Johnny Peril, Occult Adventurer
Howard Purcell (1918-1981) created Johnny Peril almost by accident. “Just a Story” was a strip that had no real continuing character until Johnny stumbled along. Read More
Tag: Robert Kanigher
The Weird War Tales of Alex Nino
The Weird War Tales of Alex Nino may seem like an odd choice of subject. Isn’t Alex Nino the artist who did all those mind-bending Read More
The Strangest Northerns: Mystery of the Indian Totem Pole
“Mystery of the Indian Totem Pole” was the second Northern adventure in Wonder Woman #47 (May-June 1951). It too was written by Robert Kanigher (as Read More
The Strangest Northerns: World Below the North Pole
“The World Below the North Pole” was Wonder Woman’s second foray as a strange Northern. This time it appeared in Wonder Woman #47 (May-June 1951). Read More
Beyond the Farthest Star: The Comic
If you missed the last one… Beyond the Farthest Star (1942) is not Edgar Rice Burroughs’ most famous book. In fact, it is a bit Read More
Detour: The Sword & Sorcery of Wonder Woman
Wonder Woman has connections to Sword & Sorcery. Like Hawkman, she uses weapons that scream sword fights and monsters. Also like Hawkman, it depends on Read More
The Forgotten Comics: Space Voyagers
If you missed the last one… Here is the first in a series on forgotten comics, starting with “Space Voyagers” by Robert Kanigher and Alex Read More
Alex Nino’s Korak, Son of Tarzan
April-May 1974 something strange happened. DC’s Tarzan went from 36 pages to 100 pages! Issues #230 to 235 ballooned to giant issues of Edgar Rice Read More
Link: DC Flirts With Sword & Sorcery – Horror Anthologies
Nightmaster failed to become DC’s first sword-and-sorcery title, but DC kept trying in the horror magazines. “The Eyes of the Basilisk” (The House of Mystery Read More