Alternate World Comics

For four normal humans the Challengers of the Unknown had some pretty weird enemies, just some of whom become members of the League of Challenger Haters.

At the time their main foe was shape-shifter Multi-Man who at that point had gotten himself a big computer / robot wife… Sort of making him the Plankton of Earth 1 I guess. 

Which came first Windows or Ultron?  They both have that numbering thing, Ultron 5, Ultron 6, Ultimate Ultron, Ultron Vista, what number is he up to now? But he’s still a pain in the neck to have around. 

Wait…. K-9 had his own series?

Why did no know tell me of this!

Robotman opens up about his insides

Kirby punch-out from Fantastic Four # 93, 1969.

4 Firsts

The First Masked Crime Fighter: The Clock was the first comic book masked avenger, created by George Brenner he first appeared in either Funny Pages #6, or Funny Picture Stories #1 in 1936, either way they both appeared in the same year and month so it still counts. He was the first of the comic book mystery men that fought crime in a suit (or tux really) and fedora as later ones such as The Sandman, The Spirit, & Mid-Night would also do.

The First Comic Book Robot / Mecha: also created by George Brenner “Hugh Hazzard & His Iron Man” later shortened to “Bozo the Robot” was what could be called the first Mecha, appearing in Smash Comics # 1 and running for another 41 issues, Bozo was really run by Hugh Hazzard who wore the suit of mechanized armor after taking it from bad guy Dr. Van Thorp. Not as snazzy as the Mechas of today, and all but forgotten now, he was however the first in the comics.

The First Comic Book Zombie: Not really sure if this is the for real very, very first appearance of zombies in the comics, but I strongly suspect it is, horror was not really a common theme in the comics of the 40’s and only showed up now and then until the explosion in the field created by EC comics came about in the 50’s. The hero going up against them in 1945 is Boom Boom Brannigan, crime fighting boxer and, judging by his other cover depictions in Prize Comics, all-around weirdness magnet.

The First Superhero to Die: That would be the Comet, who was drawn by Plastic-Man creator Jack Cole for his first 5 appearances, never a big item (only had 4 to 8 pages per adventure) he was killed off in issue # 17 of Pep Comics without ever even being given a cover. In the story where he died he became the inspiration for a new hero called The Hangman (One of the most unsavory superheroes ever drawn) who was not only given the cover his first time out, but even had his one comic for a while. Boy, you’d think the first one to kick the super bucket would get a little more respect!

superherocomics:

Auro, Lord of Jupiter by Joe Doolin-1947

Field trips with the Iron Teacher were something else!

Robot vs. Saber tooth Tiger… nuff said

Robot building from “The Midnight Zone” episode of the latest Sooby Doo series.

First page from All Star Squadron # 1, 1987.

No doubt about it, Doc Magnus, creator of the Metal Men, was the first robosexual, the Space Pope would not be pleased.