tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31723906.post1688929726891825693..comments2024-01-28T22:17:29.551-08:00Comments on Pappy's Golden Age Comics Blogzine: Number 1667: Strange Robot Adventures: Chris KL99 and the world of giant robotsPappyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01977289662431694607noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31723906.post-82652576183371650392014-12-11T20:29:04.055-08:002014-12-11T20:29:04.055-08:00Henry, art is by Howard Sherman.Henry, art is by Howard Sherman.Pappyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01977289662431694607noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31723906.post-45876397729463557002014-12-11T20:28:04.016-08:002014-12-11T20:28:04.016-08:00Cheryl, if you enter Strange Adventures into the s...Cheryl, if you enter Strange Adventures into the search engine box in the top left corner of this blog you'll find I've posted quite a few stories from that comic. I've also posted from Schwartz's other s-f comic, Mystery In Space, which you can access the same way.<br /><br />Pappyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01977289662431694607noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31723906.post-88857999598518892972014-12-10T07:38:16.622-08:002014-12-10T07:38:16.622-08:00I really enjoyed this one and would like to see mo...I really enjoyed this one and would like to see more from really early Strange Adventures.It was always a childhood favorite,but no way I can afford the really early ones,so this is a good way to read from them.<br />Cheryl Spoehrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15664182922856282585noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31723906.post-71889640265131720022014-12-09T17:47:21.961-08:002014-12-09T17:47:21.961-08:00I find it amusing that the bodies and legs are so ...I find it amusing that the bodies and legs are so thick and powerful-looking, but you have this spindly LITTLE rods connecting them that look like they could snap if you blew on them.<br /><br />The art lokos familiar, but I can't place it...Henry R. Kujawahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01607373491331529952noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31723906.post-4413172850733243392014-12-09T13:38:36.367-08:002014-12-09T13:38:36.367-08:00"I have never understood why science fiction ..."I have never understood why science fiction comics never sold as well as other comics. I don't know why EC's s-f comics didn't sell as well as their horror comics, since they had the same artists, writers and in some cases even the same plots!"<br /><br />Maybe kids in the 50's would have preferred horror comics rather than sci fi just to prove they had the "guts" to read something supposed to be really scary. Just my guess...<br />Talking about books and movies, S.F. has always been a form of entertainment "for the lucky few" compared to, say, western or spy-crime-action stories, at least until George Lucas made "space western" popular . I guess that's because real, well conceived S.F. (e.g. THX 1138) requires some mental work to be fully appreciated.<br />Oh by the way... "Lucky that country that needs no heroes"... I still have to find one<br />J_D_La_Rue_67https://www.blogger.com/profile/13620923188907903146noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31723906.post-20056113575865317202014-12-09T08:26:14.966-08:002014-12-09T08:26:14.966-08:00Ryan, both you and Brian hit on the hypocrisy of m...Ryan, both you and Brian hit on the hypocrisy of making Christopher Columbus a hero, but he exists nowadays more as a symbol than an actual flawed human being. Many heroes are like that: Jefferson could write about freedom in the Declaration of Independence yet he was a slave owner, whose mistress was a slave. <br /><br />I'm not making excuses for anyone. Human beings...we're not perfect, that's for sure.Pappyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01977289662431694607noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31723906.post-27790876224367198572014-12-09T08:19:35.952-08:002014-12-09T08:19:35.952-08:00J.D., Hamilton had that Sense of Wonder, all right...J.D., Hamilton had that Sense of Wonder, all right! In the sixties a lot of his old fiction was available in science fiction anthologies and I remember being swept up by his fast-moving plots. Pappyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01977289662431694607noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31723906.post-25200463325178804922014-12-09T08:16:54.112-08:002014-12-09T08:16:54.112-08:00Brian, considering the longevity of Julius Schwart...Brian, considering the longevity of Julius Schwartz's science fiction comics for DC, they must have reached an audience just the right age and just the right mentality for what they were producing.<br /><br />I have never understood why science fiction comics never sold as well as other comics. I don't know why EC's s-f comics didn't sell as well as their horror comics, since they had the same artists, writers and in some cases even the same plots!<br /><br />One of the secrets to DC's success in that day was owning its own distribution company and access to newsstands. If they could be seen, they could be bought.<br /><br />Pappyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01977289662431694607noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31723906.post-41976363023816126692014-12-08T11:20:07.513-08:002014-12-08T11:20:07.513-08:00I plainly confess I didn't know Hamilton wrote...I plainly confess I didn't know Hamilton wrote comic books.<br />This story is a very good example of space opera in the "interstellar patrol" style, you can see the hand of an accomplished sci-fi writer who knows how to give the "sense of wonder".<br />The art is fine, also. Some panels, especially in page 2, reminded me of the early Jack Kirby.<br />J_D_La_Rue_67https://www.blogger.com/profile/13620923188907903146noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31723906.post-75202585032920353432014-12-08T08:55:44.586-08:002014-12-08T08:55:44.586-08:00I guess if he's called the Christopher Columbu...I guess if he's called the Christopher Columbus of space, they are continuing to whitewash some of Columbus' crimes (not to ignore his successes) far into the future!<br /><br />It's surprising this wasn't a better selling series (though back in that time it probably sold better than most of the books on the stands now) -- it's really a comic for sci-fi folks -- giant, well-designed robots battling it out.<br /><br />Of course, sci-fi has always been a tough sell in comics sometimes, like EC famously using the money the horror comics made to publish sci-fi comics.Brian Barneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15737535617796413548noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31723906.post-43758743995232574252014-12-08T08:47:02.722-08:002014-12-08T08:47:02.722-08:00In his 10th adventure, Chris KL99 encountered the ...In his 10th adventure, Chris KL99 encountered the indigenous people of a newly "discovered" planet, enslaved them, and inadvertently caused them to slowly die from alien disease. Right?<br />The coloring on this story was kind of sloppy. You'd think a giant like DC Comics would have better quality printing.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05389353987133860660noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31723906.post-17047661276514772022014-12-08T03:40:47.653-08:002014-12-08T03:40:47.653-08:00I won't quibble, Daniel; Weisinger was the edi...I won't quibble, Daniel; Weisinger was the editorial hand behind Captain Future. I also read the paperback reprints when they were published in the sixties.Pappyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01977289662431694607noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31723906.post-4609785941330233452014-12-08T00:54:15.034-08:002014-12-08T00:54:15.034-08:00While one might quibble with the assertion that Ha...While one might quibble with the assertion that Hamilton created Captain Future (credit for that is usually given to Weisinger), he certainly gave us the realized character. <br /><br />(As a boy, I read the mass-market paperback reprints of the Captain Future stories. Curt Newton was a <i>very</i> important fictional rĂ´le-model for me.)Daniel [oeconomist.com]https://www.blogger.com/profile/06763094285750736837noreply@blogger.com