Russkie-Smashers PRIMUS "Saboteur"

Before "detente" occured in the mid-1970s...

...the Russkies were reliable baddies in fiction, as this never-reprinted comics tale, derived from a short-lived TV series in 1971-72, demonstrates!

Written by Joe Gill and illustrated by Joe Staton, this tale from Charlton's Primus #7 (1972) was one of two tales in the same issue with Russkies as the bad guys!

(The other story involved a plan to have an impersonator replace President Nixon!)

The syndicated TV series detailed the adventures of Carter Primus (Robert Brown), scuba-diving scientist-adventurer dealing with everything from eco-terrorists to drug-runners to Russkie spies!

Because it ran during the Family Hour (7-8pm) it was limited as to how much violence it could show.

As a result, it wasn't even as action-packed as it's 1960s predecessor Sea Hunt, starring Lloyd Bridges!

So, unlike Sea Hunt, which ran for 155 episodes, Primus sank without a trace after only 26 shows.

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Nazi-Punchers SPACE WESTERN COMICS "Spurs Jackson and His Space Vigilantes in 'Tomorrow the Universe' "

We Have Already Seen...

Note: Curiously, there's no mention of the Martians, including their (of course) beautiful princess, Spurs and the Space Vigilantes had already encountered in previous stories!

Yeah, it's just business as usual for Spurs and his crew!

Written by Walter (The Shadow) Gibson and illustrated by Stan Campbell, this never-reprinted, beyond bonkers, tale from Charlton's Space Western Comics #45 (1953) was part of a pop culture trend in sci-fi fantasy that included movies like They Saved Hitler's Brain, and even a Twilight Zone episode, "He Lives!"

Nazi-Punchers SPACE WESTERN COMICS "Spurs Jackson and His Space Vigilantes in 'Madman of Mars' "

You've seen Cowboys and Indians, Even Cowboys and Aliens...

...but cowboys and Nazis...in outer space???

To Be Concluded, Appropriately, Tomorrow!

Written by Walter (The Shadow) Gibson and illustrated by Stan Campbell, this never-reprinted, beyond bonkers, tale from Charlton's Space Western Comics #44 (1953) was part of a pop culture trend about Adolf Hitler surviving to the (then) present in sci-fi fantasy that included movies like They Saved Hitler's Brain, and even a Twilight Zone episode, "He Lives!"
The comic itself, a mashup of Western cliches and the flying saucer fad of the 1950s set in the then-present, ran only six wacky issues before reverting to its' original title, Cowboy Western Comics!
As for how cowboy rancher (and US government vendor) Spurs Jackson ended up in outer space, well, you can read the beginning of his stellar saga HERE!

(You know you want to!)