Marvel Cartoons Theme Songs

The Retroist has posted all the title sequences to 1960's Marvel cartoons.

Of course, everyone remembers the Spiderman theme. But I'm posting the second most memorable one (to me): Captain America!





When Captain America throws his mighty shield
All those who chose to appose his shield must yield
If he's lead to a fight and a duel is due
Then the red and the white and the blue will shine through
When Captain America throws his mighty shield!

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Hey Oscar Wilde! It's Clobberin' Time!

Here is a great blog called Hey Oscar Wilde! It's Clobberin' Time! It features someone's personal collection of drawings by comic book artists interpreting their favorite authors or literary characters. via

One of my favorites is George Pratt's rendition of the poet Wilfred Owen:

Dustjackets by Andrew Wyeth

Andrew Wyeth did not do very many commercial art jobs. Here are two of them:




Lord Hornblower by C.S. Forester. Little, Brown and Company, 1946.




Toward the Morning by Hervey Allen. Rinehart and Company, 1948.

The Muppets: Bohemian Rhapsody

Nothing to do with Comic or Fantasy Art, but this is pretty much the greatest thing on the internet this week. The Muppets doing Queen's Bohemian Rhapsody. via

Science Fiction Sunday

Here's some cool science fiction for Sunday evening...




Death of the Moon, by Robert Fuqua. Back cover for Amazing Stories, January 1944.




Arena of Decisions, by Ed Emshwiller. Cover for Amazing, March 1964.




Spaceship, by Frank McCarthy. n.d.




Space Marines and the Slavers, by Leo Morey. Cover for Amazing Stories, December 1936.

Dagar the Invincible!

Inspired by this post (which wins my "most insane comic cover I've seen in the last couple of weeks" award), I became curious about Dagar the Invincible. I'm familiar with some Gold Key comics, mainly the war titles and good old Turok Son of Stone, but I'm ashamed to admit I had never heard of Dagar. So here's some nice Sword & Sorcery insanity:




Layout for cover to Dagar the Invincible #1, 1972. Attributed to Jesse Santos.




Cover art for Dagar the Invincible #1, attributed to George Wilson.




Dagar the Invincible #1, October 1972.




Dagar the Invincible #2, January 1973.




Dagar the Invincible #4, May 1973.




Dagar the Invincible #5, October 1973.




Dagar the Invincible #8, June 1974.




Dagar the Invincible #9, October 1974.




Dagar the Invincible #10, December 1974.




Cover art for Dagar the Invincible #12, 1975.

Dracula Prince of Darkness

Enemy Ace

Enemy Ace (Hans von Hammer) first appearance was in DC's Our Army at War #151 (Feb. 1965). He went on to appear in Star Spangled War Stories as a regular feature from #138 to #150. Von Hammer appeared in various DC war titles over the years. He was also the subject of two graphic novels: Enemy Ace: War in Heaven and most notably Enemy Ace: War Idyll by George Pratt.

Originally created by writer Robert Kanigher and artist Joe Kubert, Enemy Ace has also been depicted over the years by artists such as Russ Heath, Neal Adams, Howard Chaykin, and Frank Thorne.




DC Showcase #57, August 1965. Cover art by Joe Kubert.




DC Showcase #58, October 1965. Cover art by Joe Kubert.




Star Spangled War Stories #138, May 1968. Cover art by Joe Kubert.




Detective Comics #404, October 1970. Cover art by Neal Adams.




Enemy Ace sketch by George Pratt, 1991.




Cover art by Frank Thorne for Comic Reader #104, 1974.

Glimmer Graphics Prints

Glimmer Graphics has been producing fine art fantasy prints since 1989. The company now has a web presence. Once exciting upcoming project is print of the cover to the Studio book, signed by all four studio artists. Click on the image for more information:




Below are some more of Glimmer Graphics' offerings. Click on the images for ordering information:




The Last Atlantean, by Barry Windsor-Smith, 1990.




Marionettes, by Michael Kaluta, 1991 (Graphitti)




Age of Innocence, by Jeffrey Jones, 1992.




Tapestry, by Brian Froud, 1995.




Jerry Lee Lewis Tried to Kill Me, by Phil Hale, 1995.

Sunday Morning Trash

Here's some nice trashy art for your Sunday morning...

[Warning! bottom image is R-rated]




Love Camp by Louis-Charles Royer, Pyramid Books 1953. Art by Julian Paul.







Stag magazine illustration by Earl Norem, n.d.

The Nichovev Plot: Solved!

A little while ago I posted about a painting I purchased where I did not know what book it was from or who the artist was. Thanks to some helpful people at LibraryThing I got the book identified. It is "The Nichovev Plot" from the Nick Carter series. The only copy I've been able to find so far was in England (on Ebay) and I just got it in the mail. This edition was published by Charter Books in 1976. Still no ID on the artist aside from the notation "S. Holland" on the back of the painting. It is still cool to know what book it came from.

The blurb on the cover: "Soviet Premier Nichovev vanishes en route to the White House. Nick's mission: find him before detente turns to wholesale murder!" Apparently there are "death worshiping occultists" at the bottom of this.

Swamp Thing!

By Bernie Wrightson







DC Special Series Vol. 1, #2. Reprint from 1977. This comic was my introduction to the work of Bernie Wrightson.





DC Special Series Vol. 2, #14. Reprint comic from Summer 1978.





Cover for Roots of the the Swamp Thing #1. Reprint comic from July 1986.





Promotional sticker for Swamp Thing, 1974.




Cover rough for Swamp Thing #8.




Original art for splash page from Swamp Thing #4.





Original art for the cover of Swamp Thing #5. Note on the published cover below, Swamp Thing does not have the axe in his back.





Original art of splash page from Swamp Thing #2.




Original art for the cover to House of Secrets #92.




House of Secrets #92. First appearance of the Swamp Thing, July 1971.




Swamp Thing #1, November 1972.




Swamp Thing #2, January 1973.




Swamp Thing #3, March 1973.




Swamp Thing #4, May 1973.




Swamp Thing #5, August 1973.




Swamp Thing #6, October 1973.




Swamp Thing #7, December 1973. (Batman!)




Swamp Thing #8, February 1974.




Swamp Thing #9, April 1974.




Swamp Thing #10, June 1974.


Previous post on some nice Danish reprints of Swamp Thing.

Pencil/Ink blog reviews Wrightson's Swamp Thing.