Landor's End

As promised, let's get back to Landor...

Um, no...   That's not right.
We wanted Landor...

Oh, come on! This shouldn't be tricky - how many Landors can there be...?

Seriously?

Wait...   Little Lois Lane knew a Landor when she grew up on Krypton?
Maybe i should have watched that show.

Ah!
Here we go - Landor, Maker Of Monsters returns. And with a fine example of odd. Tired of just bringing dead bodies to life? How about swapping parts around first...

Let us continue with the rest of Landor's tales...

That was the end of Landor, Maker Of Monsters. (Unless you count his appearance in FemForce #34, but i don't include the modern re-use of the old characters since they're rarely recognizable as the originals. (but at least he was making monsters))

page art by Bob Powell, Joe Kubert, Larry Woromay, Enrico Bagnoli, Curt Swan, George Klein from Speed Comics #s 6-11, All-Star Comics #29, Jungle Comics #122, Uncanny Tales #7, and Superman #159 (1940, 1950, 1953, 1963)

Evolution In Action

I expect we'll return to Landor, Maker Of Monsters this weekend, but first...

Pat Parker is one of those characters who's been swirling around in the topic cloud in my head since back when we started talking about Fly Girls. While she doesn't qualify for that illustrious grouping, she is a kindred spirit.
Pat premiered in the second issue of Speed Comics (#13) and evolved greatly along the way. When she started out, she was very much exactly what her tag line advertised - Pat Parker, War Nurse...

By the following issue, she had shifted from straight nurse to a more pulp hero look, sporting jodhpurs and an almost Doc Savage ensemble, with just a hint of Luke Cage -

How long do you think it took her to evolve to the full-on superhero look like this...?

(Yes, we'll answer that question later, too)

page art by "Howard Reed" (Jill Elgin?) from Speed Comics #s 13 & 14 (1941)