Monster of the Day

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.

Man, there's nothing that's not marvelous about that. Sadly, that's the last cover for this short-lived series. Short, but sweet.

So the Atragon wasn't the first sub to infiltrate the Mu Empire.

Thanks to walking comic book encyclopedia Luke Blanchard for the skinny on these obscurities. Man, I loves me some submarines. Toss in some monsters and I'm in hog heaven. Jeepers, these comics had such gorgeous covers.

Does the Captain, not to mention an Admiral, really have to deal with this stuff personally? Looks like a natural location for a large iguana, certainly. I guess Admiral Nelson was in overall command and then Captain Crane ran the boat on a day to day basis? I never thought they made that very…

I can't say the monster isn't pretty Irwin Allen-y.

Looks like these guys should have teamed up with the Sea Devils. Although a giant octopus on a leash is better than the dolphins. I like the crazy diving suits, however. Giants were always grabbing the Seaview's sporty fins and rocking the ship around. Yet they never installed seatbelts in the chairs. Dummies.

The cover is neat, but the painting is beautiful.

Rather better than yesterday's snoozefest (admittedly the epitome of damning with faint praise) was this MTV (!) throwback that combined springbreak-style teen action with lovingly stop-animated monsters. It's kind of on the nose to have Adam West play a scientist named Ray Harryhausen, but it's that kind of movie. Still, if you ever wanted…