Showing posts with label DC Comics. Show all posts
Showing posts with label DC Comics. Show all posts

Friday, August 15, 2025

Super-Love WONDER WOMAN (and SUPERGIRL) "Fight to the Death!"

Cover art by Carmine Infantino and Irv Novick
The cover pretty much says it all.
Prepare for a classic Silver Age catfight!
Grok has never appeared again, not even in the many reboots that have occurred since Crisis on Infinite Earths...
Written by Bill Finger, penciled by Win Mortimer, and inked by Jack Abel, this tale has never been reprinted in color since it's first appearance in DC's Wonder Woman #177 (1969).
You may wonder about the tag line..."Turn the page for the real END!"
This is the page...
Art by Mike Sekowsky and Dick Giordano
...and the series was about to do the wildest reboot any comic had ever done up to that point!
My blog-buddy, Rip Jagger, can fill you in on that fascinating story, starting HERE!

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Thursday, August 14, 2025

Super-Love WONDER WOMAN (and SUPERGIRL) "Captive Queens"

 We Have Already Seen...

Interplanetary conqueror Klamos wants a super-powered bride!
His troops have been sent to every corner of the universe to round up worthy candidates!
Having captured a de-powered Supergirl by temporarily making Earth's sun red instead of yellow, they now make their move on Wonder Woman...

"...such loyal friends?"
Except for a previous Brave & Bold tale (where they were hardly the best of friends), the two of them never met!
Either way, the mayhem concludes tomorrow!
Don't miss it!
You'll Cry Your Eyes Out if You Do!
This Bill Finger-scripted, Win Mortimer-penciled, and Jack Abel-inked tale, was totally-different from any of the previously-published Wonder Woman stories!
Not surprising, since none of these creatives had worked on her tales before!
Ironically, this story apparently served as a try-out for Mortimer and Abel, who became regular artists (along with already-established illustrator Kurt Schaffenberger) on Supergirl's two tales-per-issue run in Adventure Comics in 1969!
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Wednesday, August 13, 2025

Super-Love WONDER WOMAN "and Supergirl vs the Planetary Conqueror"

Love Takes Many Strange Forms as We See in this Tale...

...which has never been reprinted in color since its' first appearance in 1968!
A surprise you'll see...tomorrow!
You're Cry Your Eyes Out if You Miss It!
This tale from DC's Wonder Woman #177 (1968) is atypical for a number of reasons.
None of the supporting cast for either heroine appears!
Neither heroine appears in her secret identity!
In fact, neither heroine even shows up until page 5!
Plus, writer Bill Finger, penciler Win Mortimer, and inker Jack Abel weren't the regular creative staff for the book!
(That would be writer Robert Kanigher, penciler Irv Novick and inker Mike Esposito.)
It appears this was a "fill-in" meant to be used for either a blown deadline or (as it turned out in this case) a "space-saver" before a reboot involving a totally-new creative team!
We'll go into that matter at the end of the tale...
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Thursday, July 31, 2025

Beach Read CURSE OF THE MacINTYRES "Chapter III: The Madman"

When Last We Left Our Innocent Ingenue...

...Rachel has discovered a secret laboratory/operating room where Blair and a pair of previously-unseen assistants are about to perform an operation on his sister, Adrienne!
She flees in terror...




We hope you've enjoyed this year's "Beach Read", and youll be back next year..if not sooner!

Next Week: a New Story Theme for August!
You'll Cry Your Eyes Out If You Miss It!
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Wednesday, July 30, 2025

Beach Read CURSE OF THE MacINTYRES "Chapter II 1/2: The Monster Within"

We Have Already Seen...
...moving to the MacIntyres' ancestral castle in Scotland after her father's death, young innocent Rachel has experienced one frightening even after another!
Her handsome and charming cousin, Blair, whom she's falling for, displays alarming mood swings, gentle and loving one minute...angry and almost savage the next!
Is she safe?
What is Blair doing to Adrienne, his sister?
Have we stepped over the line from Gothic romance into Gothic horror?
To Be Concluded...Tomorrow!
You'll Cry Your Eyes Out If You Miss It!
And now a Word from our Sponsor
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Tuesday, July 29, 2025

Beach Read CURSE OF THE MacINTYRES "Chapter II: Twisted Love"

When Last We Left Our Heroine...

...after her elderly father passed away with his last words being a cryptic "hide the journal" and "MacIntyre Curse", Rachel MacIntyre is offered a new home at the family's ancestral castle in Scotland by her handsome, rich, widower cousin Blair.

When she arrives in Scotland from London, Rachel is warned by local townspeople that MacIntyre Castle is dangerous and only by paying double the usual fee can she find someone willing to take her and her luggage there.
She meets Blair's extremely-bright son Jamie and another cousin, Alfie, an eccentric dwarf as well as a surly, elderly couple who serve as housekeeper and handyman.
That night, she falls into an uneasy sleep, where she dreams of Blair kissing her!
But the kiss is intense, cutting off her breathing and she jolts awake to find someone trying to smother her with a pillow...

Cousin Blair is extremely...mercurial!
Is it possible he was the one who assulted Rachel...but doesn't remember doing so?
Is that the "MacIntyre Curse"?
To Be Continued...Tomorrow!
You'll Cry Your Eyes Out If You Miss It!
And now a Word from our Sponsor
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