Russkie-Smashers PLASTIC MAN "Dazzla, Daughter of Darkness!"

Behind this cover by penciler Charles Nicholas and inker Chuck Cuidera...

...lurks a pretty kool tale of Commie menace written and illustrated by Plaz's creator, Jack Cole!

This story appeared in Quality's Plastic Man #53 (1955).

But it's actually a reprint, since the tale first appeared in Quality's Plastic Man #30 (1951).

There's no re-working/re-editing required by the Comics Code as was done to some other Plaz tales such as the one shown HERE!

So why did we run the reprint?

Because the tale wasn't cover-featured during initial publication, but was the second time around!

There is method to our madness!

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Russkie-Smashers CRUSADER FROM MARS "Death in the Soil"

Lars of Mars wasn't the only Jerry Siegel co-created character to battle Russkies!

..There was also this guy, who was the Red Planet's only felon in half a century!

Illustrated by Henry Sharp, and written by editor Jerry (Superman) Siegel, the second story from Ziff-Davis' Crusader from Mars #1 (1952) continues the theme that the major example of "Evil on Earth" Tarka and Zira must battle is Communism!

BTW, isn't it a shame there was never a Lars/Crusader crossover?

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Commie-Clobbering Kaiju KONGA "Evil Eye" Conclusion

We Have Already Seen...

...exiled, disgruntled, and disgraced Russian scientist Osvydni Otogorki utilizes his newly-developed hypnotic abilities to entrance Konga, who wanders near his Siberian prison.
Having already enslaved his Soviet captors, Otogorki schemes to use the giant primate to avenge himself upon the Presidium!

Otogorki was never seen again, so we can assume he was eaten by the ants before the events of the next issue!

Next Monday:

Another Kaiju Steps up to Battle a Communist Threat!

Who?

You'll Have to be Here to See!

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Commie-Clobbering Kaiju KONGA "Evil Eye" Part 1

We Begin Our Countdown to Halloween 2024 Blogathon participation with a non-Asian Kaiju...

...who began "life" as the star of a 1961 British movie!

To Be Concluded TOMORROW!

Konga (1961) was one of England's two entries into the blossoming kaiju genre begun with the coming of Gojira (aka Godzilla) in 1954.

(The other was Gorgo (1961), who also had an American comic adaptation from the same publisher as Konga...Charlton Comics!)
Steve (Spider-Man/Dr Strange/Captain Atom II) Ditko illustrated the first issue of Charlton's Konga, which adapted the movie, then some, but not all, of the two sequel series which ran 25 more issues!
Besides battling other kaiju and extraterrestrials, Konga fought humans, including Commies (both Russian and Chinese) as in this issue, #15 from 1963, illustrated by Ditko and likely written by Charlton workhorse scripter Joe Gill!

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Russkie-Smashers OPERATION: PERIL "Time Travelers in 'Nostradamus!' "

This Wild Series From the Cold War Era...

...which appeared in the AGC adventure anthology Operation: Peril combined Russkie spies, time travel...and the prophecies of Nostradamus!

Operation: Peril was a multi-genre anthology featuring on-going strips about time travel (as seen above), a hard-boiled private eye (Danny Danger), and high adventure in the Pacific (Typhoon Tyler), as well as a historical short story in each issue.

Though Time Travelers didn't appear on the first few covers, by issue #4, they took over the cover spot until their final appearance in #12, after which the book changed focus and became a war comic for the remainder of the run.
But the Russkie spy aspect in TT only lasted for a couple of issues!

This premiere tale from Operation: Peril #1 (1950) was written by Richard Hughes and illustrated by Ken Bald.

October Is Halloween Month Here at Hero Histories!

But That Doesn't Mean the Russkie-Smashing and ChiCom-Crushing is Stopping!

It Just Means We're Gonna Let Monsters Do It!

Be Here Next Monday as We Introduce

Commie-Crushing Kaiju!