Year: 2018

Weird War Tales proved a big or at steady hit for DC, given it's robust 12 year (!) run. Of course war comics were generally pretty solid sellers until recent decades, and covers like this certainly couldn't have hurt the book.

Surely one of the strangest (and most enduring) mash-ups was DC Comics' Weird War Tales. You get the general idea from this cover, I'm sure. It ran for years, and in fact, I'll probably just feature it next week, because there's a lot of material. In the meantime, have a great weekend, everyone.

I have no idea what's happening here, but I likes it.

Perhaps because The Heap was so popular, his eventual host comic would occasionally feature its main character fighting monsters. One of these, of course, featured a dinosaur.

Marvel and DC fans often like to point out when one company stole a character from the other, with Man-Thing and Swamp Thing being typical examples. However, that's a silly example because both clearly were influenced by Air Pilot Comics' The Heap, who first appeared in 1942.

Swamp monster! (That woman might have wanted to consider her wardrobe a bit more.) Saw Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger and Godzilla vs the Sea Monster in a theater yesterday, so that was nice. Also, I had breakfast at the L&L Snackshop. People who have visited for B-Fest will know what I'm…

Now, *that's* a cover. Happy Friday, everyone!

That's the spirit! (Yep, I still have it!)

Man, I love old fashioned monster stuff. Creepy mansions and bats! Wheeeeeee!

OK, I don't know if that mountain is strictly a monster, because I haven't read the comic. But I'll roll those dice. Nice cover.