Continuing the short-lived cosmic comic adventures of Buzz Corry...
...with the final tale from Ziff-Davis' Space Patrol #1 (1952)!
Though the art is clearly Bernie Krigstein, there's debate as to whether the writer is Paul S Newman or Phillip Evans.
One of the cool aspects of these comic book versions of 1950s radio/tv series is that they weren't limited by budget restrictions as the actual shows were. Whatever the author's mind could conceive, the illustrators could deliver without having to worry about plywood sets or props made out of kitchen utensils!
There's more Space Patrol excitement to come as we present every tale from its' two-issue run!
Watch for it!
...and, while most of the obits mentioned his guest appearances on three Star Trek series (Classic, Deep Space 9, and Voyager) as Kang, few listed his breakthrough role as the real-life Apache chief Cochise on the 1950s TV series Broken Arrow, based on the novel Blood Brother by Elliot Arnold.
Will Jeffords and Cochise help "Serafina" to escape?
Can they escape?
And what of Chala, still held captive and enslaved?
This story from Dell's Four Color Comics #855 (1957) was adapted from the script of the TV episode of the same name broadcast Jan. 14, 1958...and was published a couple of months before the episode aired.
In the future world of 2005, a female ninja with an Irish accent invades the Atari Institute, last bastion of science on a war-torn Earth.
Meanwhile, Commander Martin Champion and Doctor Lucas Orion have been summoned to that very installation by Assistant Director Lydia Perez, to discuss the top-secret "Project Multiverse"...
Plotted by Roy Thomas & Gerry Conway with Conway doing the
script, and illustrated by Ross Andru (pencils)
and Dick Giordano & Mike DeCarlo (inks), the never-reprinted premiere continued in the next issue, which was included in the package for Atari's Berserk cartridge.
They weren't the firstLone Ranger & Tonto in movies...
...but the odds are they are still the best-known, ironically, due to television!
They're Clayton Moore and Jay Silverheels.
And to several generations of fans, they personified the Masked Man and His Indian Companion!
From 1949 to 1957*, they rode across the tv screens of America dispensing justice in the Old West.
When, in 1955 it was decided to begin shooting the b/w series in color (anticipating then-new color tvs would eventually dominate the market) , the producers decided to absorb the cost of acquiring color film cameras, reshooting stock footage, and redoing costumes by doing a theatrical feature, then shooting the remaining tv episodes.
We presented the comic adaptation of the movie in a historic multi-blog post HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, and HERE.
Take a look at the trailer for the feature film...
When the final episode of the tv series was "in the can" in 1958, the producers decided to do one more theatrical film which gave Jay Silverheels' Tonto his biggest role in the series, finally doing battle alone, as well as a "message' about racial bigotry quite daring for its' time...
Unfortunately, there's no clip available of Tonto's historic fight on YouTube.
The opening of the film had a one-time theme that retells the origin of the team...
The pairing of Moore and Silverheels was so iconic that, even a decade after the show was canceled, they were appearing in commercials...
But that was not the last time a live-action Lone Ranger and Tonto would grace the silver screen before the recent film.
For that story, visit Western Comics Adventures ™...
And for more Dynamic Duos in Classic Film click HERE! *From 1952 to 1954, Clayton Moore was replaced by John Hart.
