Monster of the Day #3456

Updated on August 22, 2023 By Ken Begg 9 Comments

How did I miss yesterday? Yeesh.

Anyway, just in case I was suggesting otherwise, The Spider was no one trick pony. Today…robots! Glorious ’30s robots.

Watch Party this Friday.

Jamie B.

If you’ve never watched “Return of the Killer Shrews” you are a lucky person indeed.

It might compete with the worst film I ever watched to the end, but that will always be “Can Heironymus Merkin Ever Forget Mercy Humppe and Find True Happiness?”

On the bright side I received a nice note from James Best’s widow when she mailed my copy, so there is that.
🐻 bgbear_rnh

Blow torches only work against Venusians.
Cullen Waters

It’s nice that that Giant is helping the Spider fight the Robots by pulling out the Robots’ plugs.

That is one clunky sentence, that is.
kgb_san_diego

Cybermen before Dr. Who! :-)
Eric Hinkle

That comparison’s closer than you think. These aren’t robots in the story, they’re oversized suits of early power armor built by a mad scientist so his army of gangsters can loot the city. It can be found in a collection of Spider stories from Baen Books that may still be available.
Eric Hinkle

Well, not robots, more like gangsters in power armor. But it’s a great story!
Gamera977

Wow power armour before ‘Starship Troopers!!!!’
Eric Hinkle

I believe they did something similar in a 1930’s Lensmen story by Doc Smith too.
Gamera977

I’ve read a few of the ‘Lensmen’ stories but I need to get around to reading them all.

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