Man, there are a TON of these terrific covers. I could seriously do Mighty Samson covers for a month straight. I mean, again, look at that thing, it’s gorgeous. This is one… Read Article →

Issue #4 experimented and used a cover sans monster. I can only imagine there was an immediate sales dip, because it would be a loooooooooooong time, if ever, before beastie-less cover art… Read Article →

It’s pretty convenient when your monsters come equipped with handle bars.

Man, that’s the stuff. Screw Battlefield Earth, somebody make this movie. (Actually, being serious, other than it needing a steep budget, why isn’t SyFy doing stuff like this?)

Man, Marvel and DC may have cornered the superhero thing in the ’60s, but Gold Key was really cornering the monster market. I think they weren’t subscribers to the Comics Code, and… Read Article →

Yesterday’s monster was evil, this one highly sympathetic. They needed to destroy it, but you really feel sorry for the creature, which as you can see is extremely cute. This is one… Read Article →

This is yet another neat monster from Ultra Q. It’s a giant rock that is blown to pieces and reforms as this guy. (The image of him standing is an anomaly, he’s… Read Article →

As noted yesterday, Turtle Boy goes to the underwater kingdom of a wee girl fairy princess (or something). She has her own magic pet, who looks vaguely familiar somehow. Note the girl… Read Article →

This was the episode of Ultra Q that assured me the series was not going to fall pray to the sort of repetitiveness that afflicted it’s follow-up series, Ultraman (and all the… Read Article →