He also had his own title, black hood comics, a pulp magazine, and his own radio show. It boils down to a murder mystery with grant halfrod the magnet trying to track down the killer of his longtime friend and associate lance lewis space detective. In nice condition but spine seems a bit rolled forward and there are some small tears on. Lance lewis, space detective lance lewis, space detective is a fictional superhero from the golden age of comics. The white elephant text story starring tygra by charles strong. This 32page, fullcolor comic is written by christopher mills, and illustrated by peter grau. Mills with art by peter grau and colors by matt webb, plus a backup feature of lance lewis, space detective with art by nik poliwko. Lance lewis, space detective via via via via via via posted on october 31, 2012 december 1, 2015 categories covers tags alex schomburg, alien attack, at sea, babes, collection, comic, dangerous women, robots, scifi, space ship, startling comics, tentacles 1 comment on lance lewis, space detective. Thankfully, this was something that comic book publishers understood as. Its first published title was the anthology title big shot comics, the. Golden age comic books cgc comic book collectors chat boards. Okay, im perusing comic book covers from the golden age.
Four pictures, at least two characters, a mystery, a mystery resolved. Standard in turn was the parent company of two comicbook. Lance lewis, space detective in 2020 pulp fiction comics, sci fi. My husband tells me that to fully understand the medieval worldview according to lewis, one should read the discarded image, but i will try to sum it up here. The nedor comics were renewed by popular library, which was eventually bought out by fawcett books. It was formed in 1940 as a partnership between vin sullivan and the mcnaught newspaper syndicate to publish comic books featuring reprints of such mcnaught comics strips as joe palooka and charlie chan as well as original features. I was asked by club batman spain to contribute to their upcoming batman vs joker expo saturday, july 16 6. For those who are unfamiliar, the golden age of comic books features. Golden arrow is a fictional character who had his own strip in fawcett comics whiz comics comic book series, from 1940 to 1953.
Ive read so many comic books since then that i am practically immune to. Contentsshow origin lance lewis, space detective, fought interplanetary aliens and space. About the fox is the name of two fictional superheroes that appear in periodicals published by mlj comics, and a supervillain that appeared in the mid2000s top cow comicbook series wanted. He used his 22nd century knowledge to create ray guns, a jet pack. Maag the space pirate challenges the avenger and teena in a 3part story written by walter gibson, best known as the author of the shadows pulp adventures under the name maxwell grant.
The art is well done and i found the story engaging throughout. I wonder what the inside of the comic had, like if the devil bot or calculon is in there as well. In 1939 ned pines and pines publishing entered the comics field under the standard comics imprint. Lets talk about the detective from the 22nd century. Having said that terra obscura was a pleasant surprise. The first of the two main ideas presented is the hierarchy of beings. This book, for sure, is one of my favorite all phantom lady. Public domain characters who have appeared in comic books. It is not in a parallel universe, but rather on the far side of the galaxy from toms own earth tom strange is revealed to have run across the milky way for 30 years to reach tom strong for help in stopping an alien menace which killed or imprisoned most of the science heroes of terra obscura.
Black canary is the name of two superheroines appearing in american comic books published by dc comics. Lance lawson may have been the most economical crime fiction in human history. With his girlfriend marna, lance would solve mysteries involving martians, rocket ships, and rayguns. He would solve mysteries involving aliens such as amoeba men or martians, space ships,and lasers. Lance lewis, space detective is a fictional superhero from the golden age of comics. This book, for sure, is one of my favorite all all select comics. Columbia comics corporation was a comic book publisher active in the 1940s. Better and nedor publishing collectors and historians sometimes refer. This is the kind of classic comic book that for a modern generation that looks, reads and feels. Billy west, brad spencer wonderman, lance lewis space detective, doc strange and princess pantha. Standard in turn was the parent company of two comicbook lines. The character was revived by writer alan moore for americas best comics. His world is likewise populated with updated versions of other characters from. Terra obscura is the name given to another earth by tom strong.
Comic book artists comic artist comic books art art pulp fiction pulp art vintage comic books vintage comics cover art crime. He had no actual super powers, but he was a scientific genius. The pink mountains and space man shooting his ray gun just made this perfect for benders beginning. From 1948, heres lance lewis, space detective in a good, oldfashioned space opera romp fighting the rather odd looking amoeba.
It contains the complete story, the death world gauntlet, along with the second installment of lance lewis, space detective, with art by nik poliwko. In all the histories of comics ive consulted, i dont find a word about lance lawson. When danger threatens the earth, wealthy rod hathaway and his secretary dot change into the spaceroving superheroes the avenger and teena. Captain marvel fawcett all items 3329 abominable snow monster of the north. Lance lewis, space detective was a shortlived character who, as the. Based on comic book 2 based on video game 2 butterfly effect 2 california 2 character name in title 2. Comic book cover for startling comics sci fi comics, fantasy comics, old comics. The stories are great fun to read, you know, the way comics used to be. I was simply awed by perelandra, and then my mind was even further blown by till we have faces. Space detective backup story illustrated by nik poliwko is available now with three exciting variant covers. King of futuria in which time traveler dick devens protects the 30th century from venusian tentaclemen who resemble tentacled mr. This book has 53 pages and was uploaded by freddyfly on december 18, 2016. Dinah drake and dinah laurel lance along with rebooted amalgam version within the new 52. The artwork on these classic covers is by the legendary alex schomburg.
Lance lewis, space detective in 2020 sci fi comics, pulp fiction. This book has 52 pages and was uploaded by josemas on may 30, 2012. Standard comics was a comic book imprint of american publisher ned pines, who also published pulp magazines under a variety of company names that he also used for the comics and paperback books under the popular library name. Lance lewis, space detective was a shortlived character who, as the name suggests, was deeply embedded in an assortment of scifi adventures. A greedy competitor, brand braddock, plotted to stop mr. Graham ingels was one of the grandmasters of horror comics, and one of the staples of the classic ec titles of the 1950s. Detective tiago vega and his partner lewis michener become embroiled in an epic story that reflects the rich history of the city. Ive been doing a lot of work recently for the creeps magazine, a horror anthology thats a creepy throwback to the old warren titles, creepy and eerie its been fun drawing these stories and working with such master writers such as nicola cuti and don glut, among others. The space trilogy was new for me, as i had only delved into his apologetic writings.
In an early issue of tom strong, toms alternate universe counterpart, tom strange of terra obscura, is mentioned in passing. Louise docker wikimedia commons 3 lewis shows that a medieval worldview is possible in a modern context. In its listing for lance lewis, space detective, public domain super. But such are the shifting fortunes of a space detective. His graphic depictions of decaying corpses and other gruesome creatures were groundbreaking. Startling comics may 1947 no 45 fighting yank and pirates. Lance lewis, space detective sci fi comics, pulp fiction. Lance lewis, space detective and the beautiful marna traveled the spaceways solving crimes and saving those in need. Lance lewis space detectivestartling comics1948 fourcolor. Contentsshow origin lance lewis, space detective, fought interplanetary aliens and space menaces with the aid of his gorgeous girlfriend, marna. Though he had no actual superpowers, his intellect and futuristic technology assisted him on all of his escapades.
Lance lewis, space detective, to rod hathway, space detective. The hero was originally roger parsons, the son of inventor paul parsons, who had developed a new type of gas for transportation by balloon. The black hood was originally a golden age character created by mlj comics, later known as archie comics. In recent decades, the black hood along with other. Ingels took the horror to the extreme, and was not exaggerating when he started signing his work with ghastly. The magnet who welds the amazing geolocater, a device from which no criminal can escape, pencils by ed good.
220 661 648 293 6 48 207 625 1265 263 356 587 969 1411 1436 1091 529 1319 1521 1597 90 1593 650 891 894 1578 74 760 1473 1431 965 1196 23 243 52 1482 426 799 653 1148