Adam Link in the Comics
Adam Link was an important Science Fiction creation. It should be no surprise that he ended up in comic books. It didn’t hurt that Otto Read More
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1939 Was the Year of the Robot!
1939 was the Year of the Robot! So many stories, comics, movies from 1939 to 1942 were influenced by the World’s Fair, and one exhibit, Read More
The Other Worlds: A Pulp Snapshot
The Other Worlds, an anthology by Phil Stong and Garden City Publishing, is a Pulp snapshot of the industry of fantastic literature before 1942. Where Read More
My Best Science Fiction Story (1949)
My Best Science Fiction Story (1949) was an SF anthology by Leo Marguiles and Oscar J. Friend. The way the editors open the book it 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
Introducing…For the First Time…Robots
We take robots for granted. Watching any Science Fiction show or movie, robots appear and we assume all kinds of things. Science Fiction is a Read More
Hugo’s Robots: The Gernsback Magazines
The word “robot” came to us from the 1920 play “R. U. R.” by Karl Capek. Capek’s robots are actually androids who rebel against their Read More
Link: Robots Can’t Lie
Isaac Asimov claims that the science fiction story was never truly married with the mystery story before 1953. Some authors tried, while others danced around Read More
Link: Scott Rand in the Worlds of Time
Comics in the late 1930s and early 1940s were a mixed bag. Having spectacular names, promising great entertainment inside, they were generally collections of stock Read More
The Science Fiction of Donald Duck
It can be fun to read comics that were written and drawn before you were even born. Take Dell Comics for instance. Began as a Read More