tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-55946024972727100982024-03-18T07:00:31.885-04:00Hero HistoriesBackground info on characters from pulps, comic books, radio, movies, and tv.Britt Reidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07245579677452948620noreply@blogger.comBlogger724125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5594602497272710098.post-63515858134587647622024-03-18T07:00:00.006-04:002024-03-18T07:00:00.232-04:00Russkie-Smashers LARS OF MARS "Terror from the Sky"<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>Commies and atomic weapons!</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">As the Frank Sinatra song says, "They go together like Love and Marriage..."</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-lwZMLnTUHH0/U611v16eoXI/AAAAAAAAm3A/S_oEBEA6nMs/s0/LarsOfMars10_26.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-lwZMLnTUHH0/U611v16eoXI/AAAAAAAAm3A/S_oEBEA6nMs/s0/LarsOfMars10_26.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">...as <a href="https://atocom.blogspot.com/2024/03/space-hero-saturdays-lars-of-mars.html" target="_blank">the guy who doesn't just <i>portray</i> a Martian on TV, but <i>is</i> a Martian playing an actor playing a Martian on TV while fighting crime in real life</a> (got that?) discovers...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-PyQUNdOxFAo/U611wGdYUVI/AAAAAAAAm3k/RM9g3xwVeXw/s0/LarsOfMars10_27.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-PyQUNdOxFAo/U611wGdYUVI/AAAAAAAAm3k/RM9g3xwVeXw/s0/LarsOfMars10_27.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-eVv6NiNeslE/U611wMDrNnI/AAAAAAAAm3g/cwPxHX2x884/s0/LarsOfMars10_28.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-eVv6NiNeslE/U611wMDrNnI/AAAAAAAAm3g/cwPxHX2x884/s0/LarsOfMars10_28.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-n9J4jVG1Zhg/U611wpj2cpI/AAAAAAAAm3Q/z-_qZACUqLE/s0/LarsOfMars10_29.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-n9J4jVG1Zhg/U611wpj2cpI/AAAAAAAAm3Q/z-_qZACUqLE/s0/LarsOfMars10_29.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-HQ1eYvAeavc/U611w--s6EI/AAAAAAAAm3U/PdEBPoeTgRc/s0/LarsOfMars10_30.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-HQ1eYvAeavc/U611w--s6EI/AAAAAAAAm3U/PdEBPoeTgRc/s0/LarsOfMars10_30.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-7qWP3DGIQ-4/U611w_i5uMI/AAAAAAAAm3Y/3omIYt9x4os/s0/LarsOfMars10_31.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-7qWP3DGIQ-4/U611w_i5uMI/AAAAAAAAm3Y/3omIYt9x4os/s0/LarsOfMars10_31.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-prNwAahbi5g/U611xA4NDWI/AAAAAAAAm3o/9b34Cgg7Zus/s0/LarsOfMars10_32.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-prNwAahbi5g/U611xA4NDWI/AAAAAAAAm3o/9b34Cgg7Zus/s0/LarsOfMars10_32.jpg" /></a></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">Could this be an attempt to set up an ongoing <i>Lex Luthor</i>-esque arch-enemy (but with <i>lots</i> of hair) for our hero in this tale from <b><i>Ziff-Davis'</i> Lars of Mars</b> #10 (1951)?</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">The duo who created this short-lived series had a lot of collective experience with the Last Son of Krypton! Writer/editor Jerry (<b>Superman</b>) Siegel and and artist Murphy (<b>Buck Rogers</b>) Anderson (who did a <i>lot</i> of work on <b>Superman</b> during the Silver and Bronze Ages) incorporated a <i>lot</i> of Man of Steel-style story elements.<br />BTW, <i>Raskov</i> returns next issue with even <i>more</i> super-scientific weapons.<br />And, yes, the irony of a guy from the "Red Planet" battling the"Red Menace" of Communism doesn't escape us...<br /><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>Trivia:</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCXdgQd6FlQkdQ-CLQXc4dQaitCg8U5fe23fAJ7fuiEckEi0I9REPCZWOjMsSGXLgdBwyqDzzJ7I7WTlTfrxmcvXdMOghIcZ1MXOLUyMd8R5iLUtd5pNCvuHnIN4diNzpiEI274Qiihf4/s0/LARS10-00.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCXdgQd6FlQkdQ-CLQXc4dQaitCg8U5fe23fAJ7fuiEckEi0I9REPCZWOjMsSGXLgdBwyqDzzJ7I7WTlTfrxmcvXdMOghIcZ1MXOLUyMd8R5iLUtd5pNCvuHnIN4diNzpiEI274Qiihf4/s640/LARS10-00.jpg" width="452" /></a></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">The cover paintings for <i>both</i> issues of <b>Lars of Mars</b> were painted by Allen Anderson, who was <i>not</i> related to interior artist Murphy Anderson!</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">Here's a "Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon"-style factoid (done in only <i>four</i> degrees)...</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">1)<b> <i>Ziff-Davis</i></b> also published a short-lived adaptation of an actual sci-fi tv series, <a href="http://captainvideossecretsanctum.blogspot.com/search/label/Space%20Patrol" target="_blank"><b>Space Patrol</b></a>, illustrated by Bernie Krigstein.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">2) Krigstein illustrated the first issue of another <i><b>Ziff-Davis</b></i> sci-fi series: <a href="http://warpastpresentfuture.blogspot.com/search/label/SpaceBusters" target="_blank"><b>Space Busters</b></a>!</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">3) Bernie was replaced on interior art for the second (and final) issue of <b>Space Busters</b> by...Murphy Anderson!</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">4) Allen Anderson did the painted cover for the <b>Space Busters</b> issue illustrated by Murphy! (Norm Saunders had painted the first issue's cover!)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><b><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="http://www.cafepress.com/atocom/3779269" target="_blank">Visit our</a></span></b></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.cafepress.com/atocom/3779269" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" src="http://i1.cpcache.com/product/175487709/lars_of_mars_2_t.jpg?color=Red" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="http://www.cafepress.com/atocom/3779269" target="_blank">MARTIANS! MARTIANS! 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-oHcnAY0vNtQ/TyD0HFE1yTI/AAAAAAAARL8/NkgKZrG1YLs/s1600/20130132466.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">...but here's an all-new story featuring our stalwart all-American heroine!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-vsUuME0XTXY/TyD0Hv9_r0I/AAAAAAAARMA/iUshL3PfHz4/s0/20130141999.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-vsUuME0XTXY/TyD0Hv9_r0I/AAAAAAAARMA/iUshL3PfHz4/s1600/20130141999.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-8BLKCPzCX98/TyD0ISB3XuI/AAAAAAAARME/-fu-UaPXIRk/s0/20130186084.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-8BLKCPzCX98/TyD0ISB3XuI/AAAAAAAARME/-fu-UaPXIRk/s1600/20130186084.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-yqm4tGCPsmk/TyD0PnidtpI/AAAAAAAARMI/IaF_dGj-gTs/s0/20130230243.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-yqm4tGCPsmk/TyD0PnidtpI/AAAAAAAARMI/IaF_dGj-gTs/s1600/20130230243.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-1pUOPDGqm5g/TyD0PdAXzXI/AAAAAAAARMM/xJGO_QnzQe8/s0/20130246963.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-1pUOPDGqm5g/TyD0PdAXzXI/AAAAAAAARMM/xJGO_QnzQe8/s1600/20130246963.jpg" /></a></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">Script for this tale from <i><b>Ajax-Farrell's</b></i> <b>Wonder Boy</b> #17 (1955) is probably by Ruth Roche.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span>However, the art is </span><i>not</i><span> by Matt Baker (who had left the </span><i><b>Iger Studios</b></i><span>).</span><br /><span>While competent, the art, by nameless </span><b><i>Iger Studio</i></b><span> staff artists, is hardly the classic cheesecake we've come to expect of </span><i><b>Phantom Lady</b></i><span>!</span></span><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><b style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: #fcff01;">Please Support Hero Histories</span></span></b></div><b style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;"><i>Visit Amazon and Buy...</i></span></b></div></b><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyJCZUCwVQz56IGrawTU2p4hNRHsTL1MUc-7YM0x9dOPuLvcxx-KuYQ9MtG_GmU9lOQ6DxgVfkXE4S9ZN_lKmYNUwAemnhJ1z7lJD70Fc2nCNuU4Qi0Z4SMZV8XwxbYXJe2KF9v0RSCsuRNDT2vCYVi3WOetUSxGz-gOUybZyG1u_ogQ4DL6mSUDPB/s500/51SbbMUn4oL.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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Combat</b>, <b>Heart Throbs</b> and the short-lived <b>Robin Hood Tales</b> and left the other characters and strips unused until the mid-1960s when <a href="https://heroheroinehistory.blogspot.com/2016/09/reading-room-plastic-man-dirty-devices.html" target="_blank"><i><b>Plas</b></i> was revived in 1966 in all-new stories in a short-lived series</a>!<br />(<b>Note: </b>around the same time, <b><i>IW/Super Comics</i></b> reprinted several issues of <i><b>Plas's</b></i> Golden Age book since they had purchased the actual printing plates from a printer where they had been abandoned by <b>Quality</b>. The timing appears to have been a coincidence.)<br />Since then, he's been revived and revamped several times in the humorous spirit of Jack Cole by a variety of creatives including Kyle Baker and Phil Foglio, and eventually incorporated into the <b><i>DC</i></b> mainstream universe...whatever its' current incarnation is as of this year!</span></div><p></p><p></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: yellow;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>Please Support Hero Histories</b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>Visit </b></span></i><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>Amazon</b></span><i><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b> and Order...</b></span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://amzn.to/2vpAxW9" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="325" height="640" src="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/61MIXNM22cL.jpg" width="416" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b><a href="http://amzn.to/2vpAxW9" target="_blank">Plastic Man 80-Page Giant</a></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span><b><i style="font-size: x-large;">Featuring classic tales from each of his eras (Golden Age/Silver Age/Bronze Age)</i><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">Paid Link</span></b></span></div>Britt Reidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07245579677452948620noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5594602497272710098.post-89796848969798480262024-02-26T07:00:00.125-05:002024-03-02T09:53:08.059-05:00Russkie-Smashers YOUNG MEN COMICS "Captain America Turns Traitor!"<p style="text-align: center;"></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://heroheroinehistory.blogspot.com/2024/02/russkie-smashers-1963-tales-of-uncanny.html" target="_blank">Last Time, We Presented a <i><b>Captain America</b></i> Pastiche</a><span>...</span></span></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHyOcZfZEoOAW0Z8J0Djl4eiAA0_L9bH0ZIqpf6Hct1gzJmhXmIOgQoUDJC4qrAwFNHm5tJ1jLC4GYnV8nsiwsZ4S4DnO4SS4OmdMJY2GiWProMgXM7_sf2Rz2OTly3z8BqGvO0EZMJkHkZEb_d_vlT3xvzta7NXVd5KW7JGclrulps7voA1_kpbh40Co/s775/YoungMen26-11.jpg" style="font-size: large; 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"<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">In 1993, writer Alan Moore and a team of very talented illustrators...</span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgOOX31htNEJ1JbQgcCBHI4yboNkuTNBNkq8V8-G0bzGjVJGm9ZHBmGtYOA1PwW_hsE_cDJIqrNzQVTk0m6j2bx7gcXG0vbjBKSrzRg1oJfrowA-qRK5guH5Rh-n5NYIeAI4ytEbjWEqeIhQ40Rk-MKP82DmWrlf9SPlhGa7g5fdB0zU3sZiAl-9y9sPc8" style="font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="525" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgOOX31htNEJ1JbQgcCBHI4yboNkuTNBNkq8V8-G0bzGjVJGm9ZHBmGtYOA1PwW_hsE_cDJIqrNzQVTk0m6j2bx7gcXG0vbjBKSrzRg1oJfrowA-qRK5guH5Rh-n5NYIeAI4ytEbjWEqeIhQ40Rk-MKP82DmWrlf9SPlhGa7g5fdB0zU3sZiAl-9y9sPc8=s16000" /></a></p><span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">...created a loving tribute to the Silver Age of comics, a six-issue mini-series mimicking the era's style right down to the advertising...</span></div></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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JOHN WAYNE ADVENTURE COMICS "Bridgehead"<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">You know John Wayne did a Vietnam War movie (<b>Green Berets</b>)...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-aPbCvOpNvpk/Th2tMCmTyTI/AAAAAAAAC_4/fbuuCRv1gmw/s0/15-Cover.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-aPbCvOpNvpk/Th2tMCmTyTI/AAAAAAAAC_4/fbuuCRv1gmw/s0/15-Cover.jpg" /></a></div><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="text-align: left;">...but he <i>never</i> did a Korean War flick</span><span style="text-align: left;">!</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span>(</span><b>Jet Pilot</b><span> is a Cold War movie involving Russians.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>No</i> Koreans or scenes set in Korea.)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Comic books were a different matter...</span></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-9PqSik0zIu8/Th2tIKVJVjI/AAAAAAAAC_8/AznSoPN6fH8/s0/15-03.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-9PqSik0zIu8/Th2tIKVJVjI/AAAAAAAAC_8/AznSoPN6fH8/s0/15-03.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-PBMTcFH0PW4/Th2tIViGRwI/AAAAAAAADAA/xGBKUxLPezk/s0/15-04.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-PBMTcFH0PW4/Th2tIViGRwI/AAAAAAAADAA/xGBKUxLPezk/s0/15-04.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ckQH2ba7AXo/Th2tHYnfwKI/AAAAAAAADAE/h3hAjUljo9A/s0/15-05.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ckQH2ba7AXo/Th2tHYnfwKI/AAAAAAAADAE/h3hAjUljo9A/s0/15-05.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-wu-H8nk83k0/Th2tIwf9cfI/AAAAAAAADAI/0iZZCj1siU0/s0/15-06.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-wu-H8nk83k0/Th2tIwf9cfI/AAAAAAAADAI/0iZZCj1siU0/s0/15-06.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-gbIp7ykUqcY/Th2tJVb8a-I/AAAAAAAADAM/3ESNdVHk-Qo/s0/15-07.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-gbIp7ykUqcY/Th2tJVb8a-I/AAAAAAAADAM/3ESNdVHk-Qo/s0/15-07.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-wy9vHsMNCs4/Th2tLPimSgI/AAAAAAAADAQ/4oafBwUo67U/s0/15-08.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-wy9vHsMNCs4/Th2tLPimSgI/AAAAAAAADAQ/4oafBwUo67U/s0/15-08.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-zegnnbsSxe8/Th2tKcVm8yI/AAAAAAAADAU/IS_i_0l-oeU/s0/15-09.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-zegnnbsSxe8/Th2tKcVm8yI/AAAAAAAADAU/IS_i_0l-oeU/s0/15-09.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-APEsuu7jzGg/Th2tLx9b1EI/AAAAAAAADAY/xICdPnGgVIo/s0/15-10.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-APEsuu7jzGg/Th2tLx9b1EI/AAAAAAAADAY/xICdPnGgVIo/s0/15-10.jpg" /></a></div><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span><i><b>Trivia:</b></i> Besides <i>not</i> doing a Korean War movie, Wayne <i>never</i> did a film set in World War II Europe!<br /><i><b>Correction:</b></i> Wayne <i>did </i>appear in a film with flashbacks to WWII, <b>Cast a Giant Shadow</b>, and an actual WWII movie, <b>The Longest Day</b>, as part of an all-star ensemble!<br />(Though, to be fair, <i>neither</i> one had a comic adaptation!)<br />Thanks to reader <b><i>Lawrence</i></b> for catching my gaffe and inspiring me to do a little more research!<br />This never-reprinted tale is from <b><i>Toby's</i> John Wayne Adventures</b> #15 (1952), penciled by Mel Keefer.</span>(The other credits are unknown)<br /><span>You'll note that Wayne is referred to as "John Wayne", not "John Wayne as </span><i>Sgt Stryker</i><span>" or some other character he played in movies...or a totally-new character!<br /></span><span>The conceit of this 31-issue series, </span><b>John Wayne Adventure Comics</b><span>, was that Wayne was </span><i>always</i><span> himself in the stories, no matter where or when they were set!<br /></span>Tales ran the gamut from Wayne in the French Foreign Legion to putting out oil-rig fires to big-game hunting in Africa to tracking spies in Hong Kong, with at least one Western-themed story every issue.<br />Oddly enough, though there are numerous comic adaptations of Wayne's <i>Western</i> movies, and even a comic based on <b>The Conqueror</b> (where he portrayed <i>Genghis Khan</i>), there are <i>no</i> comics adapting <i>any</i> of his war movies!</span><br /></p><p></p><p></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b><span style="color: #fcff01;">Please Support Hero Histories!</span><br /></b></span><b><span style="font-size: x-large; font-style: italic;">Visit </span><span style="font-size: x-large;">Amazon</span><span style="font-size: x-large; font-style: italic;"> and Order...</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: xx-large; font-style: italic;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-oagex0H9nRw/YLZntn0K3aI/AAAAAAAAw4E/Mm1gH3MRFWsCaY70HRD2bI0SdmjecrW6QCLcBGAsYHQ/71nlJE99lzL._SL550_.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="550" data-original-width="383" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-oagex0H9nRw/YLZntn0K3aI/AAAAAAAAw4E/Mm1gH3MRFWsCaY70HRD2bI0SdmjecrW6QCLcBGAsYHQ/s16000/71nlJE99lzL._SL550_.jpg" /></a></div><a href="https://amzn.to/3fHlPCo" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: x-large;">John Wayne</span><br /><span style="font-size: large; font-style: italic;">Four Fim Favorites</span></a></b></span></div>Britt Reidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07245579677452948620noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5594602497272710098.post-88981188452770147632024-01-29T07:00:00.051-05:002024-01-29T07:00:00.132-05:00Russkie-Smashers BLACK COBRA "Big Blast"<p style="text-align: center;"></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">As we have done in the past...</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUIJvP50EE9zjhefdDGQrPdamUMCD2C5x0Hg-HOrgqbpPZX9b5195O3CIMn-C4fLa_c-vMzC4Jhg7_EwtYuLTSI3TpITryiJyf3VxGau25Erq_7i_lTkhAKPJBY30Jy_po2ife8U8vz6UJv5Ld-diwGPAIM4RMMylvdbwMBc6w-Xiw6cmLpL_yj-7Wy1o/s725/BlackCobra06_02.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="725" data-original-width="525" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUIJvP50EE9zjhefdDGQrPdamUMCD2C5x0Hg-HOrgqbpPZX9b5195O3CIMn-C4fLa_c-vMzC4Jhg7_EwtYuLTSI3TpITryiJyf3VxGau25Erq_7i_lTkhAKPJBY30Jy_po2ife8U8vz6UJv5Ld-diwGPAIM4RMMylvdbwMBc6w-Xiw6cmLpL_yj-7Wy1o/s16000/BlackCobra06_02.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">...we go from </span><b style="font-size: large;">Black<i>hawk</i></b><span style="font-size: medium;"> to </span><b style="font-size: large;">Black <i>Cobra!<br /></i></b><span style="font-size: medium;">Yet we're </span><i style="font-size: large;">still</i><span style="font-size: medium;"> involved in </span><i style="font-size: large;">aquatic</i><span style="font-size: medium;"> combat with Russkies!</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEic-OjLUK2L-7eL18g2hbrrLKcMXuujEPuPcJ8id4V9Ec7pt4uwBUqOD-H8FNt95DGXjR0_flsnFFekf4HvWOyADzRBZEwy24533jqydW7PO3-rSc3KxVpUP_NqlIiwkyPcRTa2ul7-omWm_e_aiUAc6e48_Ue_NIoyHpEZaBpIkF6Yja4PXsp2HUaPb4E" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="746" data-original-width="525" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEic-OjLUK2L-7eL18g2hbrrLKcMXuujEPuPcJ8id4V9Ec7pt4uwBUqOD-H8FNt95DGXjR0_flsnFFekf4HvWOyADzRBZEwy24533jqydW7PO3-rSc3KxVpUP_NqlIiwkyPcRTa2ul7-omWm_e_aiUAc6e48_Ue_NIoyHpEZaBpIkF6Yja4PXsp2HUaPb4E=s16000" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEif08OlkNqzn817L_nzgX0ixYtDb12g5LFFKmttcfOYj-elBNgMBAMmYHh54F5XfyswjlzQDhbwa9nMJi13aK93E7gk0UzV-8mVnGnzXvCUQ571KlepKH1dBXrSYPA1TDe1F9JkcLLfprSRRRULykMkySqO2kDsevkJsZkOBK6Ujl0OeXuCCMMAGeg4iQw" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="747" data-original-width="525" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEif08OlkNqzn817L_nzgX0ixYtDb12g5LFFKmttcfOYj-elBNgMBAMmYHh54F5XfyswjlzQDhbwa9nMJi13aK93E7gk0UzV-8mVnGnzXvCUQ571KlepKH1dBXrSYPA1TDe1F9JkcLLfprSRRRULykMkySqO2kDsevkJsZkOBK6Ujl0OeXuCCMMAGeg4iQw=s16000" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">In fact, <i>all three</i> of the stories in this issue, <b><i>DC's</i> Blackhawk</b> #108 (1957), feature aquatic, <i>not</i> aerial, action!<br /><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"><i><b>DC</b></i> didn't miss a month when it bought the rights to <b>Blackhawk</b> from <b><i>Quality Comics</i></b>, which was closing their business.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgKxD2MVuL01275c0Q8hZYbiTOmKRTN0mDi2IAwMvmB-p0lnbbQBK9XYKMcuWoFvBepPUkcmGz2Pb4bYOQ-XjEPswMA8F9DzQEhzNvu-CMH-X9snANyL6LWI5A_qtGCMD41SmEE4h9uyLb_bEUrwGAPOHSzexh-i4cPYlOOabPuMNDcBO_pJaW1mGdBdgs" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="574" data-original-width="400" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgKxD2MVuL01275c0Q8hZYbiTOmKRTN0mDi2IAwMvmB-p0lnbbQBK9XYKMcuWoFvBepPUkcmGz2Pb4bYOQ-XjEPswMA8F9DzQEhzNvu-CMH-X9snANyL6LWI5A_qtGCMD41SmEE4h9uyLb_bEUrwGAPOHSzexh-i4cPYlOOabPuMNDcBO_pJaW1mGdBdgs=w445-h640" width="445" /></a></div><i><b>Quality's</b></i> final issue, #107, was published in December, 1956!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh2jtE0Sqojo3r1com5NtEOhRBEjgOJSLjct8UAyaxGxrfxlw3yWNtOJI7Qey_1b-kLHN66awvI9x5GrIxGgWL-yztDhHt1IbS2lVdGNHgnkUS6fEl3xc8urydKpFVn7bk1uXu0UfMz5pCt_SWKBMieVhJ7XBwIZR-rQwTTPlX0t8PVARCWD1keDqKMR4Y" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="582" data-original-width="400" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh2jtE0Sqojo3r1com5NtEOhRBEjgOJSLjct8UAyaxGxrfxlw3yWNtOJI7Qey_1b-kLHN66awvI9x5GrIxGgWL-yztDhHt1IbS2lVdGNHgnkUS6fEl3xc8urydKpFVn7bk1uXu0UfMz5pCt_SWKBMieVhJ7XBwIZR-rQwTTPlX0t8PVARCWD1keDqKMR4Y=w440-h640" width="440" /></a></div><i><b>DC's</b></i> premiere issue, #108 rolled off the presses one month later, January, 1957!<br /><div style="text-align: left;"><i><b>Quality</b></i> had several completed and almost-completed stories ready to go, and <b><i>DC</i></b> used them in this issue to meet the already-established deadline with the printer!<br /><i><b>Trivia:</b></i> those "inventory" tales were the <i>last</i> ones featuring the <i><b>Blackhawks</b></i> singing triumphantly at the end of the story!<br /><i><b>DC</b></i> dropped that, along with almost <i>all</i> Communist-clobbering plotlines until the final issue of the original run, as we showed <b><a href="https://heroheroinehistory.blogspot.com/2023/03/russkie-smashers-blackhawk-mission.html" target="_blank">HERE</a></b>, <b><a href="https://heroheroinehistory.blogspot.com/2023/03/russkie-smashers-blackhawk-mission_01516855632.html" target="_blank">HERE</a></b>, and <b><a href="https://heroheroinehistory.blogspot.com/2023/03/russkie-smashers-blackhawk-mission_01711407011.html" target="_blank">HERE</a></b>!<br /></div></div></div></div></span><p></p><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #fcff01; font-size: x-large;">Please Support Hero Histories</span></b></div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #eeeeee; font-size: x-large;"><i style="font-weight: bold;">Visit </i><b>Amazon</b><i><b> and Order...</b></i></span><a href="http://amzn.to/2ggIHZD" style="color: black; font-size: medium; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;" target="_blank"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/A13SsHELyCL.jpg" width="403" /></a></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><a href="http://amzn.to/2ggIHZD" target="_blank">Blackhawk</a></b></div><i><div style="text-align: center;"><i><b><a href="http://amzn.to/2ggIHZD" style="font-size: x-large;" target="_blank">by William Rotsler</a></b></i></div></i></div></span></div>Britt Reidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07245579677452948620noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5594602497272710098.post-59444632788580138842024-01-15T07:00:00.008-05:002024-01-15T07:00:00.136-05:00Russkie-Smashers DANGER Duke Douglas in "Khyber Incident"<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">He's a hard-hitting, hard-drinking, hard-loving, Russkie-smashing secret agent...<br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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font-size: x-large;"><b>After You've Opened Your Presents, Enjoy These Yuletide SuperHero Tales...</b></span></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOhSZBoOWFzhDltIIK1QnY4CPkTdSXHMUNKSBsjV9sLGzTV8Ov4BkxIhJRL_2e9n0fClahgI3xg_mF9EdmUfYo6w0Fl5ccEBPuau-EOFkmw65ciODL4HNqvwq5D_CTJq0yz8uJTvM8hB12CvTpBcOFqy8K3Dgklpv5FG-iv39Pups8XMMQVjZ-VGBTkNA/s722/MTE013-01.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="722" data-original-width="550" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOhSZBoOWFzhDltIIK1QnY4CPkTdSXHMUNKSBsjV9sLGzTV8Ov4BkxIhJRL_2e9n0fClahgI3xg_mF9EdmUfYo6w0Fl5ccEBPuau-EOFkmw65ciODL4HNqvwq5D_CTJq0yz8uJTvM8hB12CvTpBcOFqy8K3Dgklpv5FG-iv39Pups8XMMQVjZ-VGBTkNA/s16000/MTE013-01.jpg" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://heroheroinehistory.blogspot.com/2020/12/holiday-reading-room-giant-superhero.html" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>GIANT SUPERHERO HOLIDAY GRAB-BAG<br />"Tis the Season..."</b></span></a></div><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-nPj4AocqeIo/Tte1XNspkvI/AAAAAAAAPf8/yJHGW1pKZlk/s738/CMA42-40.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="825" data-original-width="550" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg6kMNiHxJfLzdKx9NK01KRbSPKL3fx9JRTPfmZhkWYfszPa9Uhc5N1bGveilfozVR97GTaIi5o3iaxSHlGAjd6CRA7WgTX8E4hQkwPdjx9tA9cK-lds01WPNX9WTs_R6Pn_e_d9zM9o4qokIrUctiYD4G2DeEzsDVfHCTbQuZbHhEbFdD-gPfZUGhYVtE=s16000" /></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;">Apparently, the audience interest <i>wasn't</i> there, since the concluding chapter <i>never</i> appeared!.<br /></span><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i><b>Note:</b></i> I, in fact, <i>did</i> write in, but I may have well been the <i>only</i> one!<br />The script, besides dealing with Commies, also goes into Women's Lib, which was in its' heyday.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The character <i>has</i> reappeared recently, without <i>any</i> mention of what happened on the space station!</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">And, before you ask, the Golden Age <i><b>DC</b></i> character, also named <i>Liberty Belle,</i> hadn't appeared since 1947, except in a 1972 reprint, so the name/trademark <i>was</i> available at the time.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i><b>DC's</b></i> character would reappear in new stories in 1981 and her daughter, also called<i> Liberty Belle</i>, would debut in 2006, sometimes working alongside her mother!<br />Both still appear in <i><b>DC</b></i> books to this day.</span><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #fcff01; 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text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #fcff01; font-size: x-large;">Please Support Hero Histories</span></b></div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #eeeeee; font-size: x-large;"><i style="font-weight: bold;">Visit </i><b>Amazon</b><i><b> and Order...</b></i></span><a href="http://amzn.to/2ggIHZD" style="color: black; font-size: medium; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;" target="_blank"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/A13SsHELyCL.jpg" width="403" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><a href="http://amzn.to/2ggIHZD" target="_blank">Blackhawk</a></b></div></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: medium;"><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"><i><div style="text-align: center;"><i><b><a href="http://amzn.to/2ggIHZD" style="font-size: x-large;" target="_blank">by William Rotsler</a></b></i></div></i></div></div></div></div></span></div>Britt Reidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07245579677452948620noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5594602497272710098.post-51960558711491014092023-11-20T07:00:00.057-05:002023-11-21T19:35:07.694-05:00Russkie-Smashers BLACKHAWK "Doom in the Deep"<p style="text-align: center;"></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">When you fail at killing just <i>one</i> <i><b>Blackhawk</b></i> (as seen last week)...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgyc8D6CS4-BLqt0irq7qpfu3WyO3XG7Clt4NgSDuzBy0nPdSxS0qAspUenmUEJ6NYKRD39a1J4zzfmsRPNSoY4aadLRRkOGZolD4EzT9ROuNTp7EEtqPFAbfABdavgW-QY3JwZb3hU7KCMi224W_nT49Yr8XTAOV2vUX9aSvw4u265CerPherSS1CgqgI" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="725" data-original-width="525" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgyc8D6CS4-BLqt0irq7qpfu3WyO3XG7Clt4NgSDuzBy0nPdSxS0qAspUenmUEJ6NYKRD39a1J4zzfmsRPNSoY4aadLRRkOGZolD4EzT9ROuNTp7EEtqPFAbfABdavgW-QY3JwZb3hU7KCMi224W_nT49Yr8XTAOV2vUX9aSvw4u265CerPherSS1CgqgI=s16000" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;">Like last week's tale, this never-reprinted story by writer Joe Millard, penciler Dick Dillin, and inker Chuck Cuidera is from <b><i>Quality's</i> Blackhawk</b> #96 (1956) features Russkies getting their butts kicked again by the <i>Dark Knights</i>!</div></span></div><p></p><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #fcff01; font-size: x-large;">Please Support Hero Histories</span></b></div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #eeeeee; font-size: x-large;"><i style="font-weight: bold;">Visit </i><b>Amazon</b><i><b> and Order...</b></i></span><a href="http://amzn.to/2ggIHZD" style="color: black; font-size: medium; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;" target="_blank"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/A13SsHELyCL.jpg" width="403" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><a href="http://amzn.to/2ggIHZD" target="_blank">Blackhawk</a></b></div></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"><i><div style="text-align: center;"><i><b><a href="http://amzn.to/2ggIHZD" style="font-size: x-large;" target="_blank">by William Rotsler</a></b></i></div></i></div></div></div></div>Britt Reidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07245579677452948620noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5594602497272710098.post-63845461632349587062023-11-13T07:00:00.022-05:002023-11-13T14:38:02.849-05:00Russkie-Smashers BLACKHAWK "Case of the Missing Blackhawk"<p style="text-align: center;"></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Easily the busiest Russkie-Smashers of the 1950s were the "Dark Knights"...</span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #fcff01; font-size: x-large;">Please Support Hero Histories</span></b></div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #eeeeee; font-size: x-large;"><i style="font-weight: bold;">Visit </i><b>Amazon</b><i><b> and Order...</b></i></span><a href="http://amzn.to/2ggIHZD" style="color: black; font-size: medium; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;" target="_blank"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/A13SsHELyCL.jpg" width="403" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><a href="http://amzn.to/2ggIHZD" target="_blank">Blackhawk</a></b></div></div></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"><i><div style="text-align: center;"><i><b><a href="http://amzn.to/2ggIHZD" style="font-size: x-large;" target="_blank">by William Rotsler</a></b></i></div></i></div></div></div>Britt Reidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07245579677452948620noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5594602497272710098.post-72867783482334196302023-11-06T07:00:00.000-05:002023-11-07T10:20:42.307-05:00Russkie Smashers ATOMIC SPY CASES "Operation H.M."<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Think we're paranoid about an (unnamed, but obvious) enemy discovering our atomic secrets?</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-hEum-OKY-jw/WLW6DXUnN4I/AAAAAAAAVkA/tfuP3YMkdfwajnLiJiXqvmg85VKPzDKKQCPcB/s1600/AtomicSpyCases1-Cover.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-hEum-OKY-jw/WLW6DXUnN4I/AAAAAAAAVkA/tfuP3YMkdfwajnLiJiXqvmg85VKPzDKKQCPcB/s1600/AtomicSpyCases1-Cover.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Look at how nutso we were back in the 1950s!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">(BTW, the "Based on TRUE Stories" caption is a<i><b> total</b></i> lie!)</span></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-9KyrePT8Faw/WLW6DaaAfzI/AAAAAAAAVkA/PyBaWjQ-D0cDRg_XDUamJ7_rk3c7r-jsQCPcB/s1600/AtomicSpyCases1-01.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-9KyrePT8Faw/WLW6DaaAfzI/AAAAAAAAVkA/PyBaWjQ-D0cDRg_XDUamJ7_rk3c7r-jsQCPcB/s1600/AtomicSpyCases1-01.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-BvwUM1KKM3w/WLW6DWxNa7I/AAAAAAAAVkA/HMa6vAT4sf4zusgQxQ0_0wDxsaxuPCn3gCPcB/s1600/AtomicSpyCases1-04.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-QfZMSBrIjHw/WLW6DQWvYNI/AAAAAAAAVkA/gKmWF30FFmY05aNsytOnOJ71j6j6RRDRgCPcB/s1600/AtomicSpyCases1-05.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-QfZMSBrIjHw/WLW6DQWvYNI/AAAAAAAAVkA/gKmWF30FFmY05aNsytOnOJ71j6j6RRDRgCPcB/s1600/AtomicSpyCases1-05.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-qSM4fHeuWBc/WLW6DZwqXXI/AAAAAAAAVkA/zrfXbq-TVI4Cqyo1dcNPy5p0VrNw9XSigCPcB/s1600/AtomicSpyCases1-06.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-qSM4fHeuWBc/WLW6DZwqXXI/AAAAAAAAVkA/zrfXbq-TVI4Cqyo1dcNPy5p0VrNw9XSigCPcB/s1600/AtomicSpyCases1-06.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-U_5HcN2Xqyw/WLW6DU9cYEI/AAAAAAAAVkA/z-A5FWk4MSEoDj_EV-1hG7XmVmT-tlH2gCPcB/s1600/AtomicSpyCases1-07.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-U_5HcN2Xqyw/WLW6DU9cYEI/AAAAAAAAVkA/z-A5FWk4MSEoDj_EV-1hG7XmVmT-tlH2gCPcB/s1600/AtomicSpyCases1-07.jpg" /></a></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">The lead story from this <b><i>Avon Comics</i></b> 1950 one-shot with a Norman (<b>Mars Attacks) </b>Saunders cover exemplifies the "commies under the bed" paranoia of the era! <br />With imperialist running dog Putin going Don da Con-level bonkers in Ukraine, perhaps it was, in fact, justified!<br />Regrettably, neither the writer nor artist(s) are known.</span></div>Britt Reidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07245579677452948620noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5594602497272710098.post-83356465276620580012023-10-29T07:00:00.022-04:002023-10-29T07:00:00.133-04:00CountDown to Halloween 2023 Rutland Halloween Parade Comic Book Tales CheckList<p style="text-align: center;"></p><div style="text-align: center;"><b style="font-size: large;">Here's a list of stories we've thus far presented...in chronological order...</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #ffa400; font-size: x-large;">1970</span></b></div><b style="font-size: large;"><div style="text-align: center;"><b>(The <i>first</i> Rutland Parade story in <i>any</i> comic!)</b></div></b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGA8QAbZqtj3H0igIs35QVEPassWkSZfLO49uJ8sXCbgZt_bZtjnEUhbZdv7om5f1lk46kUb4_lBuYABWoTSUnyJXwv3jzzjbLyeuGEL_tnwX4KDbpv9vNjmstLqpHfcDpT21pxRNJ_4A/s810/Avengers-123.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="810" data-original-width="550" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGA8QAbZqtj3H0igIs35QVEPassWkSZfLO49uJ8sXCbgZt_bZtjnEUhbZdv7om5f1lk46kUb4_lBuYABWoTSUnyJXwv3jzzjbLyeuGEL_tnwX4KDbpv9vNjmstLqpHfcDpT21pxRNJ_4A/w435-h640/Avengers-123.jpg" width="435" /></a></div><b><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;"><i>Marvel's </i>Avengers #83</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><i>Come On In...the Revolution's Fine!</i></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://heroinesinfiction.blogspot.com/2021/10/halloween-heroines-lady-liberators.html" target="_blank">Part 1</a></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span><a href="https://heroinesinfiction.blogspot.com/2021/10/halloween-heroines-lady-liberators_01621147921.html" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Part 2</span></a><br /><span style="font-size: large;">We haven't run the 1971 tale from <i>DC...yet!</i></span><br /><span style="color: #ffa400; font-size: x-large;"><br />1972</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;">There are actually <i>four comics</i> set in Rutland, more than any other single year! <br />One of the <i>Marvel</i> stories is a standalone, not linked to the other three.<br />We haven't run that one...yet!<br /><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">The other three (two <i>Marvel</i> and one <i>DC</i>, <i>are</i> linked, Rashamon-style, showing the <i>same</i> events from <i>different</i> viewpoints, and featuring <i>different</i> characters...though the characters <i>don't</i> realize it!</span></b></div></span></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihe5uupQOB4BvAb92qr5juY5JYEqnTQ7SGrsNutLFOhGwJnKqcmFtBEkLjLXyhpCFRSqZ7LgaIwy7U-aN-t6wZFahO-IFYBgr14zIpvfG_Q3WMnBbMuEo8BjaFU1ewhyphenhyphenyBHrVQrNhTcxu0Npr-6ppwGy6DFgPPJDCjxISTi85IyhswrTLUV2uHEraOkwA/s825/AmazingAdventures16_01.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="825" data-original-width="550" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihe5uupQOB4BvAb92qr5juY5JYEqnTQ7SGrsNutLFOhGwJnKqcmFtBEkLjLXyhpCFRSqZ7LgaIwy7U-aN-t6wZFahO-IFYBgr14zIpvfG_Q3WMnBbMuEo8BjaFU1ewhyphenhyphenyBHrVQrNhTcxu0Npr-6ppwGy6DFgPPJDCjxISTi85IyhswrTLUV2uHEraOkwA/w426-h640/AmazingAdventures16_01.jpg" width="426" /></a></div></b><b><span style="font-size: x-large;"><i>Marvel's</i> Amazing Adventures (The Beast) #16</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><i>...and the Juggernaut Will Get You...If You Don't Watch Out!</i></span><br /><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://heroheroinehistory.blogspot.com/2021/10/heroic-halloween-in-rutland-beast-and_093992540.html" target="_blank">Part 1</a><br /><a href="https://heroheroinehistory.blogspot.com/2021/10/heroic-halloween-in-rutland-beast-and.html" target="_blank">Part 2</a><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDHPMZsXrj7jo6KRhsfAGkgXY9-KHVxIsTo-bHNnlLEPaSAA_maFMrOQGR_C5kXsXU2guvUEb7F9oVFNq0jmCTrXgQNnp7MyJx0iT9OGHtgIdrZfXbnsNZSsUl1r_js68qK3nk_FRddackiVcPEt9b2-uA8vnB43arh21S6a7cklMiJAfrACsMZLBJP1w/s820/Thor207-01.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="820" data-original-width="550" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDHPMZsXrj7jo6KRhsfAGkgXY9-KHVxIsTo-bHNnlLEPaSAA_maFMrOQGR_C5kXsXU2guvUEb7F9oVFNq0jmCTrXgQNnp7MyJx0iT9OGHtgIdrZfXbnsNZSsUl1r_js68qK3nk_FRddackiVcPEt9b2-uA8vnB43arh21S6a7cklMiJAfrACsMZLBJP1w/w430-h640/Thor207-01.jpg" width="430" /></a></div></b><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Marvel's Mighty Thor #207</span><br /><i><span style="font-size: large;">FireSword!</span></i><br /><a href="https://heroheroinehistory.blogspot.com/2021/10/heroic-halloween-in-rutland-rebirth.html" style="font-size: xx-large;" target="_blank">Prologue</a><br /><a href="https://heroheroinehistory.blogspot.com/2021/10/heroic-halloween-in-rutland-mighty-thor.html" style="font-size: xx-large;" target="_blank">Part 1</a><br /><a href="https://heroheroinehistory.blogspot.com/2021/10/heroic-halloween-in-rutland-mighty-thor_01722944868.html" style="font-size: xx-large;" target="_blank">Part 2</a><br /><span style="color: #ffa400; font-size: xx-large;"><br />1974</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhv_mWOE4B9CVV6fI5BhV3T6vnQ_5HMiS4Rws1aTMFNyGpVo-ET2LSoZNSJe7phVv-mrVfe_tOMoPzuff86SbJNr_Qwms0eLHBfQIUieGbWD1ncY2cbZYd61aKbxA2FAAuxXXv62LJ25RU9MQdYpAchCgJdS2jeJ6fDnI92loiEPfwBade1S_nWlC_P8R0/s785/Avengers119-Cover.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="785" data-original-width="525" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhv_mWOE4B9CVV6fI5BhV3T6vnQ_5HMiS4Rws1aTMFNyGpVo-ET2LSoZNSJe7phVv-mrVfe_tOMoPzuff86SbJNr_Qwms0eLHBfQIUieGbWD1ncY2cbZYd61aKbxA2FAAuxXXv62LJ25RU9MQdYpAchCgJdS2jeJ6fDnI92loiEPfwBade1S_nWlC_P8R0/w428-h640/Avengers119-Cover.jpg" width="428" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Marvel's Avengers #119</span></b></div><i><div style="text-align: center;"><b><i><span style="font-size: large;">Night of the Collector!</span></i></b></div></i><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://heroheroinehistory.blogspot.com/2023/10/countdown-to-halloween-2023-prologue.html" target="_blank">Prologue</a></span></b></div></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://heroheroinehistory.blogspot.com/2023/10/countdown-to-halloween-2023-avengers.html" target="_blank">Part 1</a></span></b></div><b><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://heroheroinehistory.blogspot.com/2023/10/countdown-to-halloween-2023-avengers_0432437414.html" target="_blank">Part 2</a></span></b><b><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /><span style="color: #ffa400;"><br />1975</span><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOCpr8-jYyg0XBT043IGYdMlfTt6Jwws8_WJINBH6m9f1LO13sQ1F98SR3buoyYmuVIwQ5NrDnpHmBb29E4t0ZcFl_jgqkbMzDIHc-Ejz7k_mN8WHYbIzZtwrV8scJ6tMILPV64IgpBf_t1YYzDt4BShmOiQTlcFS2dczAMjkqQofYqeYE5KKUanzHBqc/s815/DrSpektor18_01.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="815" data-original-width="525" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOCpr8-jYyg0XBT043IGYdMlfTt6Jwws8_WJINBH6m9f1LO13sQ1F98SR3buoyYmuVIwQ5NrDnpHmBb29E4t0ZcFl_jgqkbMzDIHc-Ejz7k_mN8WHYbIzZtwrV8scJ6tMILPV64IgpBf_t1YYzDt4BShmOiQTlcFS2dczAMjkqQofYqeYE5KKUanzHBqc/w412-h640/DrSpektor18_01.jpg" width="412" /></a></div><span style="font-size: x-large;">Gold Key's Occult Files of Doctor Spektor #18</span><br /><i><span style="font-size: large;">Masque Macabre</span></i><br /><a href="https://heroheroinehistory.blogspot.com/2023/10/countdown-to-halloween-2023-who-are.html" style="font-size: xx-large;" target="_blank">Prologue</a><br /><a href="https://heroheroinehistory.blogspot.com/2023/10/countdown-to-halloween-2023-occult.html" style="font-size: xx-large;" target="_blank">Part 1</a><br /><a href="https://heroheroinehistory.blogspot.com/2023/10/countdown-to-halloween-2023-occult_02115677262.html" style="font-size: xx-large;" target="_blank">Part 2</a><br /><span style="font-size: large;">There were two separate DC Parade tales in 1976...which we haven't run...yet!</span><br /><span style="color: #ffa400;"><br /><span style="font-size: x-large;">1977</span></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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font-size: x-large;">Next Week: a recap (with links) of <i>every</i> Rutland Halloween Parade tale we've run both here and on other <i>RetroBlogs!</i></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: #ffa400;">Please Support Hero Histories</span></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;"><i>Visit<span> </span></i>Amazon<i><span> </span>and Buy...</i></span></b></div><div class="separator" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; clear: both; color: black; font-family: Times; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: center; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><a href="https://d2lzb5v10mb0lj.cloudfront.net/covers/600/17/17248.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="910" data-original-width="600" height="640" src="https://d2lzb5v10mb0lj.cloudfront.net/covers/600/17/17248.jpg" style="cursor: move;" width="422" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://amzn.to/3Mdcv9u" rel="nofollow" style="font-size: xx-large;" target="_blank">Occult Files of Doctor Spektor Archives</a></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://amzn.to/3Mdcv9u" rel="nofollow" style="font-size: xx-large;" target="_blank"><i>Volume One</i></a></b></div><b style="font-size: xx-large;"><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Paid Link</span></b></div></b></div>Britt Reidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07245579677452948620noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5594602497272710098.post-12930524490372829882023-10-24T07:00:00.007-04:002023-10-24T15:11:50.857-04:00Countdown to Halloween 2023 OCCULT FILES OF DOCTOR SPEKTOR "Masque Macabre" Part 1<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Our final terror tale for Halloween 2023 begins in a multiverse far from those of <i><b>Marvel</b></i> and <i><b>DC</b></i>...</span><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="750" data-original-width="525" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhaeOBdXW9QkQfkXNJhqmEs8_u_xAJ0IqFPDIujlAM-n2B8AD9ClfysE4qnnguzo9jf553-PDfALt_yGrLy4GPdzdAjW7YskrtlyUpIAXhjKKu6B6Z5U0olZRwWVvVixdioYm127ajaPxNa1BgNFtyXCwrmnpLyB7cgOcR2HBeDFGjsJqsrkZgfjlaFJKE=s16000" /></a></p><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Our protagonist is <i>Doctor Adam Spektor</i>, a researcher into the occult, who started out as a host-narrator for short stories in <b><i>Gold Key's </i>Mystery Comics Digest</b>, but quickly graduated to his own comic, where he used mystical artifacts and his arcane knowledge to battle mystical menaces head-on!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjBsyjukM8SOwgzEJPM_a7Mi4hMgmfz0qAsdb_YovLnv3AWSdBE2aqES6piq3JJ24rbFoYMb9f_VThKZ-_Ec9euYcd4aX_GJkMLCosqBFDNwHUWRYD_1cDPwghz1Ub5X4Bn4RV-RIPngUT-5G_ZeRYZNhoWXgu8FFSSdKSKlPfxlEeetTjbshEcIcITb9s" style="margin-left: 1em; 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font-size: large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlzEimX4W0ViIXBRR5aByqwX3sqDVOyPE4Pc6DkQSRPysArJvotVfAPbKQyw0bodoqHVpphM49wxWjOKlflzxCeqc9F1GJTmtf9W00RfzZC2CpvpEwnv0bLwyeXvK_5kDBgGkT3pho872GKQEpUwgQqTYyUoF380jlns_7ZSGcSnhC4jfht-SWksoaGoI/s525/PurpleZombie.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="367" data-original-width="525" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlzEimX4W0ViIXBRR5aByqwX3sqDVOyPE4Pc6DkQSRPysArJvotVfAPbKQyw0bodoqHVpphM49wxWjOKlflzxCeqc9F1GJTmtf9W00RfzZC2CpvpEwnv0bLwyeXvK_5kDBgGkT3pho872GKQEpUwgQqTYyUoF380jlns_7ZSGcSnhC4jfht-SWksoaGoI/s16000/PurpleZombie.jpg" /></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>The Purple Zombie</i> wasn't a zombie at all, though he <i>was</i> revived from the dead!<br />Nor was he a mystic-themed character!<br />Resurrected and now possessed of enhanced strength and limited invulnerability, the man named <i>Zoro</i> retained his intellect and conscience instead of being a mindless servant to the depraved scientist who experimented on his corpse.<br />He enjoyed a long, if weird, run in <b><i>Novelty's</i> Reg'lar Fellas Heroic Comics</b> during the Golden Age, but hadn't been brought back since...until this week's story!<br />Not so with the other Golden Age character...<i>The Heap</i>, who was the <i>first</i> ongoing swamp-based monster in comics!<br />Debuting in the <i>Sky Wolf</i> feature in <b><i>Hillman's</i> Air Fighter Comics</b>, <i>The Heap</i> quickly received his own strip, which continued even after the book was re-titled <b>Airboy</b> and survived until the book was cancelled at the end of the Golden Age.<br />Much like the later <b>Man-Thing</b>, <i><b>The Heap</b></i> tended to wander mindlessly into situations where he, inadventantly, ended up helping people...who would fear and hunt him due to his appearance.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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