Showing posts with label MARVEL COMICS. Show all posts
Showing posts with label MARVEL COMICS. Show all posts

Tuesday, July 21, 2026

KING KONK!


One of the many MAD magazine imitators was Marvel's CRAZY. It was first introduced as an Atlas comic with a cover date of December 1953 lasting for 7 issues and revived briefly in 1973.

The title went to a full-size magazine later in 1973 and included a mascot by the name of "The Nebbish", a Yiddish term for a weak and ineffectual person. After a few issues he was renamed Irving Nebbish and later replaced by Obnoxio the Clown. Nebbish had a passing resemblance to CRACKED's Sylvester P. Smythe.

This King Kong parody appeared in issue #19 (August 1976). The cover is by Bob Larkin. The script is by Len Herman with art by Ernie Colon, alternated Kong's image between a cartoon character and one that was a faithful rendering of the original from the 1932 film.

CRAZY's last issue was #94 with a cover date of April 1983.






Wednesday, May 13, 2026

FULL MOON RISES -- WEREWOLF KILL!


Just a few months after his short stint in MARVEL SPOTLIGHT, WEREWOLF BY NIGHT got his own title. Gerry Conway and Mike Ploog continue to provide the script and art respectively.


WEREWOLF BY NIGHT
Vol. 1 No. 1
September 1972
Magazine Management Co., Inc. (Marvel Comics)
Editor: Roy Thomas
Cover: Mike Ploog
Script: Gerry Conway
Art: Mike Ploog
Inks: Frank Monte (Frank Chiaramonte)
Lettering: John Costanza
Pages: 36
Cover price: 20 cents






















Sunday, December 28, 2025

BLADE RUNNER COMIC BOOK ADAPTATION


Marvel managed to snag the rights to the adaptation of BLADE RUNNER and published the first of the two-part series about two weeks before the film premiered. The script was written by and illustrated by Al Williamson and Carlos Garzón. Dan Green and Ralph Reese were credited as inkers along with Williamson and Garzón, but it is not known to what extent they contributed.

The comic does a fair job of presenting the story, considering it lasted just the two issues. Of note is Williamson's and Garzón's pencils and the inks bear a striking resemblance to Jim Steranko in a number of panels.

Today's post includes both issues and are presented without ads.


BLADE RUNNER
Volume 1, No. 1
Cover date: October 1982 (On sale date: July 13, 1982)
Marvel Comics Group
Editor in Chief: Jim Shooter
Editor: Jim Salicrup
Cover: Al Williamson; Carlos Garzón
Adaptation: Archie Goodwin
Pencils: Al Williamson; Carlos Garzón
Inks: Al Williamson; Carlos Garzón; Dan Green; Ralph Reese
Colors: Marie Severin
Letters: Ed King
Pages: 36
Cover price: 60 cents
























BLADE RUNNER
Volume 1, No. 2
Cover date: November 1982 (On sale date: August 17, 1982)
Marvel Comics Group
Editor in Chief: Jim Shooter
Editor: Jim Salicrup
Cover: Brent Anderson
Adaptation: Archie Goodwin
Pencils: Al Williamson; Carlos Garzón
Inks: Al Williamson; Carlos Garzón; Dan Green; Ralph Reese
Colors: Marie Severin
Letters: Ed King
Pages: 36
Cover price: 60 cents