It is of its era...I like the panel on page 6 where Captain Comet clobbers the robot, knocking out some springs and at least one vacuum tube. From Strange Adventures #29 (1953):
The two-part origin of Captain Comet! Click on the thumbnail.
Wednesday, December 10, 2014
Number 1668: Time capsule from 1,000,000 B.C.
It is of its era...I like the panel on page 6 where Captain Comet clobbers the robot, knocking out some springs and at least one vacuum tube. From Strange Adventures #29 (1953):
The two-part origin of Captain Comet! Click on the thumbnail.
"Captain Comet, Robot Fighter!" Cute story, well plotted. My only problem with it is: Did the robots hire an actor to play the guy from a million years ago? He must have been desperate to take a gig from those evil tin cans!
ReplyDeleteGreat theme this week Pappy! I've always loved the futuristic look for architecture envisioned by Golden & Silver age comic book artists. Too bad modern architecture ended up being unadorned boring boxes. I think I first saw Captain Comet In Secret Society of Super-Villains. I've liked the character ever since although the "update" a few years back did a darn good job of ending that. Thank goodness for back issues and sites like yours.
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ReplyDelete1) Looking at the panel you mentioned I couldn't help but thinking about Manning's "Magnus the Robot Fighter". Ten years later, but...
2) I noticed the name of the scientist - confidant : Professor Zackro (=Zarkhov).
3) I like the story. Plus, it's always nice to see how sci-fi "doesn't age well" graphically. Looking at the ship's design, the robots and the "projector" device (supposed to be an hi- tech instrument) is a pleasure to me.I love "vintage future".
4) So those naughty cosmic - rays - stuffed robots invented a fake warning from a lost civilization just to draw off the hero? Who says robots are unimaginative?
Thanks for posting this!
Captain Comet —I never knew of him until now. Fairly well done space stories and fine art. Before Adam Strange —which I have heard of but little read. Thanks for the introduction, Pappy. I enjoyed the link to the good captain's origin story. Robots are, of course, a plus in science fiction stories.
ReplyDeleteGuys, I took a couple of days off from blogging and didn't check on my comments. Thanks for all of your astute observations and insights, as always.
ReplyDeleteRobots...yeah, I love robots and have since I was just a wee lad. I thought by now we'd all have personal robots waiting on us and doing our heavy lifting, but no...the last two days I had to rake the leaves in the yard by myself.
NICE! Do you have any Strange Science or Creepshow, any comics like that?
ReplyDeleteJohn T, Creepshow, no. But I have other comics you'll like; just put some of the titles you want to see in the search engine, upper left corner, and see what comes up.
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