Friday, June 5, 2026

Captain's Library MASTERS OF THE UNIVERSE "Part 1"

Welcome to the Comics Adaptation of the Movie about He-Man, Skeletor, and the World of Eternia!
But, it's not the adaptation of this movie!
It's the never-reprinted adaptation of this movie from almost 40. years ago!
Tomorrow: To Earth!
You'll note that the main Masters of the Universe characters look like their toy counterparts, not like the actors in the movie (whose costumes differ significantly from the toys)!
That's because the movie adaptation was published by Marvel's juvenile-themed line, Star Comics, which also published the ongoing comic based on the toy line/tv series, and they decided the young audience would be confused if the characters looked different!
New characters like Gwildor and the Earth-based humans were illustrated more like they appeared in the film.
Written by Ralph Macchio (not the Karate Kid actor), penciled by George Tuska (who drew the first MotU mini-series, published by DC in 1983, making him one of the few artists to illustrate the same character published by two comics companies!), and inked by Art Nichols!
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Wednesday, May 20, 2026

Captain's Library STEPHEN COLBERT'S TEK JANSEN "Return to Space Academy!" Conclusion

Art by Matt Wagner
...sent to Space Academy for retraining after his last mission went horribly wrong, Tek Jansen, in his inimitable style, stumbled upon...danger!
There are, in fact, three more tales in this storyline, which we'll return to in the (obviously) future!
But there's another standalone Case File with a kool twist ending waiing for you at Atomic Kommie Comics on Saturday as part of (obviously) Space Hero Saturdays!
Dare You Miss It???

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Wednesday, May 13, 2026

Captain's Library STEPHEN COLBERT'S TEK JANSEN "Invasion of the Optiklons!!!" Conclusion

...manly Tek Jansen rescues several dozen beautiful green alien women from the diabolical Psychotto!
After doing what Space Heroes tend to do after rescuing beautiful green (or blue, or orange, or purple, he doesn't discriminate) women, Tek is ordered back to HQ by his boss, Over-Seeress Brainia!
When he sees a cheering crowd at the landing pad, Tek naturally assumes they're there to greet him after another successful mission!
But they're really there to greet the Chief of the Optiklons, who bring advanced technology to end disease, hunger, poverty, and numerous other problems!
Tek believes this is some sort of trick, but is ordered to not interfere...
Though Tek returns to Atomic Kommie Comics on Saturday for (obviously) Space Hero Saturdays, that'll be a separate short story.
This particular plotline continues next Wednesday in (what else)...
Wednesday Worlds of Wonder at Atomic Kommie Comics!

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Thursday, April 2, 2026

Captain's Library & Theatre MEN INTO SPACE "Dust and the Depths"

We Have Already Seen...

...a four man-expedition led by this stalwart young fellow, USAF Coloney Edwar MacCauley, has reached the Moon!

They discover underground caverns where, during a moonquake, one of the astronauts sacrifices himself to enable the others to climb out safely.
The three survivors return to the ship, then decide to do another probe into the cavers below...











This adaptation of the conclusion of the 2nd episode of the series, "Moon Landing" is almost totally-different than the aired episode!
It's much more ambitious in scope and would've required far more eleborate SFX than what was shown on TV.
We suspect that, due to the lead time to produce the comic (about three months from scripting to illustrating to printing), comic scripter Gardner DuBois worked from an early draft of the episode from James (Shogun) Clavell.
To compare, we offer you the actual episode by clicking HERE, and it'll open in a new window for your viewing pleasure!

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