The Comics of Fu Manchu
Fu Manchu is one of the great villains of Pulp fiction. Sax Rohmer created the character in Collier’s Magazine, Feb 15, 1913 with “The Zayat Read More
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Classic Monsters in Comics: The Invisible Man
The Invisible Man by H. G. Wells (1897) was one of his genre-establishing books along with The Time Machine, The Island of Dr. Moreau and Read More
Classic Monsters in Comics: Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde
Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde comics seems like a no-brainer for the Horror comics but actual adaptations are infrequent. And those tend to be reprinted Read More
Werewolves in Black & White – Part 4
If you missed the last one… I had one comment on the last portion of this four-part lycan-fest asking about Mike Ploog. This is a 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
The Big Five in the Comics
The Big Five The Big Five of the Storytellers were all authors of adventure fiction but they were also writers of Science Fiction, Fantasy or Read More
H. Rider Haggard Comic Adaptations
Henry Rider Haggard’s novels of adventure were an obvious choice for comic adaptions. Just as Hollywood found the color and majesty of Africa alluring, so Read More
Warrior: Tales of Sword & Sorcery
The scene is 1982. At no time will there be more fantastic anthology comics being published. You have the last of the Warren magazines: Creepy, Read More
The Adventures of Allan Quatermain
The tales of Allan Quatermain were standard reading for youngsters in the years before World War II. By 1975, when I was twelve and the Read More