BURKE'S LAW "Who Killed the Hollywood Hopefuls?"

A TV series set in Los Angeles is bound to do stories about the entertainment industry...

...and, if it's a crime-oriented show, probably about the kind of evil that could only happen in a business that makes the unreal extremely real...

Captain Burke will clue us in, tomorrow, in Part 2, at our "brother" blog, Crime & Punishment!

Written by Paul S Newman and illustrated by penciler Frank McLaughlin and inkers Dick Giordano, Sal Trapani, and Vince Colletta, this book-length adventure from Dell's Burke's Law #3 (1965) folowed the format of the tv show pretty closely, down to the use of "Who Killed..." in the title that the show used for every episode's title.

While the show itself did several episodes about murders within the TV/movie industry, none of them contained sci-fi/fantasy/horror elements.

We're kicking-off our Countdown to Halloween 2013 contributions with this multi-part post of the final issue of the Burke's Law comic featuring a horror movie theme.

Keep an eye on us this month as we present a number of rarely-seen tv/movie adaptation comics featuring monsters and other horror themes.

Captain's Library: CAPTAIN VIDEO "Island of Conquerors"

Our blog's namesake hero returns in a tale from his final issue...

...battling mechanized monsters who plot to take over the planet!

This story from Fawcett Comics' Captain Video #6 (1951) was penciled by George Evans and inked by Martin Thal.

You'll note that the Captain and Video Ranger now look like actors Al Hodge and Don Hastings, who played them on TV, instead of the generic "handsome hero" look of issues 1-4. 

Unlike some of the more fantastic stories the comic produced, this one could have been done as a tv production, especially with the "human-looking" robots!

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Captain's Library: SPACE PATROL "Space Pirates"

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!
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Captain's Library: BROKEN ARROW "Kingdom of Terror" Part 1

Actor Michael Ansara passed away last week...

...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?

Visit our "brother" blog Western Comics Adventures™ later today for the answer!

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.