Bronze-Age Monsters
We will be back with Atlas/Seaboard's TALES OF EVIL next week. In the meantime, here's our review of the SHOGGOTH SAGA... We review 'Archaic' Al Hewetson and a stable of Spanish artists' take on the Shoggoth, a creature from the Lovecraft mythos. Watch it on YouTube here: Get our PDF here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Z1uS_hT19-K8wvfEQSVeiExeIRhwibnI/view?usp=sharing
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We're joined this episode by guest Brad Elmore, director of THE WOLFMAN'S HAMMER, BIT, and BOOGEYMAN POP, to talk about the book Howard Chaykin created for the Atlas/Seabord line, THE SCORPION, set in the 1930s about an immortal adventurer. Chaykin later reworked the character into DOMINIC FORTUNE for Marvel. WATCH IT ON YOUTUBE: https://youtube.com/live/g9X3QqtQ-Kw You can read all 3 issues here: WATCH THE WOLFMAN'S HAMMER!: TAKE JOHN'S SURVEY ABOUT COMICS: https://iu.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_78L6fCCluZuR6fA SUPPORT THE SHOW: THREADLESS SHOP:...
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MEET BEN STRYKER: a soldier pummeled by Rommel's forces in the Kasserine Pass...a soldier and pacifist who's managed to survive WWII without taking a human life...so far. MEET THE 'DEATH SQUAD': a crew of misfit soldiers destined for court martials and military prison. The two parties collide for our comics enjoyment in SAVAGE COMBAT TALES f/ SGT. STRYKER'S DEATH SQUAD! Archie Goodwin pens 2 WWII tales, the 1st with art by Al McWilliams and the 2nd by Jack Sparling. WATCH IT ON YOUTUBE: https://youtu.be/hjzY0DcoKBQ You can read all 3 issues here:...
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For our final season, we're covering the short life of Martin Goodman's Atlas/Seaboard comics by reviewing all the debut issues from their line. WATCH IT ON YOUTUBE! https://youtube.com/live/FxDNA8jYfpo Goodman also published a POLICE ACTION at the pre-Marvel Atlas. This one seems to appeal to fans of the swarms of detectives and cops that cluttered up American TV screens in the mid-'70s, like Banacek, Kojak, and Baretta. POLICE ACTION offered up TWO lead characters in their own stories: Sam Lomax, NYPD, and Luke Malone: Manhunter. Stories by Russ Jones and Mike Ploog with art by Mike...
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Jeff Rovin wanted Atlas to publish The Omega Man comic book, but when he couldn't secure the rights to it, they came up with PLANET OF VAMPIRES, a mash-up of I AM LEGEND and PLANET OF THE APES written by Larry Hama with an art team of Pat Broderick & Frank McLaughlin. We're joined by Russ & Josh from . WATCH THE EPISODE WITH GORGEOUS ART HERE: https://youtu.be/xJvX8c2gg2E You can read all 3 issues here: Josh's Substack: SUPPORT THE SHOW: https://www.patreon.com/BronzeAgeMonsters JOIN US ON OUR DISCORD SERVER: https://discord.gg/wdXKUzpEh7
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For our final season, we're covering the short life of Martin Goodman's Atlas/Seaboard comics by reviewing all the debut issues from their line. What do you get when you make a stew out of Orwell's 1984 heavily seasoned with Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451 and generous pinches of A Clockwork Orange and a dash of The Time Machine? Why, Michael Fleisher's crazy dystopian body horror sci-fi book MORLOCK 2001, of course! You can read all 3 issues here: https://archive.org/details/morlock-2001-complete/Morlock%202001%2001 Watch it on YouTube with BEAUTIFUL ART! MAIL: STORE: ...
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For our final season, we're covering the short life of Martin Goodman's Atlas/Seaboard comics by reviewing all the debut issues from their line. This episode, we cover Seaboard's swipe at Warren Publishing and Marvel's Curtis magazines...the horror anthology DEVILINA! Watch it on YouTube with BEAUTIFUL B&W ART! MAIL: STORE: SUPPORT THE SHOW: DISCORD:
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We make the Shadow Show every other week for our Patreon supporters, but we're giving this one out as a sample. If you enjoy, consider backing the show on Patreon for future episodes and access to the archives of previous eps. We discuss Marv Wolfman and Steve Gan's wonderfully bizarre SKULL THE SLAYER wherein a Vietnam War POW returns home and everything gets worse...then he and plane full of people go through the Bermuda Triangle! Matt got it in his head that the main character's name was Mike Scully and "corrected" Jacob at the top of the show, so they say the wrong name the whole episode....
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For our final season, we're producing the episodes as videos. Check out our YouTube channel for the full experience. YOUTUBE VERSION: This episode, we cover a creative dream team assembled for the 1 straight superhero book of the line: Archie Goodwin, Steve Ditko, and Wallace "Wally" Wood. READ ALL 4 ISSUES OF THE DESTRUCTOR ON ARCHIVE.ORG: https://archive.org/details/destructor-complete/Destructor%20001/ MAIL: STORE: SUPPORT THE SHOW: DISCORD:
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For our final season, we're producing the episodes as videos. Check out our YouTube channel for the full experience. YOUTUBE VERSION: This episode, we're joined by friend of the show M.J. to cover Martin Goodman's one demand: he wanted a Hulk knock-off. He got a murderous thawed Missing Link instead, written by Michael Fleisher with art by Mike Sekowsky & Pablo Marcos. READ ALL 3 ISSUES OF THE BRUTE ON ARCHIVE.ORG: https://archive.org/details/brute-complete/Brute%20001/ MAIL: STORE: SUPPORT THE SHOW: DISCORD:
info_outlineWe've got double your monster pleasure with WWT #117's "A Miracle for Monsters!" and 118's "Heroes Come in Small Sizes" as the Commandos are finally free of Lt. Shrieve and, without a commanding officer, take in the sights of war-time Paris. Then, we learn how they were awarded medals from the King of England!
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