Woman From Another Planet
The cover copy says that the Woman From Another Planet had the body and passion of a woman but &
Read entire articleBatman vs. Richard Lee Evans
Did you know that my criminal past once brought me up against Batman? Though DC Comics legalistic paranoia made them &
Read entire articleBatman and Robin fight crime in the UK
The thrice-awful photos of these two characters would?ve dissuaded Frederic Wertham from claiming that Batman and Robin had a covertly &
Read entire articleNot my Doctor Who you don't!
A look at the evolution of fanboy from addicted consumer to influence broker and auteur with a special focus on &
Read entire articleWho the hell was Pel Torro?
Shirtless male was the closest I can come to queer content for this entry. Cover in classic golden age science &
Read entire articleThe Burns & Allen Show
Burns & Allen What are the earliest TV shows that you remember? For me it is The Third Man &
Read entire articleBayou Babe
In comics Bill Ward was best known for drawing Torchy who was an exaggerated example of what is nowadays called &
Read entire articleBoys who make money
Dime novel magazine Fame and Fortune Weekly presents the story of the boy who became "Boss of the Market." Given &
Read entire articleStreet & Smith: A Trip to Mars
In this gallery of cover images we have selected what we feel is a representative sampling of the great variety &
Read entire articleGodzilla RIP
Destroy All Monsters The call goes out, Destroy All Monsters!, at least that is how I recollect the advertising &
Read entire articleChildhood passion for comic books
(I've long intended to rewrite this but never have.) I think I started buying comic books as soon as I &
Read entire articlePerverted magazine in public schools
Some schools raise money by promoting magazine subscriptions among their students. Imagine a Grandville Michigan mom?s surprise when the magazine &
Read entire articleJulius Schwartz, Architect of Comics' Silver Age, Dead at 88
I?ve just arrived at work and don?t have time to do more than note his passing. Julius Schwartz?s guiding hand &
Read entire articleEarly Mutt and Jeff
A (greatly reduced) image from the Caricatures and Cartoons from the American Art. &
Read entire articleThe Shadow as etext
"Your life," said the stranger's voice slowly, "is no longer your own. It belongs to me now. But you &
Read entire articleLester Dent's Master Fiction Plot
Lester Dent wrote over a hundred Doc Savage pulp stories. When I first encountered the paperback reprints of the &
Read entire articleLittle Nemo Sunday page
Over a period of a couple of months I've been buying books from a guy as he clears out &
Read entire articleDr Fu Manchu meets Hitler
I'm a fan of Sax Rohmer's old Fu Manchu novels. Wouldn't claim they are very good. The novels of &
Read entire articleWinsor McCay Early Works: Volume 1
It isn't that often that something arrives for the comics shop side of Books Do Furnish A Room that &
Read entire articleEverybody in the world goes to Hell
I dimly remember reading about this collection of a planned but aborted TV show called No. 13 Demon Street. Herbert &
Read entire articleJack Chick meets H.P. Lovecraft
You've probably never asked yourself what would Jack Chick do if he thought Lovecraft's Cthulu Mythos was true:Who will be &
Read entire article