Science Fiction Sunday

"The Flying Robot," cover for Fantastic Adventures, January 1941. Art by Harold W. McCauley.




First Men in the Moon, 1964.




Strange Adventures #1, August 1950.




"Science Fiction Land," theme park design by Jack Kirby and Mike Royer, 1978.






"Men From Space," cover for Popular Magazine, December 1930. Art by Howard V. Brown.

Jeffrey Catherine Jones, 1944-2011

Jeffrey Catherine Jones died today of complications from bronchitis and emphysema.

War Wednesday

All-American Men of War #94, December 1962. Cover art by Russ Heath.




Our Army at War #60, July 1957. Cover art by Jerry Grandenetti.




Atomic War!, November 1952.




Frontline Combat #13, July 1952. Cover art by Wally Wood. This is one of my favorite EC covers.




Wary Soldiers by Saul Tepper.




The Wounded Soldier by Stanley Borack.

Monster Monday

Monster Parade #4, March 1959.




The Monster #2, 1953. Cover by Maurice Whitman.




Melvin Monster #3, December 1965. Cover by John Stanley.




Cover art by Frank Frazetta for Creepy #10, August 1966.




Ad for Aurora Monster Scenes models, 1971.

Jeep Comics

This might not be the greatest comic book cover ever, but it's pretty high up there. The cover for Jeep Comics #2 at the bottom is almost too weird.




Jeep Comics #3, March 1948. Cover by L.B. Cole.




Jeep Comics #2, Spring 1945.

H is for Heroin

Rafael DeSoto did this iconic cover for David Hulburd's 1952 novel H is for Heroin. Here is a review of the book from Time magazine.

And Now a Commerical...

Advertisements from the back covers of DC Comics, 1964-1965.