Sunday 31 March 2024

This is Suspense #23-#26 (1955) Complete Series [Charlton Comics Collection]

 Charlton, 1955 Series
Published in English (United States) United States

Publication Dates: February 1955 - August 1955

Number of Issues Published: 4 (#23 - #26)
Color: color cover; black & white interior
Dimensions: magazine size
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: Saddle-stitched Publishing
 Format: Was ongoing
Publication Type: magazine
Pages: 36    Indicia:  Frequency: bi-monthly

Tracking:
numbering continues from Strange Suspense Stories (Charlton, 1954 series) #22
numbering continues with Terry and the Pirates (Charlton, 1955 series) #26
numbering continues with Strange Suspense Stories (Charlton, 1955 series) #27

Note:   Issue #26 is repeated

Authors:

Script: ?
Pencils: 
Ted Galindo (signed), Dick Giordano (Signed), Wally Wood, 
Lou Morales (signed), Marc Swayze,Lou Morales (signed),
Vic Martin (signed),Don Heck (signed),

Inks:
Pete Morisi (signed),George Evans, Vince Alascia (signed), 
Ted Galindo (signed), Dick Giordano (Signed), Wally Wood,
George Evans, Vince Alascia (signed), Marc Swayze,Lou Morales (signed),
Pete Morisi (signed), Don Heck (signed), Vic Martin (signed),
Lou Morales (signed).

Letters ?, Marc Swayze,





Wednesday 27 March 2024

Twin Earths D21 (4-6-52) - D40 (1-21-61) by Oskar Lebeck & Alden McWilliams

 

Twin Earths is an American science fiction comic strip written by
 Oskar Lebeck and drawn by Alden McWilliams that ran in Sunday
 and daily newspapers from 1952 until 196
The strip was distributed by United Feature Syndicate.


Twin Earths  D21 (4-6-52) - D40 (1-21-61)

D21 - “Raiders” (4-6-57 to 5-11-57)
D22 - “Nemesis” (5-13-57 to 8-8-57)
D23 - “Mystery Sphere” (8-9-57 to 11-2-57)
D24 - “Terranian Doubles” (11-4-57 to 1-29-58)
D25 - “The Outer Orbit Project” (1-30-58 to 4-25-58)
D26 - “Junior Satellite Project” (4-26-58 to 5-17-58)
D27 - “Mysterious Moon Domes” (5-19-58 to 7-12-58)
D28 - “The Secret of the Moon Colony” (7-14-58 to 9-13-58)
D29 - “The Great Brain Robberies” (9-15-58 to 11-8-58)
D30 - “The Venusian Vest” (11-10-58 to 3-14-59)
D31 - “Agents From Venus” (3-16-59 to 6-13-59)
D32 - “Intrigue on Venus” (6-15-59 to 9-19-59)
D33 - “Stolen Submarine Plans” (9-21-59 to 11-21-59)
D34 - “Space Ship Columbus” (11-23-59 to 2-18-60)
D35 - “Terra Invaded” (2-19-60 to 4-26-60)
D36 - “Terranian Island Stronghold” (4-27-60 to 6-23-60)
D37 - “Cristal's Castle” (6-24-60 to 8-22-60)
D38 - “The Poison Bomb Experiment” (8-23-60 to 10-15-60)
D39 - “Alien Spy” (10-17-60 to 12-3-60)
D40 - “The City of Tule” (12-5-60 to 1-21-61)






Thanks to boutje777 for this magnificent compilation job


Sunday 24 March 2024

Two short stories by María Barrera from Misty : Cry Baby! (1979) / At The End Of The Rainbow (1979) - Compiled by A. Wallace


  Cry Baby! 

 Written by ?? , Drawn by María Barrera

Misty  No. 68 (September 1st, 1986)

Episodes: 1  (4 pages)

Translations/Reprints: Best Of Misty #08  (September 1st, 1986) 

Catherine is adopted and constantly teased by her older sister Sarah which makes her cry, her tears drop in a wishing well and she gets one wish, next day she says ‘I wish you knew’ [what it was like to be cry baby] and Sarah is transformed into a crying baby.

  At The End Of The Rainbow 

 Written by ?? , Drawn by María Barrera

Misty  No. 64 (April 28th, 1979)

Episodes: 1  (4 pages)

Sisters Karen and Lisa always fighting then find themselves at end of rainbow 
and able to see beauty and rainbows in everything and forgive each other; fairy?
 character thus proves self worthy of painting a rainbow

https://comics.bournemouth.ac.uk/publication.php?publication=Misty

 Material from Misty 1979

Misty #64


Misty #68

Compiled by A. Wallace 

Wednesday 20 March 2024

Twin Earths D01 (6-16-52) - D20 (4-5-57) by Oskar Lebeck & Alden McWilliams

Twin Earths is an American science fiction comic strip written by
 Oskar Lebeck and drawn by Alden McWilliams that ran in Sunday
 and daily newspapers from 1952 until 196
The strip was distributed by United Feature Syndicate.


Publication history

The daily strip began on June 16, 1952, the Sunday on March 1, 1953.
The Sunday was drawn in a half page format, but it was available
 in smaller formats with dropped panels.
While semi-retired, Lebeck teamed with McWilliams (who had illustrated 
some of Lebeck'spast books and had done work for him at Dell Comics) 
to launch Twin Earths. 
It made use of the duplicate earth concept and tapped into the growing
 interest during the period in flying saucers.
 In 1957, Lebeck retired and McWilliams assumed scripting 
duties for the strip.
The Twin Earths Sunday strip ended December 28, 1958, 
while the daily strip continued until May 25, 1963.

Characters and story

The story told of another Earth (called Terra), in the same orbit as our planet but 
on the opposite side of the sun, whose scientifically advanced civilization visits us in flying saucers. Comics historian Stephen Donnelly noted:
The main characters of the daily strip, which began June 16, 1952, were Vana, a Terran spy living on Earth to keep tabs on our technology so the Terrans could be sure we and our war-like ways didn't pose a menace to them; and Garry Verth, an FBI agent to whom Vana revealed herself in the opening sequence. The first few months of story continuity involved a few exciting moments with Commie spies (out to get their hands on Terra's technology, of course), but mostly consisted of travelog-like views of Terran life—for example, the fact that in their liberated society, women, who constituted 92% of the population, ran things. The Sunday version began March 1 of the following year. Instead of tying in directly with the daily, or delivering a second track of story involving the same characters, this series explored a completely separate aspect of the "twin earths" scenario. It started with a young Texan named Punch sneaking aboard a Terran saucer just before it took off for home.
 After about three months, he was joined by Prince Torro, one of the relatively
 few Terran males, and the two boys continued as stars for the duration 
of the Sunday Twin Earths.

Reprints



Most of the strips have been reprinted in magazine format. 
In 1987, Dragon Lady Press published one issue of Science Fiction Classics featuring 
Twin Earths. Beginning in 1991, R. Susor Publications reprinted most of the daily
 and Sunday strips in three magazines, Twin Earths (eight issues),
 Twin Earths Sunday Pages (five issues), and Twin Earths Special Edition (one issue).


Authors: Oskar Lebeck (1952–1957) & Alden McWilliams (1957–1963)

Illustrator: Alden McWilliams

Current status/schedule Concluded daily & Sunday strip

Launch date June 16, 1952 & End date May 25, 1963

Syndicate: United Feature Syndicate 

Publishers: Dragon Lady Press, R. Susor Publications

Genre: Science Fiction

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twin_Earths

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Twin_Earths_comic_strips



Twin Earths D01 (6-16-52) - D20 (2-13-57 to 4-5-57) 

D01 - “Spy From Another Earth” (6-16-52 to 9-13-52)
D02 - “Agents of Terra” (9-15-52 to 1-17-53)
D03 - “Space Station From Terra” (1-19-53 to 5-16-53)
D04 - “Marco Polo of Space” (5-18-53 to 9-28-53)
D05 - “Prisoners of the Secret Police” (9-29-53 to 12-7-53)
D06 - “Aquarius” (12-8-53 to 3-22-54)
D07 - “Invasion of the Space Pygmies” (3-23-54 to 5-22-54)
D08 - “Twin Earths Solidarity” (5-24-54 to 8-14-54)
D09 - “The Syndicate” (8-16-54 to 11-4-54)
D10 - “The Mysterious Missiles” (11-5-54 to 12-14-54)
D11 - “Marooned In Space” (12-15-54 to 1-29-55)
D12 - “Invisible Visitor From Space” (1-31-55 to 5-21-55)
D13 - “Stolen Rocket Plans” (5-23-55 to 8-22-55)
D14 - “Moonlet Station” (8-23-55 to 11-2-55)
D15 - “Omnimach” (11-3-55 to 2-4-56)
D16 - “Prehistoric Planet” (2-6-56 to 6-18-56)
D17 - “A Glimpse of the Future” (6-19-56 to 9-1-56)
D18 - “The Strange Case of ‘Birdy’ Murphy” (9-3-56 to 10-29-56)
D19 - “The World of Tomorrow” (10-30-56 to 2-12-57)
D20 - “Shanghaied” (2-13-57 to 4-5-57)







Thanks to boutje777 for this magnificent compilation job


Sunday 17 March 2024

2000 AD #2141 - #2150 Rebellion

  Publisher:  Rebellion

Publication Dates10 October 2001 - present
Number of Issues Published: 1051 (#1263 - #2313)
Color: colour with some stories in black and white; colour cover.
Paper Stock: glossy cover; white interior pages
Binding: Saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: Was Ongoing Series
Publication Type: magazine
Page: 32        Indicia Frequency: Every Wednesday


Notes
numbering continues from 2000 AD (Egmont Fleetway Ltd, 1996 series) #1204.
Under license from Rebellion.
Merged after #85 into 2000 AD and Starlord
Merged after #126 into 2000 AD and Tornado
Numbering continues with #178 from 2000 AD and Tornado
Numbering continues with 2000 AD (Fleetway Publications, 1987 series) 
#536 - #1013
Numbering continues with 2000 AD (Egmont UK, 2000 series) #1014 - #1204
Numbering continues with 2000 AD (Egmont UK, 2000 series) #1205
Numbering continues with 2000 AD (Rebellion, 2001 series) #1263


2000 AD #2141 - #2150  Rebellion

Publication Dates:   24 July 2019 / 25 September 2019 









Wednesday 13 March 2024

The Body Snatchers from Misty (1979-1980) Jay Over & María Barrera - Compiled by A. Wallace

 The Body Snatchers  

 Written by Jay Over, Drawn by María Barrera

Misty  No. 92 (1979-11-10)  /  Misty  No. 101 (1980-01-12) 

Episodes: 10

Translations/Reprints: The Best of Misty Monthly #4

Nancy Perkins is making a belated return to boarding school after an illness and immediately notices strange things happening. Her taxi is crossed by a teacher, 
who looks scared out of his wits and in a dreadful state before he disappears into a storm. Yet Nancy later sees him at school, looking perfectly normal and doesn’t know what she is talking about. Certain pupils and teachers act out of character – as if they were imposters. A pupil disappears without explanation. Nancy sees a procession of pupils and teachers heading off to Broughty Manor in the dead of night, although the headmistress has just put that place strictly out of bounds and has reminded the pupils about it twelve dozen times already. We soon learn that these people are the henchmen of “the master”, there is something non-human about their eyes, and they have some sort of affinity with plants. Realising Nancy is noticing too much, “the master” orders them to kidnap her and bring her to his lair at Broughty Manor... 

40 pages & 2 covers 

 Material from Misty 1979-11-10 / 1980-01-12






Compiled by A. Wallace 

Sunday 10 March 2024

"Red" Scarlet and the Siege of Stowford from Buster Holiday Fun Special (1969) - Patrick Nicolle

 

"Red" Scarlet and the Siege of Stowford 


During the middle ages, and in the absence of

King Richard, Prince John Was

seeking to overthrow

loyal followers of the crown,

such as Sir Guy de Travers and

his gallant people of Stowford

—who included young “red”

scarlet and owen the bowman.


New year's eve was a time of joy, however,

and most of the villagers made merry...


"Red" Scarlet and the Siege of Stowford from Buster Holiday Fun Special (1969)

First appeared in Knockout, January 4 - March 01 1958

as  "Ginger"and the Siege of Stowford


Scan:  Petomantis 


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