Year: 2014

No more commies as of tomorrow. To be fair, as giant monsters went, nobody killed more people than Communism.

Hard to believe this never became as popular as Spider-Man.

If this guy looks a bit familiar, it's because it's our old friend Repticilicus. Charlton printed a few issues of an official Reptilicus comic (and also a Konga comic), then lost the rights and simply renamed the monster. The series only ran another six issues, though.

Man, if you don't like that, then we have nothing to talk about.

  Hmm, this guy looks vaguely familiar, for some reason.

As I noted, monsters were (comparatively) scant on the ground in the first season, but there where some. This one is pretty obvious and fairly mundane, admittedly. If I remember correctly,the episode inevitably featured an obsessed Ahab-analogue, but maybe I'm just assuming that to be the case.

The Seaview, a Day in the Life. The show certainly knew what kids wanted. It was far, far dumber show than Star Trek, but one that had a Gorn like every week.

I always loved that this guy's cardigan grew with him. Irwin Allen's shows epitomized the era that saw the networks transition black & white to color. Action shows that straddled the line, like Wild Wild West, often went from outre to downright bonkers once they went to color. Allen's shows Lost in Space and…

I don't want to blow your mind, but I'm rather partial to this cover for some reason.

Sadly, we have run out of monster-themed, gorgeously painted covers from the short-lived Voyage to the Deep comic. (Compare this cover to MotD #918.) Hmm, Commander Battle and the Atomic Sub. The guy's name seems a little on the nose, but there you go. Still, monsters and commies.