Just a quick look at a series this morning while i'm sorting out my calendar confusion.
UPDATE: I found this tale reprinted in Dynamic Comics #10 with George Tuska credited for the artwork.
Today's strip is definitely an Odd one, in many ways. For one thing, he's a scifi superhero with a costume (and mask), but he uses his civilian name - Dan Hastings. You may, perhaps, be thinking "Hey! The title says Dr. Strange!" Indeed, but he is the villain of this tale.
For another thing - it's brutally grim from the first page, even while being light in style. Giant space insects devouring the flesh from infants, leaving behind skeletons? And this was about 80 years ago...
Of course, we should maybe be expecting Oddness when consecutive covers on the title look like this -
For more Odd, though hardly unexpected, the evil Dr. Strange did return after being reduced to a skeleton - later in that same issue...
I should perhaps point out that Dan Hastings was not a new character in this story. He had already been around in comics for five years at this time. And he continued to appear for another 5. So there's plenty for us to peruse when we return this way.
UPDATE: I found this tale reprinted in Dynamic Comics #10 with George Tuska credited for the artwork.
Today's strip is definitely an Odd one, in many ways. For one thing, he's a scifi superhero with a costume (and mask), but he uses his civilian name - Dan Hastings. You may, perhaps, be thinking "Hey! The title says Dr. Strange!" Indeed, but he is the villain of this tale.
For another thing - it's brutally grim from the first page, even while being light in style. Giant space insects devouring the flesh from infants, leaving behind skeletons? And this was about 80 years ago...
Of course, we should maybe be expecting Oddness when consecutive covers on the title look like this -
For more Odd, though hardly unexpected, the evil Dr. Strange did return after being reduced to a skeleton - later in that same issue...
I should perhaps point out that Dan Hastings was not a new character in this story. He had already been around in comics for five years at this time. And he continued to appear for another 5. So there's plenty for us to peruse when we return this way.
page art by George Tuska from Scoop Comics #2 (1942)
