The Curse of Skeleton Munroe

Category: Fate of Atlantis

  • NOTES – FEBRUARY 2024

    Good reactions by the people in this crowd to Amazing-Man passing through in his Green Mist form – people usually treat it as if he’s invisible but this is much more satisfying. (Amazing-Man Comics 014, 1940) 

    Origins:

    The Shark is not just the son of Father Neptune, he’s part of a long line of father/ son Neptunes and Sharks! I was right in my belief that the Shark was more interesting than most ocean dwelling super-heroes! (Amazing-Man Comics 014, 1940)

    I Don’t Get It Dept:

    The names on this poster are either character in the story (Dr Hypno, Lana the lion tamer) or jokes (Governor Graft, Senator Filchit, Mayor M.I. Blue), but Ivan Coe is not the former and I can’t figure out any way he’s the latter. It’s a puzzle! (Amazing-Man Comics 019, 1941)

    Attacking Hitler:

    Amazing-Man participates in the grand old tradition of political commentary in comics (Amazing-Man Comics 022, 1941)

    Fate of Atlantis:

    Adventurer Reef Kinkaid encounters a fairly standard version of Atlantis (or Atlantia) stuck in a little bubble under an island and still somehow managing to thrive for 9000+ years. (Amazing-Man Comics 022, 1941)

    Gruesome:

    Real gruesome death perpetrated by one-off hero the Marksman (Amazing-Man Comics 023, 1941)

    Famous Names:

    Hobo Harper encounters this evil guy who loves “fancy murders” and is trying to gain control of a travelling carnival – Tony Blair (Amazing-Man Comics 025, 1941)

    Giant guy on the right lives in the Tennessee woods eating wild boar and ends up falling off a mountain while tussling with DA Tom Kerry. Jim Davis is the name. (Big Shot Comics 002, 1940)

    Cops Shoot:

    Captain Courageous is accused of being a spy (literally by one guy yelling “he’s a spy!”) and these cops attempt to execute him. Twice! (Banner Comics 003, 1941)

    Now, the Blue Beetle did just rob a restaurant in order to get in good with a gang, but that’s still not a good reason for this cop to attempt to murder him. (Big 3 006, 1941)

    Canada:

    Always have to note when a comic makes a stop in a specific rather than generic location in Canada, even when it’s not actually Canadian for another eight years or so. This time it’s Captain Courageous showing up to help these wacky pacifist fishermen drive off a Nazi invasion. (Banner Comics 004, 1941)

  • NOTES – DECEMBER 2023

    Weaknesses: 

    A very specific weakness for the Spectre: a once-in-a-hundred-million-year alignment of constellations that surely will never happen again. (More Fun Comics 071, 1941)

    Misc:

    This is my first encounter with Golden Age Johnny Quick so I’m not sure if the slow-down formula that he uses in the third panel above is a regular thing or a one-off but it sure has been left by the wayside. (More Fun Comics 071, 1941)

    EDIT: He does it again in More Fun Comics 072! 

    Memes of Yore – Keep ’em Flying!

    Johnny Quick (More Fun Comics 073, 1941)

    Green Arrow and Speedy (More Fun Comics 074, 1941)

    Drawn without reference:

    A wonderful 11-legged spider! (More Fun Comics 073, 1941)

    Origins:

    Poor ol’ Earth-Two Aquaman. Nobody even remembers that he exists half the time, plus he got eliminated in the Crisis. Anyway, here’s his origin: his dad found Atlantis and trained his son to breathe water (also a cheeky Fate of Atlantis – it sank and now Aquaman lives there). (More Fun Comics 073, 1941)

    Great Folk:

    I had completely forgotten about this story, but the old man who hoots and hollers and calls for detective Russell Granville until he’s on the case is the spectacular character find of 1939. Really, really great way to build up the detective before his appearance and I’m a bit sad that this is the only Russell Granville story because that old man needs more panel time. (Keen Detective Funnies v2 011, 1939)

  • THE FATE OF ATLANTIS

    THE FATE OF ATLANTIS

    (Flash Comics v1 1941)

     This Minute Movies (“Secrets of Satan”, natch) installment posits that the Atlanteans blew themselves up via black magic and then settled in the Yucatan.

  • THE FATE OF ATLANTIS

    THE FATE OF ATLANTIS

    (Flash Comics v1 1941)

     This Minute Movies (“Secrets of Satan”, natch) installment posits that the Atlanteans blew themselves up via black magic and then settled in the Yucatan.

  • THE FATE OF ATLANTIS

    Lost cities get a lot of play in comic books, especially Atlantis. Sometimes it seems like enough little fragments and offshoots managed to survive the place that it would be surprising to hear of anyone dying. Here are a selection of fates of Earth-Two Atlantis:

    -Earth’s second moon collides with the planet, causing the sinking of Atlantis. the colony city of Ophir in Africa and an underwater remnant survive (Action v1 017-018, 1939)


    (this is the Atlantis that Zatara encounters with Setap. Doubles as a Fate of Ophir entry: the pseudo-historical Biblical city is a remnant of Atlantis until Zatara blows it up)


    -Some portion of the people of sunken Atlantis move to the underground regions of the Arctic, founding the nation of Ugar (Adventure 052, 1940)

    (Earth-Two is riddled with underground kingdoms such that it would be surprising if no Atlanteans ended up down there)

    -A portion of the population of sinking Atlantis relocates to a vast cavern under the Azores (Action v1 037-038, 1941)

    -A portion of the population of sinking Atlantis relocates to the interior of Brazil (Action v1 043, 1941)

    (Both of the latter two involve aviator-heroes the Three Aces, yet they fail to even mention the Azorean Atlanteans to the Brazilian Atlanteans)

    More updates as I encounter ’em!

  • THE FATE OF ATLANTIS

    Lost cities get a lot of play in comic books, especially Atlantis. Sometimes it seems like enough little fragments and offshoots managed to survive the place that it would be surprising to hear of anyone dying. Here are a selection of fates of Earth-Two Atlantis:

    -Earth’s second moon collides with the planet, causing the sinking of Atlantis. the colony city of Ophir in Africa and an underwater remnant survive (Action v1 017-018, 1939)


    (this is the Atlantis that Zatara encounters with Setap. Doubles as a Fate of Ophir entry: the pseudo-historical Biblical city is a remnant of Atlantis until Zatara blows it up)


    -Some portion of the people of sunken Atlantis move to the underground regions of the Arctic, founding the nation of Ugar (Adventure 052, 1940)

    (Earth-Two is riddled with underground kingdoms such that it would be surprising if no Atlanteans ended up down there)

    -A portion of the population of sinking Atlantis relocates to a vast cavern under the Azores (Action v1 037-038, 1941)

    -A portion of the population of sinking Atlantis relocates to the interior of Brazil (Action v1 043, 1941)

    (Both of the latter two involve aviator-heroes the Three Aces, yet they fail to even mention the Azorean Atlanteans to the Brazilian Atlanteans)

    More updates as I encounter ’em!