Giants of Science Fiction
Giants of Science Fiction can mean either the greats who wrote SF, or as in this case, the giants that appear in Science Fiction tales. Read More
Category: Superheroes
Artists of Sword & Sorcery: Rich Buckler (1949-2017)
Rich Buckler (1949-2017) is another superhero artist who dabbled in S&S in the 1970s with “The Bloodstaff” (which he also wrote) (Eerie #29, September 1970) Read More
Science Fiction Out of Milwaukee
When you look at the history of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror there are certain cities that stand tall as centers of activity. New York Read More
Unknown Worlds of Science Fiction
Let’s be honest. Most Science Fiction comics don’t rise above the level of the rickety Space Opera. Planet Comics was an old comic that tried Read More
Doc Savage: The Illustrations!
The colorful covers of Doc Savage Magazine are well known with their Pulp action and sinister mystery. The interior art is less so. These images Read More
Favorite Frankenstein Covers 1945-2015
If you subscribe to this blog, you will have received a crappy version of this piece. My Yoast Plugin ate it before it went out Read More
The Doc Savage Black & White Magazine
Marvel Comics pursued a line of black & white magazines in the early 1970s. The idea, no doubt, came from the success of the Warren Read More
New Pulp: We Finally Got There
Twenty years ago I made it my mission to write as they did in the old days of Black Mask, Dime Detective and Thrilling Wonder Read More
The Bats of DC
Berni Wrightson’s cover for House of Mystery #195 (October 1971) got me to thinking how DC Comics made that swooping bat figure their own, and Read More
The Strangest Northerns: Blackhawk Style
“Aurora, Queen of the Arctic” (Blackhawk #51, February 1951) from Quality Comics, offers a Pulp style Northern with a mysterious siren who draws men into Read More