Lance lewis, space detective lance lewis, space detective is a fictional superhero from the golden age of comics. Having said that terra obscura was a pleasant surprise. It boils down to a murder mystery with grant halfrod the magnet trying to track down the killer of his longtime friend and associate lance lewis space detective. I was simply awed by perelandra, and then my mind was even further blown by till we have faces. This 32page, fullcolor comic is written by christopher mills, and illustrated by peter grau.
The nedor comics were renewed by popular library, which was eventually bought out by fawcett books. Lets talk about the detective from the 22nd century. I wonder what the inside of the comic had, like if the devil bot or calculon is in there as well. The space trilogy was new for me, as i had only delved into his apologetic writings. I was asked by club batman spain to contribute to their upcoming batman vs joker expo saturday, july 16 6. Space detective backup story illustrated by nik poliwko is available now with three exciting variant covers. A greedy competitor, brand braddock, plotted to stop mr. It contains the complete story, the death world gauntlet, along with the second installment of lance lewis, space detective, with art by nik poliwko. Lance lewis, space detective was a shortlived character who, as the. Lance lewis, space detective in 2020 sci fi comics, pulp fiction. Public domain characters who have appeared in comic books. Billy west, brad spencer wonderman, lance lewis space detective, doc strange and princess pantha.
My husband tells me that to fully understand the medieval worldview according to lewis, one should read the discarded image, but i will try to sum it up here. He would solve mysteries involving aliens such as amoeba men or martians, space ships,and lasers. Standard in turn was the parent company of two comicbook. This is the kind of classic comic book that for a modern generation that looks, reads and feels. This book, for sure, is one of my favorite all all select comics. With his girlfriend marna, lance would solve mysteries involving martians, rocket ships, and rayguns. His graphic depictions of decaying corpses and other gruesome creatures were groundbreaking. The art is well done and i found the story engaging throughout. Its first published title was the anthology title big shot comics, the.
Maag the space pirate challenges the avenger and teena in a 3part story written by walter gibson, best known as the author of the shadows pulp adventures under the name maxwell grant. From 1948, heres lance lewis, space detective in a good, oldfashioned space opera romp fighting the rather odd looking amoeba. Contentsshow origin lance lewis, space detective, fought interplanetary aliens and space. Lance lewis space detectivestartling comics1948 fourcolor. The first of the two main ideas presented is the hierarchy of beings. The pink mountains and space man shooting his ray gun just made this perfect for benders beginning. The artwork on these classic covers is by the legendary alex schomburg. Ive read so many comic books since then that i am practically immune to. Terra obscura is the name given to another earth by tom strong. In an early issue of tom strong, toms alternate universe counterpart, tom strange of terra obscura, is mentioned in passing. Okay, im perusing comic book covers from the golden age. Lance lewis, space detective in 2020 pulp fiction comics, sci fi.
Lance lewis, space detective, to rod hathway, space detective. Captain marvel fawcett all items 3329 abominable snow monster of the north. Lance lawson may have been the most economical crime fiction in human history. It is not in a parallel universe, but rather on the far side of the galaxy from toms own earth tom strange is revealed to have run across the milky way for 30 years to reach tom strong for help in stopping an alien menace which killed or imprisoned most of the science heroes of terra obscura. Columbia comics corporation was a comic book publisher active in the 1940s.
Lance lewis, space detective is a fictional superhero from the golden age of comics. Golden age comic books cgc comic book collectors chat boards. He had no actual super powers, but he was a scientific genius. Lance lewis, space detective and the beautiful marna traveled the spaceways solving crimes and saving those in need. Based on comic book 2 based on video game 2 butterfly effect 2 california 2 character name in title 2.
Lance lewis, space detective was a shortlived character who, as the name suggests, was deeply embedded in an assortment of scifi adventures. Standard in turn was the parent company of two comicbook lines. Louise docker wikimedia commons 3 lewis shows that a medieval worldview is possible in a modern context. This book has 53 pages and was uploaded by freddyfly on december 18, 2016. This book, for sure, is one of my favorite all phantom lady. In recent decades, the black hood along with other.
Lance lewis, space detective via via via via via via posted on october 31, 2012 december 1, 2015 categories covers tags alex schomburg, alien attack, at sea, babes, collection, comic, dangerous women, robots, scifi, space ship, startling comics, tentacles 1 comment on lance lewis, space detective. Startling comics may 1947 no 45 fighting yank and pirates. Better and nedor publishing collectors and historians sometimes refer. The black hood was originally a golden age character created by mlj comics, later known as archie comics.
For those who are unfamiliar, the golden age of comic books features. Ingels took the horror to the extreme, and was not exaggerating when he started signing his work with ghastly. The character was revived by writer alan moore for americas best comics. Standard comics was a comic book imprint of american publisher ned pines, who also published pulp magazines under a variety of company names that he also used for the comics and paperback books under the popular library name. King of futuria in which time traveler dick devens protects the 30th century from venusian tentaclemen who resemble tentacled mr. When danger threatens the earth, wealthy rod hathaway and his secretary dot change into the spaceroving superheroes the avenger and teena. Four pictures, at least two characters, a mystery, a mystery resolved. Black canary is the name of two superheroines appearing in american comic books published by dc comics. About the fox is the name of two fictional superheroes that appear in periodicals published by mlj comics, and a supervillain that appeared in the mid2000s top cow comicbook series wanted.
The stories are great fun to read, you know, the way comics used to be. Detective tiago vega and his partner lewis michener become embroiled in an epic story that reflects the rich history of the city. His world is likewise populated with updated versions of other characters from. In its listing for lance lewis, space detective, public domain super. In 1939 ned pines and pines publishing entered the comics field under the standard comics imprint. Contentsshow origin lance lewis, space detective, fought interplanetary aliens and space menaces with the aid of his gorgeous girlfriend, marna. Comic book artists comic artist comic books art art pulp fiction pulp art vintage comic books vintage comics cover art crime. He also had his own title, black hood comics, a pulp magazine, and his own radio show. In nice condition but spine seems a bit rolled forward and there are some small tears on. The white elephant text story starring tygra by charles strong. This book has 52 pages and was uploaded by josemas on may 30, 2012. Golden arrow is a fictional character who had his own strip in fawcett comics whiz comics comic book series, from 1940 to 1953. The hero was originally roger parsons, the son of inventor paul parsons, who had developed a new type of gas for transportation by balloon.
Dinah drake and dinah laurel lance along with rebooted amalgam version within the new 52. Mills with art by peter grau and colors by matt webb, plus a backup feature of lance lewis, space detective with art by nik poliwko. Ive been doing a lot of work recently for the creeps magazine, a horror anthology thats a creepy throwback to the old warren titles, creepy and eerie its been fun drawing these stories and working with such master writers such as nicola cuti and don glut, among others. It was formed in 1940 as a partnership between vin sullivan and the mcnaught newspaper syndicate to publish comic books featuring reprints of such mcnaught comics strips as joe palooka and charlie chan as well as original features. Graham ingels was one of the grandmasters of horror comics, and one of the staples of the classic ec titles of the 1950s. Comic book cover for startling comics sci fi comics, fantasy comics, old comics. He used his 22nd century knowledge to create ray guns, a jet pack. But such are the shifting fortunes of a space detective.