Sam Moskowitz’s “Uncrowned Masters” (1940)
Sam Moskowitz’s “Uncrowned Masters” (1940) appeared in Fantascience Digest #12 (January-February 1940), so exactly eighty-one years ago. Moskowitz was twenty years old when he wrote Read More
Tag: Superman
The Menace of the Machine Men: A Robot Tradition
“The Menace of the Machine Men” was a Superman comic story that is part of a robot tradition. Edmond Hamilton made the transition from Pulps 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
Edmond Hamilton Comics: 1952
If you missed 1951… 1952 was a good year for Edmond Hamilton comic. In the Pulps, Hamilton only produced two stories, though one was the Read More
The First Doc Savage Comics
When you think of Doc Savage Comics, you probably think of the Jim Steranko color comic or the black & white magazine by Marvel. Maybe Read More
The Terrors of Egypt
The terrors of Egypt were created largely out of ignorance. With centuries passing before the decoding of hieroglyphics, we had plenty of time to come Read More
Ten Little Known Ghostbreaker Facts
10. Peter Blatty’s The Exorcist started out as the idea for a ghostbreaker novel: “I set out to write a supernatural detective story…” Blatty said. Read More
Gulliver’s Covers
Gulliver’s Travels (1726) by Jonathan Swift is a classic that is rarely appreciated beyond its adventure roots. Swift’s satire pokes fun at politics, science, technology, Read More
Jungle Jimmy Olsen
The first Tarzan film, starring Elmo Lincoln, was 1918, a silent movie. By 1956, Gordon Scott had replaced Johnny Weissmuller and Lex Barker. The average Read More
Edmond Hamilton Comics: 1951
1951 saw Edmond Hamilton splitting his time between Pulps and comics. It was the year he finished the Captain Future stories though his comic counter Read More