HERO/VILLAIN UPDATE 005/003: THE HUMAN TORCH VS THE SUB-MARINER 1940

HERO/VILLAIN UPDATE 005/003: THE HUMAN TORCH VS THE SUB-MARINER 1940

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(Marvel Mystery Comics v1 008, 1940) The Sub-Mariner is very annoyed that the State of New York tried to execute him for all the murders he did before declaring himself a good guy. His response? An attempt to conquer and/or destroy New York City, which incidentally means doing a lot more murders. Enter newly-fledged rookie police officer cum officially sanctioned municipal vigilante the Human Torch to stop him. It’s not the first instance of two comic book heroes meeting each…

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ALIENS AND SO FORTH ROUND-UP 058

ALIENS AND SO FORTH ROUND-UP 058

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Despite the wide number of different aliens that we have covered thusfar, there are so many aliens left to go! Dragon-Men: These Dragon-Men of the planet Ligra, or at least their leader King Jago, have ambitions to rule the entirety of their world, and so ambush and capture Electro and Professor Zog in order to use them as war machines against the hated Lion-Men. (Marvel Mystery Comics v1 008, 1940) Though Professor Zog is a firm believer in freedom over…

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SUPER-VILLAIN 003 UPDATE: NAMOR THE SUB-MARINER 1940

SUPER-VILLAIN 003 UPDATE: NAMOR THE SUB-MARINER 1940

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When we last saw Namor the Sub-Mariner he had decided to renounce his vow to war upon the surface and instead be a good guy, and the State of New York had reasonably responded with, “Okay, but what about the people you killed while you were a bad guy?” and then Namor essentially just nodded and said, “Exactly. I was a bad guy and now I’m a good guy so it’s all cool.” and then they put him on trial…

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MEDIA IN COMICS 016

MEDIA IN COMICS 016

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Production on these Media in Comics showcases must sadly slow down now, for I have worked my way through my backlog. As evidence of this, today we are showcasing some magical books, which are genrally unique items that fall under nobody’s definition of mass media but which I want to include anyway, for fun’s sake. Books of Magic: You all remember the fabled Black Book of Sorcery that the wicked Egyptologist Ford committed all those murders for, well here it…

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PROBLEMATIC ROUND-UP 009

PROBLEMATIC ROUND-UP 009

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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

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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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MAD AND CRIMINAL SCIENTIST ROUND-UP 028

MAD AND CRIMINAL SCIENTIST ROUND-UP 028

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These guys use science for crime and evil, for which we excoriate them, but they also make entertaining villains, for which we celebrate them.  Dr Stone: Dr Elijah Stone has a calling and it is in creating and disseminating deadly plagues upon mankind. This, however, is the kind of passion that society frowns upon and Stone is locked away in the State Mental Hospital. Unfortunately for mankind, the State Mental Hospital seems to be one of those places that contracts…

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MONSTER, CRITTER AND CREATURE ROUND-UP 005

MONSTER, CRITTER AND CREATURE ROUND-UP 005

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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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SUPER-HERO 006 UPDATE: THE ANGEL 1940

SUPER-HERO 006 UPDATE: THE ANGEL 1940

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The Angel is a wandering vigilante, which in turn is a type of super-hero that generates very little new information for these update posts, given that they typically have very little in the way of a supporting cast or everyday life. Even so, we have a couple of Angel developments for 1940. First off, the Angel’s secret identity is revealed to be Tom Hallaway – though the accepted spelling is now Halloway – as a consequence of not wearing a…

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