Friday, February 28, 2014

Friday's Favorite OTR

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Dragnet : "Jade Thumb Rings" 12/8/49 Sgt. Friday is tasked with getting a witness to talk. But when the witness is a six-year-ol...
Thursday, February 27, 2014

"And the Evil of the Stars is not as the Evil of Earth."

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Clark Ashton Smith is often spoken of in the same breath as H.P. Lovecraft. That's because the two were friends--they exchanged letters...
Wednesday, February 26, 2014

Death of a Star

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Gold Key had the comic book rights to Star Trek from 1967 (when the show was still airing) until 1978--the rights went to Marvel when the f...
Monday, February 24, 2014

Cover Cavalcade

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This is one of my favorite Neal Adams covers.
Friday, February 21, 2014

Friday's Favorite OTR

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Dimension X : "Competition" 11/19/50 Being stranded on a strange planet without any friends or money is bad enough. Being kidnap...
Thursday, February 20, 2014

"You've lost the truth--and you aren't even true to your lie."

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Last time we visited Leigh Brackett's Solar System , we landed on the dark side of Mercury. But the talented author returned to Mercury ...
Wednesday, February 19, 2014

Death in the Newspaper

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When I've written about comic strips (as opposed to comic books), I've generally done so for my Thursday catch-all posts. I've k...
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Monday, February 17, 2014

Cover Cavalcade

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I actually didn't know until recently that Jim Aparo did some work at Charlton. Here's an effective and exciting cover that's...
Saturday, February 15, 2014

Comic Books and Dinosaurs--Part 1

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The latest addition to my YouTube channel: I have fun making these, so I'll probably continue to inflict them on you all periodical...
Friday, February 14, 2014

Friday's Favorite OTR

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Cloak and Dagger : "Wine of Freedom" 10/15/51 An American agent travels from town to town in Germany, posing as a wine merchant ...