Buck Rogers, The First Space Hero
People often forget where things begin. Take Buck Rogers for instance. If you asked anyone about Buck you’d probably hear about the new comic book Read More
Category: Space Opera
Classic Scenes From Jules Verne
Classic scenes from the novels of Jules Verne become obvious when you look at comic book covers over the last eighty years. Artists focus on Read More
Lance Lewis, Space Detective
If you missed the last one… Lance Lewis, Space Detective was one of the headliners in Startling Comics at the end of its run. (The Read More
Two Heroic Fantasy Classics: Poul Anderson
Fantasy in the 1950s Poul Anderson wrote two classic Fantasy novels pretty much one after the other. Three Hearts and Three Lions appeared in F&SF, Read More
Will Garth – The Man Who Never Was
Ned Pines’ owned Standard Magazines, which also were known as Beacon Magazines, Best Books, Better Publications, Nedor Publishing, and others. Most readers thought of them Read More
The Comics of Virgil Finlay – Part Two
If you missed Part One… The comics of Virgil Finlay show an artist who is trying out the new popular medium of comics. He started Read More
The Comics of Virgil Finlay – Part One
The comics of Virigil Finlay are few but showed possibilities. Pulp artists, such as Joseph Doolin, Harry Kiefer, Vincent Napoli, John Giunta, Harry Parkhurst and Read More
Kenton of Star Patrol
If you missed the last one… “Kenton of Star Patrol” was a Space Opera comic created by John B. Michel and possibly continued by Gardner Read More
Space Opera from the Big Four: The Raider of the Spaceways
“The Raider of the Spaceways” is an odd debut in Science Fiction. It wasn’t Henry Kuttner’s first story (his nineteenth) but it was his first Read More
Harry Harrison… Beware!
Harry Harrison… Beware! Not of Harry Harrison’s writing because that’s excellent. Beware he drew horror strips for more than just EC Comics. While he and Read More