Video Fridays: Battle LA Alien Invasion Special!

Continuing our weekly feature "Video Fridays"...

 To celebrate the newest alien invasion epic, here's a retro look at some previous extraterrestrial incursions...

UFO tv series (1973)

War of the Worlds (1953)

Quatermass and the Pit aka Five Million Years to Earth

Plan 9 from Outer Space

Mars Attacks!

Earth vs the Flying Saucers

V the original miniseries

Green Slime

Daleks Invasion Earth: 2150 AD

The X-Files

Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons
and last, but not least...

Godzilla Final Wars: Godzilla vs alien-controlled "American Godzilla" aka Zilla!

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Reading Room Annex: JET POWERS in "Thing from the Meteor"

More 1950s alien invaders, this time with a never-reprinted tale, from Magazine Enterprises' Jet #1, of Jet Powers aka SpaceMan Jet!
It's a tale that '50s state-of-the-art special effects would've been hard-pressed to do convincingly, but for illustrator Bob Powell, it took only his talented pencil and brush to make you believe a sentient insect could...dare I say it...rule the world!

Of course, if the insectoid alien invaded today, Earth would've been totally-screwed since both lead-based paint and DDT are banned!
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Reading Room Annex: CAPTAIN VIDEO in "Dark Side of the Moon" Conclusion

Read the first part of this tale HERE.

 Aliens operating on the Dark Side of the Moon plan to attack Earth, and only Captain Video (with the Video Ranger) can stop them...

You may ask, "What's so special about this? It's typical sci-fi."
And you'd be right.
Except, due to it's low-budget nature, the Captain Video TV show and movie serial showed aliens who looked like this...

The "alien invasion force" from Captain Video; the Serial. Note Captain Video (Judd Holdren) and the Ranger on the left in clever disguises.

Only in the comic, unencumbered by financial or special effect restrictions, was the full, unfettered potential of the show (such as it was) realized.

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Reading Room Annex: CAPTAIN VIDEO in "Dark Side of the Moon" Part 1

Yes, Ed Norton's idol, TV's first space commander battled alien invaders as well as terrestrial threats!
From Captain Video #5, with art by George Evans & Martin Thal featuring the likenesses of tv star Al Hodge as Captain Video, and Don Hastings as the Video Ranger...

To be continued, tomorrow!

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We Interrupt this Blog for Breaking News: Dick Tracy Returns!

The dawn of a new day, courtesy of Mike Curtis and Joe Staton!

Noted comics pros Mike Curtis (Richie Rich) and Joe Staton (Green Lantern / E-Man) take over the long-running Dick Tracy newspaper strip as of today!
Created by Chester Gould in 1931, the incorruptible Chicago-based detective has also been the subject of movie serials, tv series (both live action and animated), radio shows, comic books (reprints and new stories), novels and short story anthologies, and a feature film!

BONUS for our faithful fans: Here's the opening credits from an unsold pilot done by 1960s Batman / Green Hornet producer William Dozier!

Tomorrow: Alien Invaders vs Captain Video!