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.

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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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The O'Brine Twins

The O'Brine Twins were a couple of old salts who had a backup feature in Fox's BLUE BEETLE in 1948.


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Although it is not stated in the story that the O'Brine twins are sailors, their names are related to water and they both wear little sailor hats and striped shirts ( which used to be associated with sailors ). Otherwise they can be seen as more or less standard comedy figures, like "Woozy Winks" in Plastic man comics.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Again we see the moon identified as a woman.

 

 

 

Venus makes a brief appearance in one panel. This could be considered a sort of crossover, since Marvel ( then Atlas ) Comics had a Venus character in this period.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Blue Beetle ( Fox ):

http://www.toonopedia.com/beetle1.htm 

 

 

Venus ( Marvel Comics ):

http://www.toonopedia.com/venus.htm

 

 

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