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ALIENS AND SO FORTH ROUND-UP 019

ALIENS AND SO FORTH ROUND-UP 019

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Today we have, per usual, something from the comic I’m currently reading followed by some stuff from the archives. It’s a good system! Glompers:  We first meet the Glompers on the planet Venus after Dr Sivana has tricked Billy Batson and by extension Captain Marvel into joining him on an experimental rocket trip, with the intention of killing and/or stranding him there. They are immediately the most charming aliens I have ever seen, despite or perhaps because of the fact…

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REAL PERSON ROUND-UP 006

REAL PERSON ROUND-UP 006

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More real people and their analogs. Lotta Hitlers in this one. Adolf Hitler: Hitler analogs c.1940 were often quite visually distinct from the actual man. Samson foe and dictator of Ratonia Dragor honestly looks more like a bald Stalin, and you might be excused for thinking that he was more of a pastiche of all extant dictators. The real clue is in the invasion of Belgium. (Fantastic Comics 002, 1940)  Meanwhile this as-yet unnamed dictator of the future super-nation of…

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REAL PERSON ROUND-UP 003

REAL PERSON ROUND-UP 003

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Once more they ride: the REAL PEOPLE OF COMICS Abraham Lincoln: Lincoln’s shadow is used to symbolize the power of the US exerting a calming effect on the European belligerents. (Smash Comics 005, 1939) Adolf Hitler: Chancellor Rudolf of Wurtberg here is a more dynamic than usual Hitler analog (Smash Comics 004, 1939) Misc minor appearances: Getting some bad news about Nazi operations in Yugoslavia (Blue Ribbon Comics 015, 1941) Captain Kidd: For no particular reason this aviator/ adventurer is…

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MINOR SUPER-VILLAIN 002: THE VAMPIRE MASTER

MINOR SUPER-VILLAIN 002: THE VAMPIRE MASTER

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 (New Fun 006, 1935) The *second* DC super-villain, the Vampire Master was upset that a lady rejected him so responded reasonably by holding the city to ransom via hordes of machine-created Universal movie monsters, possibly the first example in comics of someone creating something of unbelievable power and using it for petty nonsense instead of becoming the richest person in creation. Theoretically, the Vampire Master was beaten by Dr Occult, but *really* he was shanked by one of his own…

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MINOR SUPER-VILLAIN 001: FANG GOW

MINOR SUPER-VILLAIN 001: FANG GOW

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(New Fun 001, 1935) Unfortunately, the first DC super-villain is Fang Gow, a pulp-style Yellow Peril sort who vexes adventurer Barry O’Neill , his pal Inspector LeGrande and the nation of France. Fang Gow persists until 1941, and inevitably participates in some entertaining stories, including a half year or so in which he is near death and the story relocates to Tunisia where he kidnaps a famous doctor to treat him, but ultimately he’s just a warmed-over version of all…

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