28 Saturday Dec 2013
Posted in indie, science fiction
A year or so before Image began publishing Sam Kieth’s most famous work, Maxx, Fantagraphics produced two volumes of Kieth’s drawings and short stories as I Before E. With creepy aliens, prowling tigers, and visual treats like the short story “Max the Hare,” these two comic-sized volumes make a fine companion to any Sam Kieth collection.
Collector’s Guide:
– from I before E #2; Fantagraphics, 1992
21 Friday Jun 2013
Posted in golden age, science fiction
We discovered Captain Science in a Caliber Press reprint called Buried Treasure. They created a fine black and white re-print of “Captain Science and the Insidious Dr. Khartoum!” Love the Wally Wood artwork!
Like many Golden Age Comics now in the public domain, you can find Captain Science scans at the Digital Comic Museum. Or, you can collect the original issues of Captain Science.
21 Wednesday Nov 2012
Posted in superhero
The second volume of Doctor Strange went out with a bang in 1987. Strange fights one of his most outrageous, cosmic-light-drenched battles of all time against a really evil alien.
Back Story: This alien fascist came to earth, stole all of the Doctor’s mystical doo-dads and his house, kidnapped his friends just to torture them, and mortally wounded Strange’s body. What a dick! Aliens really suck sometimes.
While his body recovers, Strange finds an ally: a really nice alien who was fixing his Cloak of Levitation. The nice alien plays host to Strange’s astral body, so they can fly across the universe to kick alien ass together. And – cue the mystical light effects!
Collector’s Guide:
– From Doctor Strange #81; Marvel, 1987.
We threw in a few panels of the evil alien fascist world from issue #79 for you!
02 Sunday Sep 2012
Posted in science fiction
This story leaves the reader with an important moral lesson: if you know just enough about science, you can get through life by lying to everyone. What?! Seriously. If you don’t believe us, read it for yourself. Lying to your children is okay as long as you get famous and kill huge space monsters!
Collector’s Guide:
-From Mystery in Space #73; DC, 1962.
Adam Strange stars in “The Invisible Invaders of Rann!” (pencils by Carmine Infantino). Back-up story: “The Answer Man of Space!” Infantino cover pencils. Cover price $0.12.
24 Saturday Sep 2011
Posted in indie, science fiction
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CrossGen’s Negation has eye-popping artwork and a host of evil aliens that need destroying. Throw in mystical sorcerors from the future, lords of Atlantis from the past, and beast women who are mighty handy with a laser pistol, and you’ve got – Hell, we don’t WHAT you’ve got, but it looks like a fun ride!
Collector’s Guide:
– From Negation; CrossGen, 2002.
– Reprinted in Negation TPB.
23 Friday Sep 2011
Posted in indie, science fiction
CrossGen’s Negation has eye-popping artwork and a host of evil aliens that need destroying. Throw in mystical sorcerors from the future, lords of Atlantis from the past, and beast women who are mighty handy with a laser pistol, and you’ve got – Hell, we don’t WHAT you’ve got, but it looks like a fun ride!
Collector’s Guide:
– From Negation; CrossGen, 2002.
– Reprinted in Negation TPB.
22 Monday Aug 2011
Posted in dinosaur, science fiction, western
Rex Riders exploded into bookstores on June 21 like a stampeding herd of triceratops! Did you say you needed aliens with your dinosaurs? No Problem! Bullwhip fights on the frontier? You Got It!
How about a gigantic platform with four carved apatosaurs waiting in a secret cave to teleport you to another planet? A planet of jungle and roaming carnivore packs from our own distant past? Coming right up!
JP Carlson crafted a 430-page adventure just for you. He even throws in a barn infested with giant flesh-eating beetles that fly. If that doesn’t sound like a good time to you, you’re at the wrong web site!
We preview a page of the text below, along with stunning illustrations from Jim Calafiore, and the amygdala-annihilating cover artwork of Fabio Pastori. Today’s cover art bonus includes JP’s bio, too! We share a few more of our favorite Rex Riders moments with you this summer in a Rex Riders Gallery. Meanwhile, Ride your own Rex right over to Amazon and score REX RIDERS today!
You might also enjoy our complete Dinosaur Comics Gallery.
12 Friday Aug 2011
Posted in dinosaur, science fiction, western
Tags
alien, dinosaur, Jim Calafiore, JP Carlson, novel, Rex Riders, western
Rex Riders exploded into bookstores on June 21 like a stampeding herd of triceratops! Did you say you needed aliens with your dinosaurs? No Problem! Bullwhip fights on the frontier? You Got It!
How about a gigantic platform with four carved apatosaurs waiting in a secret cave to teleport you to another planet? A planet of jungle and roaming carnivore packs from our own distant past? Coming right up!
JP Carlson crafted a 430-page adventure just for you. He even throws in a barn infested with giant flesh-eating beetles that fly. If that doesn’t sound like a good time to you, you’re at the wrong web site!
We preview a page of the text below, along with stunning illustrations from Jim Calafiore. We share a few of our favorite Rex Riders moments with you this summer in a Rex Riders Gallery. Meanwhile, Ride your own Rex right over to Amazon and score REX RIDERS today!
You might also enjoy our complete Dinosaur Comics Gallery.
28 Thursday Jul 2011
Posted in science fiction, superhero
Storm rocks hard – and not just because she used to wear a mohawk! Storm went toe-to-toe with Dr. Doom and won (Uncanny X-Men #145-147), even if she did get suckered into dinner with Doom first. Wearing only a bikini, she wrestled an alligator and knifed its a$$ good (Classic X-Men #22). If she weren’t married these days, we would totally ask her out.
Of course, being taken over by aliens tends to put a strain on a relationship… But it’s nothing Storm can’t handle! Behold how Ororo taps into the power of the galactic core to destroy the alien gestating in her body!
Collector’s Guide:
– From Uncanny X-Men #165.
– Also included, the Mike Mignola cover from the reprint in Classic X-Men #69.
22 Friday Jul 2011
Posted in dinosaur, jungle, science fiction, western
Tags
alien, dinosaur, Jim Calafiore, JP Carlson, novel, Rex Riders, western
Rex Riders exploded into bookstores on June 21 like a stampeding herd of triceratops! Did you say you needed aliens with your dinosaurs? No Problem! Bullwhip fights on the frontier? You Got It!
How about a gigantic platform with four carved apatosaurs waiting in a secret cave to teleport you to another planet? A planet of jungle and roaming carnivore packs from our own distant past? Coming right up!
JP Carlson crafted a 430-page adventure just for you. He even throws in a barn infested with giant flesh-eating beetles that fly. If that doesn’t sound like a good time to you, you’re at the wrong web site!
We preview a page of the text below, along with stunning illustrations from Jim Calafiore. We share a few of our favorite Rex Riders moments with you this summer in a Rex Riders Gallery. Meanwhile, Ride your own Rex right over to Amazon and score REX RIDERS today!
You might also enjoy our complete Dinosaur Comics Gallery.
21 Thursday Jul 2011
Posted in golden age, science fiction
Tags
alien, Bruce Hunter, early rockets, Fantastic Worlds, golden age, Music Makers of Aldebaran, Standard Comics
Golden Age Comics story time!
Fantastic Worlds #7 contained this truly psychedelic tale of alien musicians.
This seems like the kind of thing you’d find in the Screaming Trees’ practice space.
Also, an eduational piece about the development of rockets called “Early Rockets!”
12 Tuesday Jul 2011
Posted in dinosaur, jungle, science fiction, western
Tags
alien, dinosaur, Jim Calafiore, JP Carlson, novel, Rex Riders, western
Rex Riders exploded into bookstores on June 21 like a stampeding herd of triceratops! Did you say you needed aliens with your dinosaurs? No Problem! Bullwhip fights on the frontier? You Got It!
How about a gigantic platform with four carved apatosaurs waiting in a secret cave to teleport you to another planet? A planet of jungle and roaming carnivore packs from our own distant past? Coming right up!
JP Carlson crafted a 430-page adventure just for you. He even throws in a barn infested with giant flesh-eating beetles that fly. If that doesn’t sound like a good time to you, you’re at the wrong web site!
We preview a page of the text below, along with stunning illustrations from Jim Calafiore. We share a few more of our favorite Rex Riders moments with you this summer in a Rex Riders Gallery. Meanwhile, Ride your own Rex right over to Amazon and score REX RIDERS today!
You might also enjoy our complete Dinosaur Comics Gallery.
20 Monday Jun 2011
Posted in dinosaur, jungle, science fiction, western
Tags
alien, dinosaur, Fabio Pastori, Jim Calafiore, JP Carlson, novel, Rex Riders, western
Imagine riding a juvenile T-Rex the size of a horse through a prehistoric forest; fighting off an attack by a tribe of axe-wielding marauders atop feathered raptors; being chased down a riverbed by a ferocious baryonyx; riding through a herd of stampeding triceratops . . . This is the world of REX RIDERS!
The pub date is June 21, the first day of summer! JP Carlson‘s first novel is the kind of adventure story Willis O’Brien would come up with if he was around today. The illustrations are by Marvel and DC Comics’ artist Jim Calafiore. (Jim Calafiore drew our favorite Lizard story ever!) The cover is by paleo-artist extraordinaire Fabio Pastori.
We’re super excited about this book! We will share more of our favorite moments with you this summer in a Rex Riders Gallery.
Meanwhile, we encourage you to Ride your own Rex right over to Amazon and score REX RIDERS today!
Dig these dinosaur illustrations from REX RIDERS!
05 Tuesday Apr 2011
In 1983, Walter Simonson decided to spice up a boring old title called Thor by going in a radically new direction. Thor’s dad – Odin – gave the magical Thor powers to Beta Ray Bill, a bionic alien. That’s right, a BIONIC ALIEN with the power of the Thunder God. Walt, you’re blowing our minds here!
Walter Simonson’s writing run lasted from isse #337-382. He handled the interior art until about #367 when Sal Buscema took over. Enjoy this excerpt where Beta Ray Bill gets his god power!
Collector’s Guide:
– From The Mighty Thor #339.
– Reprinted in the Thor Omnibus featuring the complete Walter Simonson stories.
