Showing posts with label Gene Colan. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Gene Colan. Show all posts

Thursday, February 29, 2024

MENACE "Walking Dead!"

"Walking Dead" didn't always refer to zombies...
...but it sure does here!
This cover-featured story from Atlas' Menace #9 (1954) came at the tail-end of the horror comic craze.
Dr. Wertham's crusade against those magazines had already taken it's toll as entire comic companies folded due to falling sales and public outcry.
Menace itself only lasted two more issues.
Luckily, Atlas (which already had a predilection for jumping onto whatever current fad was selling) had such a diverse line, that it was easy for Stan Lee and company to simply "switch gears" and replace the disgraced horror genre with other types of books.
For example, When MAD comics took off in the mid-1950s, Atlas had four MAD-clone comics; RIOT!, CRAZY!, WILD!, and SNAFU!!
None lasted more than five issues!
With the Silver Age dawning only a couple of years later, Atlas hung on long enough to become Marvel, and the rest is history...
Illustrated by John Forte with a cover by Gene Colan, the story's writer is unknown.
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Wednesday, October 5, 2022

WEREWOLF BY NIGHT Conclusion

We Have Already Seen...

Jack Russell had discovered his family's deepest, darkest secret...lycanthropy (that's turning into a werewolf, kiddies)!
To learn more, he journeys to the family's ancestral home, Russoff Manor...in Transylvania!
And if that doesn't send a chill down your spine, you're reading the wrong blog!
And so the story ends...for now!
But, we promised that you could enjoy the first half-century-old live-action dramatization of this tale!
So here's what you do...
  1. Command-Click HERE to open the previous chapter of this blog...leaving this window open so both are on-screen
  2. Command-click HERE to open an mp3 of the audio drama!
  3. Press "PLAY", read along and enjoy!
It's like a podcast with visuals!
This is Power Records' Curse of the WereWolf #PR-17, adapting elements from the following comics...
Marvel Spotlight #2 (1972)
Tomb of Dracula #18 (1974)
Werewolf by Night #15 (1974)
It'll be interesting to see if the Disney+/Marvel production of Werewolf by Night follow's though on this aspect of Jack Russell's curse!
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