Rampaging Covers

Y'know, The Rampaging Hulk may have been a black & white magazine, but they sure knew how to rock the colour covers:

What's this? The cover story is drawn by Jim Starlin with inks by Alex Nino?
Yeah, we'll be coming back to this one.

And they knew how to cover a final issue, too!

covers from The Rampaging Hulk #s 1-9 (1977-78)

Kellogg's Hostess Challenge (Un-Comics)

I hear mention fairly frequently of the Hostess comic ads featuring various big name heroes, but i very rarely hear anyone talking about the Kellogg's comic ads. This is probably because Hostess's ads ran in DC & Marvel comics, while Kellogg's ran their own mini-comics in products like Pop Tarts or Cinnamon Mini Buns.
Of course, it could also be due to the fact that, every now and then, they went Odd...

Wonder Woman & The  Star Riders Vs. Purrsia from Kellogg's Cinnamon Mini Buns (1993)

Len Gets Creepy

Continuing our look at some Odd bits in the career of  Len Wein after we lost him last week...

When Creepy magazine went to celebrate their 100th issue, they decided to spring for the cost of colour printing for one story. For that one story, they decided Len was the man to write it, with Luis Bermejo providing the artwork:

Winner Take All by Len Wein and Luis Bermejo for Creepy #100 (1978)

Is That a Rabbit Hole?

Welcome to another edition of

Today, the second half of Wally Wood's classic Malice In Wonderland. (If you're late to the party, the first half is readable here) EDIT: That link is to the picture free version. The actual pages are in our back room, located here.


NOTE: The images from this post contain nudity, and thus have been moved to our back room for adult content. The text remains that you may make a fair guess as to whether or not you wish to look at the pics.
Please follow this link to The Other Voice Of ODD! archive of the original post to view the artwork.


For you younger readers, there's no way to convey to you just how very 70s this strip was.

Malice In Wonderland by Wally Wood for National Screw magazine (1977)

Sunday Morning Funnies - Len Wein Style

As you know, we lost Len Wein a week ago today.
I'll continue to offer up odd bits from his career in the days ahead as a reminder to folks of just how wide ranging his work was over the years.

So our Sunday Morning Funnies will be a bit of Odd from the man. From the short lived Spoof comic, Len's take on The Odd Squad:

Now enjoy your day with a smile courtesy of Len Wein.

The Clod Squad by Len Wein and Marie Severin from Spoof #1 (1970)

Saturday Solutions 009

Here's your solutions to yesterday's Friday Fun & Games puzzles:

Yes. I know that Texas is not a city. Don't tell the UK, they'll be so disappointed.

puzzles & solutions from UK Fantastic Four Annuals (1979, 1981)

Friday Fun & Games 009 - UK Fantastic Style

Well, as you likely saw in the subject line, since we don't do Friday Night Fights, it's time for

Today, let's go for a trio of odd puzzle pages from Fantastic Four UK Annuals, since we can't get any in the here & now from the losers running Marvel comics.

As usual, tune in tomorrow for these brain baffling solutions.

puzzle pages from .... find out tomorrow

Losing Len

While i was recovering here, little attention was paid to the outside world. When peeking out again, i find we lost another one of the Greats on Sunday.
I'm sure you all have already heard Len Wein has left us, and many others have spoken on his huge body of work and lasting creations, ranging from Swamp Thing to Wolverine. Here's J.M. DeMatteis's personal remembrance of the man. He'll tell you far more, and fare more eloquently, than i could.
So, i'm not gong to try to encompass his career, or tell you how reliably entertaining his work was. I'm just going to point out that you've probably only seen a fraction of it. Besides the huge number of books he worked on at the Big Two, he wrote plenty for other publishers, such as Warren and Skywald, where we'll be going today. Here's the introduction to The Bravados by Len Wein from Wild West Action #1:

Sure, he was famous for writing Horror and Superhero books. Did ya know he wrote Westerns, too? And more. There was just one boundary limiting him.
He wrote good stuff.

The Bravados by Len Wein, Syd Shores and Mike Esposito for Wild West Action #1 (1971)