Sword & Sorcery at DC: The 1970s
Sword & Sorcery comics at DC Comics was a slow process. Marvel had struck gold with Conan the Barbarian in October 1970 but their main Read More
Sword & Sorcery Roundtable #2
Session #2 of the Dark Worlds Quarterly Sword & Sorcery Round Table podcast is live! William Meikle, John O’Neil and C.L. Werner. discuss Sword and Read More
The Early Eando Binder
Eando Binder was a great Science Fiction pseudonym, being odd and perhaps just a little futuristic. The truth is it simply meant E. and O. Read More
Robert Bloch in Unknown
Robert Bloch appeared in Unknown/Unknown Worlds only three times. Despite this, it was an important transition for him. Bloch’s primary market was Weird Tales. He Read More
The Alien Invasions of Captain Marvel
If you missed the last one… The alien invasions of Captain Marvel are eleven tales that appeared between 1941 and 1953. Fawcett’s Captain Marvel Adventures Read More
Edmond Hamilton Comics: 1952
If you missed 1951… 1952 was a good year for Edmond Hamilton comic. In the Pulps, Hamilton only produced two stories, though one was the Read More
The Ghostbreakers: The Attleborough Poltergeist
“The Attleborough Poltergeist” is a ghostbreaking tale from Science fiction writer, Richard Cowper. It appeared in Fantasy & Science Fiction, October 1980. Cowper often appeared Read More
Rudyard Kipling’s Mowgli
Rudyard Kipling’s Mowgli is a very different thing than Walt Disney’s. I love that old cartoon but when I finally read the original stories as Read More
The Ruum Stories of Arthur Porges
The Short Story Man Arthur Porges (1915-2006) is perhaps best remembered for the story “The Ruum” (Fantasy & Science Fiction, October 1953) This is an Read More
Favorite Sword & Sorcery From Epic Illustrated
Here are my favorite Sword & Sorcery comics from Marvel’s Epic Illustrated. The full-sized magazine ran for 34 issues from Spring 1980 to February 1986. Read More