Frankenstein’s Monster in Silver Age Comics
If you missed the last one… The Silver Age brought in the Comics’ Code and Horror comics became much tamer. Despite this, a classic like Read More
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Giant Insects in the Comics: Bees
The idea of gigantic bugs including bees began with H. G. Wells’s The Food of the Gods (Pearson’s Magazine, December 1903-June 1904). Wells applied it Read More
Space Pirates in the Silver Age
If you missed the last one …. The Golden Age, that time of poor art but wide open rules, gave way to the Silver Age Read More
Snow Beasts! Yeti, Bigfoot and Sasquatch in Comics – Part I
Snow Beasts! They have many names: Yeti, Bigfoot or Sasquatch, depending on where you are. I called them YiBS in a previous post. I mentioned Read More
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
Welcome to Room 1313
Welcome to Room 1313. The summer is fast approaching and a nice holiday is just what you need after a year without travel. You should Read More
The Strangest Northerns: Oog Lives Again!
“Oog Lives Again!” originally appeared in Marvel’s Tales of Suspense #27 (March 1962). It was written by Stan Lee and Larry Lieber and drawn by 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