It's well past time to correct that, so starting today we'll be running Oskar Lebeck & Alden McWilliams' classic newspaper strip - Twin Earths. The notion of a twin planet in an opposite orbit around the sun is a fairly familiar one these days, but when Twin Earths launched back in 1952 it may well have been a pioneering concept.
For the forseeable future, we'll be opening up each weekend matinee with a chapter in the classic serial fashion. (Don't worry - it ran for over a decade)
To Be Continued...
I'm sure some are waiting for our advertised Main Feature, but first - a surprise story: the first tale of Undercover Girl, at whom we were peeking earlier in the week.
Yeah, we'll definitely be back for more with Starr later.
But now it's time for our featured tale - part one of 1950's Vic Torry And His Flying Saucer. Vic Torry is drawn by Bob Powell, one of the artists on Fly Girl Gale Allen. If you're not familiar with Bob's work, one of his biggest hit series was Cavegirl - so you can be sure we'll be seeing him as our meandering look at cavemen in comics proceeds over time.
Vic Torry was a one shot title. So far as i know, the 3-part story featured this weekend is his only published adventure. In case you missed it earlier, and because it's a very cool example of an early mixed photo and paint comic cover, here's the cover again as we kick off our tale -
Join us tomorrow and Sunday for the continuing and concluding chapters.
Twin Earths by Oskar Lebeck and Alden McWilliams for United Features, Undercover Girl drawn by Ogden Whitney for Manhunt #1, Vic Torry by Roy Ald and Bob Powell for Vic Torry And His Flying Saucer #1 (1947, 1950, 1952)
