Well, once again my peripatetic mind has gone wandering off track on me. But not too far. This time.
I was headed back to early days of Speed Comics to check in on more of Mars Mason or follow up on Pat Parker, the War Nurse, or maybe peek in at that early Dick Briefer strip. Instead, the brain dove towards the Odd. Go figure.
Premiering in Speed Comics #1 was a decidedly off-the-wall concept. Forget the heroes, let's focus on the villain. Yes, it's been done more than once, but this was 1939 - a bit radical for the time, no? But, not unique. So what to do to make the villain more interesting...?
This was the decade that brought us Bela Lugosi's Dracula and Boris Karloff's Frankenstein - great and lasting cinema bad guys. And, more germane to this post - Colin Clive's Dr. Frankenstein. And somebody hooked onto that. Who? We don't know. But we do know that Bob Powell provided the artwork for Landor, Maker Of Monsters!...
No, Brad, don't lie to Janet - it ain't over.
We've only just begun...
So wrong.
Landor would be back to bother them again another half dozen times.
And so will we.
I was headed back to early days of Speed Comics to check in on more of Mars Mason or follow up on Pat Parker, the War Nurse, or maybe peek in at that early Dick Briefer strip. Instead, the brain dove towards the Odd. Go figure.
Premiering in Speed Comics #1 was a decidedly off-the-wall concept. Forget the heroes, let's focus on the villain. Yes, it's been done more than once, but this was 1939 - a bit radical for the time, no? But, not unique. So what to do to make the villain more interesting...?
This was the decade that brought us Bela Lugosi's Dracula and Boris Karloff's Frankenstein - great and lasting cinema bad guys. And, more germane to this post - Colin Clive's Dr. Frankenstein. And somebody hooked onto that. Who? We don't know. But we do know that Bob Powell provided the artwork for Landor, Maker Of Monsters!...
No, Brad, don't lie to Janet - it ain't over.
We've only just begun...
So wrong.
Landor would be back to bother them again another half dozen times.
And so will we.
page art by Bob Powell from Speed Comics #s 1-5 (1939, 1940)
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