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PROBLEMATIC ROUND-UP 009

PROBLEMATIC ROUND-UP 009

It it the nature of comic books that we will always be doing Problematic Updates. Dr Finkle: Dr Finkle himself is nothing special: he’s a psuedo-Nazi teamed up with the pseudo-Japanese Matsui in a scheme to steal securities belonging to Axis-conquered countries that are held in America. The real issue lies with Finkle’s primary agents, who you may notice being referred to as “Indian Monsters” in the final panel above. These “Indian Monsters” are straight out of something like Bone…

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ALIENS AND SO FORTH ROUND-UP 057

ALIENS AND SO FORTH ROUND-UP 057

Can you tell that I’ve hit the “M” portion of my aliens spreadsheet Martians: These very humanoid Martians have a whole series of problems:  1. some heavenly object is due to smash into their planet  2. they are bad at science 3. when they turned to Earth to look for help with their problem the only person they could get to help them was this jerk named Ritton, who intends to cash in his Mars favour for help in taking…

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MONSTER, CRITTER AND CREATURE ROUND-UP 005

MONSTER, CRITTER AND CREATURE ROUND-UP 005

You won’t catch me not having a whole lot of monsters to show you. the Elipticoon: True to his name, the wicked Sophus, the Mad Philosopher engages in a slightly more abstract version of villainy in which he traps people in a pan-dimensional maze and delights in their despair (okay, this is pretty standard villainy, I’ll admit it. I just like the name). A major feature of this maze is the Hall of the Elipticoon, which houses its namesake, a…

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MONSTER, CRITTER AND CREATURE ROUND-UP 004

MONSTER, CRITTER AND CREATURE ROUND-UP 004

Everyone likes a good monster now and then. Horned Cat: With every one of these round-ups I accrue more evidence that the Slightly Different Big Cat is one of the classic monster types, as seen here when Congo Jack is confronted with this horned green feline in the mystical Valley of Vango in the Congolese jungle. As a bonus, a few steps later he has to deal with another classic: the carnivorous plant, or in this case flesh-eating bush. (Lightning…

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