Terror in the Sargasso Sea
Terror in the Sargasso Sea began when sailors sailed the Carribean in search of land and gold. It was Horror master, William Hope Hodgson, who Read More
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The Strangest Northerns: The Ice Giant Saga – Part 1
The Ice Giant Saga was not DC’s first outing to the frozen North. Strange Northerns have been a part of DC’s history from the moment Read More
Edmond Hamilton Comics 1953
1953 produced the first real noteworthy story, “The Lord of Batmanor” (Detective Comics #198). This comic was special because Hamilton and Leigh Brackett, his wife, Read More
Gardner F. Fox’s Warren Sword & Sorcery
Gardner F. Fox‘s Warren Sword & Sorcery appearances seem almost obvious as Fox had left DC to write his Kothar and Kyrix novels. The dispute Read More
Plant Monsters of the Silver Age
Plant Monsters of the Silver Age grew in a different soil than their predecessors. Plant monsters in comics begin as far back as 1940 with 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
Michael Kaluta’s Monsters and Machines
Michael W. Kaluta is famous for his horror covers in the 1970s, his Fantasy art both in and out of comics, for The Shadow, and Read More
Link: Gothic Gotham
In 1764, a bored English peer, no longer active in politics, builder of a fairy tale castle in the middle of Twickenham, came up with Read More
Edmond Hamilton Comics: 1940s
Edmond Hamilton was a comic book writer in the 1940s to 1960s. He wasn’t alone. Julius Schwartz, Mort Weisinger, Otto Binder, Alfred Bester, Henry Kuttner, Read More
Plant Monsters in the Comics
As early as 1940 comic book writers and artists have used the killer plant in their comics. Why not? Vines are easy to draw. Many Read More