Science Ficton Art By Gary Acerno

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Winged Death On Venus

A science fiction story with art by Wally Wood which bears some resemblance to Flash Gordon, particularly the winged men. This story was originally published in 1950. At that time, Venus was thought of as being a swampy planet much like Earth. We now know that the atmosphere is poisonous and that the real planet isn't much like the version they had in old science fiction stories.

Reblogged from http://fourcolorshadows.blogspot.com/

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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THE SHADOW #19

THE SHADOW actually began on the radio and then became a pulp magazine. This comic book was published by Street and Smith, who also put out the pulp magazine.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The two inhabitants of the planet Venus shown in this story have names which are two differently scrambled versions of the planet's name, "Venus".  

 

 

 

 

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Airboy's Imaginairy Airplane In IMAGINATION

AIRBOY was a comic book fantasy about a boy with a flapping wing aircraft who fought in the second World War. His airplane was called "Birdy". And it made a guest appearence in a Hannes Bok illustration for the September 1951 issue of IMAGINATION

along with Captain Marvel, Batman, and Superman. Not exact depictions of those characters, but recognizable nonetheless.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

In "Master Race" by Richard Ashby, a scout for an alien invasion of the Earth lands near a boy's treehouse and brings back a few of his belongings for the perusal of his superiors. After seeing Earth's comic books they hastily flee the solar system, believing that Earth has superheroes who could smash any invasion, just like in the comics. Batman in referred to by name ( as "Bat Man" ), as is Buck Rogers and Mandrake the Magician. Captain Marvel was still being published at the time, but would be cancelled within a couple of years because of a plagerism lawsuit filed by DC comics, publisher of Superman.



Airboy:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airboy


Batman:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Batman


Hannes Bok:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hannes_Bok

http://www.americanartarchives.com/bok.htm


Captain Marvel:
http://furycomics.com/viewer/0/Captain_Marvel_Adventures/


IMAGINATION:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imagination_(magazine)


Superman:
http://www.supermanhomepage.com/news.php