came to Hollywood in 1993 with Jurassic Park but the Fantasy Read More
The Trial of Robot A-1
1939 saw the trial of two robots: first, Adam Link and then Robot A-1. It was a strange time for jurisprudence. Mechanical men were filling Read More
Ki-Gor: House Name of the Jungle
Ki-Gor was a Tarzan clone who headlined in the Jungle Stories Pulp. (Not to be confused with the 1931 Jungle Stories.) The John Peter Drummond Read More
Sword & Planet Comics of the 1970s
In the 1970s the lines between Sword & Sorcery and its more Science Fiction friend, Sword & Planet, began to blur. The comics were largely Read More
Clawfang the Barbarian
Clawfang the Barbarian wins the silver medal in the Valhalla of Sword & Sorcery comics. As most know today, the first comic character to bear Read More
Heroic Fantasy Films and Television of 1982-1989
If you missed 1924 to 1981… Heroic fantasy films and television changed after 1982. The release of Dino DeLaurentis’ Conan the Barbarian sent Fantasy films Read More