Sloane’s Second-Hand Robots
If you missed the last one… Thomas O’Conor Sloane (1851-1940) was seventy-seven years old when he assumed the helm of Amazing Stories. His son, John, Read More
Category: Monsters
Days of the Triffids
John Wyndham’s The Day of the Triffids (aka “Revolt of the Triffids”) was a watershed moment in Science Fiction as well as in the career Read More
Fantastic Ferdy
Prize Comics published a children’s comic called Wonderland Comics from Summer 1945 to April-May 1947. Of the nine issues, eight of them contained the tales Read More
Invisibility in the Pulps: 1930
If you missed the last one… The 1930s saw invisibility become one of the major themes in Science Fiction Pulps. The last post covered an Read More
Bronze Age Dragons: 1980s
If you missed the last one… The 1980s offered some new wrinkles to old dragons. One of these was the new paper quality of independent Read More
Bronze Age Dragons: 1970s
Fire-breathing dragons! You won’t find any T. rexes or giant snakes here. These are Bronze Age Dragons, with wings and fiery breath. (well, mostly.) I Read More
Hugo Gernsback’s Creatures From Wonder Stories II
If you missed the last one… Last time I focused on five of the better realized creatures from Wonder Stories. This time I’ve got five Read More
Lost Cities of the Golden Age
In the last post I focused on the lost cities in the fiction of Edgar Rice Burroughs and his Tarzan novels. I have another one Read More
You Guessed it! More Plant Monsters in Comics!
If you missed the last one… With this post we hit the three hundred and ninety third plant comic in my collected posts. Just shy Read More
The Lost Cities of Conan
In the last post, we looked at the lost cities in the Tarzan novels. Edgar Rice Burroughs was one of Robert E. Howard’s commercial inspirations, Read More