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MONSTER, CRITTER AND CREATURE ROUND-UP 002

MONSTER, CRITTER AND CREATURE ROUND-UP 002

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It’s time for more monsters! And also critters and creatures! Prehistoric Gorilla: This carnivorous cave-dwelling ape lives in a hidden valley in Africa and has a pretty sweet deal going with the local pterodactyls, whereby they bring him things to eat and he seemingly doesn’t have to do anything. This arrangement does eventually backfire after the pterodactyls grab KaƤnga’s mate Ann and the justifiably miffed jungle lord follows them and slays the gorilla. (Jungle Comics 017, 1941) A few bonus dinosaurs…

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ALIENS AND SO FORTH ROUND-UP 034

ALIENS AND SO FORTH ROUND-UP 034

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We got your aliens right here. Martians:  While I think that we might have a couple of Fletcher Hanks aliens in our future, the number is definitely going down at a fairly rapid clip, so let’s enjoy these here Martians while we have them. Like so many aliens, these guys are looking to conquer the Earth, and like so many Fletcher Hanks antagonists they have come up with a completely bonkers and over-the-top method of doing so: by stupefying the…

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MINOR SUPER-VILLAIN 708: SOPHUS, THE MAD PHILOSOPHER

MINOR SUPER-VILLAIN 708: SOPHUS, THE MAD PHILOSOPHER

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(Planet Comics 008, 1940) Once again an adventure begins that most classic sci-fi way: Buzz Crandall and his gal pal Sandra are noodling around in space when they run smack into something, in this case a crystal sphere that houses the secret headquarters of Sophus, the Mad Philosopher. I couldn’t tell you what school of philosophy Sophus subscribes to, but it’s one with an intellectual framework that encompasses a) turning other humanoids into mist and keeping them in bottles and…

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MINOR SUPER-VILLAIN 706: LEPUS-THE-FIEND

MINOR SUPER-VILLAIN 706: LEPUS-THE-FIEND

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(Planet Comics 007, 1940)  Lepus-the-Fiend has a lot of classic Fletcher Hanks villain qualities: the weirdly hyphenated name, the fact that he lives on a star (to be clear: not a poetic name for a planet. He lives on a five-pointed, flaming star) and of course his hatred of civilization, which is not given a particular motivation so I am left to assume is because he is a hairy and wild looking guy. He’s not the first Hanks character to…

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MINOR SUPER-VILLAIN 698: SINFO

MINOR SUPER-VILLAIN 698: SINFO

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(Planet Comics 002, 1940) Sinfo is a scientist of the unspecified future who has used his mind control technology to dominate a city of Neptunian Crab-Men and is now looking into the possibility of doing the same to the people of Earth. As such, he has captured space adventurer Buzz Crandall along with his associates Dr and Susan Curan. I have a lot of affection for Sinfo, 100% of which are because I appreciate his aesthetics. Why, just look at…

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