Showing posts with label Silver Age. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Silver Age. Show all posts

Friday, October 2, 2026

Captain's Library VALLEY OF GWANGI Part 2

...who haven't met this guy...yet!
"He who dares steal from the Evil One is cursed!"
So spoke the old woman after Carlos took El Diablo from the hidden Valley of Gwangi!
(But what is El Diablo?)
Meanwhile, in a nearby town, T.J. Breckenridge, beautiful cowgirl owner of a traveling rodeo, struggles with near-bankruptcy when she meets stunt rider/former fiance Tuck Kirby, who makes an offer for the only asset the show has...Omar the Wonder Horse!
T.J. refuses, saying she's about to unveil a spectacular new attraction that will turn the rodeo's fortunes around!
The next day, Tuck encounters Professor Bromley, a palentologist who claims to have discovered tracks of a presumed long-extinct ancestor of the modern horse!
How do these events tie together?
Read on...
Need we say...
Don't Miss the Thrilling Conclusion, Tomorrow at Western Comics Adventures!
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Friday, November 28, 2025

Captains Library Thanksgiving Turkey MAN CALLED FLINTSTONE Conclusion

...actually Fred Flintstone, filing in for the injured lookalike spy, he's trying to make contsct with a femme fatale double agent who will lead him to the evil Green Goose!

Unfortunately, Rock Slag, like most secret agents of the era, is something of a horndog, with at least one woman in every major city...
Hope you've enjoyed the turkey!
But, fear not!
Dessert's coming!
Tomorrow: The Actual, Uncut Movie!
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Thursday, November 27, 2025

Captains Library Thanksgiving Turkey MAN CALLED FLINTSTONE Part 1

The Final Project from the Original 1960s Flintstones Series...
...was this musical animated feature film capitalizing on the multi-media Spy Craze of the mid-1960s!

At this point, the movie has a music video...

Now back to the comic...

To be Concluded...Tomorrow!
Much like Sean Connery's James Bond, Rock Slag apparently had (at least) one girl in every major city!

Adapted by writer Carl Fallberg from an early version of the movie script by Harvey Bullock and Ray Allen, and penciled by Pete Alvarado, it lacks a lot of the "set piece" action sequences you'll see in the uncut film when we link to it on Saturday, though the parts that are in the comic are literally verbatim from the movie dialogue!
Trivia: As soon as the TV series wrapped production after 166 episodes, the creatives jumped into production on this movie.
While Alan Reed, who performed Fred's voice on the original series also did so here, Henry Corden provided Fred's singing voice, and took over for Reed as Fred in sequel series and movies after Alan passed away!
Note: The comic was issued as part of the ongoing Gold Key Flintstones comic (#36 in 1966), instead of a one-shot!
Despite the TV series' cancellation, the comic was popular enough to continue at Gold Key until #60 in 1970, then switched over to Charlton for another 50 issues until 1977!
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Monday, September 8, 2025

Captain's Library: STAR TREK "Planet of the Robots"

You've seen the various comics from Gold Key, Marvel, DC, IDW, etc....
...but, if you're an American reader, you've likely never seen this!
Captain Kurt?
The Enterprise lands on a planet?
Spock shouting?
Lt Bailey, who was left on the Fesarius with Balok in the episode "Corbomite Maneuver" is still aboard the Enterprise?
It was 1969.
Star Trek had not yet aired in England.
The publisher of the wildly-successful weekly comic magazine TV Century 21, which featured strips based on the various Gerry Anderson series (Stingray, Thunderbirds, Captain Scarlet, etc.), decided to launch a new weekly magazine showcasing the currently-running Anderson series, Joe 90.
Entitled Joe 90: Top Secret, it also featured a couple of two-page strips about imported American TV series, Star Trek and Land of the Giants.
Since the shows hadn't yet aired in England, the writers and artist Harry Lindfield were working off whatever print material and photo reference was sent from America.
(Apparently they didn't send them a copy of Stephen Whitfield's Making of Star Trek, which explains things like the Enterprise being unable to land on a planet's surface.)
The storylines usually ran six weeks, but could go longer if required.
Because the Trek strip had the centerfold slot, it allowed for panels running thru what would be the interior gutters on any other page, giving them a wide Sunday newspaper-strip feel and layout.
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