The Avenger Part 3 – Ron Goulart and Jack Kirby
If you missed the last one… The 1970s saw a renewed interest in the Pulps of long gone decades. Much of this was driven by Read More
Tag: DC Comics
The Visual History of the Banth
Clinton Pettee immortalized the image of the hero astride the back of a lion caught in a titanic struggle. That was for the cover of Read More
Jimminy and the Magic Book
DC Comics had a portal Fantasy comic in the tradition of “Fantasy Isle”, “Dicky in the Magic Forest”, “Danny in Wonderland”, “Sir Butch”, “Jimmy Jupiter” Read More
The Definition of Sword & Sorcery
I don’t waste much time on defining Sword & Sorcery but it seems to be a thing again on the Internet. Men like Lin Carter Read More
Siegfried and the Dragon
Whether you call him Siegfried (in the German The Nibelungenlied) or Sigurd (the Völsunga saga, and the Poetic Edda), it doesn’t really matter. He fights Read More
Doc Savage vs. Superman
Doc Savage vs. Superman? You can blame Will Murray for this one. In his piece called simply “Intermission” in the Sanctum reprints of Murder Mirage/The Read More
Four Color Dragons
The dragon of Western culture was a chimera of parts with the body of a crocodile, the wings of a bat and the neck and Read More
Still More Bronze Age Plant Monsters IV
If you missed the last one… The Bronze Age has the benefit of all the collective plant monsters of the Golden and Silver Ages before Read More
Jeffrey Catherine Jones: Early Sword & Sorcery Comics
Jeffrey Catherine Jones did some early Sword & Sorcery comics before and after the rise of old Conan. Some of these comics aren’t pure S&S Read More
The Ghostbreakers: Mister E
DC Comics love a good ghostbreaker. Some have long careers, even get movies. Others lurk in out-of-way places like in the back pages of old Read More