Weekend Matinee/Late Edition - Science Fiction Triple Feature

Still reeling from the loss of Steve Ditko, and get slapped with Harlan Ellison is gone, too.
I got no words for tonight.
Here's the scheduled features continuing from yesterday -

Twin Earths - Chapter 11:

art from Twin Earths (1952), Manhunt # 7 (1948), and Sure-Fire Comics # 2 (1940)

Weekend Matinee/Late Edition - Science Fiction Triple Feature

Dr. X will build no creature, but Space Ace brings his own before Flash Lightning bursts onto the scene with his origin tale. But first, of course, our ongoing serial - Twin Earths, by Oskar Lebeck and Alden McWilliams.

Previously On Twin Earths: As Vana, the defector from Terra now allied with Earth, and Garry Verth, her FBI liason, adjust to the clash of their two cultures, Vana continues teaching Garry about the history of her world. On the female dominated Terra, orbiting Sol opposite Earth, traffic and congestion eventually led to a dissolution of the big cities, decentralizing the population. Simultaneously, new technology was developed which enabled their "Disk Ships", known as Flying Saucers on Earth, and unlimited aerial transport on their home planet...

Twin Earths - Chapter 10:

Space Ace had been around since the first issue of Manhunt, but it underwent a bit of a tonal shift, and with issue #6 it transformed to Space Ace: Manhunter Of The 21st Century. It looks to me like somebody was reading Basil Wolverton's Spacehawk, published a few years earlier, and liked what they saw. Fred Guardineer, not only a legend in the field, but also the bearer of a fine superhero name, provided art from issue one. His name may not be so well known these days, but his influence is still felt - perhaps most notably in the person of Zatanna, magic mistress and Justice League member - daughter of Zatarra, created by Guardineer, who wrote and drew his adventures along with Superman back in Action #1.

For our big feature this weekend, meet Flash Lighting and his Amulet Of Annihilation - the "weapon of the forces of right!" Sounds more like Dr. Doom's latest fashion trinket, but... all right, if you say so.

Here's Flash Lightning's origin tale, written by Robert Turner, with pencils & inks from Eisner Award Hall Of Famer, Harry Lucey -

art from Twin Earths (1952), Manhunt # 6 (1948), and Sure-Fire Comics # 1 (1940)

3 Day Matinee - Return Of The King

Today's main feature for our 3 Day Matinee is...

That there is pure distilled essence of comic book, is it not?

Of course, first up we have our ongoing serial - Twin Earths, by Oskar Lebeck and Alden McWilliams.

Previously on Twin Earths: Terra is an advanced human inhabited world existing in an opposite orbital position from Earth, each perpetually hidden by our sun from the other. Vana, a defector from Terra, is now believed dead by her home world, thanks to the efforts of her Earth allies in the FBI. As she and agent Garry Verth finally relax after ending the threat on her life, they begin to discover a clash of cultures along with their budding romance -

Twin Earths - Chapter 9:

Since last we saw the Boy King, he had his Giant tow the population of Swisslakia to the United States of America. (Fortunately, the ocean between Europe and North America is never greater than thigh deep to the giant) They capture a Nazi ship along the way as a peace offering to their new homeland while the giant puts the make on Lady Liberty's statue.

In the USA, David encounters a master Nazi spy named The Crane for his mechanical extending arms. I suspect we'll come back later and see the incredibly clever ruse by which he manages to seize control of the giant, forcing the Boy King to earn his right to control the automaton. But today, we have their most epic confrontation - Nostradamus's Giant Robot vs. Nazi Giant Robot Dinosaur!
This time the art is solely Dan Barry. (Al Mandel took over art on Nightmare & Sleepy, which had previously been drawn by both)

Some might argue this is the very reason comics exist. Therefore, we present the two-part 30-page tale in its entirety -

pages from Twin Earths (1952) and Clue Comics #s 4 & 5 (1943)